🗓 Session 8 – 👑🗝️ Secrets of the Crown

📅 Date of Session:

2025/09/07

👥 Party Members Present:

• Harlekk Wynnchym
• Zane Umbralight
• Voss Dain
• Eldvarr Ulfridsson

🎲 Session Events:

🎭 Event / Encounter 1 – Arrival of Signmonder

• Signmonder arrived at the Bastion with a dozen Loyalist Knights.
• Mortain startled him by carrying a bottle.
• The Loyalist Knights and Signmonder left most of their magic items behind before fleeing to The Haunted Manor and quartering in the barracks.

⚔️ Event / Encounter 2 – The Public Truth

• Signmonder recounted the official story: Satyr Lord Kazmir kidnapped the old queen; King Waldrann and allies entered the Feywild to rescue her.
• Waldrann defeated Satyr King Dazmag and recovered the queen.
• Father Lester and the prince supposedly perished in quicksand.
• Ricio heckled Signmonder, pointing out how convenient “quicksand” was for disposing of dissenters.

🧩 Event / Encounter 3 – Rumors, Suspicions, and Secrets

• Signmonder revealed suspicions that a curse lingers in the crown, perhaps stemming from the satyr’s “blessing.”
• Suggested Master Eden might help uncover the truth.
• Ricio mentioned:
  • Knowledge of a key that can open any lock.
  • His friend Davrillio Prankcarr rests in the Tomb of the Constructor (a minor deity).
  • Architect Nardier Tyk knows a secret way into the royal quarters.
• Signmonder further told of tensions between Waldren and the prince, culminating in Waldren killing his son and exiling Father Lester.

🗺️ Planned Steps Toward the Crown:

1. Locate Nardier Tyk (the architect) and bring him to the Bastion.
2. Recover the key from the Tomb of the Constructor.
3. Take the Containment Chest to the Magic Emporium Vault to remove and neutralize the idol.
4. Use the now-empty chest to infiltrate the castle, seize the Cursed Crown of Aglarion, and either destroy it or imprison it within the chest.

🚨 Session Highlights

📌 Notable Moments:

• The Fall of the Tower:
  • The party learned that The Tower is broken, its fall described as not just the end of an order but the unbinding of magic itself.
  • Ricio added that though The Tower is gone, magic now roams unshackled and unfettered.

🗨️ Quotes:

“Quicksand is a convenient way to get rid of priests and princes who do not agree with the Crown.” – Ricio
“The blessing from the satyr may well be a curse.” – Signmonder

✅ Things to Do:

1. Investigate Master Eden’s possible knowledge about curses.
2. Look into the key that opens any lock.
3. Learn more about the Tomb of the Constructor and Davrillio Prankcarr.
4. Seek out Nardier Tyk and the secret entrance to the royal quarters.

📚 Leads and Discoveries:

• Lead - (completed) Vordan may not be the haven to magic it was originally thought to be: Based on information shared by Eldvarr, Zane researched Vordan further. Zane uncovered the true history of Vordan. Far from celebrating magic, Vordan originated as a confederacy of northern mountain tribes who resisted the Order of the Eternal Light after the fall of the Dark Star, forging a culture defined by anti-magic sentiment and technological advancement.

• Lead - The Curse of the Crown: Master Eden identified by Signmonder as someone who may know the truth of the Crown’s curse.

• Lead - The key that opens any lock may be in the Tomb of the Constructor: Cited by Ricio Tane as the resting place of Davrillio Prankcarr who was the last person to have had the key

• Lead - Completed There may be a secret entrance to the royal quarters: Nardier Tyk was the architect of the castle and may know its location.

💰 Loot:

• None this session.

📍 Locations Mentioned:

• Aglarion — Kindom where the campaign is happening
• Vordan — A nation defined by its rejection of magic, advancing through technology instead of arcane power.
• Tomb of the Constructor — The Tomb of the Constructor is a resting place tied to the Constructor
• Magic Emporium Vault — Long-standing repository of magical tools or artifacts.
• The Haunted Manor — The party's bastion, base, and home

📦 Items Mentioned:

• Containment Chest — A rune-etched magical container currently holding a dangerous idol; suppresses magical auras and is believed to be the only way to safely contain the cursed Crown of Aglarion.
• Cursed Crown — The royal crown of Aglarion, now worn by Queen Athena, believed to carry a satyr’s curse hidden beneath the guise of a blessing.

🧍 Active NPCs:

• Lord Signmonder — Protector of the Crown, commander of The Redcloaks
• Master Eden — The current master of the Arcane Tower, mentioned by Signmonder as someone who may know the truth about the Crown’s curse.
• Mortain — Unseen butler for the The Haunted Manor
• Nardier Tyk — An architect said to know a secret entrance to the royal quarters.
• Ricio Tane — Owner and tavernkeeper of the Luck Leap

🪦Deceased NPCs

• Davrillio Prankcarr — Ricio Tane's friend said to buried in the Tomb of the Constructor
• King Waldrann Azennar — King of Aglarion

🗺️ Quests Updated: log

🏳️ Factions:

• Loyalist Knights — Knights opposing Athena's decrees and fighting to protect civilians.
• The Tower — A powerful magical order, feared and respected in equal measure, whose agents once acted as enforcers, bounty hunters, and arbiters of arcane law — now revealed to be broken, with magic roaming unbound in its absence.