Sessions (Lost Lands)

This page serves as a log for all campaign sessions for the Lost Lands campaign. Important details for each session will be recorded here. It exists as an easy reference for players and the DM, and also to prevent them from forgetting what happened during a previous session. Important information will be recorded, but minor details, character-specific events, and secrets might not be recorded here.

This page serves as the final arbiter of what actually happened.

Session 0

Shortly after character creation, various players had small initial one-on-one sessions with the DM to establish their characters, familiarize themselves with the setting, and help the DM playtest the online format. These sessions will not be recorded here.

Session 1

The party attended the Spruce Gala aboard the Hollow Swallow. After mingling with key NPCs and confronting old rivals, they witnessed an assassination attempt against Edwin Spruce, prompting a chaotic brawl.

The session began on the morning of the yearly Spruce Gala, a yearly event held by the Free City of Westport to impress foreign dignitaries. This year, the gala was held to celebrate the imminent departure of the Hollow Swallow, a sailing vessel, for the unknown Lost Lands at the center of the world, on a "fact-finding" mission for Edwin Spruce, the mysterious vampiric Lord Protector of Westport.

Practicant Marius, Edwin Spruce's majordomo; and Whiskey Bob, the captain of the Hollow Swallow, summoned the party to the Piss and the Whistle tavern for departure that afternoon. They all then took a gondola to the Westport Grand Harbor, where the event was held.

At the harbor gates, a boisterous dragonborn named Malleus Kaab and his half-tiefling, half-orc companion were engaged in a dispute with the event security, who were guarding the outer walls to the harbor. Kaab was trying to bring small velociraptor dinosaurs into the harbor, as gifts for Edwin Spruce, while the guards were not obliging. The party successfully negotiated entrance into the harbor for both themselves and Kaab. During this dispute, the party learned about Kaab's vast wealth, his influence in the Azure Empire, as well as his love of dinosaurs. Kaab also recognized Hythlodaeus as someone who once performed in an arena owned by him.

After entering the harbor, the party boarded the Hollow Swallow, which was docked and equipped as a luxurious venue. They then mingled with the Spruce Gala invitees. Hythlodaeus went belowdecks to prepare for his bardic performance. Roderick got in a fight with a drunken Valamir Ulric de Spruys, a boyhood rival now serving as Helskari Ambassador to Westport. Nyx attempted to meet the Governor of the Moragan Islands, who was rumored to be in attendance, and Anubis just watched the show go down.

After the sun set, Practicant Marius announced Edwin Spruce's arrival, and he floated out of the ship. Spruce gave a speech congratulating the crew, the ship, and the spirit of discovery, before leaving the stage. Hythlodaeus then gave a musical performance to the partygoers while dressed in the robes of an old mage. During the performance, screams were increasingly audible from below the deck of the ship.

Nyx, Roderick, and Anubis all rushed below the decks of the ship to find the source of the screams. In the hold, they saw Edwin Spruce being attacked by bladed assailants as velociraptors swarmed around him.