Road Work Ahead

Session Date: 05/31/2025
Game Master: Rew

• Beatrix, Harengon Ranger/Monk (Colin)
• Klast Ronison, Rock-Man Peace Cleric (Jim W)
• Lith Oakenheart, Shadar-Kai Druid (Bridget)
• Nox Celeste, Shifter Swashbuckler (Alex)
• Sahbirr, Tabaxi Fighter (Dustin)

• Wildare of Flaygallows - A stoic Shadar-Kai merchant
• Nixheim - One of the shards that make up The Road
• Flaygallows - A Shadow Shard that makes up the “capitol” of The Road, home to a large population of Shadar-Kai
• Graeae - A great hag who holds powerful sway over the lesser monsters of the entire province of The Road
• Letharr - A deity worshiped by Klast, also known as the veiled lady
• Eilac - A lesser deity in the pantheon of the Well Met Heroes who defeated the Matron of Ravens, clearing the way for Ariyah the Reborn, a ruler of Flaygallows back from the earliest times of the Sundering
• Cussquirt Band - A warband of Wyrmslugs who will do dirty deeds for cash and flesh on Nixheim
• Princess Glorianna - The Shadar-Kai leader of Flaygallows
• Darkgate Manor - A shard long thought lost, identified by Glorianna for the Homeshard Heroes to find evidence of the “Orphans of Ariyah”

• Wildare hires the Homeshard Heroes to accompany him on his new voidship named the Polywog as it travels back home with a secret cargo he calls the “Fruits of Debauchery.”
• The ship is attacked by another ship of Gamma Co make crewed by the Cussquirt gang led by a faceless hag who threatens to stop all trade with Flaygallows until her master Graeae is told the location of the Orphans of Ariyah.
• Once the expedition reaches the city of Flaygallows, it is revealed that the “Fruits of Debauchery” Wildare carried back was a hold full of lemons. This citrus are all seen as shocking and a little scandalous to all his monochromatic countrymen, but many buy secretly because they want to know more.
• The Homeshard Heroes are welcomed as special guests by the stoic Shadar-Kai.
• The Homeshard Heroes spend some time in the most upscale tavern in the Docks district - The Grey Rectangle right during “Satisfactory Hour.”
• In what could be a shady deal, Princess Glorianna reveals that not only did the Orphans of Ariyah actually exist, they lived hidden in exile at a hidden shard known as Darkgate Manor. Unfortunately, the shard and its caretaker Cain were cursed. Glorianna believes that it was Graeae who levied the curse.
• The Homeshard Heroes travel to Darkgate Manor and find it defended by all sorts of Shadar-Kai undead. They battle past them, and find Cain dead in the vaults.
• Evidence including paintings and geneologies show that perhaps Lith is herself one of the Orphans of Ariyah, forced to flee Darkgate Manor as a small child. There is also evidence of two other orphans who fled.