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The Road to Ruin
Session Date: 11/29/2025
Game Master: Rew
Player Characters
- Chartreuse, Human Artificer (Nat)
- Lith, Shadar-Kai Druid (Bridget)
- Klast, Peace Cleric (Jim W)
- Keeka, Orc Bard (Sheila)
- Baila, Eladrin College of Dance bard (Tara)
- Rotheon, Aasimar Clockwork Sorcerer (Ace)
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
- Antoine Pierre D'Aubert de La Cour - The Imperial ambassador
- Chaddrus - Caiel's infernal father by Chartreuse and owner/operator of Chads-R-Us Voidships in Welmet
- Glimpseox - An Eye Tyrant who loves himself almost as much as he loves gold
- Operative Stiner - A corporate cog of the Gamma Co
- Wildare - The owner of the Green Grocer, an enterprising Shadar-Kai merchant
- Harbormaster Pike (aka Bananapants) - A whimsical Shadar-Kai bon vivant
- Ashriel - The leader of the Shadowfell Fascists revival
Major Plot Points
- The Homeshard Heroes arrive at Flaygallows to find it all decked out for a big, royal wedding. All sorts of Shadar-Kai warships hang nearby in orbit.
- Harbormaster Pike bring the party to a party at the Flaygallows Green Grocer where they are celebrated by the Whimsicals for all of their good deeds for the shard of Flaygallows.
- Chartreuse confronts Chaddrus about his treatment of Caiel. She notes that Stacy is extremely angry with the cambion.
- Keeka confronts Antoine Pierre about the incident with Lith. The ambassador drops his elven accent when the Homeshard Heroes get nearby.
- Bailia tells King Elisar that Prince Rhebus feels compelled to marry Princess Gloriana. She learns that there was a misunderstanding between that family.
- The heroes overhear General Karioch and Minister Rakthar discussing the fact that the “Monstrous Energy” is already in place. “The herald has truly set the table for the Dark Messiah.”
- Princess Glorianna and Prince Rhebus emerge. They perform Bailia's dance. Keeka distracts the Princess while Bailia explains her discussion with King Elisar. Stunned, the couple are pulled away to make a tour of the room.
- Rather than a toast to his new bride, Prince Rhebus says that there will be no wedding. Princess Glorianna grabs at the Favor of the Raven Queen in Prince Rhebus' hands. A raven appears, grabs the amulet and drops it in Lith's lap. Glorianna shrieks that her curse of Lith should have kept that from happening. Keeka decks Glorianna.
- Shards begin slamming into Flaygallows like bombs dropping. Klast is able to identify the shards as they rocket toward them like comets.
- The heroes save as much of the population of the Flaygallows as possible. Somehow even Dr. Amazing finds his way to safety.
- As they flee, the Dark Messiah powered by Monster Energy reaches for Chartreuse's ship. It stops short, calling out “mom” in a voice that later is identified as being Caiel's.
- There is much chaos as refugee ships are being coordinated and supplies are being allocated for the over fourteen-thousand Shadar-Kai civilians. All that remain of the civilians that once lived on the Shadowfell shards. Each of the Shadowfell shards have smashed into one-another killing untold thousands. The shards appeared to combine into a humanoid shape with the Shadowfell fascist's Tower of Death at its head.
- Dane Shadowstrike is mssing following the events of this disaster.
- Lith is definitely not the leader of the Shadar-Kai, instead a popular figurehead.
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