🗓 Session 4.1 – 🧭🏚️ The Haunted Manor

📅 Date of Session:

2025/06/08

👥 Party Members Present:

• Voss Dain
• Xaniver

📍 Locations Visited:

• The Lucky Leap
• Blackthorn Manor (East Wing, West Wing, Study Wing)

🎲 Session Summary:

🎭 Haunted Manor Investigation

• Voss and Xaniver returned to The Lucky Leap, where a table was cleared for them on arrival.
• The two then traveled to investigate a rumored haunted estate in the woods.
• Mist-shapes moved around Blackthorn Manor as they approached.
• Inside, they found three wings: East, West, and Study.
• Sounds from the Study drew them first—books flew from the shelves, and an apparition warned them to leave and demanded they “find the amulet.”

🧩 West Wing Discoveries

• A portrait revealed the apparition was Clara, a former maid.
• The pair uncovered several eerie messages:
  • “She begged him not to do it”
  • “She never left”
• They found a perfume bottle labeled “For Clara, with loyalty.”
• A mirror showed a shifting, altered version of the room; Clara seemed unable to leave the manor.
• A portrait of two children was notable for having their eyes intact, unlike other defaced imagery elsewhere in the manor.

🎹 East Wing Discoveries

• A slip of paper on the piano read:
  “Ralven O’Doyle promised to protect me, but silence is complicity and I must act.”
• A hidden compartment in the piano contained a ledger documenting payments made to “silence the witnesses.”
• These records implicated Lord Ralven O'Doyle, the manor’s former owner.

📚 Study Wing – Resolution

• Xaniver discovered the amulet in a hidden compartment behind a bookshelf.
• Returning it to the Study triggered the final confrontation with the hostile spirit.
• Voss and Xaniver defeated the entity and ended the haunting.
• The manor’s butler, Mortain, declared the two adventurers the new rightful owners of Blackthorn Manor.

📌 Notable Moments

• Identifying Clara as the primary spirit haunting Blackthorn Manor.
• Discovering messages and items tied to Clara’s death and Lord Ralven O'Doyle’s crimes.
• Recovering the amulet necessary to resolve the haunting.
• Gaining ownership of Blackthorn Manor.

💰 Loot

• The Amulet (recovered from the Study; used to cleanse the manor)

📦 New Items:

• None beyond quest-critical items recovered.

🗨️ Quotes:

“Find the amulet!” – Clara
“You are now the rightful owners of Blackthorn Manor.” – Mortain

📚 Leads and Discoveries

• Evidence of Lord Ralven O'Doyle ordering the silencing of witnesses.
• Confirmation that Clara’s death and haunting were tied to Lord Ralven O'Doyle’s actions.
• The children in the portrait may indicate additional unresolved mysteries.

🗺️ Quest Updates

• Investigate the Haunted Manor – Completed
  • The haunting was cleansed, and ownership transferred to Voss and Xaniver.

✅ Things to Do

1. Explore the newly acquired manor and determine room assignments and uses.
2. Consider whether Lord Ralven O'Doyle's ledger has further implications.

🧍 Major NPCs:

• Clara – Maid whose spirit haunted the manor; sought justice and release.
• Mortain – Butler of Blackthorn Manor; transferred ownership to the party.
• Lord Ralven O'Doyle - previous lord of Blackthorn Manor

🏳️ Factions:

• None newly encountered during this session.