November 02, 2024

Hook

Melodia Ley'Orkiana 5 (Gilded Slumber)

Plot Synopsis

The group finds themselves traveling across the Ley'Orkian prairie on the coldest day of the year when their luck runs sour and a blizzard rolls in. While already struggling to fend off the cold, they are ambushed by a pack of snow wassets, who use the cover of the snow and their already weakened state to rob the group of their food and supplies. They are mostly killed, but one does manage to get away with a good amount of their rations. Luckily on their travels, they were able to find a little town called Merry Glen in the midst of a celebration. The surrounding area of the town is kept warm year-round by a tree in the heart of the village called the Grampwood, and provides the town with food and water as well. Reveling in their excess, the town's celebration is led by a troubadour called the Picker in Green, a banjo player. He invites the party in, and not only that, reports that Ludovic- the researcher they're looking for- is in the town. While searching for Ludovic and taking a well deserved rest, they find it harder and harder to leave, but eventually are able to will themselves out of the Grampwood's influence with enough will. They are able to realize that the celebration is in fact one large enchantment, and that the picker in green is actually an expression of the tree as well. After finding Ludovic and deciding the Picker was too much of a threat, they decide to just leave the town behind and make way for the next cairn. Ludovic is in a state of disarray, and speaks only in tongues (archaic).

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