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The Party, still in Alver, were approached by the burgomeister Terryn Cleves. Terryn stated that he’d received, via Sending Stone, a message for them which read as

“Kilvin, VD. Message, Iskar Jarak. Request for VD in Torkef. Possible curse or other supernatural threat. Noble house near extinguished. Scholtz II presence is requested.”

The party then travelled from Alver towards Torkef, also in Belmont Prefecture, which was about 450 miles away.

Upon arriving in the town of Torkef they found that the noble lords manor had been burnt down. The entire noble house, House Eathe, were dead from the fire with the exception of the youngest heir, Rickon Eathe.

The seneschal for House Eathe had survived, Gregor, was caring for Rickon following the death of Lord Brannyn Eathe. The party were informed that there had been unusual deaths and accidents surrounding children in the town. Gregor hadn’t wished to speak of it but the party convinced him to tell them about the rumours that Rickon Eathe had pushed his governess down the stairs, crippling her, some weeks before the fire. Rickon Eathe, under the care of Gregor, were staying in the Footsore Wanderer Inn which was run by Evin Trante.

The party found that a boy named Jimmer Hayward had drowned in the river by the local watermill. The rumour was that the miller’s daughter, Jasmine Miller, had pushed him in with the motive being that Jimmer had teased and bullied her. While the party investigated around the watermill they were informed that a nearby family of thatchers were panicked and distraught. The parents, Bryce Thatcher and Sylvie Thatcher, had two young daughters named Bryer Thatcher and Della Thatcher. Della Thatcher, a baby, was missing. The party sprang into action and managed to save the baby Della, who they found in a bucket lowered into a well.

Whilst in the town the party had heard that the mage who lived nearby, Finethil Birlond, had investigated the accidents and tragedies but struggled to identify any magical causes for them. The party had also found, after hearing a woman’s scream cut off, that an old woman named Oma was found with bludgeoning injuries. The party had heard children’s cries and laughter about the same time before they happened upon her body. The party learned Oma had been the woman who cleaned and helped Birlond.

The party noticed that Jasmine Miller, Bryer Thatcher, and Rickon Eathe had all been playing with little metal toys or tokens, some appearing to talk to the items at times. The party, with Gideon even using Zone of Truth on Rickon, discovered that the iron tokens appeared to be means to communicate with someone the children called Nana Ruth. The party learned Nana Ruth had a cottage in town and went to investigate.

The party found the Nana Ruth’s cottage dark and disused, with a layer of dust. The party found a letter within from Birlond confirming that he would hire Nana Ruth and give her access to hyis tower following the passing of Oma.

They then found Nana Ruth’s body, apparently recently deceased but under a layer of dust, upstairs on the top of her bedclothes. The party realised Nana Ruth wasn’t dead, but under the Feign Death spell. Upon freeing her from the spell they found Nana Ruth had no memory of the last several weeks and didn’t know how she came to be in her condition. Nana Ruth also seemed addled and convinced that she would die, through mysterious means, in exactly 6 months time.

The party then raced to Birlond’s tower. There they found the door open and that the tower interior was an extradimensional space. As the party entered they found a number of apparent constructs destroyed on the ground floor at the same time that they heard Birlond’s voice magically calling out that none would pass without a reckoning.

The party moved upwards and found themselves encountering other defences of the tower such as an infinite loop until they tried descending instead, which broke them out of it. They also found themselves facing enchanted rugs and the forces which were assaulting the tower. They found themselves facing giants and eladrin, all whilst hearing Birlond’s magical voice continue whilst he fought elsewhere,

“So, at last… my attacker revealed! Auntie Agnes! Auntie Agnes! Auntie Agnes! You dare-”

Iskar was isolated and ganged up upon by the giants and eladrin. He found himself struck down and dying, with the party unable to reach him in time to save him. Gideon, distraught, knelt and begun praying over Iskar. As Gideon did so, he had both his hands upon Banish the Greatsword and Iskar. Unknown to Gideon, Iskar’s soul had entered Banish which due to it’s nature threated to consume him. Banish, confused and not having the perspective of a flesh and blood creature was confused and had not yet consumed Iskar.

Upon Gideon making contact with both the Banish and praying to the seven divines it released a celestial beacon. Gideon found various deities superimposed over his person and working through his body as they freed the celestial being trapped in the greatsword which believed itself to be named Banish. As a side effect of them being having been ejected from the greatsword, Iskar was also released from it and returned to his body.

Both Gideon and Iskar found themselves exhausted and traumatised by the ordeals they underwent during this, both utterly spent. Despite this the party continued on up the tower. Immediately prior to reaching the tower summit the party heard Birlond’s voice for the last time crying out,

“I know you Fey cannot die as mortals do, yet I will test that… and I shall take you down the river with me, past the Ninth Gate.”

The party found some fey on the roof and a portal. The party dispatched the fey and recognised that the portal lead directly and physically into Death. Gideon dared enter the portal and observed some distance closer to the First Gate as a slight figure, resembling Birlond, wrestled with a hulking figure. Gideon saw Birlond be cast down into the waters and the hulking figure wrest his staff from him. The hulking figure fought back up against Death’s currents and back into life, at a diagonal away from where Gideon stood. The figure, a large hideous crone waved and cackled “bye dearie”. Gideon struggled against the waters pulling at this legs and struggled back to the barrier to life himself, although he felt the urge to lie down and rest.

Back in life, Gideon and the party found themselves questioning what that crone had wanted in robbing Birlond’s staff from him. Calyn, along amongst the party, was able to perceive a bundled up robe on the roofs parapet. This was a Robe of Eyes, once worn by Birlond. There was a note tucked into it which read that it was intended for a watcher, someone with the eyes to see.

The party instructed that the town should send a message for help from Great House Belmont. The party then left Torkef at pace, rushing eastward on the road towards the port town of Buck, where they encountered a host of soldiers from the Rebukers Legion. The party stopped and spoke with their commander, Arcturiel, and briefed him on the situation in Torkef.

Arcturiel, concerned at a portal to Death, sent on an advanced force of soldiers with magical talent. These soldiers then began teleporting themselves and as many comrades as they could towards Torkef.

The party then continued on towards Buck where Gideon’s father, Gideon von Scholtz, oversaw the town on behalf of Great House Belmont. Gideon von Scholtz’s seneschal Edmund Ravenswood met the party when there and provided them the means to teleport to Great House Belmont’s teleportation circle in Ancelstierre.

Once within Ancelstierre the party reported to the Vermin Directorate. The party reported back to Director, Lord Oberon Chaplet and Kilvin. The party, sharing in detail their findings, and were briefed in turn. The Vermin Directorate mages and diviners had gleaned that that Auntie Agnes, Dread Ethel, and Old May were all hags forming a coven that’s known as the Twilight Coven. They were believed to serve in some way an Archfey known as the Twilight Prince. Little was known about the Twilight Prince except that he hadn’t been observed or noted of in millennia without any explanation or hint as to why. Director Oberon and Kilvin advised that he would have further research completed and update the party accordingly. The party were left then in Ancelstierre to complete their business.

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