====== Taking the High Road ======
**Session Date**: 02/07/2026 \\
**Game Master**: Rew 


===== Player Characters =====

  * **Edgar** Kenku Bard (Grace)
  * **Gwiazdka** Halflling Rogue (Bekah)
  * **Klast** Peace Cleric (Jim)
  * **Lith** Shadar-Kai Druid (Bridget)
  * **Psithuris** High Elf Circle of the Stars Druid (Quinton)
  * **Sklargon** Githezerai Circle of Spores Druid (Matthew)



===== Named People and Places =====

  * **Flaygallows** - The former site of the Shadar-Kai fascists prison known as the Vault of Regret
    * **Princess Gloriana** - The greedy leader of Flaygallows
  * **Gloomwrought** - A mercantile powerhouse
    * **King Elisar** - A reasonable monarch, leader of Gloomwrought and widowed father of Rhebus
    * **Prince Rhebus** - Promised groom to Gloriana 
  * **Brickhell** - This shard is famous for its fortress-like construction
    * **General Karioch** - An angry half-undead fascist  
  * **Voidhaunt** - Known for the libraries including the haunted vaults and the blasphemous stacks; many of those who work and serve here are either voluntarily blind or illiterate
    * **Minister Rakthar of Voidhaunt** - An addled leader, later revealed to have fascist sympathies
  * **Umberhowl** - Known for the monsters raised in its wide-open jungles and mountain ranges
    * **Warden Pontius** - The simple master of Umberhowl
  * **Shadowhaven** - This small shadow shard is famous for its wine production
    * **Mayor Tristana** - The leader of Shadowhaven who is in love with another Shadar-Kai
  * **Wildare** - The owner of the Green Grocer, an enterprising Shadar-Kai merchant
  * **Harbormaster Pike** (aka Bananapants) - A whimsical Shadar-Kai bon vivant

===== Major Plot Points =====

  * A cadre of Homeshard Heroes accompany an armada of Shadar-kai refugees as they return to the now-rebuilt Shadowfell. 
  * They are attacked by a techno-organic voidship of Illithids commanded by an eye tyrant who calls himself Tyrannicus. The purpose of the attack was to enslave and consume the entire population of refugees. 
  * The heroes fight off the mind flayers, with minimal losses.
  * The party spends a week making sure that the refugees are settled without further incident. 
  * Lith communes with Eilac who can promise a measure of security from future attacks on the population once they are settled. 
  * Forsooth has traveled with the refugees to offer aid. Klast and Forsooth have a discussion about the Demiurge and the meaning of mortality. 
  * Lith and Psithurs bond over the lost of Kairon, whom they knew much too briefly. 
  * During his free time, Wildare spends time with Psithuris just listening. The grocer seems content to learn more about the dinosaur rancher and perhaps claim a bit of happiness for himself. 
  * The heroes defeat the infernal Porphyrous Maw that the Fascists left over to consume any left over might.