24/09/2024
25th Day of May 1492
Weather: Clear.
High Temperature: 18 degrees Celsius.
Low Temperature: 12 degrees Celsius.
Mission: Retrieve the Tome from the Shrine
Campaign: Forest of Wyrms
Location(s): Whispering woods, Whispering Wood Village, Shrine of Mielikki.
Present: Barlyn, Zinalla, Seraphina, Brielle, Glepper & T'or.
Remaining: Elysande
The group left Whispering Woods Village early the next day. Brielle took the lead having more experience in woods.
It became apparent that Brielle and the others were struggling to find the way to the shrine. The near dusk conditions and the stillness of the woods was at best unnerving. Snippets of words could be heard on the breeze, 'find the silver path, find the tree, find the stream, find a plant, the nightingales song and the way will be clear'. They found a site to camp for the night.
A monstrous creature with legs the size of tree trunks and a body 40ft long stomped though the camp. The group instantly awake through themselves into the attack.
The fight was hard. Blows were struck, the creature set on its path through the camp.
Eventually the creature pushed its way through the encampment and disappeared into the night, it left a trail of utter chaos behind.
Morning came quickly. Brielle picked up the trail. They had noticed in the breeze that leaves were turning over, the other side of the leaves was silver in colour, 'the silver path!' Following the trail they came to a glade, within the glade stood a tree. Three times they turned where the sunlight beam broke through and headed off on the path indicated.
At last they came to a stream and there beside the stream a rock with a flowering plant. Then could be heard the sound of a nightingale.
A short distance onward they came to the ruins.
Brielle and Zinalla entered the ruins and were met by a guardian spirit.
Zinalla saw a table, on the floor by the table were a load of stones. Only Zinalla could see the table and stones and he was tasked with placing them in the correct order. He did so at the first attempt. First he placed the stone with the symbol of Earth on it, then Wind, then, Fire, lastly he placed the symbol of water.
3 more guardians appeared.
Then from behind the altar appeared the aspect of Mielikki.
Mielikki waved her hand and a tome appeared on the altar. She bade Brielle take the tome but to return it when they had their answers.
They said they would. It took the group a bare half day to make the journey back to Whispering Woods Village. Once there Mara told them the tome would answer their questions until there was no more information to give.
Their questions were answered with the turning of the pages. They found out:
1. The lights were linked to the Yuan Ti.
2. The Yuan Ti were not causing the lights.
3. No one was controlling the portals/lights.
4. Nothing was controlling the lights/portals.
5. The lights/portals are not coming from Lyrans Hold
6. The lights/portals were caused by magic.
7. The source of the magic was not Lyrans Hold.
8. The source of the lights/portals are from the Yuan Ti undercity.
9. The entrance is at Lyrans Hold to the undercity.
10. The entrance is not under Serpents Cowl.
11. To find Lyrans Hold, find the Hart of the Forest.
12. The Hart of the forest is in the forest.
13. The Hart of the Wood is in the forest.
The next question was asked but the pages turned were blank. The book was given back to Mara to return to the shrine.
