Oops! All Harpers!

The current PC being played is in BOLD.

Player 1

Roos (Drow, Rogue, Neutral)

Mamol (Dwarf, Cleric, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Player 2

Yor (Kenku, Warlock, Chaotic Good)

Thordin Lighfoot (Halfling, Paladin, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Sleeps (Tabaxi, Monk, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Player 3

Smugly (Dragonborn, Monk, Neutral turned Neutral Good) [Honorary Harper]

Alex’s New Character (Human, Paladin, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Player 4

Moss (Human, Druid, Lawful Evil)

Donkar (Half-Orc, Barbarian, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Player 5

Wildthorn (Wood Elf, Cleric, Chaotic Good)

Thalion (Human, Paladin, Neutral Good)

Elyrion (High Elf, Rogue, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

Player 6

Skarther (Goblin, Druid, Chaotic Neutral)

Grant (Shifter, Ranger, Neutral Good) [Harper Faction]

It had been a year since the five Harpers had investigated the werewolves reportedly harassing the good folk of Egzand Hamlet. The Werewolves had stopped the harassment, but the Harpers never returned. Unfortunately, the case remained unresolved to this day despite other Harpers following up on the mystery. It’s as if there were never any werewolves or Harpers at all. Not a trace.

Donkar the Barbarian agreed to meet up with [Alex’s New Character] but the Paladin was late and he was getting inpatient. The Half-Orc decided to start searching the woods alone, and the Paladin would just have to find him when he arrived.

Donkar suffered the same fate as the other Harpers. He got swallowed up by the mists and was transported to Barovia. He went to Krezk searching for the Gang, which sent him to the Wizard of Wines, which sent him to Yester Hill.

He came upon the Gang as they were watching the smoke from Moss’s burnt body rising in the air.  After a long discussion with the Gang, he was fully informed of their desperate situation. They decided to travel back to the Wizard of Wines.

With Smugly low on HP, it would’ve been wise to take a Short Rest at this point, but the Players never requested one.

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On the way back to the Wizard of Wines, the Gang was wary of an attack since they spotted someone skulking around in the woods when they passed this way a couple of hours previous.

Mamol noticed something in the dirt road about fifty feet away. There were three spots crossing the road where the dirt was slightly discolored from the rest of the path. Suspecting a trap, the Gang paused. Grant fired an arrow at the spot in the center. It exploded into a puff of noxious green gas; the other two spots subsequently exploded in the same way. They had managed to avoid the trap.

Unfortunately, with their attention focused on the trap, most of them failed to spot the ambush. Volenta the Masked, 2 Green Hags (Dream Cake Bakers), and 4 Vampire Spawns emerged from cover and rushed the Gang. The vampires suffered from Elyrion’s radiant Sun Sword but tried to ignore the pain. Volenta was shouting orders to “get the Sword Bearer, you idiots!”

The Hags downed Smugly on the surprise round and he was bleeding out. After the chaos of the initial strike, the enemy focused their attack on Elyrion and his Sun Sword which was doing constant damage to the undead. When it was all said and done, they had defeated the hags and vampires, including Volenta the Masked. Sadly, Smugly had succumbed to his wounds and died.

They burned Smugly’s body and said a prayer, then returned to the Wizard of Wines.

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When they returned to the Wizard of Wines, they found [Alex’s New Character] there. He was a Human Paladin and now the highest ranking Harper in the Gang.

The Gang decided to return to the Amber Temple. They picked up Kasimir the Dusk Elf Mage and added him to the group. Wearing their thick winter clothes, they traveled to the Amber Temple.

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