September 27, 2025

Hook

A Festive Mind [Dirge of the Depths] - Session 1-2

Plot Synopsis

The players were given three investigations last session, and now they head to the first one which is a restaurant that had reported a break in. There, they eat a meal, and interact with a robotically moving pale NPC. Out of the party, everyone but Kessel eats food from the restaurant.

After their personalized meals, they investigate the back where they find that nothing had been taken, with the only signs of the breaking being a glass window being broken and footprints. After a brief investigation, they were able to discover that it was likely done by someone who is a beasthide, and that the food had been tampered with

The second investigation led them to the docks, where they began investigating a report of potential smuggling. Here the party split into thirds, with one group talking to a guard in the tower that overlooks the bay. He said that he had seen someone who had rowed their way in last night, but then suddenly vanished. Another third of the party talked to some sailors and one of them provided a similar story.

Meanwhile, the final third of the party was either getting drunk on piss beer (A local delicacy) or was Nyx nearly getting arrested for theft, which would have happened had not the rest of the party regrouped and intervened. The party shortly after witnessed a crowd of people chanting "The sea will swallow us all" Getting arrested/suppressed. Interacting with them gave no real information.

The party then went to their final investigation, which was located at the food storage warehouse near the edge of the city. After hearing a crash from inside, the party rushed inside to find a dark and empty room. After a bit of investigating and interacting with the fellow guard NPCs that came with them, they eventually made it to the basement, where they discovered their first Abysslings. This lead to a combat, where they had to deal with various Abyssling people and rats as they cleared out the room. During the fight, the party member known as Bramble went berserk and transformed into a werewolf, and destroyed one of the abysslings themself. After the fighting ended, the party left to report their findings.

After reporting their findings, they were officially welcomed into the guard for the festival. Bramble then went with Thomas and received medication to help prevent their werewolf affliction from being more of a problem.

Noteworthy Postgame Events