Castle Amber: A D&D Adventure

Feenicks · Post by **Feenicks** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:46 am

Rachelle dwelt on Helena's answer for a while. She felt that she was missing something important in the answer she got. All this nonsense about a curse that wasn't breaking despite multiple people doing the things that were supposed to break it was a bit much for her: was this some sort of cruel joke planted by Stephan Clover... Amber... whatever?

Suddenly, she piped up. "So what happens to the items when you called up the tomb, anyway? Do they just vanish?"

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:00 am

"There's also another thing that bothers me..." Lynda says. "Dan also mentioned something that we never really addressed..."

Lynda wracks her brain for the name...

"Prince Levistus...he mentioned his group fought the avatar of Prince Levistus, and won. They wound up back here, he said...like it was all some sort of game...how do you weigh in on this?"

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:06 am

"Levistus? You should have mentioned that earlier. That's the name of another one of the Lords of the Nine Hells."

Kalar thinks a while...

"The plot thickens... Could it be possible that we've gotten caught up in a major political upheaval in the Nine Hells?"

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:09 am

I would love to know when and why Castle Clover and Stephen Clover became Castle Amber and Stephen Amber... And will it happen again... And why...

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:28 am

"You guys are really piling these questions on thick," says Helena with a tired expression. "Ok, Prince Levistus? The only time I have heard him mentioned was when I spoke with the silver dragon. I think he may have been in this group you mentioned. I don't know much about that, maybe he's taken Baalzebul's place? In any case, being in the tomb is pointless because the tomb lid was completely destroyed and it had the answer on it."
Hellena addresses Rachelle with a nod, "Yes, they shattered into dust and seem to appear back where they started. Except for the potion." Finally, Helena turns to Tammytharn and looks confused, "And your question. I have no idea what you're talking about. Is there a Castle Clover?"

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:33 am

"I can fill this one." Lynda says.

"Do you see my lovely dress?" Lynda says. "I found it in the castle...it was a beautiful shade of green, Clover you could say. The castle was known as Castle Clover. Then, we found a clover coated bull, and burned it. It turned out to be made of amber...and as it burned, my beautiful Clover colored dress turned Amber...and all the people who called themselves Clover's are now called Amber's. Everyone calls it Castle Amber now, and refer to the people as Ambers. We have no idea as to why."

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:34 am

"Most interesting... Well, that answers the questions I have for now. Excuse me, I will head out to get my bearings and mull things over."

Kalar decides to head out onto the ship and get a look around. He'll pay particularly close attention to the refugees on board. Who knows, there may be some there of interest.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:33 am

Helena nodded along as Lynda explained her dress. "Well it's getting late," Helena said. "If you have any other questions, write them down or something. I'm going to bed." With that she picked up her bow an d scooped up her hawk. Then she entered the room Sean and Cherri were using and shut the door.

Kalar walked around the boat, as did a few of the other party members. They didn't see anything interesting on the boat. The crew worked to keep the boat going and as sun down came, there seemed to be a shift change of the crew. Most of the passengers kept to themselves. They stayed in their rooms most of the time. The crew told Kalar that he should do the same. "Some times things from the forest attack the ship," said one crew member. With this information, the party wondered what would attack such a large and powerful ship. They pondered this as the sun went down and night came. They retired to their room and slept. The next day came and the party prepare for a day onboard this boat.

Gizmog · Post by **Gizmog** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:13 am

Voulton wishes he'd stolen some books from the library, or brought some whittling along. Instead he'll pass the time eating jerky, throwing TINY bits of jerky to the fish and admiring the boat's assorted woodworks. Can't imagine there's much fun to be had talking to refugees, but maybe he'll eavesdrop on the party if anything good seems to be happening.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:35 pm

Tammytharn takes out ink and parchment, reviews her old notes, and then re-writes them to add the new information they have learned. Her new notes look like this:

<a href="http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=YMrXVB9w">Tammytharn's notes</a>

Then she reads it over, and composes a list of questions which she writes down on a separate parchment for Helena to look at later

questions that Tammytharn wrote: If we want to ask the Silver Dragon for information, what is the best way to approach him?

Do you know if there is a way we can get back inside Castle Amber if we need to investigate in there any further?

Do you know anything about Moriamis?

Do you know any other people who we might be wise to seek out and ask for information?

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:14 pm

While walking around the deck, Voulton spots dark shadows darting around the tree tops. Kalar, also above deck, sees where Voulton is looking and notices the shadows too. Kalar's knowledgable background of undead identifies these as wraiths. There seem to be 3 or more of them out there. They don't seem to be interested in the ship as it passes by. The wraiths are about 110ft away.

Tammytharn woke up early and spent time writing things down. She took notes, so she wouldn't forget all the information they just gained and she wrote down questions, as Helena suggested. Helena's room was empty. She must have gotten up before anyone else in the party and was off doing captain stuff. Lynda and Rachelle got up then and joined Tammytharn at the table.a

Gizmog · Post by **Gizmog** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:47 pm

"Never seen anything like that before. Think these woods are haunted?"

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:29 am

"Most definitely. See those dark spots over there? Those are wraiths. I'd try bringing them under my control, but they're too far off. That, and I'm not sure if it's in my power to do so."

*Have we slept through the night? If so, I'm going to have Kalar cast a sending spell to Hrulgin.

EDIT: Oops, never mind. Just realized Sending is one level too high for Kalar to cast. My bad.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:50 am

The day went on. The party toiled on the ship, not having much to do and being rather bored. They watched the shoreline zip by as the ship picked up speed. Before they knew it, it was the afternoon and Helena came to see them.
"Well, we're almost there. We'll drop anchor in about 15 minutes. Get your stuff together in one of the drop boats on the side," Helena said as the parchement Tammytharn prepared caught her eye. "Ah, more questions and only four. Ok, first question. Well, He's got a chapel in front of his lair. You should be able to see it from the east wall of Ximes. They're a welcoming bunch normally, so just ask politely and you should be able to see him." Helena continues reading the parchment, "I have no idea how to get back into the Castle or if such a thing is possible. Let's see, as far as I know Moriamis is the name of one of the people that can make the potion of time travel. I heard she stayed in a secret library. My group did meet her but I wasn't with them when they did so I wouldn't know much about that. Finally, this question about people with more information. I've always gone with the idea that dragons and gods have the most information. There are four dragons in this place that I know of. The silver on I already spoke of, but then there's the blue one that I used to travel with. His lair is at the base of this river. There's a water fall right before the river hits the mist, his lair is behind it. However, he's not as welcoming as the Silver one. There are also two green ones in the northern hills. They are a mated pair I think, but I don't know where their lair or lairs are."
Helena puts the parchement down and looks around at everyone. "Well, I hope that's everything. Time to get going."
The crew were rushing them the whole time. Stopping a huge ship for a handful of people wasn't something that was done that often. It wasn't long before everyone was off the ship. They paddled the two row boats they were given to shore. They secured them as best they could before moving on. According to Helena's directions, Sylaire was about 20 miles straight into the forest here. There was no path and movement was slow as the party marched on.

Gizmog · Post by **Gizmog** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:09 am

Voulton will lead the way, doing his best to hack through any vegetation too thick to stumble their way through.