STE Session 10 Recap

What Happened in Session

Abis wrote to his family making arrangements for them to expand their business into Fort Eisen.
Siegfried received the letter from Megi Ashcroft and ordered that stone dummies be erected for her
Amreth von Helritter learns to use his griffon mount

Amreth broke up a possible riot/lynching of the slavers while practicing with his mount
- he easily intimidated the rioters
- he told the slavers to leave - they did so
He returned to the Fort and consulted the party
- Abis acknowledged the complexity of the problem
  - the former soldiers of Bergstadt had freed themselves
  - the other slaves had began to act more and more independently
Galvas wrote Uncle Willis's Cabin stirring up tension for reasons unclear at the time
Amreth began an abolitionist movement to force the end of the slave trade
the party eventually, after much too much debate, freed the slaves, sent them to a wilderness hex to settle it, and compensated their owners with tax abatements

a few days before Colonel Willis and Lady of the Woods's nuptials, Distler the Disaster arrived at Fort Eisen to ~~ruin~~ coordinate the wedding
- clearly a gnome afflicted with wild magic, the poor thing merely wanted to make her friend, the Lady of the Woods, happy
- in classic style she had accidentally transformed her maid's horse into a sheep
Siegfried managed to gain some information from the poor attendant who collapsed after drinking too much wine
Galvas kept Distler from causing too much chaos before the wedding
the day of the wedding the party successfully defended the wedding from the blink dogs and other fey monsters upset that the Lady was marrying a half-elf
the Lady of the Woods and Colonel Willis thanked the party and pledged a non-aggression pact
- she is publicly infuriated that Willis lost his domains
- she is privately quite relieved - he was not a good baron
the party was amply rewarded for their good work and now have stabilized relations with the Great Woods

the party completed another domain turn for Zweiberg
Amreth learned that Gregar was meeting regularly with someone at a local pub, Cats and Dogs
Galvas you have heard of a sighting The Great Canopy's Society of Magic's Irann Iathrana in the mountains east of Fort Eisen
Seigfried learned The Baron's Strategy with the Great Canopy
Abis learned about a rumor of a temple dedicated to Fungal King in the northern valley
scouts also noticed that Great Canopy outriders have been preparing watering sites for a force in the thousands

after polymorphing Fluffy into a puppy, the party traveled to the mountains and found Irann Iathrana where their patrols had guessed
instead of announcing themselves politely, Galvas sent his familiar bat in which tripped her alarm spell
rolling quite well the party spotted Irann who had turned invisible to deal with what she had assumed to be another bunch of assassins
Siegfried, catching the mage's eye, persuaded her to open up what happened
The Great Canopy's Society of Magic
Irann thinks that Archmage Thamior Hanali was and is still being manipulated by the Shadow that Walks Behind
- Hanali thinks that Prince Folen is the chosen one of Aethos-Vael
- Hanali is not acting like a true believer of the Elves's god
Irann accepted the invitation to move to Fort Eisen
the party also learned of Prince Folen's Missives and the coming expedition to the Eisenfluss Valley