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The Road to Shadow

Session Date: 10/16/2025
Game Master: Rew

Player Characters

  • Gutboy, Dwarven Barbarian (Tim S)
  • Lith, Shadar-Kai Druid (Bridget)
  • Lost, Yuan-Ti Fighter (Kyra)
  • Psithuris, High Elf Circle of the Stars Druid (Quinton)
  • Rotheon, Aasimar Clockwork Sorcerer (Ace)

Named People and Places

Major Plot Points

  • The Homeshard Heroes arrive on the shard of Shadowhaven, a shard famous for its deep, dark red wine vintages. They were dispatched by the officials of Flaygallows that something is amiss.
  • Lith and Psitheris both arrived to follow some dreams they have been having about a disturbed dryad in the woods.
  • The heroes ask a few questions of Maddox the helpful Shadar-Kai who mans the aethership docks.
  • The party passes by the “gatehouse” as they enter the small village of about a thousand Shadar-Kai souls. It is manned by a very drunk guard.
  • They visit the sheriff who tells them about several rumors including information about the village's madwoman.
  • The Madwoman of Shadowhaven is a widow believes that the teen child she brought home from a recent trip to Flaygallows was a monster made of shadows rather than her actual son. The locals whisper that she is the one culpable for the child's disappearance. She repeatedly sings a lullaby over and over.
    • Rock a bye baby down by the dock; when the sun sets the cradle will rock; deep in the forest the shadows will creep; and then my sweet boy will be fast asleep.
  • The heroes meet Macsen, Maddox's scheming twin.
  • The heroes stop by the church of Pelor and meet the
  • Gilded Grape
  • Gutboy and Lith do some gambling at a different establishment where they hear some rumors.
  • The next morning the Homeshard Heroes are attacked in their sleep by shadow-possessed giant rats.
  • The heroes check out the church, but are disappointed to learn that it is not the source of the darkness that has possessed the village.
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