The Vengeful Notes 2026-10-17

The Barrier Around Thrantorbury

• Four companions examined the barrier enclosing Thrantorbury University.
  • IdentifyIdentifyLevel 1 · Divination1 minute · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou choose one object that you must touch throughout the casting of the spell. If it is a magic item or some other magic-imbued object, you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires attunement to use, and how many charges it has, if any. You learn whether any spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn which spell created it. If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn what spells, if any, are currently affecting it. revealed an unusually large Wall of ForceWall of ForceLevel 5 · Evocation1 action · 120 ft. · 10 minuteV, S, M (a pinch of powder made by crushing a clear gemstone)An invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel. In any form, the wall is 1/4 inch thick. It lasts for the duration. If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice which side). Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all damage and can't be dispelled by dispel magic. A disintegrate spell destroys the wall instantly, however. The wall also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel through the wall. that was not technically an abjuration.
  • The wall directly adjoined the time loop, leaving no physical gap, and appeared to be continuously powered.
  • The devastated town remained visible outside, but conditions within the university were unknown; the professor controlling the time-loop object was considered hostile.
• The group considered entering with Dimension DoorDimension DoorLevel 4 · Conjuration1 action · 500 ft. · InstantaneousVYou teleport yourself from your current location to any other spot within range. You arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe by stating distance and direction, such as "200 feet straight downward" or "upward to the northwest at a 45-degree angle, 300 feet." You can bring along objects as long as their weight doesn't exceed what you can carry. You can also bring one willing creature of your size or smaller who is carrying gear up to its carrying capacity. The creature must be within 5 feet of you when you cast this spell. If you would arrive in a place already occupied by an object or a creature, you and any creature traveling with you each take 4d6 force damage, and the spell fails to teleport you. and deploying the Orb of Absorption inside, but could not establish that this was safe.
  • They feared the orb could grow uncontrollably and eventually consume the town.
  • Emily had once redirected its energy through conduits during the pocket-dimension incident, and those conduits remained in a Bag of HoldingBag of HoldingUncommon15 lb.This bag has an interior space considerably larger than its outside dimensions, roughly 2 feet in diameter at the mouth and 4 feet deep. The bag can hold up to 500 pounds, not exceeding a volume of 64 cubic feet. The bag weighs 15 pounds, regardless of its contents. Retrieving an item from the bag requires an action. If the bag is overloaded, pierced, or torn, it ruptures and is destroyed, and its contents are scattered in the Astral Plane. If the bag is turned inside out, its contents spill forth, unharmed, but the bag must be put right before it can be used again. Breathing creatures inside the bag can survive up to a number of minutes equal to 10 divided by the number of creatures (minimum 1 minute), after which time they begin to suffocate. Placing a bag of holding inside an extradimensional space created by a Heward's handy haversack, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys both items and opens a gate to the Astral Plane. The gate originates where the one item was placed inside the other. Any creature within 10 feet of the gate is sucked through it to a random location on the Astral Plane. The gate then closes. The gate is one-way only and can't be reopened..
  • They discussed using conduits with repeated Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… castings or a Globe of InvulnerabilityGlobe of InvulnerabilityLevel 6 · Abjuration1 action · 10 ft. · 1 minuteV, S, MAn immobile, faintly shimmering barrier springs into existence in a 10-foot radius around you and remains for the duration. Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can't affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level spell slot. Such a spell can target creatures and objects within the barrier, but the spell has no effect on them. Similarly, the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas affected by such spells. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the barrier blocks spells of one level higher for each slot level above 6th.. Concern about repeatedly using seventh-level magic led them toward the circle plan, although neither Eastonton nor a Malthrek-associated destination was selected.
  • The tentative procedure was to construct the apparatus, connect a conduit, introduce the Orb of Absorption, and leave it guarded from Reformists with repulsion magic.
• The Orb of Repulsion briefly opened a narrow hole, but the wall regenerated when the orb was withdrawn.
  • The opening was too small for the group; sending Luana or another small person through would leave them isolated.
  • The party recalled that Minfilia held both an Orb of Absorption and an Orb of Repulsion, accounting for two of the four orbs under discussion.
• Because the distortion blocked SendingSendingLevel 3 · Evocation1 action · Unlimited · 1 roundV, S, M (a short piece of fine copper wire)You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 chance that the message doesn't arrive., the group considered holding a hole open so the spell could pass through.
  • Earlier Thrantorbury research suggested that a hole through lead could admit SendingSendingLevel 3 · Evocation1 action · Unlimited · 1 roundV, S, M (a short piece of fine copper wire)You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 chance that the message doesn't arrive., but nobody knew whether the repulsion orb would reject the spell.
  • They also lacked the antimagic field needed to test a related hypothesis.
• A second plan involved letting the Orb of Absorption weaken the wall and then pulling it away with repulsion, since casting Dispel MagicDispel MagicLevel 3 · Abjuration1 action · 120 ft. · InstantaneousV, SChoose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the spell ends. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the target if the spell's level is equal to or less than the level of the spell slot you used. on the absorption orb would merely feed it.

Luana Enters the Loop

• Luana entered alone with the red Orb of Repulsion, believing it would protect her while she recovered the loop’s source.
  • She refused to remove it to cast SendingSendingLevel 3 · Evocation1 action · Unlimited · 1 roundV, S, M (a short piece of fine copper wire)You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 chance that the message doesn't arrive. and left most of her equipment with Lime in a Bag of HoldingBag of HoldingUncommon15 lb.This bag has an interior space considerably larger than its outside dimensions, roughly 2 feet in diameter at the mouth and 4 feet deep. The bag can hold up to 500 pounds, not exceeding a volume of 64 cubic feet. The bag weighs 15 pounds, regardless of its contents. Retrieving an item from the bag requires an action. If the bag is overloaded, pierced, or torn, it ruptures and is destroyed, and its contents are scattered in the Astral Plane. If the bag is turned inside out, its contents spill forth, unharmed, but the bag must be put right before it can be used again. Breathing creatures inside the bag can survive up to a number of minutes equal to 10 divided by the number of creatures (minimum 1 minute), after which time they begin to suffocate. Placing a bag of holding inside an extradimensional space created by a Heward's handy haversack, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys both items and opens a gate to the Astral Plane. The gate originates where the one item was placed inside the other. Any creature within 10 feet of the gate is sucked through it to a random location on the Astral Plane. The gate then closes. The gate is one-way only and can't be reopened..
  • She retained an unlit green censer and its Essence of Dream brew; the barrier conformed around her as she passed through.
• Outside the four-story northeastern dormitories, Luana lit the censer.
  • Nearby creatures and people rapidly fell asleep.
  • The repulsion orb impaired her magical senses and color vision, but she continued despite her fear of the familiar effect.
  • When the loop reset, daylight became darkness and the falling creatures vanished. Luana remained mobile and unaffected, then fled after seeing a sleeping guard begin shedding his skin.
• Remembering that her objective lay in the library, Luana followed signs past the Public Administration Building, gardens, parks, and a fountain.
  • The censer put robed inhabitants to sleep while she avoided breathing its fumes.
  • Matthew was established to be in the southwestern dormitories.
• Near the library, Cotto and Fina were fighting enormous fire and water elementals.
  • The censer incapacitated the allies but not the pure elementals. The group discussed their immunity to poisoning and unconsciousness separately from Herb of the Harem, whose reproductive effects were said not to affect pure elementals.
  • Luana also tried burning Essence of Ether, described as a poison that induced unconsciousness; this was distinct from the Essence of Dream brew and Herb of the Harem.
  • Luana evaded the fight with exceptional stealth, spotted the conjurer directing the elementals from an upper balcony, and climbed behind him with a grappling hook.
  • The conjurer fell asleep; his elementals disappeared when he could no longer maintain concentration.
• Luana took an Orb of Enhancement from the conjurer’s left hand and another magical object from his right.
  • Her touch dispelled an active effect on the second object without damaging it.
  • Bringing the Enhancement and Repulsion orbs together produced an unexpected compatible reaction.
  • Identification named the conjurer as Orlis Cornelius, a middle-aged College of Conjuration professor. His tattoos suggested Reformist ties, but his lack of expected piercings left Luana unsure of his affiliation at that point. He was later confirmed to be a relatively low-ranking Reformist.
• Beyond an indistinct presence at an open balcony door, Luana passed another protective barrier and sneaked past wards and a heavily coated person.
  • The censer put that person to sleep; she was the abjuration professor Wenwen Asturias. Her single piercing identified her to Luana as a Reformist.
  • Luana took her journal of time-control diagrams. The professor’s unconsciousness did not stop the loop.
  • The journal explained that folding time and space required enormous power, possibly from an Orb of Absorption or a massive enhancement source, and pointed toward Kalassarian ruins beneath the library’s restricted sector.
• Using the professor’s key, Luana descended alone through protected books and an authorized repository of lead-lined containers, magical clothing, and low-risk cursed objects.
  • She borrowed a cloak for cover and followed footprints through a burned-away doorway into ancient ruins.
  • The trail passed a huge, unpowered Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… with broken conduits and deliberately cleared passages.
  • In an atrium, Luana found a black-purple bestower connected to four newer, crude conduits. Touching one disabled only that line; the other three remained active.

The Sky Breaks Open

• Luana disabled all four conduits at once.
  • The beam faded, the sky above the library broke open, and the visible timing barrier disappeared.
  • The later-morning sky and outside reports established that roughly a week had passed.
  • The party inferred that a sufficiently large power source could overcome Luana’s Orb of Repulsion, though nobody knew how such orbs form or grow.
• Minfilia, Oscar, Tiphanie, and the Crown Prince had recovered Matthew shortly before the collapse.
  • Probably on Minfilia’s orders, skeletons carried the unconscious Fina and Cotto to Matthew’s room.
  • Minfilia was severely exhausted, and her nearly depleted staff suggested that something had been draining magical energy.
  • Her rune of SendingSendingLevel 3 · Evocation1 action · Unlimited · 1 roundV, S, M (a short piece of fine copper wire)You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 chance that the message doesn't arrive. began working again and connected her with Kelthyr’s group, which had spent a week trying to make contact from the ruined town outside.
  • After directing them toward the southwestern dormitories, Minfilia collapsed upon learning how much time had passed.
• Lime, Justin, and Kelthyr entered when part of the wall vanished and flew by magical carpet toward the library.
  • They followed a trail of sleeping people and creatures, reunited with Oscar, and explained the week-long loop.
  • Kelthyr destroyed an approaching aberration, and the group encountered the exhausted Crown Prince fighting nothics and other creatures.
  • The Summer Sword repelled spells aimed directly at its bearer but not area effects, explaining why PrestidigitationPrestidigitationCantrip · Transmutation1 action · 10 ft. · 1 hourV, SThis spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range: You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor. You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire. You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot. You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour. You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action. failed against it while the time loop did not.
• At the library, the party saw an unidentified sleeping professor on a balcony and found another unconscious woman inside.
  • Suspecting the second woman was a Reformist, they had Oscar bind her hands.
  • Muddy footprints led through the restricted section, past a magically active open cabinet, and into the Kalassarian ruins.
  • The underground circle was unpowered, something overhead was broken, and nearby stone had recently been magically cleared.
• Beneath the giant orb, they found Luana acting as the physical link between her Orb of Repulsion and all four conduits, keeping them dormant.
  • Her own orb was too small to suppress the bestower, and moving away restarted the mechanism.
  • Kelthyr borrowed her orb and two sections of conduit that Lime and Justin had brought from Castle Malthrek.
  • The Orb of Repulsion suppressed magical energy of any kind. Kelthyr’s fey ancestry made holding it particularly uncomfortable and left his senses unreliable.
  • Kelthyr arranged the borrowed conduit sections to replace Luana’s physical link and placed the orb on the conduit. He added slimy material to keep the orb from rolling off, allowing Luana to leave while the apparatus remained suppressed.
• The reunited group returned to the southwestern dormitories.
  • Luana explained how the censer had subdued the inhabitants and conjurer but not the elementals.
  • The party recovered identification for the conjurer and restrained professor for later reporting and interrogation.
  • The town was badly damaged, and fighting against crones and aberrations continued outside.
  • Pregnant Minfilia was resting; Tiphanie had suffered sword wounds, Matthew was severely exhausted, and an unidentified spider summoner was nearly spent.
• The party chose to secure the site and seek expert help rather than simply destroy the apparatus and risk another Eastonton disaster.
  • Emily or other Eastonton experts were suggested, and summoned spiders guarded the area.
  • At the dormitory, another orb had inexplicably lost its charge.
  • Justin offered Minfilia an unidentified object, and Greater RestorationGreater RestorationLevel 5 · Abjuration1 action · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo a debilitating effect. You can reduce the target's exhaustion level by one, or end one of the following effects on the target: One effect that charmed or petrified the target One curse, including the target's attunement to a cursed magic item Any reduction to one of the target's ability scores One effect reducing the target's hit point maximum was discussed before Lime brought out her stock of potions.

News from Rannekford

• Lime told Matthew that she had grown close to his mother, Duchess Antoinette Malthrek, over the past few days.
  • She said Antoinette had changed enough that Matthew might struggle to recognize her. Both of his parents were reportedly safe with companions and helping in Rannekford.
  • A move against the Maidenfelds was imminent, though its organizer and purpose were unclear.
  • Contact had passed indirectly from Trajan to Emily, onward to another intermediary, and back to Trajan; Angel’s important contribution would be explained after everyone had rested.
• Probably Luana apologized for leaving Cotto to face a fire elemental, explaining that she had instead neutralized the conjurer and gathered evidence for the authorities.
  • Her report distinguished the abjurer she had identified as a Reformist from the conjurer whose affiliation she had initially been unsure of.
  • Luana also removed someone’s underwear while trying to make an affiliation visible from a distance and did not replace it.
• Lime distributed potions reproducing the effects of Greater RestorationGreater RestorationLevel 5 · Abjuration1 action · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo a debilitating effect. You can reduce the target's exhaustion level by one, or end one of the following effects on the target: One effect that charmed or petrified the target One curse, including the target's attunement to a cursed magic item Any reduction to one of the target's ability scores One effect reducing the target's hit point maximum.
  • General Strandiz had brewed this stock during the Feydark/Feywild journey, after being taught how to make them.
  • The Crown Prince sheathed the Topaz Sword of Summer before drinking one, while Minfilia found that a bottle she already carried was empty.
  • The survivors concluded they had endured about a week of looping without replenishing their magical reserves, though this remained an inference.
  • Lime gave bottles to Cotto and Fina; Cotto carefully administered Fina’s potion through a kiss.
  • Matthew initially declined a healing potion but was urged to recover. Conversation about his Legally Bare readership included a promised VIP-only issue 0.5.
  • The Crown Prince woke Tiphanie and watched her drink her potion; she later said she felt well and did not need sleep.
• The Crown Prince introduced Kelthyr, his half-elven stepbrother, to Tiphanie. She learned that John was caring for Rebecca, the Malthrek crisis had been handled, and Emily was acting Duchess and expected to marry Mark.
  • The group needed to reach Tiphanie’s father quickly but had prioritized the time-loop rescue.
  • They had no current word of the castle’s situation after the lost week.
  • Garward was supposedly traveling toward the castle, where one of their contacts was already present.
• Angel had gone to Rannekford after Crispin Mallow captured her father.
  • Hellion said Mallow used fragments of the Heart of the Urdefolcin, grafted people and body parts together, incorporated parts of the gold dragon Auraxx into himself, and created the Castle Malthrek golems from Face-Stealers.
  • Tiphanie recognized Commander Auraxx as a dear friend from the war and learned that he had apparently been trapped in the Gold Canary Figurine of Wondrous Power.
  • Conflicting reports first said Angel had killed Mallow and then merely dealt with him. Hellion’s latest account said Auraxx’s boon transformed Mallow into a ten-year-old boy.
  • Auraxx’s soul was freed, but its destination remained unknown because no Tree of Life was nearby.
  • Mallow had also twisted an Urdefolcin Tree Stride ability into flesh-based movement and used necromancy or related magic to make new life.
• An early report said Reformists had stolen Maidenfeld submarines. Minfilia challenged that account; a possible trade was suggested but not established.
• Hellion’s last known position was Castle Rannek after trouble in Maiden’s Field.
  • Angel had rescued the Marquis, while Lance evaded capture through disguise and searched for their father.
  • Minfilia learned that Angel’s refusal to erase her bounty had raised it from 60,000 to 150,000.
• The party decided Tiphanie would teleport them to Trajan, hiding the Crown Prince’s sword in her clothing bag first.
  • Tiphanie described Trajan and John as her wards and said something in Thrantorbury had blocked her shifting.
  • The teleport displaced drilling soldiers, who recognized the Crown Prince only after noticing his insignia.
  • Probably Minfilia greeted Trajan and announced their escape.
  • The group warned that Angel might arrest Trajan for bounty money to fund travel toward Bastion and reported that elves and children had been rescued from suspected infiltration efforts.
• Hellion arrived and greeted the party.
  • He relayed Lance’s recognition of Maerwen Lunar-Tear, the identity shared by Sharyn and Raistasi.
  • The Crown Prince introduced Kelthyr and offered to let Hellion inspect the Topaz Sword of Summer; Hellion declined.
  • Hellion remained on the bounty chart despite Angel’s attempt to remove him.
  • Angel had repeatedly cast Legend LoreLegend LoreLevel 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, MName 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.", demonstrating unexpected magical power.
  • Hellion explained that Mallow had grafted Auraxx’s remains onto Stacy, a recovering Malthrek court wizard, and compared Mallow’s work to Feywild biomancy performed with a hag-provided stitching needle.
  • Mallow’s altered creations registered as different beings and were difficult to locate magically; Hedwig nicknamed his flesh-based escape technique “meat stride.”
  • Hedwig had assisted with her fellow hags Jane and Jennifer and had returned to the Scarlet.

The Maidenfeld Haven

• Auraxx’s boon apparently returned Crispin Mallow to his ten-year-old self, stripping later memories and abilities while preserving magical potential.
  • Mallow’s hatred of the Maidenfelds began in childhood and seemed personal rather than loyal to the Reformist Church.
  • His talk of reclaiming a throne, his mother’s Draconic knowledge, and her purple Dragonheart crest suggested a perceived dynastic claim, though no direct Maidenfeld connection was established.
  • The group suspected he believed the Haven contained something useful to that ambition.
• Baron Malvius II Maidenfeld had previously admitted knowing about some Reformist activity while defending the family’s response to it.
  • Hellion referred to knowledge going back roughly fifteen years and rejected the idea that the family’s conduct was merely a mistake. He accused them of neglect or possible malice; this was stronger than the admitted knowledge, but did not establish active collaboration.
  • Their secret undersea Haven and a Maiden’s Port warehouse supported a submarine fleet built with outside artificers.
  • Mallow stole one submarine.
  • A baron described the Haven as a pocket dimension containing spice plots and unexplained dragon eggs.
  • The Marquis issued an ultimatum, with an investigation expected to involve Gwyniviere and probably Laudine.
• Tiphanie was told that her contract named her as the guest model for Legally Bare issue 3.5.
• Matthew Malthrek was described as a bargaining chip who would pass from his parents to the hags.
  • He was reunited with the Duke and Duchess, who embraced him.
  • Someone was told to meet Emily Hazeldine, their future sister-in-law; she was reported pregnant and busy.
• A traveler had recently used a Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… to reach Eastonton, where Miya and Lord Eastonton appeared safe.
  • Emily made an unspecified deal with Oren Bell, who was returning elven children with Angel.
  • Probably Luana said she helped Oren sleep.
  • Angel reportedly intended to collect Kelthyr’s thousand-gold bounty by surrendering him to Vice Marshal Tyrion Donmar so she could pay her mercenaries.
• The Marquis and Marchioness arrived and bowed to the Crown Prince.
  • The group worried about Angel traveling with Lance and Oren, though Oren was trusted more.
  • Crispin Mallow, in his current form, had reportedly been alone with Miya and had begun fiddling with a ring. An undisclosed deal was mentioned.
  • The Marquis confirmed he was Angel’s father and showed Minfilia her unflattering wanted poster.
• The assembled meeting turned to the Maidenfeld disclosures.
  • The explosion and Reformist attack destroyed the major Rannek Delta crops just before harvest, leaving roughly three days of food, although later crops near the castle survived.
  • Hellion accused the Maidenfelds of failing to rescue Marquis Uther Rannek until Hedwig pressured them.
• Maiden’s Field was protected by an old bargain.
  • Despite claims that certain fey or hags could not teleport inside, Hedwig’s coven had done so.
  • The bargain barred every child of Baba Yaga from territory owned or ruled by someone with both Maidenfeld blood and the Maidenfeld name, explaining why the family could not simply be eradicated.
  • The Dragonhearts retained the blood but lost this protection when they stopped bearing the Maidenfeld name.
  • Probably Lime repeated the claim made by Children of the Crone she had met: that they were not of Baba Yaga.
  • The Crown Prince countered by reiterating Tiphanie’s belief that they remained of Baba Yaga despite their rebellion and their own claims to the contrary.
• Participants revisited access to Mallow’s journal, speculating that Mallow himself or particular Draconic words were needed.
  • An unidentified custodian held it at his request but could not open it.
  • Earlier, Crispin’s particular rendition of Flight of Dragons had opened the box; touching the journal then revealed writing that others could read. Those were distinct access mechanisms.
  • Angel had prevented Mallow from entering Maiden’s Field; another account said he used someone as bait to draw her onto a ship connected to the stolen submarine.
• The family was willing to answer direct questions while withholding information.
  • Their confidence against Reformists and parasites appeared misplaced because Reformists were already operating in their territory.
  • Steven Maidenfeld was alive but missing. Legend LoreLegend LoreLevel 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, MName 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." placed him only somewhere important, while the Baron’s claim that he was in the Haven sounded like a cover story.
  • The family refused access to the Haven, citing the dragon eggs, and departed earlier than expected.
  • Laudine and Robert were identified as the relevant nearby relatives; Hellion left to bring Robert in.
• Gwyniviere declined to confirm whether Maerwen Lunar-Tear was present.
• Minfilia introduced Marcus Parnassus, an intelligent Kalassarian skeleton she had raised from the ruins.
  • Mark intended to become Duke and apologize to Gwyniviere; she asked that her contempt be conveyed.
    • Partly in jest, Gwyniviere said Mark could earn her forgiveness by persuading Emily to appear in Legally Bare. The joke was at Mark’s expense; she bore Emily no ill will.
  • Maidenfeld vessels regularly used Racos Palma shipyards for disguises and were notorious for attacking spice smugglers.
  • Aika’s rare mushrooms came through pirates because they could not grow in Raibon.
  • The Kincades had seen Maidenfeld and Reformist vessels together, though the party could not tell whether this indicated collusion, infection, coercion, or a takeover attempt.

Blood of the Red Dragon

• Baron Maidenfeld reportedly killed his wife after a parasite turned her into a Reformist because known removal methods would also kill the host.
  • An unnamed effort could detect parasites but not safely remove them.
  • Evidence for deliberate collaboration remained mixed with evidence of infiltration: Reformists appeared aboard family vessels, Maidenfeld ships and ports had been attacked, ships traveled toward Sanery, hostile figures occupied family offices, and killings occurred within the organization.
• The Haven’s land apparently had to remain nominally held by a Maidenfeld.
  • The group considered Crispin Mallow’s bloodline and Robert’s marriage as possible avenues, provided Robert was innocent. Neither proposal by itself settled eligibility: the holder needed both Maidenfeld blood and the Maidenfeld name.
  • Robert could instead be a deliberately exposed pawn whom the family expected the group to spare or harm for political advantage.
  • One unidentified participant declared that anyone working with the Reformists must die and threatened the responsible clan.
• Hellion brought Robert and Laudine into the meeting.
  • Laudine said their sisters had warned them about the visitors, and Robert offered to answer questions.
• Minfilia invoked the Great Erected One and cast Legend LoreLegend LoreLevel 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, MName 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." with green necromantic energy.
  • Her invocation dramatically called on him to use her and her unborn child; this was not a dangerous sacrifice. She could cast the spell safely and had recently received a potion of Greater Restoration.
  • The inquiry focused on Horus Maidenfeld, the Baron’s father.
• The vision said the family’s bargain predated Horus and the War of Time and Fire.
  • The Maidenfelds had guarded their secret since gaining power in Senera over the Kalassarians and later separating from the Dragonhearts.
  • Both families carried the blood of a red dragon whose former Seneran roost was abandoned before elven dragon hunters killed her.
  • Senera was said to lack enough magical energy to sustain so large a dragon.
  • The ancestry produced powerful spellcasters without making the family dragonborn, and other Maidenfeld branches survived.
  • Horus predated the Reformists, ruling him out as the origin of their present connection.
• A second Legend LoreLegend LoreLevel 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, MName 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." concerned Garlax, a female red dragon.
  • The fading miasma conveyed necromantic power or the feeling of a wrongful death to nearby creatures, including Kelthyr.
  • Robert Maidenfeld inferred a connection between his grandfather and what they were investigating.
  • Garlax crossed the Realm Bridge from the Feywild in an elven form, then adopted a human form and worked her way into a position of trust among the Mathrantor’al tribe.
  • During the Draco Giant War, she avoided conscription, swallowed her accumulated hoard, and followed migrating elves toward territory she hoped to exploit or rule.
  • She attached herself to a family, cultivated a leader, and subtly encouraged distrust of the High Elves, with whom the tribe had previously been on very good terms. She fostered paranoia that elves intended conquest and would outbreed humans.
  • Her manipulation did not single-handedly cause the war but worsened the division between the high elves and the tribe.
• Hellion wondered whether Garlax still lived and wanted Oren Bell informed.
  • Tiphanie placed a massive dragon mask on the table; it had reportedly been bought cheaply at a Port Surrey swap meet, but its identity was uncertain.
  • Probably Minfilia expressed surprise that true dragons existed.
  • The Crown Prince noted that local dragon-slaying legends usually concerned red dragons and might describe Garlax’s offspring.
  • The party recalled a silver dragon in the Feywild who appeared as an elven child and gave them scales, one later used for Soleil’s baby bottle.
  • Probably the Crown Prince said he carried draconic blood but was not a dragon.
• The group connected Garlax to the Mathrantor’al, the Hick tribe once located where Thrantorbury now stands and reportedly annihilated during the war.
  • Rebecca might be connected because she speaks its language, but this was not established.
  • A secondhand account placed Rebecca’s origin at the northern ruin of Stormbjorn, prompting plans to question John.
• Robert said he had two children, none with Laudine, and that Annika and a half-sister near Gwyniviere’s age were nearby.
  • Although Robert handled family accounts, the Haven never appeared in shipping logs or financial records.
  • He believed Steven and his father knew about it.
  • After Greater RestorationGreater RestorationLevel 5 · Abjuration1 action · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo a debilitating effect. You can reduce the target's exhaustion level by one, or end one of the following effects on the target: One effect that charmed or petrified the target One curse, including the target's attunement to a cursed magic item Any reduction to one of the target's ability scores One effect reducing the target's hit point maximum, Robert recovered a recollection of interrupting Steven and Tristan discussing a hidden supply run.
  • Tristan had stopped when he noticed Robert. The recovered recollection suggested memory tampering to the group, and they suspected Modify MemoryModify MemoryLevel 5 · Enchantment1 action · 30 ft. · 1 minuteV, SYou attempt to reshape another creature's memories. One creature that you can see must make a Wisdom saving throw. If you are fighting the creature, it has advantage on the saving throw. On a failed save, the target becomes charmed by you for the duration. The charmed target is incapacitated and unaware of its surroundings, though it can still hear you. If it takes any damage or is targeted by another spell, this spell ends, and none of the target's memories are modified. While this charm lasts, you can affect the target's memory of an event that it experienced within the last 24 hours and that lasted no more than 10 minutes. You can permanently eliminate all memory of the event, allow the target to recall the event with perfect clarity and exacting detail, change its memory of the details of the event, or create a memory of some other event. You must speak to the target to describe how its memories are affected, and it must be able to understand your language for the modified memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you have finished describing the modified memories, the creature's memory isn't altered. Otherwi…, but neither the exact spell nor Tristan’s responsibility was confirmed in-game.
  • The recovered fragment concerned an unfamiliar Feywild component needed by hags. Pixie wings, dragon bones, and hag parts were guesses, not confirmed answers.

Pixie Wings and Robert’s Bargain

• The group established that pixie wings and dust can power flight, invisibility, and pocket dimensions.
  • Pixies and fairy dragons arise from Feywild magic, and sightings around Eastonton and other magical sites suggested a local affinity.
  • Probably Lime recalled rescuing a brown-haired pixie whose severed wing had been used by Reformists. Returning the wing freed her to disappear; possessing a removed wing was understood to bind and enslave its pixie.
  • The party suspected the Maidenfelds profited from wings, dust, or other Feywild resources, possibly using hags or pixies to support their spice trade.
• Concern extended to all Seneran fey because their requested autonomy placed them outside many local laws.
  • Gwyniviere insisted that the prohibition on slavery protected fey as well as humans.
  • The Crown Prince agreed that the ruling was species-neutral but needed to review its application to pixies.
  • Hellion was tasked with finding the pixies and gathering evidence; Cotto proposed burning down the operation.
• Robert was horrified by what his family might have done.
  • He wondered whether Paprika carried enslaved captives even before its supposed Reformist takeover and feared that a family willing to enslave pixies might target vulnerable children.
  • He believed he was not adopted, while Laudine suspected the family left him in place to become their spy through marriage.
• Robert offered concealed accounts, access, and insiders within the company.
  • Pressed by Tiphanie, he pledged himself, his powers, life, soul, and possessions, including his Maidenfeld blood and the access it provided, in exchange for a boon chosen by Laudine.
  • He excluded his existing children and Annika.
  • Tiphanie assumed her dark-blue-haired adult form, cut her thumb, created a wooden token, and accepted.
  • A bond formed, and darkness narrowed Robert’s awareness to a blue-eyed woman. He received a mental message confirming that Laudine’s womb had been repaired and her ability to conceive restored.
  • At Tiphanie’s prompting, Robert granted everyone present entry to every land held by his bloodline, including the Haven. His pledged blood and the access it provided made this valid permission under the protective bargain.
• The group declared that Garward must die and sought a personal object connected to him.
  • They discussed Sir Erik Malmann, whose memory Sister Pira Tradewise had entered. Pira belonged to the Society of the Angel of Delight, not the hags.
  • They recalled how a woodland pool had removed a parasite from Malmann’s spine. Kelthyr offered to establish a Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… there while the court wizards recovered.
• Angel was reportedly approaching the settlement.
  • Likely Kelthyr recalled a male drow captured at Castle Malthrek.
  • A separate drow raid annihilated Tuck; someone knew its circle sigil and offered transport.
  • The Underdark was distinguished from the Feydark and from Infernus, though rumored connections to the Abyss remained unverified.
  • Drow were described as subterranean, matriarchal followers of a spider queen who raided the surface; alleged alliances with demons, mind flayers, and aberrations remained rumor.
  • Their massacre struck Reformists and other residents indiscriminately, and the aftermath was cleared before children saw it. The group considered whether some outside power compelled the raid.
• The party proposed contacting the ancient elf Oren Bell through Angel and Lance; Minfilia wanted to see him.
  • A person addressed as Marquis and Gwyniviere Rannek had fought in the relevant war.
  • General Strandiz had brewed the Greater Restoration potions they had used after the rescue.
  • They recalled Emily Hazeldine’s wild-magic duplicate, Emma. General Strandiz had fathered Emily’s pregnancy, which transferred to Emma during the duplication; the conversation described this as Emily’s baby being stolen.
  • The group reaffirmed that Garward must die, discussed temporary undead reinforcements for a castle, and considered leaving an emerald with an unidentified ally.
    • One participant said they would accompany Hellion.

Assignments Before the Hunt for Garward

• Tiphanie asked whether the rumored dragon eggs were real, but nobody had seen them.
  • The group connected them tentatively to dragon-hunter legends, Garlax, Skarmus, and possible wyrmlings.
  • Some secrets were apparently reserved for the crowned monarch, suggesting the Crown Prince’s father knew more.
• The party intended to move quickly against Garward with a knight or paladin present.
  • Tiphanie agreed to teleport them toward Thrantorbury Castle using an unidentified focus or method.
  • Week-old intelligence placed Garward with the crones, and his wife Madeline needed rescue before becoming like them.
• Angel and Oren Bell were returning children without an army because the secret settlement’s defenses could trap invaders in a labyrinth.
  • Kelthyr mentioned Marim as a settlement in the general vicinity, though he had never visited it and did not confirm that it was the group’s destination.
  • The secrecy raised questions about how someone appearing as Maerwen Lunartear had left and become involved with Legally Bare.
  • The community needed help increasing its harvest; Lime and another person offered assistance, while neighboring farms might stretch supplies for several days or a week.
  • The party returned to its planned goodwill gifts: five weapons of warning purchased from Jessica—two longbows and three shortswords—paired with Feywild acorns or oak seeds. Presenting them was intended to open negotiations; delivery and acceptance remained unconfirmed.
• Hag-cursed elves could be barred from settlements for fear that they would bring danger inside.
  • Miya Campbell was identified as Dorothy Marie Campbell, also known as Dorothy Highbury, whom Baron Dunum Highbury intended to make his heir.
  • This could make Dorothy a serious rival to Angel.
  • Miya’s age was given as sixteen, and a prospective marriage to the Great Erected One was reported.
• Hellion brought in Sir Erik Malmann, a paladin of the Divine Masochist.
  • After being introduced to Minfilia, Oscar, Lime, and the Crown Prince, Malmann apologized so profusely that he offered to be beheaded; the offer was refused.
  • A party member recounted being surrounded and injured by Eastonton paladins while pregnant, including an unidentified paladin who tried to spear her despite pleas for the child.
  • The group also described how Guillerma deceived Sir Aigral, stole 5,000 gold, obtained more money and magical items in her name, and indirectly led him toward the faith of the Great Erected One.
  • Malmann surrendered an Eastonton Paladinate insignia that Garward had bequeathed to the order.
• The proposed elven compact called for Angel to travel with Lance and for Lance to marry an elf.
  • The group objected that no bride had consented and demanded a formal meeting first, though the Crown Prince conditionally blessed the proposal.
  • Rannekford’s hunger made an agreement promising food attractive.
  • An elven boon could include provisions, shelter, rings, weapons, cloaks, or boots, but the settlements had few spare resources and kept their distance from humans.
  • Kelthyr said his mother, Murwes Dragonheart, had been expelled from her elven settlement for having him with his human biological father.
• After Garward, the group intended to address the Crown Prince’s father and investigate Justin’s business in Turain with the Treaty of Turain Organization.
  • They also proposed Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… sites beside the parasite-removal pool and inside the castle, avoiding repeated use of celestial blood.
  • The Thralmals pools did not permit such a circle.
• Probably the Duchess said her hag arrangement required Matthew, so he needed to be secured and kept in contact; the hags might then help with food.
  • The binding with the hags at the Thralmal pools had been renewed during the last visit there, in exchange for their more active help repelling Reformists and Children of the Crone.
  • Hellion was ordered to locate pixies, dragon eggs, and the Haven, even across the Blue Sea.
  • Tiphanie demanded the first dragon-related report and insisted that any eggs survive.
  • She probably argued that chromatic dragons become evil through chromatic upbringing, while admitting nobody knew what human upbringing would produce.
• Kelthyr was assigned to remain in Rannekford for magical work, and another participant planned to train the castle’s defenders.
  • Lime stayed because too few healers remained, and Luana was also understood to be staying.
  • Parasite removal did not undo existing trauma; freed paladins and another participant’s brother continued to suffer.
• The Garward mission became an approved quest to expose his crimes before a paladin and kill him.
  • Raising the emerald at a graveyard and invoking the Great Erected One could animate and control up to five undead at a time.
    • It could be activated only once a day, had three charges, and regained one charge at dawn.
    • If completely depleted, it faced a d20 break check at the next dawn, breaking on a 1.
  • Hellion’s bag of holding already contained Reformist bodies, and Minfilia did not need to accompany the group.
• Hellion agreed to tell Lance he must marry an elf and to pass along any contact from Angel.
  • The group discussed Oren Bell’s name and his human parents’ reference to an avatar of the Green Lord without claiming Oren was that avatar.
  • They planned to reach Port Mibram by Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport…, meet Uncle Donmar, and have Malmann arrange a carriage.
  • Hellion could act against the Maidenfelds provided Robert survived; Helena Cooper was not covered by that protection.

Dragonheart Secrets and the New Tree

• Elves retained a Feywild-rooted distrust of necromancy but now used revival magic because souls could not return to the Tree of Life.
  • Without revival, the dead risked becoming banshees, ghosts, or will-o’-wisps.
  • They preferred ReincarnateReincarnateLevel 5 · Transmutation1 hour · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The DM rolls a d100 and consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the DM chooses a form. The reincarnated creature recalls its former life and experiences. It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly., but local attempts had failed despite surviving records.
  • Reopening the Realm Bridge was the only known route back to the Feywild.
• A carriage arrived for the soiree, and three people plus Malmann departed.
  • Minfilia was described as having a military background.
  • Kelthyr was asked to select a castle location for a Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… before proceeding to the woodlands; travel involving the moon well was expected to work afterward.
• Hellion pressed for more Maidenfeld secrets.
  • He heard references to the Dragonheart and a poem, while the Baron claimed the throne already knew what he withheld.
  • The discussion continued in Draconic.
  • Maidenfeld fathers traditionally taught Draconic to their children, making Robert’s lack of instruction conspicuous.
• A garment associated with Mallow’s mother bore an authentic, moving dragon emblem.
  • It glowed after examination and an apparent Draconic command to reveal its secrets.
  • The object had belonged to the examiner’s family, though it could have been stolen.
  • Mallow’s mother, Lilandra, was described as a fluent Draconic speaker from an old Purple Dragonheart cadet branch. Her husband was Tempo Mallow, a human; the claimed lineage still required verification.
• Angel apparently chose independently to turn Mallow into a ten-year-old and accepted responsibility.
  • Child Mallow spoke some Draconic but reportedly could not read it, despite his adult journal being written in Draconic.
  • The box containing the journal responded to Crispin’s particular, imperfect rendition of Flight of Dragons. His touch revealed the journal’s hidden writing, which others could then read.
  • The prince’s correctly worded rendition failed to open the box; Crispin’s version had included mistaken words.
• The pixie trade appeared to be only one part of the Maidenfelds’ activities.
  • The group considered whether they controlled a protected Seneran holding like Surrey’s Ear or the Thralmals pools.
  • Four lands corresponded to four tribes, while a possible fifth Haven might not lie on Senera’s surface.
  • Retaking the castle could expose it.
  • The discussion portrayed the king as unfit to remain in power and accused others of exploiting his madness.
• Tiphanie requested every dragon discovery.
  • The discussion referenced Auraxx’s desecration and treated the Maidenfeld dragon eggs as real, though their condition and purpose remained uncertain.
  • The group suspected that hatching them might restore a crown or family name, with the outcome depending on who raised them.
  • Hellion was asked to pursue the matter as a favor despite no longer belonging to the speaker’s crew.
• A participant pledged responsibility for Urdefolcins, pixies, elves, and elven children harmed or displaced by desecration.
  • Old Hick traditions known to that person’s father might calm stranded souls until they could return home.
  • One Emerald Shield shard had been found on Mallow without his knowledge and might have preserved his sanity; two shards were believed to be with Angel and another with an unidentified participant.
  • Another participant vowed to kill Mallow because of his tormented creations and grafting.
  • The group believed collecting the boons might at least provide a clue to piercing the Veil keeping the fey in Senera; how this might work remained unclear.
• Hellion contacted Oren Bell and reported that Maiden’s Field pixies were having their wings harvested and traded to Reformists.
  • The practice was explicitly recognized as enslavement.
• Garlax was described as an ancient red dragon roughly Auraxx’s age.
  • Fina was identified as a Feywild elf, wizard, bladesinger, and ruins expert.
  • Minfilia reportedly prompted Robert’s public agreement with Tiphanie granting Haven access, apparently excluding Hans.
• Tiphanie produced what was described as Garlax’s head, and Minfilia cast Legend LoreLegend LoreLevel 5 · Divination10 minute · Self · InstantaneousV, S, MName 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.".
  • The account repeated that Garlax crossed from the Feywild, changed from an elven to a human form, gained the Mathrantor’al’s trust, produced offspring, cultivated a leader, and fueled distrust of their former High Elf friends by claiming elves intended conquest.
  • The revelation suggested that many deaths followed from her manipulation and surprised the prince despite his knowledge of the deaths themselves.
  • Tiphanie said she was seeking hags connected to the first war, but others suspected she also wanted the dragon eggs. One ally trusted her while another remained wary.
• A later meeting was proposed after resolving a father or king’s situation.
  • Tiphanie reportedly knew the invited person’s ancestors.
  • A woman recognized Auraxx as both “Commander Auraxx” and a gold dragon without prompting.
  • Minfilia’s Beacon of Necromantic Energy had an intimidating necromantic presence, not a magical fear effect. Its power was discussed as a reason for Reformist interest in it.
  • The instruction that Lance marry an elf was repeated, possibly to obtain an elder’s boon.
• Oren Bell disclosed a secret elven plan concerning the dead.
  • Souls could not safely remain where hags, humans, or necromancers might exploit them.
  • Based partly on Emily’s information, Oren sought another solution.
  • The elders believed an unidentified person had successfully cast ReincarnateReincarnateLevel 5 · Transmutation1 hour · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The DM rolls a d100 and consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the DM chooses a form. The reincarnated creature recalls its former life and experiences. It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly. and planned to transform that person into a new Tree of Life.
  • Oren strongly opposed the plan and restricted the secret to trusted friends.
  • Raistasi had already reported that her twin Sharyn could cast ReincarnateReincarnateLevel 5 · Transmutation1 hour · Touch · InstantaneousV, S, MYou touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The DM rolls a d100 and consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the DM chooses a form. The reincarnated creature recalls its former life and experiences. It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly. and feared that the elders intended to use her. Oren and Raistasi saw the situation as coercive: even if Sharyn agreed, they believed she would be putting service to everyone else ahead of her own interests. Oren did not disclose the candidate’s name to Hellion in this exchange.
  • Defenders argued that post-death life was fundamental to the Feywild and that magic itself was born after a death.
• After the confidential contact ended, Hellion found Kelthyr near Luana in the garden.
  • He reported that Oren Bell had completed Luana’s request to bring the Star Jar to Angel for her costume draw, then asked to speak privately.
    • Oren had also shown the jar to Raistasi, beyond Luana’s original request.

A Secret Plan and an Elven Marriage

• Without naming the candidate in this exchange, Hellion and Kelthyr discussed Oren’s concern that the plan to create a new Tree of Life was coercive.
  • Sacrifice, drugs, magical sleep, and other possible methods were feared, not established as the elders’ actual procedure.
  • They believed the tree reincarnated the dead and feared that an unwilling victim could taint it or be condemned to another harmful existence.
  • Some settlements blamed the blight on souls unable to return to the old Tree, but the party treated that as belief rather than proven cosmology.
  • Oren Bell seemed close to the child involved.
  • The group opposed coercion but kept the matter from the humans while considering consultation with Emily or another elf. Hellion later assured Luana that it would remain private.
• Kelthyr again recalled Murwes being expelled from her grove for having a child with a human.
  • Feywild elves were described as trusting spoken contracts, handshakes, oaths, and pledges, whereas local elves distrusted human promises because no inherent force bound humans to their word.
• Lance would therefore need a binding agreement and convincing proof of trustworthiness.
  • The group chose Oren Bell as intermediary because Lance might mishandle the approach.
  • Hellion contacted Oren, deliberately calling him Oran, about an uncertain tradition requiring a proposal for an elven woman’s hand on elven land.
• Lance’s preparation included a meat-free diet and repeated herbal or floral baths to mask his human scent.
  • Oren had already slapped meat from his hand.
  • Angel warned that eating meat near elven children could upset them, leaving Lance unhappily eating nuts at breakfast.
  • Eggs, cheese, and Laudine’s meat-like soybeans remained unsettled alternatives.
• Kelthyr and Luana planned to establish a Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… in the basement and then leave for the woodlands together.
  • The costume discussion recalled Angel’s vampire assignment and Raistasi’s zombie assignment; it did not establish that Raistasi had already worn the costume.
  • Hellion could no longer sense Tiphanie and concluded that she had already teleported away with the prince.
• During meditation, Hellion remembered a dead pixie whose wings and other parts appeared to have been harvested by a hag.
  • He had buried her, later found the body missing, and feared it had been reused for necromancy.
  • He resolved to challenge the treatment of pixies as slaves or ingredients and hoped she could reach the Tree of Life and be reborn.
• The party still needed a route to Maiden’s Field and preparations for a deep ocean dive.
  • They deferred that journey while investigating a possible dragon presence that seemed to require Tiphanie’s involvement.
• Probably Angel wanted to contact Hellion about the elven children but lacked the communication stone, which Oren likely held.
  • The group heard that the Crown Prince intended Lance to marry an elf and decided Lance would take the proposal more seriously if his father explained it.
  • Oren reported that Minfilia, Oscar, the prince, Tiphanie, Kelthyr, Luana, Lime, and Justin had returned to Rannekford. Angel hoped to meet Luana when her own group returned.
• Oren privately proposed the marriage bargain to Raistasi while she was helping her niece.
  • The elders would not normally approve, but the party’s rescue of the community might earn consideration.
  • Forest-guarding dryads or nymphs might welcome mates, though they had little influence.
  • Possible candidates included Raistasi’s twin Sharyn, members of the Foxglove and Bird’s Nest families, Scaldhead’s daughter, Starweed’s relatives, Feather, and perhaps dryads, nymphs, or pixies.
  • No candidate’s consent was established.
• Oren was reportedly barred from the relevant settlement, so the group considered sending a charming intermediary to question Raistasi.
  • The conversation returned to the twins taking turns using their shared Maerwen Lunar-Tear identity.
  • Angel told Raistasi that Lance was willing; Raistasi refused consideration for herself and asked not to be proposed to the elder.
  • Four settlement pixies were reported: Dagger Flower, Mimi, Upelkuchen, and Fright. Mimi was old, and one served as a shared familiar.
  • Snowdrop was also mentioned as a shop helper. Earlier accounts identified her as a young changeling adopted by an elder and raised alongside the twins, not one of the four pixies; Raistasi’s hesitant response did not settle Snowdrop’s wishes.
• Angel instructed Lance to prepare for the marriage bargain.
  • Lance agreed to try, worried about abandoning meat, asked about elven marriage age, and wondered whether the others were mocking Angel.
  • After bathing and changing, he urged departure before nightfall and promised to protect the group.
  • When told the first elven woman would not marry him, he hoped further discussion might help; Oren smirked and promised to find a suitable candidate.

Preparing Lance for the Elves

• Lance washed thoroughly and discussed how to make a good impression.
  • He planned to be charming, eat berries and nuts, and avoid meat.
  • The group rejected using PrestidigitationPrestidigitationCantrip · Transmutation1 action · 10 ft. · 1 hourV, SThis spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range: You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor. You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire. You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot. You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour. You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action. to disguise food, while acknowledging that elven diets were personal and some elves ate meat.
• Hellion confirmed that the proposal was genuine and that Angel and Lance’s father had agreed before the Crown Prince.
  • Lance appeared more enthusiastic than he had been about a proposed marriage to Violet Valeriat.
• Over the sending stone, Hellion reported that Minfilia, Tiphanie, the Crown Prince, and Uncle Oscar had left for Thrantorbury.
  • Kelthyr was preparing a basement Teleportation CircleTeleportation CircleLevel 5 · Conjuration1 minute · 10 ft. · 1 roundV, MAs you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly appears within 5 feet of the destination circle or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. Many major temples, guilds, and other important places have permanent teleportation circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two destinations on the Material Plane, determined by the DM. You can learn additional sigil sequences during your adventures. You can commit a new sigil sequence to memory after studying it for 1 minute. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year. You need not use the circle to teleport… at Minfilia’s request, with Luana alongside him.
  • Angel offered herself as the destination anchor for Laudine’s transport. This was distinct from powering the circle: Hellion reportedly knew a way to do that despite not being a spellcaster, and Kelthyr was also available.
• At Angel’s request, Hellion found Laudine contemplating something in the garden and gave her the sending stone.
  • Angel and Lance explained the proposed marriage, and Lance sought Laudine’s advice on grooming and appearance.
  • Laudine agreed to help, packed perfumes and formal clothing already tailored to him, and joined the others after a short preparation.
  • Her arrival was greeted with embraces and concern for her wellbeing. Laudine said she had a dress for Angel.
• Raistasi reiterated that she was not ready to marry.
  • She knew other potential candidates but could not speak for them.
  • The group requested introductions and discussed qualities that might make Lance more desirable.
• The elven woman explained that her people loved songs, music, and stories of heroes.
  • The party considered presenting Lance to an elder through accounts of his rescues from a ship and cages.
  • Lance was described as a former soldier, and a woman unfamiliar with humans noticed the scars on his arms and chest.
• Laudine introduced Raistasi to perfume. Raistasi could smell it and became fascinated, while Angel acknowledged her interest.
  • Someone suggested showing Raistasi some articles, but their nature was unclear.
• Oren Bell watched the morning patrol of Torris’s guards, trying to anticipate trouble from their movements.
• At the session’s close, Angel and Lance’s group had just left Torris and was travelling toward Queilei. Laudine still needed to groom Lance for the proposed introductions; the group had not yet reached the settlement.

Open Hooks

Thrantorbury and the Suppressed Loop

• Obtain expert help to dismantle the mechanism safely. Its suppression and Luana’s release are established; permanent dismantling, its installer, controller, and full power source are not.
• Secure the remaining inhabitants and follow up on Reformists at the university, including interrogating Wenwen Asturias, reporting Orlis Cornelius, and determining their subsequent fate.
• Reconstruct the lost week, explain the drained staff, loss of strength, and dormitory orb, and monitor lasting exhaustion or other effects among the rescued sleepers and exhausted summoner.
• Investigate the guard’s transformation, the indistinct balcony presence, Orlis’s second object and its dispelled effect, and the active cabinet’s contents or disturbance. Removal of items from that cabinet has not been established.
• Orb and censer research remains open: the two orbs’ compatible reaction, remaining censer limits, duration and adverse effects, and the cause of Tiphanie’s earlier blocked shifting.
  • The untried absorption/circle plan also left questions about admitting Sending, guarding an unattended absorption orb, and sustained high-level casting’s effects on the caster and children. These are untested possibilities, not prerequisites for the completed rescue.

The Maidenfelds, Reformists, and the Haven

• Follow the planned move against the Maidenfelds and the Marquis’s ultimatum. Investigate the extent of the family’s admitted knowledge and whether its conduct involved neglect, malice, voluntary collaboration, infection, coercion, or takeover; locate the disputed offices and assess the shipping evidence without treating association as proof of willing collaboration.
• Find Steven, uncover withheld records and family secrets, and investigate the Haven’s location, nature, spice plots, submarines, artificers, and connection to Mallow.
• Evaluate proposals for Robert or Mallow to hold the Haven under both blood and name conditions. This remains distinct from Robert’s already-effective grant of entry. His innocence, possible use as a pawn, and remaining bargain obligations are still open.
  • Map the protected tribal lands and the extent of the Haven-access agreement.
• Use the granted access to investigate the eggs, their condition and purpose, the crown-restricted secrets, Tiphanie’s intentions, and the consequences of raising chromatic dragons. Establish the sea route, diving preparations, and any dragon threat before travelling to Maiden’s Field.
• Investigate suspected tampering with Robert’s memory: the recovered supply-run recollection, the exact spell, responsibility, and any remaining gaps. Tristan is not confirmed as the culprit. Identify the Feywild component required by the hags without promoting guesses about wings, bones, or hag parts into the answer.
• Determine whether the protective bargain applies to the Children of the Crone, preserving their claims of separation from Baba Yaga and Tiphanie’s contrary belief as distinct positions.

Mallow, Dragonheart Lineages, and Auraxx

• Investigate Mallow’s dynastic claim, Lilandra’s claimed Purple Dragonheart ancestry, and the authentic dragon-marked garment’s provenance, including the possibility of theft. The emblem’s authenticity does not establish its last owner’s ancestry. Uncover the Baron’s Dragonheart and poem secrets.
• Clarify Garlax’s fate and her offspring’s relationship to Seneran dragon legends; investigate the dragon mask and alleged remains without assuming either is authenticated or identifies the unnamed ancestral red dragon.
• Investigate Rebecca’s possible Mathrantor’al connection and the secondhand Stormbjorn account, including what John knows, and the Crown Prince’s claimed draconic ancestry.
• Follow the remaining consequences of Auraxx’s boon and Mallow’s Urdefolcin fragments, Face-Stealer creations, Reformist rank, biomancy, and stitching needle. Beyond his reported rejuvenation and loss of later memories and abilities, the boon’s full effects remain unclear.
• Learn where Auraxx’s freed soul went, what properties remain in the damaged Gold Canary, and the custody and effects of the Emerald Shield shards, including the shard found on Mallow.
• Clarify child Mallow’s reported Draconic reading difficulty without reopening the established box-opening and journal-writing-revelation mechanisms.

Fey Enslavement and Hag Bargains

• Locate victims of pixie-wing harvesting and other Feywild exploitation, gather evidence, expose the participants, and pursue the application of Seneran slavery protections to pixies. Determine whether Paprika carried captives before its supposed Reformist takeover.
• Establish Matthew’s specific obligations under the renewed Thralmal hag binding and whether further hag help with food can be obtained. The renewal and its consideration are settled.
• Investigate the missing pixie corpse and its fate; Hellion’s fear of necromantic reuse is not confirmation that this happened.
• Investigate whether an outside power compelled the drow raid that destroyed Tuck, without presuming that coercion or the rumored demonic and aberrant alliances are established.

Rannekford, Garward, and Royal Business

• Finalize the Garward party and carry out the approved mission to expose his crimes before a paladin and kill him; establish his current location and rescue Madeline. Follow up on Malmann’s surrendered insignia and its connection to Garward.
• Address the food shortage, harvest and agricultural needs, and follow through on defensive, magical, and healing assignments, including Stacy’s continuing recovery. Decide how to use or test the undead-commanding emerald without reopening its confirmed mechanics.
• Complete the castle and woodland-pool teleportation arrangements, including Kelthyr’s circle site, and follow through on travel via Port Mibram, meeting Donmar, and Malmann’s carriage plans.
• Address the Crown Prince’s father and follow Justin’s Turain and Treaty of Turain Organization business after Garward and the king.
• Follow the unresolved consequences of Hellion’s bounty, Angel’s threat to arrest Trajan, and Dorothy’s intended marriage and Highbury inheritance. Keep Robert alive during action against the Maidenfelds; Helena Cooper was not covered by that protection.
• Clarify Emily’s agreement with Oren and the ring-linked secret deal, and what Tiphanie knows about the invited person’s ancestors.

The Tree of Life and Stranded Souls

• Establish whom the elders have chosen, the candidate’s actual wishes, what steps have been taken, and whether Emily or another elf will intervene. Oren and Raistasi’s concern about Sharyn does not establish her consent, refusal, or the use of physical force; Oren did not name her to Hellion in this exchange.
• Investigate why souls cannot reach the Tree of Life, why local Reincarnate attempts failed, and whether the Realm Bridge or Hick traditions can help stranded souls. The theory that those souls cause the blight remains unproven.
  • Whether the boons can offer a clue to piercing the Veil remains open; no way through it has been established.
• Clarify Oren’s and the prince’s intentions concerning the elders’ plan and the proposed local tree, without treating its safety, methods, or consequences as established.

Queilei, the Children, and Lance’s Proposal

• Complete the journey from Torris to Queilei and the children’s return and reception. Present the planned weapons-of-warning and Feywild-seed gifts, then negotiate assistance and an alliance; delivery and acceptance remained unconfirmed at the cutoff.
• Complete Laudine’s grooming of Lance and the proposed introductions and heroic presentation to an elder. Find a consenting candidate, obtain elder approval, and negotiate marriage and boon terms. Lance agreed to try; no bride’s consent was established. Raistasi declined consideration.
• Resolve remaining dietary accommodations and the proposal tradition’s binding requirements. Snowdrop’s wishes remain unknown; do not turn her mention into an accepted proposal.
• Follow up on the travel and recruitment behind the shared Maerwen identity’s Legally Bare connection, Oren’s ban from the settlement, and Laudine’s eventual return route.

Boundaries

• No real player names, usernames, account identities, physical-speaker labels, or player-to-character mappings were included.
• Uncertain speaker and character attributions remain qualified or neutral rather than being presented as confirmed.
• Uncertain names, locations, item identities, magical effects, affiliations, and continuity conflicts remain unresolved.
• Spell and item components are used only for confidently identified standard D&D entries; homebrew or uncertain objects remain plain text.
• Rumors, speculation, inferred mechanics, and Legend Lore results are distinguished from independently confirmed facts.
• Earlier reviewed notes supply established names and context, not new disclosures to every character. The notes preserve the non-graphic game-relevant events without adding performed recap material.