Session 2

The morning sun sends thin rays of light on a copse on the edge of a great bog. Four Knights raise their weapons to swear an oath …

RIVERDAY, Week 1 of the Month of Sprouts

We agree to pursue the beast into hex J4 then seek out the Prey Seer. It is a threat to the realm. In the morning, the sun rises and we see the boggy landscape is covered in a harsh and dense mist. Heldris has regained his voice but his jaw has changed into a fearsome bite. We swear to stand by him as long as he wields this in the name of the Realm. We meet a gatherer from Lamberta’s realm [Tonda, healer and courtier] who talks of bandits and beasts. We also find the trail of the beast.

Tonda, a leech collector

As we make camp, the shadows draw near. A beast of darkness. We use Heldris' herbs to coat our weapons and sally forth against it. Heldris has lost his ability to speak again. Together we take it down, Heldris ripping its throat out with his teeth. It looks at Heldris as though betrayed. A howl from the East indicates more of these creatures roam the realm.

SILVERDAY, week 1 of the Month of Sprouts J3

To the North there lies mountain ranges. To the east (hex JK4) there are jagged rocks and forest. Hex J3 holds an old and gnarly forest. We move into J3, the NE, where the howls originated. Gnarly trees, clearings. The beast appears to have moved on… to the East. (Hex K3)

We settle for the night. But another beast attacks us lightning fast - luckily we are quick to react and smite it once more, Ludmer striking the final blow. More howls as a cold wind blows from the north. We rest.

KINSDAY, week 1 of the Month of Sprouts K3

The land rises into the hills into a strange set of oddly even plateaus. A dark pine forest on these tiered hills. Between trees, there is a mound of flesh scraps and bone. A greater beast stands and we charge it and together we bring it down, Ludmer beating it despite it shrugging off the others. In its dying breath, the sun shines and the winds break. Heldris approaches closer. “The revenge is yours brother” and it dies. Later, Ludmer bathes. Perilake carves a jagged tooth from the creature. Anastaz and Heldris discuss about whether the curse has now been lifted. Heldris doubts it. And he cannot speak at night still.