Helga was hiding in a room of the west wing where the group had
stored what was left of Old Beldame’s possessions after she had passed away
nearly a year ago where she knocked over a box and discovered some playing
cards, upon closer examination Helga opened the pack of cards and started to
flip through them, just as Edgar entered to room to see a flash of light as the
cards fluttered to the ground.
Not able to find his older sister young Edgar soon ran to
his father Otto exclaiming “Father! Father! Helga has gone, missing!”
As Otto tried to figure out what Edgar was ranting on about
the young lord led his father back to the room where the disappearance occurred
whilst Edgar carried on spouting “Magic! Helga did magic just like father!”
Otto now getting worried hastened his pace knowing that his daughter had no
magic capability.
Otto enters the room with a pale face as he realises which
room they were playing in and is confused as to how it was unlocked, as he
enters Otto soon notices the cards on the floor as he turns to Edgar “What
really happened Edgar? Tell me son”.
“She was doing magic tricks!” responded Edgar, “Then she was
speaking to something but no one was there and then woosh!! She disappeared!”
as the young lord started to get teary, Otto reached to his son and ruffled his
head, “you did right Edgar, go find your mother and bring her here ok?” Edgar
nodded as he rubbed his eyes and was soon running down the corridor.
Otto began picking up the scattered cards and soon found the
pouch that the cards came from, inside the pouch was a strip of paper that read
‘Cursed! Do NOT use, Do NOT give away’ Otto muttered a curse of his own.
Margot soon arrived at the scene of the crime with a worried
and confused look on her face, “Otto? What’s happened? Where’s my daughter?”
she exclaimed.
“I don’t know!” Otto admitted as he slumped to his knees,
“I’ve not seen these cards before but I think they are some sort of minor
artifact that the old Beldame had in her possession” he continued.
“So what do we do?” Margot started to wail
“Summon the council; I need advice and answers NOW!” Otto
forced himself up off the floor with the cards in hand.
Less than an hour later, the council and the group were sat
in the council room where they had been updated with the situation.
Acolytes were sent to the colleges to search books and
archives for any sort of information on the cards, “Can’t we just ask the Old
Beldame?” suggested Akiros, “It won’t work” responded Vaneer, “She’s been dead
to long and besides we’d need her body for me to get the answers needed but we
cremated her” the cleric continued whilst shaking his head.
Towards the end of the meeting one acolyte brings back the
results that the cards are unique and would cause travel to the Harrowed plane
if the right cards were drawn, it was then decided that Vaneer would prepare
his spells to allow him to send the group to the harrowed plane, in the mean
time Vaneer casts a divination and commune spell to see if Erastil could offer
any advice.
Divination – “A one way journey to a story book land, to
return retrieve the tokens and scarf in hand, Bring food.”
Commune –
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Is Otto’s daughter safe?
o Not for long
-
What are the tokens?
o Appearance of Gems
-
What are the main creatures of the plane?
o No
-
How many tokens are there?
o No
-
Do we need a token each to return?
o No
-
Is the food we need to bring, just for
us?
o Yes
-
Is the scarf on the Harrowed plane?
o Yes
-
Should we expect much resistance in
rescuing the girl?
o Yes
The group set in for an early rest so that Vaneer can
prepare for the dimensional travel awaiting them.
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