Session Attendance
- Matthew as Borun Erutan
- Eddie as Elvis Parsley
- Abigail as Dalaila Eversnow
- Deakin as Roleck Nevari
- Sean as The Dungeon Master
Session Absence
- Nathan as Omari Elderon
- Robbie as Zolon Orielson
It’s had been about two weeks since the incident in the Biblioplex and for the week immediately following the incident the party had become local celebrities even making the front page of the Strixhaven Star .
For the first week that was all anyone around campus could talk about and the story made the front page of the Strixhaven Star and those involved became local celebrities on campus.. but a week went by and soon the event was forgotten faculty and students started to move on and the local celebrity status didnt last.
Everyone has started work and although some had little to no experience in the roles they applied for they’ve all been managing with passable success. Everyone has met their co-workers and have, as of yet, had no conflict with any of them.
Omari has only briefly met his co-worker Drazhomir Yarnask but Drazhomir hasn’t shown up for his last shift and hasn’t been seen around campus in a while and although he’s quiet he’s hard to miss , what with him being a 7ft Minotaur … The last time he was seen was by Rook in the office he uses on the second floor of The Biblioplex.
All of the party have been given the day to study for their upcoming exam on The Slaadi. They all agree to meet in the Biblioplex to do some last minute revision. Omari and Zolon have decided to revise on their own instead of with the rest of the group.
The rest of the group (Elvis, Dalaila, Borun and Roleck) find a table in the Biblioplex to start their revision but before they get a chance they are approached by Rook who says that Drazhomir has told him to come and ask the party for assistance. He goes on to explain that Drazhomir had found something unusual in The Biblioplex and would like them to assist with his discovery. Rook takes the students to Drazhomir’s office on the second floor.
The students enter the office but there is no sign of Drazhomir . They start to look around and Elvis discovers an open book entitled The Joy of Extra Dimensional Space on the desk in the room. He starts to investigate the book and notices handwritten notes within the book. Most of the handwriting is unreadable with the exception of one word - “Scepter”. Elvis speaks the word and some magical doors appear in the corner of the room. As soon as they appear they start to fade and disappear and it is clear that they will disappear within a matter of minutes. Without hesitation both Elvis and Dalaila walk through the door just before it vanishes. Borun and Roleck look on in disbelief.
Borun and Roleck decide that they need to go and get help. Roleck grabs the book and they start to leave the office to go and get a member of the faculty. Upon trying to leave with the book Roleck feels a shock coming from the book and it quickly becomes apparent that they can’t leave the office with the book. They decide to leave the book behind and place it back on the desk. The book then flips open to the page it was on with the keyword that Elvis spoke earlier.
They leave and go to look for a member of the faculty.
Meanwhile back in the extra dimensional space … Elvis and Dalaila find themselves in the foyer of a huge mansion. In the foyer is Drazhomir Yarnask. He is startled when Elvis and Dalaila step through the door. He explains to them that he has been trying to re-open the door for hours but with no luck and goes on to explain that he has the sufficient knowledge to open the door but only from the other side. He shows the party members a statue of an imp that he has found and thinks the mansion they are in holds many magical treasures. He needs to get back to Strixhaven as he wants to carry out experiments on the statue and also fears the faculty and Biblioplex staff have noticed his absence.
Elvis and Dalaila start to explore the mansion by going to the room M9. This is an Arboretum. Here they both hear giggling.and Elvis feels something fly past his face. Freaked out they both turn and run screaming all the way.
Meanwhile back at Strixhaven both Borun and Roleck are unsuccessful finding any faculty members so they decide, reluctantly, to go back to the office and repeat the code word “Scepter” to see if that unlock the door..
In the mansion Elvis and Dalaila come running down the hallway just as Roleck and Borun walk through the door (M1 on the map). Elvis runs straight past them straight to location M2 on the map. M2 only contains an outdoor patio , although its clear by the sky and view from the patio that this mansion doesn’t exist in the material plane and exists in its own extradimensional space. Realising there’s nothing to see Elvis returns to the rest of the group.
Drazhomir convinces the group to continue to investigate the mansion to see if they could find any other magical treasures, whilst he returns to Strixhaven and experiment on the little statue he had discovered (fortunately he had kept the door from closing and therefore disappearing). He assured the party that he would keep the door open from the other side so they could return whenever they had finished investigating.
As he steps through the door back to Strixhaven he waved to the party. The doors start to close as they hear Drazhmir scream as the imp statue he was holding comes to life and starts to attack. The door closes. The party members were trapped.
The party members were now tasked with finding a way out… the investigation begins.
They discover, in the library, most of the books are written by someone going by the name Liliana Vess. Borun ventures into the kitchen (M6) and meets Cumin a Homunculi who greets him with a warm welcome, offering to make him food or repair any clothes or help him in any way it can. Upon questioning Cumin Borun finds out that Cumin was created by Liliana Vess but Liliana has been missing for a long time and Cumins job was to wait until she returned and ensure the mansion was kept clean. It also informed Borun that he had been told that it was not allowed to touch the books with the single gold letters on the spine. He also advises them to stay out of the Arboretum as there are two invisible orange faerie dragons that, although harmless, are extremely mischevious and its better
The party members realise that these books must be the key to opening the door back to Strixhaven. They start to investigate the mansion further.
They made their way up the stairs and into the attic. From there Dalaila managed to break the floorboards above room M13. They peer into the room and see a bookcase against the far wall. The books in this bookcase are chained . There is also a desk attached to the bookcase with a single book on the desk,. Elvis lowered himself into the room. As soon as he had landed in the room .. the bookcase came to life.
Elvis decided to cast Thunderwave dealing 10 damage to the bookcase but also Roleck knocking him out. This was a very tricky battle with many of the party going down several times. Dalaila was really test d with her medic skills. When the dust settled the party were victorious but battered so decided to have a long rest to recover. The retire Ed the book from the desk as it had a letter on the spine and continued to investigate the mansion for more books.
The party had several more encounters in the mansion including a toad that was found in a room with a pentagon painted on the floor. The room smelt of sulphur but despite this Elvis Parsley still decided to approach the toad after making a bet of 20gp with Roleck that he would lick the toad!! As he approached the toad it transformed into a Quasit and attacked.
As well as this they also fought animated swords and an animated pile of books. Borun managed to snag himself a quarterstaff and Elvis a flail along with 2 potions of healing and about 50gp worth of chemicals along with a jewelled letter opener worth 20gp.
Ince all the books had been collected itdudnt take them long to realise the letters spelt LADY ANA. The party returned to the foyer and said the words LADY ANA. Upon saying these words the door unlocked with a resounding click.
The party opened the door and stepped through not knowing what to expect. They were met on the other side to a room full of Biblioplex staff surrounding Drazhomir Yarnask. Also there was Professor Serafina Onyx the teacher of the Introduction to Magical Physiologies class. She was instructing the staff there to take Drazhomir to the infirmary as he started to come around. There was no sign of the imp.
Professor Serafina Onyx scolded the party and reminded them that they were given today to study and not pursue fruvellius pursuits. Without giving the party to explain she reminded them that the exam was the following day and suggested that they spend the rest of the day revising.
Next Session: Sunday 8th June @ 2pm