The Vengeful Notes 2026-05-16

Minfilia

• The night after the wedding chaos, the group regathers around Luke’s chamber around 9:30 PM.
  • Jessica is found in human form; John Malthrek is awake practicing handwriting for a spell scroll.
  • Crown Prince Marlion Dragonheart lets Oscar handle the Topaz Sword of Summer; it hurts Oscar being an undead revenant.
• Marlion confirms the death of the Bishop of Surrey.
  • He had given the order to release the crew of the Principium from the Splits.
  • The group prioritizes finding the keep’s teleportation circle, then traveling to the University of Senera to investigate intellect devourer threats to mages.
• Minfilia and Oscar explore the Kalassarian ruins under Travertine Keep with Marlion, split into three paths.
  • Minfilia and Oscar take a spiral staircase; Tiphanie goes down the center; Minfilia’s skeletons scout the crossbow gallery.
  • An illusion hides a broom closet as a long hallway; Marlion’s sword reveals it.
  • They find inactive crossbows of energy (+3 heavy crossbows dealing force damage), copper conduits, a scrying mirror, an empty infinite-food chest, and a magical latrine.
  • Oscar in bear form fails to breach a barricaded door; Minfilia casts Legend Lore Legend Lore Level 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, M Name or describe a person, place, or object. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of the significant lore about the thing you named. The lore might consist of current tales, forgotten stories, or even secret lore that has never been widely known. If the thing you named isn't of legendary importance, you gain no information. The more information you already have about the thing, the more precise and detailed the information you receive is. The information you learn is accurate but might be couched in figurative language. For example, if you have a mysterious magic axe on hand, the spell might yield this information: "Woe to the evildoer whose hand touches the axe, for even the haft slices the hand of the evil ones. Only a true Child of Stone, lover and beloved of Moradin, may awaken the true powers of the axe, and only with the sacred word Rudnogg on the lips." on the chest.
• Following conduits to the main power source, they find a collapsed cavern blocking access.
  • Minfilia clears debris with Animate Objects Animate Objects Level 5 · Transmutation1 action · 120 ft. · 1 minuteV, S Objects come to life at your command. Choose up to ten nonmagical objects within range that are not being worn or carried. Medium targets count as two objects, Large targets count as four objects, Huge targets count as eight objects. You can't animate any object larger than Huge. Each target animates and becomes a creature under your control until the spell ends or until reduced to 0 hit points. As a bonus action, you can mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 500 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete. An animated object is a construct with AC, hit points, attacks, Strength, and Dexterity determined by its size. Its Constitution is 10 and its Intelligence and Wisdom are 3, and its Charisma is 1. It… and Stone Shape Stone Shape Level 4 · Transmutation1 action · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, M (soft clay, which must be worked into roughly the desired shape of the stone object) You touch a stone object of Medium size or smaller or a section of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any shape that suits your purpose. So, for example, you could shape a large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn't possible. .
• Night hags attack near the crossbow gallery with undead babies.
  • Minfilia wrests necromantic control of the babies from the hags.
  • Oscar casts Stinking Cloud Stinking Cloud Level 3 · Conjuration1 action · 90 ft. · 1 minuteV, S, M (a rotten egg or several skunk cabbage leaves) You create a 20-foot-radius sphere of yellow, nauseating gas centered on a point within range. The cloud spreads around corners, and its area is Vision and Light. The cloud lingers in the air for the duration. Each creature that is completely within the cloud at the start of its turn must make a Constitution saving throw against poison. On a failed save, the creature spends its action that turn retching and reeling. Creatures that don't need to breathe or are immune to poison automatically succeed on this saving throw. A moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses the cloud after 4 rounds. A strong wind (at least 20 miles per hour) disperses it after 1 round. ; Minfilia casts Insect Plague Insect Plague Level 5 · Conjuration1 action · 300 ft. · 10 minuteV, S, M (a few grains of sugar, some kernels of grain, and a smear of fat) Swarming, biting locusts fill a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range. The sphere spreads around corners. The sphere remains for the duration, and its area is Vision and Light. The sphere's area is difficult terrain. When the area appears, each creature in it must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 4d10 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature must also make this saving throw when it enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 4d10 for each slot level above 5th. .
• The party finds and partially restores an old Kalassarian teleportation circle with diamond cups and conduit power.
  • Marlion has Tiphanie change the circle’s sigil; Minfilia teleports briefly to The Scarlet via Andy Anderson, then returns.
  • Minfilia’s skeletons and drekavacs guard the working circle afterward.
• After resting, Minfilia casts Hallow Hallow Level 5 · Evocation24 hour · Touch · Until dispelledV, S, M You touch a point and infuse an area around it with holy (or unholy) power. The area can have a radius up to 60 feet, and the spell fails if the radius includes an area already under the effect a hallow spell. The affected area is subject to the following effects. First, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead can't enter the area, nor can such creatures charm, frighten, or possess creatures within it. Any creature charmed, frightened, or possessed by such a creature is no longer charmed, frightened, or possessed upon entering the area. You can exclude one or more of those types of creatures from this effect. Second, you can bind an extra effect to the area. Choose the effect from the following list, or choose an effect offered by the DM. Some of these effects apply to creatures in the area; you can designate whether the effect applies to all creatures, creatures that follow a specific deity or leader, or creatures of a specific sort, such as orcs or trolls. When a creature that would be affected enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it can make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, the creature ignores the extra effect until it le… on the keep’s main building, barring aberrations, hags, infernals, and undead unless allowed, with a courage effect so allied hags are not frightened.
• At breakfast, Minfilia assigns Angel to recover the five Emerald Shield of Spring shards gifted by Oberon.
  • Angel already holds two; the Reformists hold at least one.
  • Sir Brastok adn Branrum Malterdale will her through Malterdale to locate the remaining shards.
• Oscar and Minfilia spend the night near Angel’s mother in the Rannek wing; Oscar is caught and nearly seized by guards until Angel intervenes.

Tiphanie

• Deeper halls include a dining chamber and a chapel-like hall with Divine Masochist imagery.
  • Marlion and Tiphanie discuss the disappearance of magic in year 466 and its return about fifty years ago, coinciding with the Bastion disaster.
  • They theorize about magic being absorbed by growing orbs rather than truly annihilated.
• A gem stalker and gem spirits attack; Tiphanie tries to spare them and learns they eat gems and burrow.
• An ancient amethyst gem dragon mother blocks the cavern.
  • She fled the Draco-Giant war, survived the waning of magic, and is sustained by a central gemstone orb.
  • Tiphanie performs a Rite of the Dragon; gemstalkers devour the mother’s body after Marlion’s breath weapon loosens her grip.
  • The orb radiates power, but copper conduits were eaten; new wiring is needed before defenses can be fully restored.
• Tiphanie requests one of the Faithful hag sisters she’d met to find a potential wife for Luke. Someone who looks like Katalin Helsinki perhaps
  • Reformists may be letting the party power the keep for their own ends.
  • Luke may attune to the keep’s magical systems once the power source is restored
• Minfilia proposes a “book club” meeting in one week with Hedwig Rosenkrantz to discuss aberrations and the green ascension liquid.
• Marlion offers to garrison a navy battalion before the wedding
  • Tiphanie offers to repair the broken Rannek teleportation circle.
• Jessica, Donmar, Tiphanie, and Marlion will head to the University of Thrantorbury; the party waits on Lime before moving on Father Charles Renaldi.

Angel’s group

• Angel learns the Travertine Keep’s teleportation circle now works.
• They learn that Pallia Travertine was a hag and is dead; they discuss about how the wedding will proceed, if it will proceed at all.
  • Mark Malthrek is believed to be under an unknown spell; The Marchioness Rannek may rescind Gwyniviere’s betrothal if needed.
• Luke may be forced to abdicate if Duke Ellington Malthrek is implicated; Luke remains a Reformist suspect. He was being groomed to be a Reformist.

Lime’s group

• While the keep meeting continues, Lime returns to the outer-city chapel of the Angel of Humility where she first met Germaine and Adelaide Schulze.
• She is tailed by at least three watchers; Andrew Taminok intercepts one assailant before Lime reaches the chapel.
• Germaine Schulze administers Lime’s Candle Bearer test of devotion, renounce Orthodox heresy and prove commitment to the Reformist creed.
  • The first test is to burn down a random house that holds an Orthodox family.
  • The second test was to find a person in town, of her own choice, and dominate them.
    • Lime chooses to dominate Germaine in the chapel, binding him with vines and using Herb of the Harem as Oscar taught her.
  • The third test is to get burly, highly-visible man, seduce him, and trick them magically into stealing a key to a prison in the local constabulary office.
    • The point is to test her ability to use magical manipulation to achieve her goals.
    • The fourth test is to kill an urdefolcin and bring its heart to Germaine.
      • Lime refuses to kill the urdefolcin, instead offers Germaine to the spirit of the forest as a sacrifice.
  • Germaine mentions that he still has affection for Abraham Schulze.
  • Lime recalls her actual parents, Abraham and Juliette Schulze, before she was left in the Gerta Moon’s boarding school.

Finale

• The party converges on the Chapel of the Angel of Humility to confront Father Charles Renaldi and Sister Rislas
  • Minfilia beat Rislas as she used the Beacon of Necromantic Energy to raise and summon undead in a 200 foot radius. She summons undead insects, animals and some zombies from a nearby graveyard.
  • Rislas is incapacitated by Minfilia’s undead.
  • She finds a vial of pixie dust in Rislas’s pocket. Included is a single pixie wing inside as well.
  • They use the pixie dust on a brazier in the chapel’s rectory to open a portal to a pocket dimension.
  • Inside the pocket dimension are Father Charles Renaldi and Duchess Malthrek, who were expecting Germaine and Lime to announce Lime’s completion of her tests
    • Minfilia and Oscar kill Father Charles Renaldi and incapacitates Malthrek
    • Minfilia summons the pixie who owns the wing, and tells them to collapse the pocked dimension.
    • They pull Renaldi and Malthrek out of the pocket dimension.
  • They discover that Renaldi has a parasite in his brain. Tiphanie is convinced that it is a Mind Flayer parasite.