Game Notes 6-18-2026 19th of Eleint Riverport and Master's House

 19th of Eleint, cont:

Chapter 1:  At the Green Goblin

It is now about 2:00 in the afternoon.  Inman and Nevil continue talking about getting the War Wizards to provide pardons for Nevil and Vasilya.  The two appear to Atalaya to be wrestling with whether it would be a help or problem if they ask for this favor.  Nevil seems to think that since we just saved the world for them, (or at least the Sword Coast Atalaya thinks) that this would be a good time to ask for this.

Finally, Nevil asks if Inman is going to the War Wizards.  Inman replies, “Yes, I will.  …  If we are going to be together long term …”   Inman finally agrees to get Nevil a pardon and to ask for one for Vasilya too.  ….

Nevil says something about her being the annoyance while Boz is the fugitive.  

Inman:  “Well, it’s 2 bells.  I can walk over there.  I think I will get a bottle of good (wine? Liquor? … something with alcohol in it).

Nevil:  “Do you want some help?”

Inman:  “Maybe not…”  “It’s not like I can …  If there is any trouble I don’t want you there”

Nevil entreats him, “Come back.”  

“I’ll try,” he responds and then kisses Nevil and saunter out the door.  Nevil gazes after him as he exits the room.

Boz:  “It would be nice.”

Nevil:  “We have got to take care of it.”

Boz:  “About the Thayian situation…”

Atalaya, Nevil and Baz talk about what we know about the plans to retrieve Kelson and Shalendra.   They then head back to the Lady Luck to talk to Curran and to Mennek.  

Chapter 2:  Meeting with Kay

As we head towards Lady Luck, Nevil comments that we should tell Kay that we have completed our mission for Master Elaria.  Atalaya agrees and we head towards the bridge to cross over to the other side of the river (?)  stream (?) that runs through the town.  They continue on to Kay’s Alley.  Not seeing anyone out busking in front of the Entertainer’s Guild House, they enter the building searching for Kay.  As they do, they hear people walking around the guildhall.  The piano is being played in the main room.  We enter that room and find that it is Kay who is playing it.  When he finishes his song he looks up and sees us.  

“Hi!” he calls out and Nevil quickly responds with, “We have news!”

Kay gets up and heads over to us, an inquiring look in his eyes.  “Is this about Sorrow?  Everyone has heard that he dead on your last adventure.”

Nevil looks around and asks if there is a place we can talk privately.  Kay says yes and takes us into one of the smaller classroom like rooms.  

Once everyone is settled in the small room, Nevil explains that yes Sorrow died, but we have had him resurrected.  Then she tells him that The Eye has been destroyed.  Kay can’t believe it at first and has to be told a couple of times, that yes, The Eye is destroyed.  Shattered.  It is no more.  But doing that cost Sorrow his life.  But he has been resurrected.  Kay is overjoyed that we have been able to finish the work of destroying the Eye for Master Elaria.  

We ask Kay if he can start some rumors to the effect that Sorrow didn’t die, he had just been hurt badly and has been healed and will be fine in a few days.  Kay gets excited about that, saying that he can get the rumors started.  Then talk turns towards having Kay write a heroic song about Sorrow and what he did to save the world.  Kay immediately takes to this idea and looks like he is already plotting lyric lines in his head.  

When the conversation ends, we take our leave of Kay and cross the courtyard to the Lady Luck Tavern.  It is now about 4:00 pm.

Chapter 3:  At The Lady Luck Tavern

As we cross the courtyard, the dog Timothy greets us.  Atalaya stops to greet him and to give him some petting.  

As we enter the tavern Curran calls out, “How is our boy?”

Nevil responds with, “He’s hallucinating.”

Curran says, “It will probably pass, but… it doesn’t always.”

Nevil says that we have come for more information about what the operation to retrieve Kelson and Shelandra.  She adds, “Full disclosure, it sucks to go in unprepared.”

Curran answers her and discusses what is currently known.  He says that they have not been heard from for a while now.  He says that Darfin’s group is getting in (to the stronghold).  We are told that Mennek and Syranna (another rebel Thayian whom we have not met yet) will be manipulating the portals to get us to where we would need to be.  He tells us that Syranna was one of the designers of the portal and has insider information.  He says that while she helped to design the Thayians portal system, she was never one of them and built stuff into the system that the Red Wizards don’t know about.  

Curran ends with, “Mostly we just want to get Kelson and Shalendra back.”

Curran tells us that Syranna is at the Gatehouse right now and that the other group is already there.  He says that Mennek and Syranna will send us to a different portal than the one Darfin’s group was sent to.  

Nevil says, “Then it is a hard “No” to accepting help from the War Wizards?”  

Curran says, “No….  I see no reason they couldn’t be alerted.   I think it would be fine for the (War) Wizards to know about Darfin and ________ (his group??)

Chapter 4:  Dinner with Sorrow at the Green Goblin

When we finish our discussion with Curran we head back to the Green Goblin.  The place smells great when we enter it.  Aristotle is preparing fresh bread, Fish Stew and other good smelling foods.  He pulls a tray from the oven and hands it to Atalaya to take upstairs.  It is full of charred bits of wood.   Aristotle also tells us that he has made an order to get some of the Claw Wine that Sorrow likes.  It will take a few days to get here.  We tell him that Sorrow is going to be here for a while and will be very appreciative of the nasty Claw Wine when it arrives.  (Atalaya can’t keep her dislike of that wine from showing on her face.)

We head upstairs and find that Inman has already returned from his errand to the War Wizards.  Nevil questions him about what happened.  Inman tells her that they are open to the proposition.  Nevil reports that so is Curran.  They discuss how this would work.  She tells him about the two Thayians that will be involved.  Inman (?) is not sure how they are going to integrate into the activity.  Inman is not crazy about working with Mennek again.  

Inman is happier as he tells Nevil that there is a really good chance to get the pardons.  

Inman says that for the current rescue attempt that we are probably not going to have a War Wizard escort.  They will go with a group of their own. 

Chapter 5:  Return to the Master’s House

The staff bring supper up to us in the room when it is ready.  We eat engaging more with Sorrow, Cirilli and Joan.

After supper, Atalaya uses the helm to port us to Master Elaria’s house.  Cirilli is torn between going to see Grinda or staying with Sorrow.  Atalaya encourages her to visit with Grinda, explaining that we will be coming back in the morning and that Seraphina and Joan are going to stay with Sorrow.  She eventually agrees.

When we arrive at the house we notice that a few of the leaves are starting to change color and that the temperature is coolish.  Before going in search of Avalon we will want to pull out our cloaks. 

We visit briefly with Grinda when we get to the house.  He is reading by the fireplace when we get there.  He throws himself at Cirilli when he sees her.  They are both very happy to see each other.  We ask him how it is going.  Grinda says “It’s fine.  The place is trapped.  It’s all good.”  

Atalaya looks around and then asks if it is safe.  Grinda says. “It is, for us.”  He says with pride that, “I am a kolbald and kolbalds know their traps. 

Atalaya says she knows this and that is why she asked.   She then asks if his traps depend on Avalon being here.  Grinda says that they do not.  Atalaya explains about the plan to have Avalon guard a Thayian portal.  

Chapter 6:  Talking with Avalon

Atalaya and Vaz go out to talk to Avalon.  Nevil has absolutely not interested in being anywhere near him.

Avalon is happy to see Atalaya and to know that we are back.  We explain that the item he had been guarding has been successfully destroyed.  He seems happy about this.  

Atalaya once again asks him if he would like to go back to his home plane or if he is interested in a new post.  He asks her if she has a proposition for him.  Atalaya says that she does.  Atalaya says that the people who wanted to object he had been guarding are really bad people. The position we are offering to Avalon is to guard a portal and to prevent these bad people from coming through it to hurt the people who live here.  

She then explains that the way to tell which people are the bad ones is to check out their heads.  The bad ones will have bald heads with tattoos on them.  Atalaya asks Avalon if he knows what a tattoo is.  He seems uncertain, so Atalaya explains what that is.  

Avalon seems agreeable to this.  Atalaya asks him if he remembers how he traveled in her pack to get from the library to this house.  He did.  She asks if that would be an acceptable way for him to travel to Riverport and then to the portal site.  He agrees that he could do that.  Once it seems that he understands and is willing we head back to the house.  

We plan to spend the night at the house and then in the morning, after the helm has had a chance to regain its used teleportations to return to Riverport with Avalon.

GAME ENDS

Art Work

Atalaya meditating in the morning before they return to Riverport.  Her thoughts are on Sorrow and the upcoming foray into the Thayian stronghold.

 

 

Game Notes 6-4-2026 15th -19th of Eleint Sorrow's Return

 

Sorrow’s Return

15th of Eleint Cont.

Chapter 1:  Return to Riverport:  Early Evening

We stagger through the portal into the storage room at the Lady Luck.  Our faces reflect our grief.  Cirilli clinging to Atalaya.  Vasilya’s face is ashen and Joan’s face reflects rage and grief.  Nevil calls Curran from the archway of the storage room where we have emerged.    

Curran meets us and takes in our distress and that of the other team and the missing members.  He is told that Sorrow sacrificed himself to destroy the artifact and that Kelson and Shalandra are missing. That they seemed to have been transported through the portal before it was destroyed.  

Nevil asks Curran “Do you know anyone who can do advanced clerical services, that is resurrections?”  He says that he is a cleric of Tamora and that he is capable of that.  Asks if there is a quiet place for us to talk.  Curran takes us into a corner of the main room, near the door.  It is currently unoccupied.  Seraphina hangs back a bit, positioning herself so that she she is able to watch for anyone approaching the doorway from outside.  

Nevil asks about costs for him to do a resurrection ritual for Sorrow.  He says that a 500 gp diamond is needed for the spell but he offers to do the casting of it.  Atalaya says that we have gems in the bank here in Riverport and that if there isn’t one of that quality, there should be enough there for us to buy one of that quality.  We asked what was needed for the ritual besides the diamond and if we need to take Sorrow’s body to a temple,  Curran explains that we need a caster, the body, the components of the ritual (that is the 500 gp diamond), and the person’s spirit to be willing to be called back.  He is willing to perform the ritual anywhere we are comfortable and that has privacy.  We want to do it at the Green Goblin in one of the rooms we have bespoke there. 

We discuss what to do with Sorrow’s body for the night.  Curran offers his cooler.  Nevil, Joan and Boz don’t like that suggestion saying that is the last place Sorrow would want to be,  Eventually it is decided to put him into the tavern’s cooler to help preserve his body until the ritual.  Nevil plans to guard the cooler door and bring him to the Green Goblin in the morning to prepare the body.  Joan and Boz stay with her, one on either side of Nevil outside the door.  

Atalaya says that she is going to take Cirilli back to the Green Goblin and will stay there with her.  Inman says that he will join us.  He has some letters that he wants to write.  Boz gives her a hug as she leaves.  

Chapter 2:  The Wake

Nevil asks Curran for a bottle of liquor.  Curran asks her what she would like.  Nevil replies, “Chef’s choice.”  Curran says that he has some good whiskey.  Nevil and Joan immediately agree to this suggestion.   Curran brings them the bottle of whiskey which the three drink, although Nevil takes some time to pray first.   Joan gets drunk.  Joan eventually mumbles, “He was her worst student.”

Nevil:  “Sorrow was?”

Joan:  “Yes.”

Nevil:  “How do you know?”
Joan:  “She told him.  I was her second (worst student).”

Nevil asks Joan if she has seen Sorrow’s new tattoo.  When Joan shakes her head,  Nevil says that she should take a look.  Joan says that she can’t.  Nevil explains the design.  (On his shoulder, an inkwell, parchment and intricate writing quill over a College of Love.)”  

They continue to talk.  Joan is very upset.  

Nevil:  “You know, even if this doesn’t work, we have other options.”  ….

They continue to talk.  Joan is surprised when Nevil explains that Sorrow has (or maybe had) a little angel in him from his ancestry.    

“You know what the Master said about worrying.”

Joan is getting liquored up.

Boz:  “Why did I not know (what Sorrow was going to do)?”

Nevil:  “He knows we would have tried to stop it.”

Boz:  “I should have known.”

(Boz continues to beat himself up over not anticipating what Sorrow had planned to do.  Nevil tries to insert some perspective and clarity.)

Nevil:  “I think he knew since Candlekeep.”

Boz:  “I feel like I should have known.”

…

…

Boz:  “It’s not a price I would ever be willing to pay…”

Nevil:  “And then I can make terrible puns about having him up in a meat freezer.”

Chapter 3:  At the Green Goblin

Atalaya, Cirilli, Seraphina and Inman arrive at the Green Goblin.  Aristotle and the staff there are distressed to hear about Sorrow.  We get some drinks and take a bottle of wine upstairs to our rooms.  Cirilli is allowed wine and then watered wine or juice.  Inman talks with them for a while and then begins working on writing letters to the War Wizards.  Eventually Vasilya makes his way back to the Green Goblin and he and Atalaya move into the smaller of the two rooms to sleep.  

While Atalaya is trancing Joan returns briefly and then leaves again.  Cirilli brings her blankets into Atalaya’s room and lays them down across the doorway and spends the rest of the night there. 

16th of Eleint

See Cut Scene “Sorrow is Dead”

Chapter 4: The Next Morning; Visit to the Bank 

Some time after Atalaya and Cirilli leave the Green Goblin Nevil performs a ritualistic casting of Gentle Repose on Sorrow’s body, and places his body back into the bag of holding and returns him to the Green Goblin.  The staff are obviously preparing the tavern for a wake for Sorrow.  Nevil reacts negatively to that, telling him that this isn’t the time for that.  Not until there is no hope of his return. Aristotle is apologetic, saying that they just wanted to honor Sorrow.

Vasilya is awake when Nevil makes her way upstairs.   They place Sorrow’s body into the bed in the smaller room that he and Atalaya had been using.  Nevil cleans him and they dress and lay him out in preparation for the resurrection ritual.  

Atalaya and Cirilli have returned to the inn during this time.  We eat a bit of breakfast, but coffee is the preferred breakfast item for most of the party.  

After eating and reclaiming her bag of holding, Atalaya with Vasilya and Inman make their way across town to the building which is part of the Waterdeep Bank.  Cirilli does not accompany them.  She prefers to stay with Nevil and Sorrow at the Green Goblin.  Joan has not returned and has not been seen since Cirilli noticed her slipping out of the Green Goblin during the night.

When Atalaya arrives at the Sword Coast Trader’s Bank building (SW section of town, located about a block from the Duke’s residence)  the group enters and Atalaya asks to have access to the items the bank is holding for us.  The teller explains that she must verify Atalaya’s identity.  She has Atalaya place her hand on a stone tablet that is placed on the counter.  The stone flares.  The teller smiles and becomes more helpful.  She takes the party into a small side room which Atalaya now realizes is a pocket room similar to those in Candlekeep.  Inside the room the teller provides Atalaya with their stored treasure chests.  They search through the gems chest for diamonds and pull out what they find.  One of the gems seems to be a very nice large stone.  Atalaya pockets it and asks the teller if she knows where we can get some gems appraised here in Riverport.  

The teller says that they have someone here at the bank who can do that.  She leaves the room and after a few minutes returns with an elderly dwarf man who is introduced as Master Folkey (sp).  Atalaya greets him and asks him if he will appraise the gem she had placed in her pocket, pulling it out to hand to him.  He takes, pulls out his jeweler's hoop and examines the diamond.  When he is done he looks up at Atalaya and tells her that this is a nice diamond and that it is worth 350 gp.  Atalaya’s breath catches a bit in disappointment.  Then she turns to the other smaller diamonds and asks what they are worth.  He values them at 400 gp.  (Total of 750 gp for all the diamonds.)  

Atalaya asks if there is a store or place of business here in Riverport that could sell us a diamond worth 500 gp.  Master Folkey says that he can trade us a 500 gp diamond for our large diamond plus an additional 300 gp worth of diamonds.  Atalaya stares at him for a moment as she does some mental math.  Thirty percent seems like a high price, but then she thinks about Sorrow lying so still on the bed and Vaz’s and Joan’s grief and agrees to the appraiser’s price, not having the ability to bargain with him right now.  We return the remaining diamonds to the holding chest with the other gems and give the chest to the teller for storage. 

Inman mails his letters to the War Wizards.

Chapter 5:  Finding Joan

Leaving the bank we make our way over to the Lucky Lady in search of Curran.  We find him at The Lady Luck.  The building smells of breakfast.  Those inside are blurry eyed.  We head over to Curran and the Riverport members of last night’s mission.  They have been up all night trying to determine what has happened to Kelson and Shalendra.  We make our way to Curran.  He seats us at a table and returns with breakfast foods that he places on the table in front of us, not asking if we want anything.  There is coffee!   Atalaya gives him the diamond and asks him if this will do.  Curran examines it and says that he thinks it will be fine.  He asks when we want to perform the ritual.  He offers to arrive at the Green Goblin in two hours.  Atalaya thinks about that, looks at the others and asks them about Joan.  Atalaya says that Joan will want to be there.  She tells Curran that they need to find Joan and sets the time for the ritual to be in about 3 hours.  

Vasilya is asked if he can locate Joan.  He makes use of his psychic abilities to locate her.  He goes into a trance for a bit and then returns to us.  “Joan is in jail,” he proclaims.  He turns to Inman and asks Inman to help get her out of there. 

Inman asks how much trouble she has gotten herself into.  He also asks which jail she is in. 

Vasilya responds that there is only one jail in Riverport.

Inman says, “Let me see if I can get her reminded into his custody and get her off with some community service.  

We head over to the jail.  When we enter the watch room, we see a nice looking dragonborn sitting at the desk.  Atalaya does a doubletake and then greets Will.  She asks him if he is working in Riverport now.  Will says that he rotates between here and Salt Marsh.  It’s a bit embarrassing for all of us, but we arrange Joan’s release.  The fines are 50 gp to the constabulary and an additional 25 gp to repay damages to the the tavern where the brawl occurred.  Will explains that there was a big fight.  He doesn’t know who started it, but there was a lot of damage.  …

We wait as he gets Joan released.  Her face is bruised and busted up.  She says something about wanting Sorrow to see her like this.  Will leaves to get her weapons.  Joan says, “I didn’t start the fight.”  …  “Fun is relative, all things considered…”   Will hands her weapons to her. 

We walk out of the jailhouse.  Joan walks a few steps past the front gate, turns and vomits into the bushes.  Using her sleeve, she wipes her chin.  “Alright.”

Joan follows us to the Green Goblin.  There is some, minimal, conversation on the way back.

We head upstairs to wait for Curran.

Chapter 6:  Sorrow’s Resurrection Ritual

When he comes, Curran sets up for the ritual.  He places lit candles around the room, lights incense, and whispers prayers and chants to himself.  Then he closes his hands and reaches out his hands over Sorrow’s body.   He places a hand on Sorrow’s head and whispers some more words.  Then he opens his eyes and stands back and asks who among us wants to help to call him back.  He tells us that we should tells Sorrow why he should return to us. 

We look around at each other, uncertain.  Then Atalaya pulls out her sketchbook and starts pulling out pages that have images of Sorrow on them.  She starts placing them around Sorrow’s body as she explains each picture and why it shows how much he is needed, wanted and loved.  There are pictures from their travels together and of the time spent on shipboard.  Pictures of him performing in the Green Goblin, of his teaching Cirilli to play the recorder, of him sitting at the common table on the Hond Ebrath enjoying a meal with all of us, of one of his rapier practice fights with Nevil, of him cooking with Cirilli and “stealing” a piece of coal to eat, of his sitting in her mother’s house and playing his fiddle while her sister listens, of him leaning against the ship’s railings looking a sunset and talking with Vasilya, and finally she places one in which he and Atalaya are playing together on the deck of the Hond Ebrath with the survivors of the Tamarid sleeping around them.  This page she places on his chest and holds it there as she finishes her plea for him to return to us because he is needed and loved and because his family needs him.

It is quiet for a  moment as Atalaya finishes.  Then, Vasilya falls on his knees beside Sorrow, grabs Sorrow’s hand and says, “Brother you can’t leave me.  I’ve lost so much…  You are my Kompania… I don’t know how you hid this from me.  I can’t let you go… I’m just begging you, come back to us.”  When he finishes talking, he leans forward and kisses Sorrow on the forehead. 

Nevil then approaches Sorrow.  She has her prayer cloth wrapped around her hands.  She centers herself and “has a religious moment” keeping her prayers to herself.  Then she says, “Sorrow, we know why, at least we think we do.  It was noble, but your work is not done here.  … This family…  need you to guide Cirilli into adulthood…”

Joan comes over next and looks lost, her eyes are so red from her night of drinking and from her crying.  She sits on the edge of the bed and opens her mouth to speak.  But she just can’t get anything out.  Her hand reaches out and brushes back Sorrow’s hair from his forehead.  She kisses his hand and tries again to speak but can’t.  Finally she gets out, “Come back.”  She shuffles back to where she had been watching.

Cirilli pulls her recorder out of her belt and walks over to the bed, her eyes focused on Sorrow.  She starts playing.  Badly.  Very badly.  The notes screech and clash as she makes her way through one of the songs Sorrow has been teaching her.  One that she is fully able to play with good breath control and by memory.  Atalaya stares at her during this performance.  When she finishes the song she glares at him, stealing her voice as she says, “You promised me.  You promised me.  You said you would come back.  You said you would teach me how to play this recorder.  You haven’t finished teaching me.  …  …”  She continues berating him for leaving her and not keeping his promises to her.  Tears streaming down her face as she scolds him.  “I need you,” she finishes in a plaintive wail, collapsing beside him.

Finally Seraphina approaches, her hand resting on Cirilli’s shoulder.  “You are not done boy.  …”  And she moves back.  

As Seraphina returns to her position in the semicircle, we hear a very faint breath from Sorrow.  Everyone’s eyes are drawn to his body as we each pray in our own ways for his return.  Atalaya clasps Cirilli’s and Vaz’s hands as we hear the faint movement of breath once again from his body.  And then again there is a faint gasp and a slight movement of his chest.  Slowly we see color flow into his face as his breathing picks up.

Nevil breaths out a joyful “Praise Eldath!”  Joan slides down the wall and lowered her face into her arms, her body shaking with emotion.  Nevil leans over Sorrow, whispering to him “Be still brother,” as she casts a healing aura over him, (providing him 41 points of healing).  Sorrow appears to be sleeping.

Atalaya and Cirilli cluster around Vasilya, holding him as he takes in Sorrow’s shallow but steady breathing. 

Nevil orders room service for the family.  Aristotle asks her what happened.  Nevil replies that he is back.  And then she breaks down and finally cries, now that only Aristotle can see her tears.  Aristotle gives her some ale. 

Bluebell hearing Nevil makes her way into the kitchen and asks, “Did it work?  Is he back?”

Nevil says, “It did.  He is.”  Bluebell sits down and cries. When she begins to pull herself together, Nevil asks her to “Please, will you later tonight bring some pieces of coal dripped with bacon grease to Sorrow and some of your stinkiest crab wine.”

Bluebell looks confused.  “We don’t have that.”.  

Nevil replies that she should just bring an assortment of stinky food items, like stinky cheese.  Bluebell still looks confused.  “It’s a tiefling thing,” Nevil explains and Bluebell nods in understanding. 

Nevil goes back upstairs and sleeps on the floor of the room until Sorrow wakes up again.  The rest of us takes turns quietly watching him while he sleeps.  

17th of Eleint

Chapter 7:  The Next Day

In the wee hours of the morning Sorrow opens his eyes and looks around.  He sees that Atalaya, Cirilli, Vasilya and Joan are awake and sitting quietly in the room watching him.  (Atalaya is sketching the Sorrow as he sleeps.)  Nevil is sleeping lightly on the floor by his bed.  

When he opens his eyes those who are awake notice that there is a light silver gleam in them, but he has actual pupils.  They also notice a little bit of silver in his hair near his ears.  He “starts” in bed, and then looks around the room.  This wakes up Nevil.

Nevil props herself up, looks up at him and says, “You did it.”

Still looking around the room, Sorrow questions, “I’m in the Goblin?”

Nevil nods.  “Yeah, and it worked.”

Sorrow nods to himself.  “Good.”

Nevil adds, “And you are a little shite and everyone is mad at you.”

….

Sorrow closes his eyes and goes back to sleep.   Nevil remains resting on the floor by Sorrow.  The rest of us, once we are sure that Sorrow is sleeping again, make our way to the other room and bed down for what is left of the night.  

Morning comes.  People slowly wake up to the smell of coffee.

Atalaya comes out of her trance and readies herself for the day.  Then she goes downstairs and finds Maria.  She asks for food to be sent to the room and to extend their stay for a week.  She asks how much that will be, and promises to get the coin for her.  

Maria and Aristotle demur, saying payment isn’t needed.  (Atalaya quietly resolves to be sure to leave them something when we are actually ready to leave.)

Maria gets a breakfast ready for them and gets help bringing everything upstairs to the waiting thankful watchers.

This day is spent quietly in the Green Goblin, working on tasks as they monitor Sorrow.  (Atalaya works on fletching arrows, and gets Cirilli to work on that with her.  Sketching.  Etc.)

At some point, once Sorrow looks a little stronger, Inman asks him, “When did you figure it out?”

Sorrow replies, “Sprig  was helping me.  He brought some information.  I kept it from you…  I knew our family patron was a fallen angel…”

Inman:  …

Sorrow:  “I bought an item, but I knew it didn’t have a soul… When I saw the handprint I knew…”  He pauses.  “I didn’t know if you could bring me back or not…”

Inman:  

Sorrow:  “The Eye is gone?”

Inman:  “Yup.”

Sorrow:  “For sure?”

Inman:  “Yup.  You should have seen the souls…”

Sorrow:  “I did.”

Inman asks about Kelson and Shalendra.  Sorrow doesn’t know what happened to them.

At some point Sorrow is offered a mirror.

“Is it bad?” he asks.  

Inman brings him a mirror and shows him his face.  Sorrow kind of smiles.  “I have eyes,” he says in wonder.

Inman replies, “You had eyes.”

Sorrow continues looking in the mirror.  “I have eyes.  They look normal.”  Inman bites back a “No they don’t.”  Sorrow continues.  I have grey hair.”  He looks some more.  “I can live with that.”

Cirilli climbs into the bed and curls up with him.  

18th of Eleint

At some point during the day Vasilya says, “There is the matter of Kelson and Shalendra.”   His comment is acknowledged and at some point several party members get themselves ready to head over to the Lucky Lady to see what is happening there and hoping that the two missing party members have been found and brought home.  

Atalaya and Nevil head over to the Lucky Lady.  Curran meets them and asks how Sorrow is doing.  We tell him as he leads us to where the others of his group are seated.  

We ask what the news is regarding Kelson and Shalendra.  We are told that they are in Thay.  That they were able to send a few messages but now they can’t be reached.  It appears that they are stuck in a Thayian fortress, trying to find a portal to get out of there.  

Nevil looks at Atalaya and says, “We can make a hell of a distraction.  I don’t know what we can do to help, but we can make a big distraction.”

Curran says that the Thayian stronghold is a very big place.  He adds that the fortress can be accessed.  

We discuss this.  Atalaya questions the ability to get there.  She thought they had closed the portal.  Curran explains that there are other portals, we just closed the biggest one, the one they used for transferring large contingents of people and materials.  

Nevil tries to convince Atalaya that Eldath would want her to go to Thay and cause a disturbance.  That this would be the peaceful and pacific way to go forward and to assist with the return of Kelson and Shalendra.  Atalaya isn’t convinced of this, but does agree that given appropriate circumstances and assistance, that Kelson and Shalendra need to be retrieved before the Thayian get their hands on them.  But she isn’t willing to do this without more help and for the boys, (i.e. Boz and Inman at least, to be part of this.)  She doesn’t want Cirilli anywhere near this mission, expressing hope that she can be convinced to stay back and take care of Sorrow.  Maybe with with help of Seraphina and Joan.   Although Atalaya is concerned that Joan may go off on another bender if left without supervision.  She is trying to weigh whether it would be better for Joan to bring her along and let her get some licks in on the Thayian for Sorrow or whether she would be left with Sorrow in Riverport if we decide to participate in the rescue mission.

We head back to the Green Goblin to talk this over with the others.

When she sees them, Nevil asks, “So boys, going a little stir crazy?”

Sorrow is bundled in an upright sitting position on the bed, an empty plate with char marks on it sits on the bedside table next to him.  Seeing Nevil, he asks, “Why are you all blue?”

Boz says, “He saw a giant snail going past the door earlier.  Is that normal?”

Nevil performs a quick Channel Divinity to check Sorrow.  She decides that he is not any more “evil” than he normally reads to her.  

Inman?  Nevil?  Say that they have heard that it is sometimes possible in those who are brought back from death that sometimes those people aren’t quite right.  That something in their brain doesn’t “fire right.”

Nevil continues,  “Only time will tell.”

Joan hands Atalaya 75 gold pieces to repay the group for her jail release.

Nevil talks to Joan (with the Boys overhearing) about dropping off the “Beholder” in the gatehouse.   

….    With everyone in the conversation we start talking about taking Avalon someplace where we can place him as a guard with instructions to kill anyone who is bald with tattoos on their heads, deciding that is the best description we can give him for identifying the Thayians, but allowing Kelson, Shalendra and any who go to rescue them to get past whatever portal we place him act.  

From Inman we learn that the Thayian vault complex is a very big place.  He says that it is a training ground, staging area, holding tank and headquarters and more all in one.   He’s not sure exactly where it is, but he is sure that it is BIG.  

Nevil asks Inman to talk to the War Wizards regarding our going to the Thayian fortress.  “Can we get a couple pardons for doing that?”

Inman:  “Maybe we should talk to the Duke.”

Nevil?  “Why???....”  She clearly wants nothing to do with the Duke.

Inman says something about getting a Royal Pardon.  Inman looks at Nevil with fond amusement.  “I’ll go alone to talk to them.”

 Game Ends

Game Notes 5-14-2026 15th of Eleint, Final Battle

 

15th of Eleint, Early Afternoon

Chapter 1:  Arrival at the Green Goblin

After a quick lunch with the Greenleafs, we gather into a circle, hold hands and Atalaya puts on the helm of teleportation, gets out the memento for the Green Goblin and directs the helm to transport us there.  We feel the strange sensations that are becoming more familiar to us as Cirdan’s house fades and is replaced by the bright light of the teleportation spell and then the feeling of ground materializing under our feet in the yard across from the Green Goblin.  

We enter the tavern, are greeted by our friends there and Aristotle brings us all kinds of desserts which he places on one of the tables.  We sit, sample his goodies and make small talk until we can legitly take our leave and head upstairs to the rooms we had rented.  Gathering in the large room, we start discussing the upcoming attempt to destroy The Eye, and the Thayians portal.  Nevil says that she wants us to have a way back that does not depend on the continued cooperation and assistance from Mennek.  She wants to know if the helm has any charges left on it.  Atalaya reminds everyone that it only holds up to three charges and that we never know how many charges it regains each dawn.  We have already used two charges today.  Inman says that he can determine that, using a ritual spell.  He takes the helm from Atalaya, sets out his materials and begins his spell casting.  About 10-15 minutes later he finishes and tells us that there is still magic in the helm.  We should have one transportation left from the helm today.

Atalaya asks a final time if Inman and Sorrow know what they need to do to destroy The Eye.  They say they do.  It is said? Implied? That all the rest of need to do is to keep the Thayians away from them.  Accepting that they know what they are doing, we make our way to The Lady Luck Tavern.

Chapter 2:  The Final Plans and Reaching the Gatehouse (Midafternoon)

The group walks silently through the streets, making their way to the Lady Luck Tavern.  Cirilli seems very subdued and makes a point of walking beside each of the party members that will be heading to the nexus.  

When we arrive at the tavern, Curan motions us into the planning room.  The other members of the Riverport group have already gathered in the room.  Cirdan is also there.  Sir Isteval nods in welcome as we enter. 

We are asked if we are ready to do our task.  Nevil replies, “Yup.”  

Isteval says that Hadarr says that there may be a problem.  He thinks that the second group needs to go with us to provide us the time we need to do our task.  They need to run interference for us.  

Mennek says that we are headed to a portal called “The Bloodgate.”  He says that there will be Thayians in the room where we arrive when we get there.  He says that blood and elemental energy runs the gate.  

We are asked again if we are ready.  Atalaya says that we are as ready as we can be.  

Isteval that there is a portal here that goes to a hideout.  Nevil says something about it not being in the tavern.  Isteval replies that it is in the tavern.  He then directs Jekk to move the crates that are hiding the entrance to the portal.  Jekk does so, revealing a portal in the very room they were meeting in.  Sir Isteval says that The Lady Luck Tavern is an important place for “us” in Riverport.  It has a permanent portal to their hideout.  

Cirilli looks terrified and hugs all of us asking for reassurances that we will all come back.  Atalaya tells her over and over that the plan is for us all to come back.  But that there is no guarantee that we all will.  She can’t promise that.  But we are all going to do everything that we can to return safe and with our job done.

Everyone heading to the hideout post enters the portal.  Cirilli has grabbed Atalaya’s and Nevil’s hands to do this.  We step in and then exit in a tiny cabin in the woods.  As we move away from the portal we see it inscribed in the floor.  This is a permanent portal.  Nevil says something about it costing a lot of money to make. 

Mennik tells us to make sure that we are ready before we enter the portal he is going to send us through.  We all get prepped, making sure our healing potion bottles are on our belts, that our weapons are ready to be drawn.  Atalaya and Vasilya string their bows and have an arrow in hand.  When we appear to be ready, Sorrow takes a deep breath and says, “I guess this is it.”

Chapter 3:  The Battle at the Bloodgate (Late Afternoon)

We step through the portal that Mennek opens.  We feel the strong pull of arcane power rush through us.  We hear it humming in our ears, it tastes a little like metal.  There is bright light all around us.

We step through into another room.  The room is hot and flickering with a dark red light.  It smells like blood and death.  The floor is tiled and channels run through it in a weird random pattern.  Flowing in the channels is a deep reddish thick liquid, clotting blood.

That this is scary would be an understatement. Nevil’s spider sense is telling her that this place is VERY EVIL!!!!  

We stumble into chamber.  Atalaya, Nevil and Vasilya first followed quickly by Sorrow and Inman.  Atalaya and Nevil take in the altars at the walls surrounding us.  Most have victims sacrificed on them.  The channels start at the altars and drain in the portal.  At the same time we take in the Thayian Red Wizards, two of them, in front of us.  

Boz shots immediately as he sights them aiming at Apprentice 8.  But he is so unnerved by the room and all that is in it, that his shot misses.  He mutters under his breath.

Sorrow comes through the portal and starts pulling things out of the bag of holding that was given to him at the hideout by Atalaya.  The capped jug containing the eye and the Trident.

Apprentice 3:  Fires a Firebolt at Sorrow.

Atalaya takes two shots and both hit their targets; one at Apprentice 8 and the other at Apprentice 3.  Apprentice 8 takes 8 points of damage.  Apprentice 3 takes 12 points of damage. 

Inman is helping Sorrow.  Sorrow has taken the container with the stone (Eye) out and rolled it into the depression of  a bowl in the pedestal.  The portal has changed colors to a bluish tint.  In the pedestal a depression forms with the outline of a trident in it.  Inman takes the Trident from Sorrow and places it into the depression.  The stone glows with blue light.  The light seems to move from the Trident and into the stone.  Sorrow and Inman exchange glances.

Nevil:  Bangs her mace on her shield to draw the attention of the two Thayians.  Stepping up to Apprentice 8 she says, “You get one chance to step away from the sacrifice.  She holds her action waiting to see what he does.

Apprentice 8:  casts Mage Armor on himself.

Boz:  takes another shot with his shortbow at Apprentice 3 and hits him for 9 points of damage.  He sidesteps.

We hear running feet, but don’t actually see anyone approach.

Apprentice 5:  Casts Scorching Ray as he is running.  He trips in one of the channels and twists his knee.  His second and third rays hit Boz. 

Sorrow:  An impression of the War Hammer has formed in the pedestal.  Sorrow pulls out the War Hammer from the bag of holding.  

Apprentice 3:  Casts Mage Armor on himself and starts running away.

A screeching sound is heard and a creepy undead head forms and calls out, “Intruders!”  (Tarul Var)  

We hear Sorrow call to Inman, “Just cover me!”

Inman:  casts Meteors.  The meteors are circling him waiting to be cast at specific foes.

Apprentice 7:  Runs up and casts a Firebolt at Sorrow and misses.

Nevil:  Wacks Apprentice 8 (with held action).  First strike hits and deals 12 points of damage.  The second strike hits for 10 points of damage and Apprentice 8 dies.  Nevil moves close to Sorrow.

Boz:  Shots at Apprentice 3, hits doing 4 points of damage.

The second team arrives.  (Jekk, Kelson, Shalendra, Hadarr)

Apprentice 5:  Casts Mage Armor on himself.

Sorrow:  Slams the war hammer into the socket for it in the pedestal.  Light flares with an earthy green glow.  Sorrow uses the pot as a shield.  “That’s two!” he calls out.

Apprentice 3:  He is really hurt badly.  He continues to try to run out of the doorway in front of him.  (West side of the room)

Atalaya:  Shoots one of her lightning arrows at Tarul Var.  It flies straight at him, but he flicks his finger and it falls harmlessly to the ground.  Growling deep in her throat, she aims and shoots a second arrow (+1 magic arrow).  This one hits Tarul Var for 11 points of damage.

Hadarr:  We can hear his voice somewhere on the other side of the portal.  We hear arrows being shot.

Inman:  Activates Blade Song.  Then casts Witch Bolt and targets Tarul Var.  The spell hits and causes 5 points of damage.  He then tosses 2 of his prepared meteors.   The first meteor misses its target.  The second hits between Apprentice 5 and 7.  Both fail their saves and take 9 points of damage from the meteors.  Apprentice 5 dies.

Shalendra:  Moves towards Apprentice 7

Tarul Var:  holds up his hands, whispers and a huge thing of black tentacles erupts from the floor where Boz, Sorrow, Atalaya and Nevil are standing.  

Apprentice 7:  is attacking Hadarr

Nevil:  Dex save, fails and she takes 6 points of damage from the tentacles and is grappled.  She casts Bless on Atalaya, Sorrow and Inman.

Jekk:  Runs to Apprentice 7.

Boz:  makes his saving throw and moves away (N) from tentacles.  

Sorrow:  Fails his save and is grappled.  He takes 14 points of damage from the tentacles.  [Nevil reacts to this with Rebukes the Violent.  Tarul Var fails his save and takes 14 points of radiant damage.]  Sorrow digs into the bag of holding and pulls out the sword Black Razor.  The table?pedestal?flares a light blue outline of a sword.

Apprentice 3: Has run away.

Atalaya:  Makes her save against the tentacles and moves away (NE).   She shoots +1 arrow and hits Tarul Var causing 7 points of damage.  The then pulls out one of her thunder arrows and shoots him again.  This arrow misses. 

We continue to hear fighting that we cannot see happening on the other side of the portal.

Inman:  Makes his save and moves away from the tentacles, moving out of the reach of the tentacles.  Continues the fire bolt at Tarul Var doing 4 points of damage.  He sends 2 meteors at Tarul Var.  The first hits and does 3 points of damage.  The second misses.

Shalendra runs to fight Apprentice ____.  

Tarul Var:  Steps up to Inman and casts the cantrip Chill Touch at Inman.  A skeletal hand appears, trying to grab Inman’s shoulder, but he is able to evade the touch and takes no  damage.

Apprentice 7:  Is fighting with Jekk and Hadarr

Nevil:  Attempts dex save, fails.  Is still grappled.  She takes 14 points of damage from the tentacles.  She tries to break the grapple (strength check 21)  and is able to break away from the tentacles and moves out of their reach.

We hear Thayians running, shouting.  

Sorrow:  Takes Black Razor and jams it into the table.  There is a flash of light that seems to move from the sword to the Eye.  Sorrow calls out, “That’s three!!!”

Apprentice 2:  Engages with Kelson and Shalendra.

Apprentice 4:  Chases his fellow. (???)

Atalaya:  Shoots at Tarul Var.  First arrow hits causing 9 points of damage.  The second arrow hits, causing 13 points of damage.

We hear more arrows.  

Inman:  Discontinues Witch Bolt.  He pulls out his scimitar and strikes at Tarul Var.  His first strike causes 8+4 damage.  His second strike is a critical hit, causing 13 points of damage.  

The other team continues their fighting.

Tarul Var:  Casts Killer Circle.  (60 foot radius sphere catches Atalaya, Sorrow, Nevil, ____________, ____________, ???   Atalaya takes 20 points of damage.  Sorrow takes full damage and is down to 4 points. (Not sure of the rest.  It was bad)

Nevil:  Does 30 points of healing on herself.  She hopes to be able to take damage done to Sorrow who looks really hurt, but she can’t reach without going back into the tentacles.

Apprentice 6 runs to engage.

Jekk moves 60 feet.

Boz:  Runs up to flank Tarul Val, swings his sword and misses his shot.  

Sorrow:  Breaks the tentacles grapple and runs out of their reach away from Tarul Var.  He pulls his healing potion from his belt pouch and quickly drinks it, gaining 10 points of healing (now has 14 total health points)  He looks at the table.  He looks at us.  He puts his hand on the table…  We hear a shot of fire energy that flows into the stone (Eye).  It rips the top of the stone (Eye) off and it falls to the floor and shatters.  A column of white energy reaches into the ceiling and dissipates.  We hear a howling, a wailing of souls as they are released and go screaming down the corridors.  

And then we see Sorrow lying crumpled on the floor.  The portal blinks a few times and then goes out.  The Eye is lying in shattered pieces of rubble on the floor around Sorrow.  The weapons that had been placed on the pedestal/table are all broken.  

We hear fighting from the other side of the portal.

Atalaya takes 2 shots at Tarul Var.  She stumbles on the first shot.  The second hits him causing 7 points of damage. 

Hadarr:  Attacks Tarul Var causing 6+6 points of damage. 

Kelson is fighting.

Inman casts Phantasmal Killer at Tarul Var, but he saves against it and takes no damage.

Shalenda:  is fighting

Tarul Var:  Is in bad shape.  He shimmers and then disappears and takes the tentacles with him.

Nevil uses her Divine Sense to search the room for Tarul Var, but doesn’t sense him.  Nevil runs to Sorrow, laying on hands to restore 10 points of health.  Nothing happens.   There is no transfer of power.  Sorrow appears to be gone.

Boz:  Runs to Sorrow who appears dead to him.    He takes in all the shattered pieces of the weapons and the Eye.

Nevil:  Beseaches her Goddess.  She feels a sense of calm come over her and feels the stillness of Eldath.  She seems to feel or hear a “Hush Child.”

We hear swearing and thumping/thwacking as the other team finishes up their fights.

Jekk and Hadarr come around the corner and call out, “What happened?”

We discover that Kelson and Shalendra are missing.  No one seems to know what happened to them.

Chapter 4:  Retrieving the Keys (Late Afternoon)

Jekk?Hadarr? calls out that we need to shut down the nodes.

Nevil says that we need to put Sorrow into the bag of holding.  Atalaya sputters and doesn’t want to do that.  She doesn’t want to admit that he is dead. 

Nevil insists that we do so.  Atalaya gives in.  Nevil and Boz place him in the bag as Atalaya holds it open for them.  Nevil and Boz think that he feels lighter than before.

ATalaya casts Cure Wounds on Boz (Level 2) and heals him for 14 points.

Inman:  “He lied to me!”  “He set me up.”

We realize that we have to get the keys from the nodes.  Our group chooses to go into the yellow node.  Jekk and Hadarr head into the red node.

Inman says:  “I think it took his soul.  I didn’t think he would.  I don’t know why?  He left out the something.  He told me he knew what he was doing.  I think he knew.  I think he knew…  There was something into the stone, something other than a fire element.  I think he threw something into the mix that overloaded everything.”

We head into the Yellow Node.  It is hot!  The walls look like they are not solid.  There is smoke, It is uncomfortable.  There are red hot spots in the walls. 

We investigate, moving through the caverns and tunnels until we find one that actually goes somewhere.  We find a chamber and in that chamber we see a chain hanging down by a fire.  The key is there.  It’s hot!  Inman casts Mage Hand and uses that to pick up the key from it’s hook on the chain.  As soon as the Mage Hand touches the key there is a big whoosh, a gust of fire that is shaped like a humanoid.  It blasts off fire at Inman.  The elemental misses.

Boz:  draws his sword and swings at the fire elemental and hits, doing 20 points of damage.

Atalaya draws Amaurea and hits, doing 13 points of damage with each of her (2) swings.

Inman:  Casts Chromatic Orb.  It connects doing 14 points of cold damage.

Nevil:  swings her mace and hits both times doing 9+9 damage.

Fire Elemental dissipates.  

Inman now completes getting the key via his Mage Hand.  We all run to the gate taking the key with us.

When we get back we see that Jekk and Hadarr have also gotten their key.

We go to the other side of the room where the other two nodes are.  Atalaya looks at Nevil and says, we’ll take water.  Which one is that?  We enter the one that is determined to be for the water element.  Atalaya wants that one because surely Nevil’s devotion to Eldath will help us there.

As we enter, we realize that we are in a flooded cavern.  There seems to be a mix of air and water.  It’s strange.  We can breathe this, but it is difficult.  Atalaya,Nevil, and Inman have no problems with it at first, but it takes Boz a bit to get accustomed to breathing this substance.  

We make our way through the foamy air/water mix.  Sometimes swimming, sometimes walking as we search for the key.  As we get near the key both Atalaya and Nevil start to have trouble breathing.  Inman uses his Mage Hand again to grab the key and we leave the node as quickly as we can make it out.

We have to wait a bit before Hadarr and Jekk make it out of their node with that key.  Once we are all together, we remember that we have devices to call the group in the hideout cabin.  We do so, telling them we are ready to come back.  We talk to Isteval.  He asks if all is well.  We say that we have two people missing, Kelson and Shalendra.  And that Sorrow is dead.  ‘

We are directed to look for a design in the floor in the passages out of the portal chamber.  We pick one and head to it.  Finding the design we wait and when it begins to shimmer we step into it.   We are brought back to the tiny cabin in the woods.

Cirilli runs around calling out, “Where is he?”

Nevil says that his spirit went somewhere, but his body is in our bag of holding. 

Joan is very upset.

Boz collapses by a wall, his head in his hands.

Joan:  “Someone has to tell me that this is a joke.

Finally Joan looks into the bag of holding and then stalks out of the cabin into the woods. 

Atalaya sits down next to Boz.

Nevil remembers something of Sorrow’s heritage.  That he is of the lineage of Bel and Zarile.  And that Zarile was a fallen angel.  She carried a part of the Seven Heavens in her.  She suggests that this is the something extra that Sorrow brought into the transference of the elements at the portal that caused it to shatter everything. That he brought something incompatible to the Eye pulling people’s souls. 

Nevil:  “He had to do it.”

Mennek:  “He corrupted the ritual.”   “I take it you destroyed the other things.”

Nevil:  “The souls are free now.”

Mennek:  “It pulled part of the angel soul.  That’s what did it.”

…

Mennek:  “You trusted a devil.”

Nevil:  “I think that’s really going to piss off his family.”

Mennek:  “I heard there was a teifling this family in Baldur’s Gate …  Oh well, that’s not my problem.”

Nevil:  “Someone should go after Joan.”

Inman:  I’m a little afraid of her.

Mennik:  I think his family wanted to harness him.  The people in my team wanted him to o.  I get satisfaction that they won’t”

Atalaya:  A bit of divine spark that destroyed our artifact.

Mennek:

Nevil:  ,,, Go home now Mennek”

Mennek:  I have to bring your friends back.”

Nevil:  “Joan.  We can’t stay here.  We have some new information.

From a distance we hear Joan call out,  “What?”

Nevil:  “He was part angel.  That is why he had to do it.

Joan:  “You tell me he knew it?”

Nevil:  “Yes.”

Joan:  “Fucking asshole.”

She returns.  

We step into the portal and return to Riverport. 

Game ends