The Dragon Slayers of the Drinking Crow Session #16- The Resurrection of Willow the Wisp

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 Yellow Fever had finally struck the adventurers based out of the Drinking Crow and the mood in the tavern was dower. Bors Redbeard survived the illness but has only begun a long recovery. Willow the Wisp fared much worse and the Minor Trickster passed on in the night before the groups next planned delve into the 'Complex'. Bors' brother Gabby (owner of the Drinking Crow) tipped the group off to rumors of a delve by the Midnight Marauders that might be able to help them return their fallen comrade to the realm of the living.

While the group pursued the tip on the Midnight Marauders, the meeting of the two adventuring groups was a sour one. The elfin ex-patriot from the Twilight Realms Malagath Finbaros disparaged the reputation of Marauders leading to the young woman who claims to be company commander Sir Rolf Van Pattyn to challenge Malagath (whom some call 'Hero') to a duel. Luckily, newcomer dungeon delver to the Drinking Crow scene Zamir 'Small Time' Hashmi was named Malagath's second. Small Time was able to iron out some sort of resolution between the two aggrieved parties with Sir Rolf's second Aladee Nightthistle and thus avoided the to-the-blood duel. It seems, though, that Malagath may not forget this incident with Sir Rolf.

Afterwards, the following frantically assembled party were seen dragging the corpse of the Willow the Wisp on their shield-sleigh 'The Grim Reminder' towards the direction of the Complex:

  • Copra Kaan (Level 1 Vat Spawn)
  • Fredrick Featherstone (Level 4 Vestigator)
  • Malagath Finbaros (Level 3 Elf)
  • Rumble (Level 1 Fighter)
  • Zamir 'Small Time' Hashmi (Level 1 Thief)
The group returned with a weak but living Willow the Wisp among their number. Many of the party members' armor was singed and were suffering from minor burns.

Experience Points

  • Wall-crawling octopus-like creature defeated 1 x 47xp
  • Silver molts defeated 3 x 13xp

Player Character Cut

  • 17xp ea.
Written accounts, art, or maps from the session are worth 100 x PC Level in experience points. Let me know of any downtime activities anyone wants to do (preferably in the comments or on Discord).

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