Session Date: 05/03/2025
Game Master: Rew

• Caiel, Teifling Warlock (Nat)
• Dane Shadowstrike, Tabaxi Shadow Monk (John)
• Elydra “Ellie” Illixalim, Eladrin Shadow Magic Sorceror (Nicholle)
• Kip Cescorna, Human Chronomancer Wizard (Jian)
• Klast Ronison, Rock-Man Peace Cleric (Jim W)
• Yuna Keen, Human Cleric of Isva (Jenny Beth)

• Wildare of Flaygallows - A stoic Shadar-Kai merchant
• Chaddrus - Caiel's infernal father and owner/operator of Chads-R-Us Voidships in Welmet
• Isva’s Hand Orphanage - The orphanage served by Yuna and Dane
  • Mother Omay Westerly - The matron of the orphanage
  • Brother Moses Voidshard - The secondary helper at the orphanage; a retired adventurer
• 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
• Martha - A lesser hag, the seditious servitor of Graeae
• Isva - a deitiy worshiped by Yuna
• Letharr - A deity worshiped by Klast, also known as the veiled lady
• Eilac - A lesser deity in the pantheon of 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
• Hydra Band - A group of Malmyrdons associated with a ten-headed pyrohydra who operates on Nixheim
• Cussquirt Band - A warband of Wyrmslugs who will do dirty deeds for cash and flesh on Nixheim

• Wildare offers to start buying items from the orphanage in exchange for help getting his bag of “delicate goods” back to Flaygallows.
• Wildare describes the deal he made with the hag Graeae to travel unharmed across the wilds of Nixheim, inferring that he lost a very important organ in the deal.
• Wildare explains to Caiel that Flaygallows has a nascent voidship business. To get on his father Chaddus's good side, Caiel joins the expedition.
• Wildare convinces Klast to join his expedition to get his secretive bag of “delicate goods” to his home of Flaygallows.
• Wildare convinces Kip and Elydra to join him. Elydra finds Kip familiar, but doesn't share why.
• The Homeshard Heroes emerge from the voidspan gate from Welmet into a cave complex on Nixheim, but find their way blocked by Martha the hag and a dozen Malmyrdons.
• The heroes learn that Graeae Rules Nixheim.
• Martha tells Wildare “I’ve decided to change the terms of the deal. Give me the location of the orphans and you can proceed unharmed.”
• Martha has plans to double-cross Graeae and take “the orphans” for herself.
• The heroes defeat the Malmyrdons, but Martha escapes.
• The Homeshard Heroes see the Hydra Gang torturing members of a village for information about Wildare.
• Once again the heroes are attacked by demons made flesh led by Martha. In this case, Wyrmslugs buried themselves in the snow to make a surprise attack. Once again, Martha escapes with her life as the monsters are destroyed.
• The heroes challenge Martha, and learn that by “orphans” she means she is looking for “The Orphans of Ariyah.”
• The Homeshard Heroes fight a final battle against Martha and a half-dozen demonic soldiers on a mind-numbing, gravity-changing staircase between Nixheim and Flaygallows.
• Once the expedition reaches the city of Flaygallows, it is revealed that Wildare carried a bag of bright red tomatoes to market to his monochromatic countrymen. The Homeshard Heroes stay for a little bit, and are welcomed as special guests by the stoic Shadar-Kai.