The Vengeful Notes 2026-06-06

Paladinate Regroup

• Lord Boyle Eastonton and Miya summon Minfilia and Oscar.
  • Reinforcements include Lilya, Henry Surrata-Spellvig, Philippa, Murky, and Lilya’s squad.
  • The allied group operates between the Paladinate, the Kalassarian ruins beneath it, and the Green Lord grove or circle staging area.
• The Paladinate is heavily compromised.
  • Most or all senior paladins appear converted by Reformist influence.
  • Newer recruits remain “fresh” and may be indoctrinated rather than parasitized.
  • The longer recruits remain exposed, the greater the risk of conversion.
• The party tries to sort usable allies from threats.
  • Some recruits accept the party’s terms, apparently helped by Miya’s presence.
  • Cooperative members are assigned patrols or duties.
  • Less-trusted senior trainees are kept under watch or assigned support work.
  • Several full paladins remain unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unavailable.
• Immediate missing-person hooks remain.
  • Garward Eastonton is still missing.
  • Sir Aigral Eastonton and Guillerma still need to be found.
  • Sir Lannis is recovering but has lost recent memory.
  • Sir Essen remains unconscious after parasite removal.

Orb of Absorption

• The party continues work around the Orb of Absorption.
  • The 00:49:55-00:50:48 Anton and Minfilia discussion refers to the large Orb of Absorption in the Kalassarian ruins beneath the Eastonton Paladinate.
  • The yellow orb drains ambient magic and may also drain life energy.
  • It redirects siphoned energy elsewhere through the Kalassarian power system.
  • Magical items brought near it may be neutralized, damaged, drained, or destroyed.
  • Cursed items and curse effects may also be vulnerable.
• Victims had been connected to the orb.
  • Most were children, with some adults.
  • They may have wild-magic affinity or other useful magical traits.
  • Their energy was being diverted into an egg or baby later linked to elder-brain development.
  • Miya and Boyle had previously found children spellcasters and eight adults placed there by paladins.
• Anton arrives as the engineer.
  • He brings copper for repairs.
  • His plan relies on nonmagical tools, ropes, pulleys, copper tubing, and manual work inside or near the orb’s radius.
  • He needs an ocular inspection before committing to repairs.
  • A rough patch may take about an hour before available energy can be tested.
• The repair goal is limited.
  • The party wants enough restored function for the teleportation circle or nearby ruin systems.
  • Restored power may reactivate stronger traps that were offline.
  • The circle cannot run continuously and may currently allow roughly one use every three hours.

Repulsion Gear and Circle Security

• The party manages scarce Orb of Repulsion protection.
  • Only three Orb of Repulsion units are available.
  • Two bodysuit-like protective suits have repulsion orbs mounted on the head.
  • Pecorine agrees to wear one suit.
  • Another suit is assigned to Murky.
  • Minfilia sometimes calls him Marky to tease him and deliberately parallel him with Markle.
  • Lilya removes one repulsion orb and carries it upstairs, likely toward the rectory.
• A safe boundary is marked near the Orb of Absorption.
  • Beyond the marked line, the drain becomes severe and not worth enduring.
  • The marker may be orange chalk, a marker object, or another visible boundary.
  • Bag of Holding transport through the field is treated as risky because contents may be destroyed.
• Minfilia alters or re-sigils the teleportation circle.
  • Enemies apparently cannot use the changed circle unless one of the party or allies is nearby.
  • Lilya’s squad guards the teleportation circle and remains on standby.
  • Jessica and Oscar cannot cross the orbs or the huge hallway section.
  • Oscar rests to regain spells.
  • Lord Boyle appears to sleep in a chair.
  • Minfilia stays near the ruins rather than sleeping in the grove.

Parasites and Lost Memory

• The group preserves several removed parasites for study.
  • Removed parasites usually die within about a day.
  • The Duchess’s parasite is kept alive with repeated death ward.
  • Another parasite from Sir Essen or a chief paladin is also being preserved.
• The parasites may consume or store host memories.
  • Duchess Antoinette reportedly lost about ten years of memory.
  • Garward Eastonton may lose about ten years if his parasite is removed.
  • Removing Garward’s parasite could make him unable to provide key information.
  • The person who knew Garward’s location may now lack that memory after parasite removal.
• The party explores possible recovery methods.
  • Philippa asks whether stolen memories can be returned.
  • Julia or another researcher treats the question as valid.
  • The group wonders whether memories might return naturally, like mundane amnesia.
  • They also wonder whether memories remain partly in the victim instead of only inside the parasite.
• Proposed research methods include:
  • Holding a parasite near a person’s face to detect strong reactions from infected hosts.
  • Using Encode Thoughts to extract or decode parasite-held thoughts.
  • Returning decoded memories to the original host if a safe method exists.
  • Sending notes to Mystine, who is actively researching memory recovery.
• Limits remain unresolved.
  • Anton does not know Encode Thoughts.
  • Angel cannot cast it because she is a cleric.
  • Emily might have an Encode Thoughts rune, but this is speculative.
  • Parasites apparently cannot turn hosts into mind flayers without Green Liquid, according to the flumph.

Grove Rest and Morning Arrivals

• The group rests before a morning meeting.
  • The Green Lord grove is large, restful, and suitable for most allies to sleep in.
  • Philippa and Murky discuss whether they are still needed or should go toward Bramsgate soon.
  • Philippa has a Sending Stone directly linked to the team.
  • Sensodyne does not need sleep and guards the Paladinate while others rest, explore, or handle other business.
  • She is a devil and succubus, formerly the Marshall of the Pits, and part of the Rozenmaiden’s crew.
• Minfilia stays with her undead.
  • She identifies herself as a necromancer and rejects assumptions about necromancy and pregnancy.
  • She wants Emily’s rune of gentle repose so she does not need to keep recasting the spell.
  • Emily does not trust Minfilia with the runes.
  • Minfilia orders undead to “form a bed” and sleeps among them in a disturbing ritual-like arrangement.
• Morning reinforcements arrive.
  • Mystine arrives with Anton and Pecorine.
  • Mystine teleports Anton and Pecorine back to the ruins for the orb investigation.
  • Pecorine is small, horned, pointy-eared, and heavily pierced.
  • Jalester wakes early in the grove and greets Mystine.
  • Lilya or the lieutenant is still asleep and using Henry as a pillow after Henry returns.
• Mystine’s Marina Visconti identity comes up around Nightshift Nurses.
  • The crew already knows Mystine is publicly known as Sex-Starved Dr. Marina Visconti.
  • Newer characters do not all know that connection yet.
  • She signs two copies of Nightshift Nurses as Marina Visconti.

Henson Eastonton

• A captured Reformist caster is interrogated.
  • He is bound, gagged, and restrained because he is a known caster.
  • A repulsion orb is placed near him or around his neck.
  • Oscar wakes him by hauling him upright and slapping him.
  • The group accounts for a possible hidden tooth, crunch trigger, suicide device, or escape mechanism.
• The prisoner is Henson Eastonton.
  • He appears to accept the name Henson.
  • Minfilia deliberately miscalls him Henderson during later discussion.
  • He is Eastonton kin, but not Garward’s son.
  • Boyle identifies him as a distant nephew through second-cousin relations.
  • He is around twenty-four or twenty-five and generally disliked.
  • He trained locally as a court wizard rather than at university.
• Henson serves Garward and the Reformists instrumentally.
  • He joined the Reformist Church to please Garward.
  • He sees family and church as stepping stones.
  • He wants to meet Sovereign Rothschild.
  • He believes Rothschild may have transcended death, possibly as a vampire, lich, archlich, or something greater.
• Henson has a Great Old One patron.
  • “The powers” reject him despite several attempts.
  • A separate unclear answer may involve his patron or mistress protecting, rejecting, or detecting something.
  • Vaikhari is the most likely shared-patron candidate mentioned in the discussion.
  • Mystine is noted out of game as a warlock tied to Celestia, shorthand for the Celestial Realms.
  • Celestia is where most angels come from, not a named patron.

Suggestion and Memory Vessel

• Mystine casts suggestion on Henson.
  • Henson fails a DC 18 Wisdom save.
  • The command is to cooperate, help now, and answer all questions truthfully.
  • The suggestion is later removed.
  • Afterward, Henson clutches his head and says his Ring of Mind Shielding is probably gone or useless.
• Henson reveals Garward’s memory-compartmentalization method.
  • Garward had Henson encode certain memories into a vessel or container.
  • Henson then purged those memories from himself.
  • The vessel is at Eastonton Manor in the court wizard’s wing, in Henson’s room.
  • Henson no longer remembers who Garward is currently with.
  • He guesses Garward would likely be with four other paladins.
• The method is not ordinary Encode Thoughts.
  • It removes memories from the mind rather than merely copying them.
  • The party suspects advanced elven memory magic.
  • Crystallized or powdered memories in vials are mentioned.
  • Garward appears more technically important than expected.
• Henson’s route work remains important.
  • His task involved finding a path from the Paladinate to the Kalassarian ruins beneath Eastonton Manor.
  • He warns that restoring power may reactivate traps.
  • He had been slowed by trap identification and had not reached the next rooms.
  • He is surprised there is a Green Lord shrine in the ruins.

Garward and Aigral Leads

• Henson gives a Garward lead.
  • Henson thinks Garward may be with Sir Gareth Eastonton.
  • A location is given as Thrantorbury.
  • Henson does not know Garward’s exact position because Garward may be moving.
• The Eastonton Manor lead grows stronger.
  • The party believes the manor may not have many full paladins present.
  • At least one full paladin may still be there.
  • Kotryna, the cat-woman court wizard and likely Draconic sorcerer, may be a notable combatant.
    • Her local Reformist hierarchy title is Bearer of Tears; other locales may have their own Bearers of Tears.
    • The “green drugs” line at 01:45:43-01:46:02 refers to Green Liquid, including Garward Eastonton Green Draught.
  • Uncle Garward kept immediate family affairs private, so Henson does not know who has parasites.
• Henson reports Aigral’s location.
  • Sir Aigral Eastonton is at Lunafeld, south of Eastonton within the Eastontons’ greater holdings.
  • Aigral and a companion, probably Guillerma, are undercover as caterers or waitstaff at a party.
  • Henson says this is his latest intel and that he has not removed that memory.
  • Baron Lunafeld, an Eastonton vassal, is a willing Reformist and now has a parasite.
• Miya becomes a possible manor scout or traveler.
  • She may be sent through the teleportation circle toward Eastonton Manor.
  • A possible destination is an alley behind a clothing shop.
  • Boyle tells Miya to stay put and says the group will try to save her mother.

Body Transfer Bargain

• Minfilia or Mort offers Henson a death-cheating bargain.
  • Henson would help against Garward and the Reformists.
  • In exchange, he might receive a way to cheat death.
  • Options discussed include transferring Henson into Garward’s body or another long-lived body.
  • Henson is interested but worries about bypassing Garward’s defenses.
• Henson wants a long-lived vessel.
  • Preferred options include an elf, hag, eladrin, or similar body.
  • Using a child as a vessel is treated as unacceptable.
  • Hags and Children of the Crone are considered dangerous or morally complicated.
  • Tiphanie is rejected as far too dangerous to anger.
  • Aigral is mentioned as an eladrin “pretty boy,” but the party already has plans for him.
• Henson asks for proof the speaker is truly a different person.
  • The speaker styles red hair and asks who the current body resembles.
  • Henson identifies the body as Sofia, the original owner of the body Minfilia’s soul occupies after Iluvia Wunderplat’s Soul Gem experiments.
  • The speaker claims a prior male Mehicanian identity tied to the military.
  • The military name or label Mort is offered.
• Mort’s former life is described.
  • A red book shows a thin middle-aged red-haired man with dead-looking eyes.
  • The heard name “Vince Trell” remains uncertain.
  • Mort claims to have won a war front by spending remaining life energy to raise dead comrades one by one.
  • Those undead later crumbled in the desert when Mort had no life energy left to raise them again.
• The alliance terms remain fragile.
  • Henson initially refuses to immediately turn on his comrades at Eastonton Manor.
  • A Persuasion result of 24 appears to move him closer to alliance.
  • Boyle says he does not fully trust Henson yet.
  • Henson agrees trust would be foolish and says he will try to earn it.

Kalassarian Ore Corridor

• A newly opened passage leads into a crumbling corridor.
  • Collapsed wall sections reveal black-purple, faintly sparkling stone.
  • The material appears naturally occurring in this world.
  • In raw form it is too unrefined for strong magic.
  • It may be refinable into Orbs of Enhancement.
• The party questions why the ore was left in place.
  • Mining it may have weakened or destroyed the structure.
  • The ore may have been structurally necessary.
  • It may have fed crystal-eating creatures.
  • The walls may have protected against those creatures.
  • The creatures may have been removed, killed, or displaced by a larger predator.
• Ruin damage may be deliberate.
  • Some walls appear collapsed because magic was leaking through them.
  • The walls should have been thick enough to contain it.
  • Anti-magic, fields, or magic cast into ore or orbs are discussed but remain unclear.
• The Orb of Absorption remains distinct from god-cursed items.
  • A speaker says they have not seen anything like it before.
  • Similar orbs may grow naturally elsewhere, but the installed orb’s origin and manufacture remain unknown.

Sound Trap and Deep Shaft

• The party reaches a sound-triggered trap corridor.
  • Footsteps or nearby noise can activate it.
  • The trap sends metal chains toward victims.
  • The chains enter through the mouth and cause fatal choking, internal compression, or related harm.
• Silence is used as the solution.
  • A 20-foot-radius silence forces the group to stay close while crossing.
  • No one can hear inside the spell.
  • The party relies on signs despite uncertainty over Common Sign.
  • A knowledgeable guide signals when they are clear and the spell can be dropped.
• Beyond the trap is a large stepped hall.
  • It is smaller than the earlier five-goddess statue chamber.
  • The center contains multiple stepped levels, with some rising and several descending.
  • The bottom falls farther than darkvision can reveal.
• A scout descends.
  • Oscar or another party member Wild Shapes into a hawk.
  • The hawk flies through intense heat and difficult crosswinds.
  • A plume of fire shoots upward near the depths.
  • The scout narrowly avoids it and returns alarmed.
  • A large fire snake, worm-like elemental, or similar creature is visible below.

Fire Creature and Undead Skill

• Jessica identifies fire-creature lore with Arcana.
  • Fire snakes are associated with the Elemental Plane of Fire and Infernus.
  • They are rare elsewhere unless summoned, trapped, or bound.
  • They are nearly made of fire, survive extreme heat, and can spew flame.
  • The creature below is not the same type as a previously discussed ship-related fire elemental.
• The party chooses not to descend fully.
  • The next lower floor might be reachable.
  • The lower area grows hotter over time.
  • The creature’s fire attack seems inaccurate from far above but dangerous closer in.
  • Freezing it is discussed, but the party lacks enough range or cold power.
  • Henrique is named as better suited for that approach.
• Kotryna is mentioned as a conjurer.
  • The speaker has not seen her summon anything that large.
  • The creature’s origin remains unresolved.
• Necromancy capabilities are reviewed.
  • A necromancer says skill is measured by the quality of undead raised.
  • Basic necromancers may raise skeletons.
  • Advanced necromancers can restore much of an undead creature’s former life, possibly including spellcasting.
  • One controlled undead or archon apparently cast greater restoration the previous night.
  • The party infers any hostile caster capable of that magic is very high-level.

Feywild and Archlich Lore

• The party discusses Feywild connections in Senera.
  • Archfey may still be contactable if someone knows how.
  • Jessica warns that green forests and plant life do not prove an active Feywild link.
  • They could be native, remnants, crossings, or unanswered signs.
  • Asked whether Senera has an Archfey, Jessica points to the many Green Lord statues without confirming.
• A theory forms about stories and the Feywild.
  • The Feywild may reflect Material Plane stories, beliefs, bardic tales, or skaldic inventions.
  • Idealized or warped versions of people may become real there.
• Jessica explains baelnorns.
  • Baelnorns are elven undead guardians tied to ruins, tombs, homes, sacred places, artifacts, or bound locations.
  • They extend existence for guardianship rather than selfish immortality.
  • They are distinct from archliches.
  • Their rituals involve binding oneself to a place, but Jessica does not know all steps.
  • Feywild necromancy is generally taboo, though baelnorns are a limited exception.
• Sovereign Rothschild remains a major undead hook.
  • The party repeats rumors that Rothschild is an archlich.
  • Jessica asks what kind of archlich Sovereign could be.
  • Other categories mentioned include dracoliches and hag liches.
  • Becoming a baelnorn requires being an elf first.

Star Elves and the Star Court

• Jessica describes “pure” elves and Star Elves.
  • A Star Elf family lives in Mithrendain.
  • They are recognizable by pearl-white or translucent skin, pale eyelids, and white brows or lashes.
  • They reproduce only within their kin lines.
• The party compares Star Elf lineage to Kalassarian royal inbreeding.
  • Kalassarian inbreeding produced illness, deformity, cognitive decline, and instability.
  • Julius the Insane is named as an example.
  • Star Elves are said to tend toward madness, but the cause is unclear.
• A Star Court or Astrazalia scandal is discussed.
  • Star Elves may have been manipulated by Queen Valdas, previous Queen of the Spring Court and Queen of Mirrors.
  • Somme killed Valdas in the Feywild during an earlier campaign.
  • Their lines may be called tainted, stained, or unclean.
  • The exact scandal remains unresolved.
• Warlock knowledge becomes relevant.
  • One speaker is a warlock who also learned wizardry, but has not pledged to an Archfey.
  • They initially doubt someone in Senera could pledge to an Archfey.
  • Others point out that reclusive elves exist in Senera.
  • The speaker suspects Feywild-returned friends are hiding something important, but does not want to force the issue.

Hidden Route and Bone Bridge

• The party searches the ruins for a mechanism.
  • Possible targets include a door, panel, button, conduit, or hidden trace.
  • Detect magic is considered but may be blocked by lead-lined or thick stone.
  • Oscar uses heat metal on a suspected copper conduit or trace.
• Jessica tracks the heated metal.
  • She takes a dog or dog-like form.
  • She tracks the heated copper scent with a strong roll.
  • The scent changes to toxic-smelling lead.
  • Pressing the lead-marked spot opens a hidden door.
  • The door dissolves or crumbles into sand rather than swinging open.
• The party finds another trap.
  • A pressure plate is hidden under softer sand.
  • Pressing it would likely collapse the structure again.
  • Minfilia considers using skeletons but their weight would trigger it.
• Skeletons form a bridge.
  • They make a small arch or bone bridge over the pressure plate.
  • Testing shows it bends or sinks slightly but springs back without depressing the plate.
  • The party crosses one at a time.
  • The group reaches a narrow corridor, turns right, and finds a hard-to-see upward spiral staircase.

Items, Spells, and Tools

• Major items and devices:
  • Orb of Absorption.
  • Orbs of Repulsion and protective suits.
  • Henson’s Ring of Mind Shielding, now likely gone or useless.
  • Henson’s memory vessel at Eastonton Manor.
  • Copper tubing and nonmagical repair gear.
  • Philippa’s Sending Stone linked to the team.
  • A possible Encode Thoughts rune from Emily.
• The Great Erected One is canon.
  • Minfilia, Oscar, and Cletus started a religion worshiping the Great Erected One in Boyle Eastonton’s image and life.
  • Characters who know Minfilia, Oscar, and Cletus tend to treat it as a joke, and Boyle is annoyed by it.
  • Common folk seem to be convinced.
  • Minfilia, Oscar, and Cletus think it is funny, but they are also seriously spreading it.
  • Minos is known as the First Priest of the Great Erected One.
• Spells and magical methods:
  • Death ward keeps parasites alive for research.
  • Encode thoughts may help decode parasite-held memories.
  • Suggestion forces Henson’s cooperation.
  • Gentle repose is desired for Minfilia’s preservation work.
  • Silence bypasses the sound trap.
  • Heat metal reveals a hidden route through copper traces.
  • Greater restoration from undead or archon magic shocks the party.
• Factions and groups in play:
  • Reformist Church.
  • Paladinate and Holy Knighthood of Paladins of Divine Masochism.
  • Children of the Crone.
  • Eastonton family and court wizard network.
  • Hags of Hama and Nightshift Nurses.
    • Mary the Dollmaker and Bloody Mary of the Hags of Hama are aliases for the same person.
    • The alias discussion occurs at 04:21:56-04:23:06.
  • Possible Feywild, Star Court, and Green Lord forces.

Unresolved Hooks

• Immediate objectives:
  • Stabilize or repair the Orb of Absorption chamber.
  • Keep the teleportation circle secure.
  • Recover Henson’s memory vessel from Eastonton Manor.
  • Find Garward Eastonton.
  • Rescue Sir Aigral Eastonton and Guillerma at Lunafeld.
  • Determine whether Thrantorbury is a real Garward lead.
• Parasite and memory research:
  • Confirm whether parasite-held memories can be decoded and returned.
  • Determine whether victims retain partial memory traces.
  • Test whether the Orb of Absorption can kill parasites without killing hosts.
  • Send research notes to Mystine.
• Ruin mysteries:
  • Identify the black-purple ore and whether it can become Orbs of Enhancement
  • Explain why magic leaked through thick walls.
  • Identify the fire creature below the stepped hall.
  • Determine whether power restoration reactivated additional traps.
  • Learn why a Green Lord shrine exists inside Kalassarian architecture.
• Lore questions:
  • Whether Senera has an active Archfey or only Green Lord remnants.
  • Whether Rothschild is a lich, archlich, baelnorn-like figure, vampire, or something else.
  • What happened between the Star Elves, Star Court, and Queen Valdas.
  • Whether Minfilia’s undead are correctly called archons, Dark Archons, or something else.