Guests of the Caer Dineval Keep
Objective:
Learn about the current state of the Cult and the speaker of Caer Dineval
Encounter:
- We were lead to a room
- King disappears away from the group
- Zari Check book shelf didn't find anything interesting
- Sam Found a desk with 2 locked drawers, couldn't get it open with a 19
- Sam There's a horned statue on the desk that's likely an idol of Levistus
- Our room is adjacent to the kennels, Sam recommends Zaas go talk to the kennel boy, Allisar Soulmander
- Zari and Zaas go out to go talk to Allisar Soulmander but find an arrow embedded in a pillar. It's Kings
- Zaas stashes the arrow
- Servant tiefling named Mare approached by Zaas
- Mare says she shouldn't be talking to Zaas and scuttles off
- We are escorted out from our room by guards
- We see Cadroth the Fiery and Avaris
- Sam notices that Avaris seemed initially disinterested, see's Sam and eyes immediately go towards the book and seems very interested in the book
- Cadroth the Fiery is interested in taking care of the 202204241635 - The Duergar Problem
- Zaas mentions she's had a stint in the underdark
- Avaris returns to her studies because she's bored of dinner
- Cadroth the Fiery has a giant ring of keys for the keep on him
- Sam manages to steal Cadroth the Fiery's key ring
- Sam heads to his bedroom
- Sam uses his key set to go unlock the desk he couldn't earlier
- Finds a journal, skimming it he learns that Cadroth the Fiery is afraid of Avaris, he tries to keep her happy as possible, because she's powerful enough to take over the cult if she wanted
- Cadroth the Fiery doesn't have the connection to Levistus he said he does
- Avaris seems to be more connected to Levistus
- Find some coin and documents, nothing to exciting
- Cadroth the Fiery is a blowhard but is competent based on what you see
- Sam enters the next room
- Fire previously, was a library
- Sam goes to another room upstairs, sneaks into the hallway for the other 2 rooms
- Hears an older lady saying 'where is your friend he should be here'
- King answers the door
- A peg legged older lady is in the room with King and Sam
- Hethel Archaran is the old lady and she has information
- She's dying and she's seen the future and its not great
- She know where's she's headed and its not a good place
- The duergar are under the control of a warlord Xardorok Sunblight and he's the worst kind and doing all sorts of atrocities
- He will conquer Icewind Dale, it's haunts her dreams
- He has a fortress hidden in the Spine of the World
- In it is a forge that is fired by a red dragon's heart
- He can forge weapons of unimaginable power
- Must stop them from figuring out how they're going to use the forge
- She says in your current state you will die if you attempt to face him too soon
- You must explore further, find allies, defeat the horrors of Icewind Dale
- Found Cadroth the Fiery's bedroom, found nothing of note
- Return to the landing, tapped Zaas on the shoulder to note that they're done upstairs
- Zaas and Sulk takes her leave of Cadroth the Fiery
- Talk with the team, Sam and King sneak off
- Find another room on the first floor, nothing of interest
- We find the speakers bedroom and the speaker squatting in the corner of the room poopin
- He is not as described, he is not deathly ill, looks the picture of health
- Chronic Seether is the speaker's name
- He's been told to cooperate or he'll be killed and his servants
- He's not going to rest until he's regained power and the Cult is punished and must be destroyed
- Secret: Zaas's patron wants her to be installed as the head of the Cult
- Zaas makes her way to Chronic Seether's room
- Zaas makes agreement with Chronic Seether to sign a pact with her patron
Timeline
202209032141 - The Chardalyn Pile <--> 202210021408 - Sneaky Sneak in the Castle Keep