June 6, 2023

Ironfang Invasion Session 6: The Forest

The Party Continues Their Exploration of the Fangwood Forest

The Party

The Scenario

The refuges managed to make enough tents for six in addition to the one tent we had previously looted. The party sits down to discuss our next steps and decide upon following the tree line as they continue to search for the Chernasardo Rangers.

We wake up on Day 2 after the escape from Phanedar. As the morning activities continue, Rhyna comes by to speak of us and tell us that several of the refuges have woken up ill this morning. Bruno, Alexi, and Mello are all experiencing some extreme stomach issues and no one is sure why. Delious takes a look at them and they appear to be suffering from Filth Fever. While Delious looks to the sick, Rhyna asks Rowan to look over the local waterskins where he finds one of them is poorly treated and is leaching a chemical into the water. Delious is able to help cure them.

After the party sets out along the edge of the forest for a couple of hour, they come across a small cabin surrounded by a short wrought-iron fence. As Ceej rides up the shack, the party follows 10-15 feet back. After Ceej shouts, “We mean you no harm!” the front door opens and a very old lady steps outside and scolds us for being on her private property before turning around to head back inside. Jun’let and Delious step forward and explain their plight only for the old lady to scoff and mention something about the Fey and a little one. She agrees to help us out by agreeing to answer a few questions and tells us her name is Veld.

Meanwhile, Kamren Ward sneaks around the back of this shack only to discover there is no rear entrance, but manages to peak into some windows seeing some alchemical reagents as well as some common furniture before stealing a big and spooky book and ransacking her alchemical station before sneaking back to the group.

Jun’let continues the discussion with the old woman about the Fey here in the Fangwood Forest and shows her her blight scars. The old woman mentions how difficult it would be to house as many people as we have while hiding what amounts to a small village. She mentions our best bet would be to find something already well suited, such as a fort of the Chernasardo Rangers, but unfortunately they are hid so well in the woods she is unsure on where to point us to to find one. She mentions that a bit north east from her shack there is a cave system that should be large enough to hold and hide us, however they have been occupied by a tribe of troglodytes.

The party leaves the shack and heads north to discover that there is a storm coming. We run into Sonja and Jet, our two scouts, only to discover that Sonja has a lot of blood on the right side of her body and looks pretty injured. Jet is exhausted from helping Sonja and tells us they happened upon a huge angry boar by accident. They were able to evade it and run away but it chased them down, only getting away by running away for an hour and a half. Delious manages to treat Sonja and heal her. Jet describes the boar as large and brown with several broken arrows sticking out of it. Tiadol believes this boar to be Gashmaw, who has known to have hurt many people in the past few seasons.

As Kamren and Myranoc look at this book back at camp they discover the title to be “The Lusty Kitsune Maid, Book 7”.

The party spends some time looking for shelter before the storm hits. It appears to be a large animal den under a massive oak tree. It looks to just be large enough to fit everyone inside but rather uncomfortably. The sky turns black and the wind picks up and the party begins to venture inside when they hear low heavy breathing. Delious opens his bullseye lantern and points it inside only to unveil a massive dire wolverine. After a battle in which Kamren Ward is savagely cut down in a single swipe of his claws we manage to take down the wolverine without any additional causalities.

As the storm passes overnight becoming clear and calm in the morning, Delious buries Kamren Ward. Alexi, who is now feeling much better, helps Delious dig the grave.

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