Wallonian Odyssey

Date: 2026-03-28

Session Draft: Session 02

Previous Session: Ambush at the Keep

Next Session: Siege of Besanlon

Location(s): Angevin Empire, Wallonia

Characters: Jorgrim, Bingus Bongus, Luc, Twan Stirt, Ratmen

Main Quest: Retrieve Dark Seal to the West

Side Quests: Trader Traffic Turmoil, Antren Arcane Attacks

Tags: Session_Summary

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Last Session Recap

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Summary

Wallonian Odyssey

• Crossed border from Stuttden into Antren
• Saw the build-up of Trader Traffic Turmoil entering Stuttden
• Found a bounty out for Antren Arcane Attacks on the alternate country route
• Hunted and killed a wind elemental, attacking travellers along the Kings’ Road
• Met historian Twan Stirt, who directs us to the quest location, the Ziggurat of Gurpo
• Turned in both bounties, receiving 175gp and a favour from the Adventurer’s Guild
• Continued on to Besanlon and were woken in the morning by a Ratmen horde attacking

Full Session Notes

• Session begins in Neustrelitz, as The Party heads to Stuttden, to cross into Wallonia
• Opposite direction to all traffic, which heads South-East towards the War front
• In Stuttden we head to the Temple of the Great Guide, the only people capable of making healing potions
  • buy four health potions for 100gp each
    • 1 to Luc, and 3 to Jorgrim for 50gp
  • Priest sells potions, and gives rumours that his brother in Ebenbrooke, Wallonia says they are experiencing lowered potion stocks despite not partaking in the war
• The Party decides to take the Kings’ Road through the night to Antren
• Stop at the Terrific Nut Tavern for room and board, and speak with barkeep Freek Bootsveld
  • Says many merchants are staying longer than normal, due to the gate traffic build-up
  • Overhear a merchant discussing the increase in glass purchasing by Temples of the Great Guide in Wallonia, despite not participating in the war
  • Overhear an adventurer talking about a quest listing at the Guild with suspicious murders
  • Resummoned Zethios as a fire drake
• Sleep one hour with Luc’s sleepy sack, before sneaking out of the town towards the country road where the murders took place
  • After Luc breaks stealth, we fight the invisible creature in an open clearing
  • The creature avoids many attacks due to stealth before hunting Bingus Bongus
  • Jorgrim tempts fate and rolls three Nat 1’s
    • The first strikes Bingus Bongus in the face with a rapier
    • The second flings a crossbow bolt towards Bingus Bongus’s face, before being rerolled by the Bad Luck Bauble into the third
    • The third is magically rerolled by the Bauble again, finally striking down the creature
  • The creature turns out to be a wind elemental, and drops an “earth grade wind attuned immortal essence core”
• The Party continued down the Kings’ road to Ebenbrooke and waited two hours until dawn, when the gate opened
• Met an historian and archivist called Twan Stirt who specialises in ancient architecture
  • We give him the location of the Ziggurat of Shaidarahn, which he has been searching for
  • In return, he identifies the location of the Ziggurat of Gurpo, our quest location
  • He also says historical records and statues indicate wizards pre Age of Strife wore large hats, vindicating Ignatius Pabst’s fashion sense
  • One of his colleagues from the University of Rotterden tells us one of the Chosen is likely in the Blight south of Wallonia
  • This coincides with strange Ratmen behaviours, like a reduction in expected attacks on Blight-touched regions
  • The Blight follows the mountain ranges in South Wallonia and below Draymora and Guilanyth
  • The mountain ranges are scars of massive magic during the Age of Strife
  • Tells Luc that his Mystical Amulet is a religious item of Saidar
    • Something to do with divination magic, should take it to a Church of Saidar
• Informed the Adventurer’s Guild about the traffic backlog entering Stuttden
  • Complete Trader Traffic Turmoil
    • Rewarded 100gp, and a favour from the Adventurer’s Guild
  • Also hand in the wind elemental core and complete Antren Arcane Attacks
    • Rewarded 75gp
• Found the priest’s brother in the Temple of the Great Guide
  • Says almost all potions are being stockpiled by order of the king of Rotterden, who expects to be entering the war imminently
  • Also informed that Wallonia is leaning towards joining the Allies
• Passed the city of Rotterden and arrive at the trading hub town of Argennin
  • Small town, but extremely fortified
  • Guard says all towns below the Kings’ Road are fortified due to attacks by Ratmen
  • South Draymora and Guilanyth are even more extreme versions of this fortification
• Continued on and arrive at the walled town of Besanlon at nightfall
• Stayed in the Singing Geese Inn
  • Informed by Adventurer’s Guild that there is less Ratmen activity in the area, possibly due to actions of the Chosen
  • No traders from Brittany have come through the mountain pass to Fort Dranin in the last two weeks
  • Stay the night a resummoned Zethios as a poison drake
• Woken in the early morning by warning bells and shouts of “RATS!!”
  • Over the wall we can see an army of Ratmen, led by larger creatures heading to the city

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Key Items

Currency

• +125gp

Gained

• Bauble of Bad Luck
• Earth grade wind attuned immortal essence core

Lost