Campaign Log 1

START DATE: 4E 643, Early Dragonswake 27
CURRENT DATE: 4E 643, Mid Dragonswake 16

Day 1:
	Arrived in Valewatch within the Twisted Vale after being summoned by the head watchman and guide of Valewatch named Ethlasdis Silverleaf who gave them a job; find what happened to the children in town. The PCs did investigating, and ultimately decided to travel to the northeast in search of a group of goblin vale scroungers that were lost, hoping to collect the jar of wisp revealing so that the PCs could follow the wisps to see if they lead to the children. Found blood, tracks, and a goblin arm after a couple hours and being turned around. They followed the blood trail and tracks and found a mausoleum titled "Delcroft Family Crypt". The PCs set up camp outside it and camp for the night.

Day 2:
	In the morning the party ran into a vampire hunter that tracked a vampire to this location, she joined the party in their efforts. Descended into the mausoleum, finding that the sarcophagus within was a false one that slid open revealing stairs to darkness below. They found that it was a decently sized crypt to a royal family which had ties to the battle of guardian and the dragonlords. They destroyed a handful of rotted corpses which were reanimated by living, writhing vines that were dubbed as vine zombies. Within the main burial chamber they discovered a strange creature made entirely of vines which seemed to be the one creating the vine-zombies. There was also a vampire who hid his face but wore fine clothes which was discovered to be in the middle of a ritual of power dedicated to denalia, the vine creatures seemed to serve the vampire as they descended upon the PCs in attempts to allow the vampire to continue his ritual. Additionally, 8 of the 10 misisng children from valewatch were found within the chamber. When the battle went south the vampire teleported out magically along with 6 of the 8 children. The vampire hunter was slain during the battle and the PCs kept her finger, having knowledge of a druid within Felwood that could supposedly revive the woman with nothing but a piece of her body. The PCs took the children back to valewatch, finding that ethlasdis had left town to investigate rumors of missing children from other towns under similar circumstances to valewatch. He left a local shopkeeper, named Manny Nine-Toes, in charge of paying the party who did so then disappeared right after giving Lordan a very disturbing warning about his child and noting that he was now going to be catching up with Ethlasdis. Lordan gave the party coin for them to follow him in his venture to track down the shopkeeper and inquire what he meant by this warning, suspecting that the shopkeeper may have kidnapped his child. They hired a guide and set out to leave the vale and visit the capital city of Whitecrest.

Day 3:
	The party travelled through the twisted vale and set camp on the edge of the vale with the town of malin in sight.

Day 4:
	The party arrived in malin and enjoyed the pleasentries of town before traveling further.

Day 5:
	The party set out on the road, deciding to travel along king's road which seemed the quickest route to whitecrest. They travelled east to the small city of harken. The party found a stable which rented horses. The party rented horses, searched town for smithies and shops, then rested.

Day 6:
	The party travelled along king's road, passing through albridge, and arrived in tor's hold on the edge of felwood then rested.

Day 7:
	They searched tor's hold to see if anyone knew of the druid's location before continuing their journey to whitecrest. A dwarf tavern owner that ran a fighting arena in his basement offered to tell them all he knew of the druid if they could defeat the reigning champion. Lordan faught in the pit, defeating the man-sized raten and the dwarf shared what he knew of the druid. The party stayed the night in town.

Day 8:
	The party entered felwood and left the road and their horses behind in search of the druid's grove. They were stopped by centaurs, who questioned them. Then afterwards led them into the grove where they met the druid. After some discussion she agreed to try reviving the vampire hunter the following night. The party slept within the centaur's camp and had an axe forged by a centaur smith for Meliodas.

Day 9:
	The next day the party relaxed around the centaur camp while waiting until nightfall so that they could meet the druid for the revival process. Upon meeting with the druid after nightfall, they found her somewhat distraught. She changed the deal she had made with them, she required they retrieve a large silver egg which matched her clothing and hair color for her to perform the revival. She informed the party that a large blue dragon had stolen this egg from her and took it to the skylands. The party refused to have anything to do with a dragon in exchange for the vampire hunter's revival, as they didn't know her well enough to risk that much. The druid instead offered the party payment in the form of 1,000 gold pieces if they completed this for her, in addition to the revival if they still wished for that.  The party accepted, retrieved the axe which the centaur smith forged in remarkable time, then left to find king's road and continue their journey to whitecrest. They arrived at king's road after several hours only to find their horses gone. They camped there for the night.

Day 10:
	The party travelled along king's road toward whitecrest on foot.

Day 11:
	The party travelled along king's road toward whitecrest on foot.

Day 12:
	The party travelled along king's road toward whitecrest on foot.

Day 13:
	The party travelled along king's road toward whitecrest on foot.

Day 14:
	The party came across several dead horses, arrows, and a corpse of a young man. There was some old blood and several tracks and drag marks leading off the road and into the nearby wilderness. The party determined this to be their horses, and seemingly the thieves were killed and/or captured. They could see whitecrest in the distance after some more travel and camped for the night.

Day 15:
	The party arrived in the massive capital of whitecrest. They split up and went about their individual business before meeting back up at the end of the day. They got a lead on both how to reach the skylands and which direction Lordan should be heading to seek out his suspected kidnapped child. The party rested to leave the next morning.

Day 16:
	The party left whitecrest to travel along trade road toward highpeak so they could reach the skylands.

Day 17:
	The party travelled along trade road toward highpeak on foot.

Day 18:
	The party travelled along trade road toward highpeak on foot. They could spot Mount Mistanthus in all it's majesty in the distance, a strange mountain standing alone without a mountain range in sight.

Day 19:
	The party arrived at Mt. Mistanthus, and the city of Mistanthus within. They rode the elevator up and entered the city. Teft jumped into the massive dark pit at the center of the city, not to be seen again and the party moved on. They stopped at a tavern to rest and look further into Lordan's supposedly kidnapped child. During the process, Rayleigh made enemies with a couple of Al'Siran men who kept their eyes on the party and Lordan hired a new party member, Feowulff. Once the party left the tavern they noticed the men nod to each other but ignored it. As the party discussed their plans outside the tavern a group of four Al'Siran slavers jumped them, and nearly escaped with two of the party members in tow. The party defeated the slavers, with two dead and two surrendered. Guards quickly arrived on scene to arrest the slavers and take the party in for questioning after a short conflict between the guards and feowulff. The party were left in an audience chamber within the jailhouse and were told to wait, as the high councillor would be with them shortly; it would only take 18 hours, 43 minutes, and 14 seconds. The party rested in this chamber as they waited.

Day 20:
	The high councillor arrived in the chamber and the party made their case. Despite them making a good case, the councillor decided to send them to what he called "Trial" which happens to start in 2 hours, where the gods will determine whether they are innocent or guilty - The party had the gut feeling this councillor just doesn't like outsiders. The party were lead by guards to "Trial" alongside several prisoners. "Trial" turned out to be a platform overhanging the massive pit in the center of Mistanthus. After the first group of gnome prisoners went down by caged elevator, the elevator returned 20 minutes later with nothing but blood, severed body parts, and bones. The second group went down and returned with the same except a single living gnome that was in complete shock and shaken. He was lead away, as if a mindless zombie, and allowed to be free. Finally the party went down, and to their surprise manny, as well as ethlasdis, were in their group. As they descended into the darkness Lordan nearly attacked manny, but manny explained himself. Manny admitted he didn't take Lordan's son, but he knows Lordan's son is in the Skylands which he thought Lordan knew. The party found themselves at the bottom of the pit, which was coated in a thick layer of bones - both fresh and old. The party heard noises ranging from distant moans of pain, to roars and screeches, and faint skitters and shifting of bones. After some time and tossing a torch into the darkness they noticed a shadowy figure shifting about until finally it lept out of the darkness. A turtlebear charged them and they defeated it, which turned out to be a wild and feral teft who had barely survived down here. Remarkably he went feral and lost himself in the matter of 24 hours and they had no choice but to kill him. When it seemed they were in the clear a large crazed drider came striding forward and attacked. They faught it off, and Lordan fell unconcious during the fight. They all climbed into the elevator expecting it to return up soon when they heard the distant roars and screeching closer and suddenly a large shadowy figure slammed into the cage three times. They saw wings, a toothy maw, and the faint shimmer of scales.