№11 Grimm and Liora Arrive Archived

⛰Wickermoor Village

When

Apr 19

Sunday

Where

Wickermoor Village

Cast

souls

Party: Grimm, Liora (new arrivals), Claus, Amergin

Grimm and Liora's arrival:

They arrive at a quiet campsite with weasels digging through the soil. The weasels are looking for bones and teeth (remains of old meals). Liora scares the weasels away with a small flame. A hidden stash of 5 gold pieces is discovered.
They arrive at Wickermoore Hollow. A woman named Beatrice Walse welcomes them at a carpentry workshop. She tells them about the crashed train and other strangers who arrived, some of whom have gone to the manor.

The Road to the Manor:

A weasel carrying one of Grimm's rations is spotted. At the manor gate they meet the village madman, who warns: "The Crooked Queen has decided that everyone has to die."

Inside the Manor:

The party encounters a dog named Shaq - determined to be a very good boy.
Amergin and Claus had been searching for a key. In the hallway they encounter the crooked man with the axe - swings wildly then disappears again.
Claus and Amergin fill Grimm and Liora in on the train events and the Druskenvalds. Grimm speculates the Druskenvalds might be demigods.
Amergin notices portraits of Luther and Xalli in a disturbing scene - both are missing their teeth.

The Bloogle Swarm:

Weasels burst in from two directions, merging into a Bloogle Swarm. The party destroys it.
Found: a contract between a hag and the Bloogle Swarm - the swarm collected humanoid teeth in exchange for favors. Liora knows Bloogle Swarms are spirits that take the form of weasels and have a fondness for sugar.

The Peacock Room:

Statues, busts, and an albino peacock statue with a magical gemstone radiating arcane energy in one eye socket.
Paintings signed by Keziah Endicott with hidden images of centipedes, pigeons, and weasels.
Liora briefly gets trapped inside one of the paintings but flies out.
Grimm takes the red gemstone from the peacock statue.

The Music Room:

A piano plays by itself. Claus looks in a mirror and experiences a vision: a grand ballroom, a woman in a red dress, an endless dance where nothing he gives is ever enough.
Spectral dancers reenact a ghostly ball. Grimm, Claus, and Liora become charmed and dance. Claus and Grimm perform an impressive tango.
A whisper: Fesla Browntooth will take their souls and sacrifice them.
The music stops, spirits vanish, charm ends.
A key is found hidden inside the piano.

The Dining Room:

An almost-too-perfect feast laid out - waiting far too long.
An animated rug attacks Grimm. The party destroys it.
Found: a golden ring and a Pearl of Power. Liora takes the Pearl of Power; Claus takes the golden ring to sell for the party; Grimm keeps the red gemstone.
Short rest taken in the dining room.