Session 24: Fey Mansion

58th day of Autumn, 185th Year of Vecna

The very next morning, the Guardians of Athas continued north-east, towards the Martinez mansion.

60th day of Autumn, 185th Year of Vecna

Arriving at the mansion, the Guardians find a ruined estate. There they meet Rolar Silverstream, an eladrin who is accompanied by an Ogre shaman who seems to have mastered the power of thunder and lightning. Rolar explains they are here to kill the witch, who has stolen a family ring from his family. He further explains that the mansion is built on a fey node, so it exists in both worlds at the same time. But the witch is hiding in the Feywild part, and if they want to join forces, his friend, O'kul can get them across.

The Guardians elect to search the building first, finding mostly rotten planks but also a statue of the Raven Queen, goddess of death, cold and the winter, although its broken after falling through the floors.

The ogre opens a portal and everyone jumps through, only to find the eladrin and the ogre turning on them. They just used the Guardians in order to make the ritual less taxing on them. They fight, but although fierce opponents, the eladrin and the ogre are no match for all the Guardians together.

Pushing on, the Guardians enter the estate, which is now standing in it's full splendor. They soon run into the witch, a beautiful young woman who tries to lure them into the main dinner hall, but the Guardians don't bite and end up fighting her and her wily charms in a narrow corridor. While clearly very powerful, the witch can do little to really threaten all the Guardians, and soon she is dead at their feet. They find the Martinez-locket, which is what they came for, and also the ring of Silverstream. As they remove it from the finger of the witch, she turns into a disgusting old and ugly wiry woman - a hag. The ring most be magical. 

They quickly search the mansion, although not all of it. They are in a hurry, as they were told the portal that O'kul opened would only stay that way for 1 hour. They still manage to uncover some gold and some rare books.

65th day of Autumn, Year 185 of Vecna

Back in Presidio, they turn the locket over to Martinez, who is very grateful. They get the rest of their 10.000 gold pieces, and are introduced to Balaros, a good and old friend of Christobal. Balaros is a demon master, a wizard specializing in all things demonic. Mostly he travels the world, helping authorities dealing with run-amok demons who have broken loose of their bonds. But there is no work at the moment, and it has been quiet for a couple of months. He also mentions that he has had trouble summoning even small demons, which he does to gain information.

Ding 12

    

Lord Esteban Martinez: Paid 10.000 gold pieces (gave 3.0000 up front) for the Guardians to head into Dragonshome and find his family's old estate and bring back a gold locket. The mission is completed and Martinez very happy about regaining the locket.

Christobal: Owner of the Red Dragon Inn. Non-descriptive fellow of around 45 years old. Bald. Knows a lot of people, supposedly. Facilitated contact with Martinez. Introduced them to Balaros.

Balaros: Old friend of Christobal, Demon master. Out of work and has trouble summoning demons.

Rolar Silverstream: Noble? eladrin looking for a family? ring which turns out to be magical. Tried to kill the Guardians with the help of his friend, O'kul the ogre shaman.