Adventure 71 – Korvel pass to Highvail

Gubikla – Gnome: Mage (lvl 9)
Pete – Dragonborn: “Real” Cleric (lvl 8)
Tetranac – Drow: Ranger (lvl 8)
Othello – Gnome:  Thief (lvl 9)
Mightychondria – Half-Orc: Fighter (lvl 7)
Bone – Human: Fighter (lvl 9)

 

Did Litia seduce Cloverdung?

Did Kavis fall off the mountain?

 

Gambrial the Lord of the Keep welcomes Karel Othello and his band of men into the Keep and thank them for helping defeat the Orc invaders.  Othello introduces Bone the sheriff of Wyntbridge.  Gambrial acknowledges Bone and concentrates his conversations to Bone and Othello barely looking at the rest of the party.    Pete and Hammar help out with the wounded soldiers.  Gambrial ask about a report that his scout gave him about the Orcs coming in boats and the party confirms it and tells him that there are three boats in decent condition at the bottom of the pass.  He sends some men down to scavenge the boats and anything else that could be of use.  He hires Hamish and his wagon to help haul stuff back to the keep.  A trumpet sounds and Gambrial’s brother Fedwig arrives from the Manner with a small group of mounted men.  One member of the group is Litia a half elf healer and follower of the Lady of Mercy.  She goes into the barracks and helps with the wounded. The party and the keep troops are offered brandy and some ale to celebrate the victory over the Orc.  The party is given some barracks and Othello, Bone, and Gubikla are offered Gambrial’s sleeping quarters.  Pete and Mightychondria find a quiet room and he cast speak with dead on one of the Orc heads he collected.  The party rest for 8 hours to recover from the battle and get any spells back.  When the party awaken it is early evening and find the cook has saved some stew for the party.  Bone and Othello talk to the lord and find out that he has not seen or heard of the Orc raiding party before they attacked.  The weather is unusually cold.  A number of random misty started showing up in Highvail.  The misty is yellowish in color and moves unnaturally.  If someone is caught in the mist they hear them scream but physical remains when the misty is gone.  The person just vanishes.  The mist only comes at night.  The party also gets a quick map of the area.  The Korvel Pass is on the left or east side of the map and shows a lake surrounded by mountains and Highvail is on the other side of the lake and Bridgeport, mineport, Fish Bouren, and a few other villages are around the lake. The party also find out that Gambrial was banished to the keep because of this love of Lady Chastity who was found of his brother instead of him.  He ask Othello to take a note to her maid servant to pass along to Chastity.  Pete and Mightychondria ask two more Orc heads some questions.  Each time the Orc would come to life and right before the spell ended, the head would utter “Death is Coming”:

  • The Orcs are out for conquest and to bring the Ice.
  • The Glacier Lord is the one that is bringing the Ice.
  • The Orcs were attacking Highvail first.
  • The Orcs were then going to target Wyntbridge after Highvail
  • Fireblood is what they call the vial they crush and consume to increase size, become stronger, and meaner.
  • They get the Fireblood from the Priest.
  • The Priest are in the Temple of Shadow.
  • The leaders are at the Citadel of Frost.
  • Frost Giants guard the Citadel of Frost
  • A group of gnolls are heading to Wyntbridge.
  • The Orcs are ordered to kill the Sheriff’s party in revenge.

The party waits till morning due to the warning of the mist showing up at night.  Fedwig and Litia bring some of the troops back to the Manner with the help of Hamish. While the party was resting till morning Othello finds a secret door in the Gambrial’s chambers and after getting it knocked by Gubikla they find a later on a hook, 150’ of well crafted rope on a hook, and a small vial with a stick in it in a nook.  This worried Othello and after a little while he decided to secure the rope to the hook and carry the other end down the passageway.   It runs out upon reaching some stairs up.  Othello uses another rope to continue the process up the stairs and into a small room that he finds another secret door that leads out onto the mountain on the same side as the Manner.  It is at the edge of a cliff that is about 120’ high.  There is a pole spike that looks like you could secure the rope.  At this Othello heads back to the keep.  At the end he switches out his 100′ of rope with the 150′ rope that was in the passageway. 

At dawn the party gets up and eats some breakfast and then heads out to Highvail.  The party notices that there are rolling hills circling the center where the lake is.  About half way to Bridgeport the party comes across a midpoint Inn with a large camp of people packing up and heading toward Highvail.  After talking to several people we find out that the people that can leave Highvail at night to avoid the mist and the head back in the morning to work and do business. The closer towns and areas are booked up by the richer folks that can afford the prices.  The party gets to the Bridge gate that crosses the lake and there is a line of people heading back to Highvail and having to pay to cross the bridge.  Once the party gets to the guards Othello shows them the note he received from Gambrial and they ask him how he knows the lord.  Othello is shocked that hey have not heard of the heros of the battle of Korvel pass.  Pete holds up a Orc head to confirm the battle story.  The guards confire and let the party pass.  But as no animals are allowed into Highvail Hamish stays in Bridgeport.  After crossing into Highvail Othello notices the Swan Inn on Broad street.  The Inn that Gambrial said was a good place to stay.  The party goes in and are asked if they have a reservation.  Othello says yes and gives them Gambrial’s name and they look down the list and go yes I see you.  You still want the suit?  Othello says yes and we will need several other room for the rest of the party and convinces the  front desk to put it on lord Gambrials tab.  

 

COD = Pete & Mightychondria for getting information from the dead Orc.  

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