Three Weddings and a Hanging
This is the unofficial story of what has happened as told by the imperfect narrators of a few PCs with too much time and too little documentation.
Friday many creatures were making their way into town attacking at relative random. Seemed like the Morai couldn't directly influence because of ritualistic protections so they were taking a more scattershot approach. We killed a lot of monsters that night. We also saved a section of town from Vixenere. That was fun.
Friday evening the Draugr arrived for the wedding of Councilwoman Katla and Queen Cogent (formerly Contessa) Yvenna. It was a beautiful ceremony. Afterwards the Queen Cogent stuck around to play games in exchange for life or death favors. It was an excellent way to pass the time. Wedding/Hanging Count: 1 / 0
Shava's brother Farron arrived to assist with efforts to restore Shava's memory. Farron was super protective to an unreasonable degree but that's just the start of the weirdness. One nifty ritual later we find out that Shava is actually nobility and has been targeted for assassination for years. Assassins use a mental link to track her so Farron took Shava's memories. Also, Farron is not her brother but actually is an assassin as well who decided to become less bad and save the target by mind wiping the target. If you see Shava please don't call her Princess Shivyshava. Apparently she doesn't want that to get around.
Saturday morning a Sweekin from Bastion named Bizbin showed up with a Supplicant named Izekeke. Apparently there was some disagreement between them on the formality of their relationship so a wedding of minimal fuss and intense cuteness ensued. Also Fskali portals to demon controlled webs got discussed since this is Izekeke's favorite subject. Wedding/Hanging Count: 2 / 0
Midday brought Councilman Briar Valeheart and an amazing amount of drama. So long story short she needed to get married, produce an heir, and move to Hella. She didn't wanna do that so the Stonecropt Sentinels took it upon themselves to assist. Little while later she was pregnant with twins thanks to a miracle from Alexandria, married to Outrider Chef Vordivask, and ordered by Prince Caldur to remain as one of the seven representatives in Stonecropt. After the very rapid wedding ceremony Briar's previous fiance sent in people to fetch her. After they regained consciousness from a strong right hook they ran home with tails tucked firmly between legs. Wedding/Hanging Count: 3 / 0
Saturday afternoon we found the cause of issues with the merrows. Nykor water horses and an Undying Fey were trying to kill the merrows and the Dryad. Sentinels split into three teams, empowered the weakened Dryad, freed the merrows, and killed the Undying (as much as they can be killed anyway).
As sundown approached the children of Queen Astrid arrived to chat. We learned that Queen Astrid had died in her sleep, Gunhilde had risen to become Queen, and she would give no quarter to threats. As soon as the announcement was made and everyone assembled she called out Godfrey for his treason. Godfrey calls Umbridge, Odo steps up as champion, and the duel ensues. Godfrey got his butt handed to him, but not before showering the entire area in purple Morai dust. As he was dying on the ground he was calling on them for aid. Frantic attempts to counter his actions allowed up to keep protections for the children of Stonecropt but the Moray could now enter. Another duel was done with similar results. Godfrey finally confesses that he was saving Hella from Caldur's children who were never true Hellans. A few minutes after that he was hung from the neck until dead. Wedding/Hanging Count: 3 / 1
As evening settled the Morai approached. Draugr from Axis tied up their mercenaries, Lakozik got distracted, and Sentinels took a dive into Chatoyent's mind. It was an interesting experience hearing three versions of the same person arguing. A few knots unraveled and we removed Lakozik's control over Chatoyent, purged almost all trace of the Onyx, and made a person roughly 55/45 Hellen / Wild with some excellent personality traits. This might make Sentinels as bad as the Necromancer but at least we did our best.
With three of his favorite toys taken away Lakozik was far more helpful than anticipated. We gathered forces and fought three witches on the field of battle. Although "fight" is a strong word given that we spent most of the time spun up by fate confused as to who was friend or foe. That's the Morai for you. Regardless we worked with Lakozik and the dragon Argon to successfully unmake the witches and save Stonecropt from the child stealing witches of Reykjavik.
The night did not end cleanly though. 400 kroner was spent over the course of two days, but that cost was nothing compared to the loss in life. During Midsummer 2618 a curse was set on Gunny and Gulbrandr for stealing dragon bones. To correct this, they were tasked with accepting a choice that was anything but a choice. Three favors or three deaths. Gunny took favors. Gulbrandr took deaths and in the end death took Gulbrandr at Gunny's hand. We are all poorer with his passing. May he rest well, and may the raging waters of his mind be still at last.
Add comments for anything we got wrong or missed. We are imperfect narrators after all.