Session 25

You all made your way through the Fey Runegate and into an extravagant room floating in a starry void around you. It was here that you met The Gatekeeper - an Archfey with extremely long ears that seemed surprised at your arrival. The creature bantered for a bit before very strongly offering your troupe a tour of the Feywild - casting you into two magical bubbles that seemed to float gracefully. Axton and Jin volunteered to ride in a sidecar due to size constraints.

The tour flew you over each of the main regions between The Moonfields and The Bloodlands - territories of the Seelie Court and Unseelie Court respectively. Here you were shown the Sands Of Sensuality, the Bountiful Blooms, the boundary between the Lycanic Planes & Rynetear Wastes, and into the peaks of Mystveil Mountains before resting a moment to absorb the view. You learned here that The Gatekeeper has not been informed of events in the Material Plane in quite some time - based on his surprise at mention of the Gods leaving.

The tour continued as you were flown over the Veradean Forest, and towards a clearing that bordered with The Shifting Shades nearby. Either due to rust, carelessness, or both - the bubbles began to fly out of control with your troupe within them. Axton and Jin’s sidecar was ejected amidst The Gatekeeper’s attempts to stabilize the craft as you witnessed your companions shoot off into the cloudscape of the Feywild. The Gatekeeper landed the craft before evicting you all from the craft - unimpressed & unthreatened by the demands of Aurevald. He supposedly left to find your friends whilst your attention was taken by a man with blonde hair fleeing a pack of Displacer Beasts.

Five displacers beasts appeared as your shorthanded party teamed up with this mysterious blonde Human to slay them. As the skirmish ended - Azriel as he would introduce himself - seemed to recognize Morgyn and threated to slit her throat if anyone else got closer. Through some conversation - and a bit of Arcane assistance from SHAI - you all managed to quell the tension and come to an understanding. You learned that Azriel had been unwillingly associated with the Vaena Kingdom’s military until 5 years ago - and during that time had a handful of encounters with Morgyn.

As the sun began to dim - you made the decision to head into The Shifting Shades in order to get closer to SHAI’s society. The thick and twisting jungle proved challenging to navigate - even for a native - as you arrived at a narrow pass over a foggy hole in the ground. After some short investigations below the fog - your troupe were invited into a shelter by a Terralpi man named Dridge. He revealed that he and his species were native to the Mystveil Mountains before being pushed out by a mysterious masked man. He also revealed that he was about to resume searching for his son who’d been missing about a day or so. A short conversation was had between Aurevald and Dridge about his axe before he bid farewell.

You took watches in pairs for the night - and aside from one they were mostly uneventful. However during Aurevald and SHAI’s watch - the Goliath male heard the familiar, shrill voice of Scabb come from all directions. It was unclear what the source was - however some of your troupe noticed a snake-like creature far off in the distance before losing sight of it many feet away.