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The Party

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The Party

Welcome to Eastguard

Date: Feb 25th, 2026

Summary

The tale began in darkness and fire. Marteth, the barkeeper and storyteller, recounted the final, desperate moments of the siege of Kalaman — a battle that had already cost so much. The citadel had broken apart and fallen, crushing draconians by the dozens and sending death dragons crashing from the sky like bones from a butcher’s table. For one breathless moment, it seemed as though the war might finally be over. But war never ends that cleanly.

A red streak cut across the smoke. It was Ignea, a fearsome dragon, and atop her rode Dragon Highlord Kinsaldi Fire-eyes, her fire eyes burning with cold judgment. She perched upon a shard of the fallen citadel and offered the survivors a choice: surrender or death. They chose neither. The field erupted into fire, stone rained from the sky, and the heroes emptied themselves of everything they had left — nothing held in reserve, only will. A warrior named Frosty climbed a jagged spire like it was a mountain he was born to conquer, and when the dragon staggered beneath him, he drove a Dragon Lance straight through Ignea’s eye. The great beast fell hard.

But Kinsaldi Fire-eyes was not finished. She leapt from the dying dragon’s back and came for Darrett with murderous intent, trading blow for blow until Darrett was running on fumes. When her strike finally landed, Darrett fell to his knees. She raised her pike for the killing blow — and that was when Rowan moved. Rowan Harthwell, a farm boy from Eastguard, did not think. He simply threw himself between Kinsaldi Fire-eyes’s pike and Derek, and the weapon meant for Darrett went through Rowan instead. He made a sound, Marteth said, like someone surprised the world could hurt that much. In the same breath, Darrett drove his sword up under Kinsaldi Fire-eyes’s armor and through her heart. She was dead before she hit the dirt.

Ignatius ran to Rowan’s side, but he had spent every last measure of his healing power and had nothing left to pull another soul back from the edge. Rowan was slipping. He looked up at Darrett and spoke the very words Darrett had once told him — that you don’t have to be brave every day, just be brave today. Then, with his last breath, he asked the question that would echo through the tavern long after Marteth raised his drink in a toast: “Was I brave today?” He was. The siege of Kalaman ended with a citadel broken, a dragon slain, a high master dead, and a farm boy from Eastguard who stood when he didn’t have to.

As the toast settled and the story faded into the warm noise of The Snoring Warrior Tavern, the patrons began to stir — and it was only then that a handful of strangers realized they had all ended up at the same table. Brynnan and Bimmi Brewfett had arrived first, taking the only two available seats. Titus had walked in next and found one seat remaining at their table. Vonmese Tunmiar followed, and then Sir Jangle Merrigold, a bard with a pencil-thin mustache who had been playing his harmonica before the story began. Finally, a hooded figure who had been watching from the corner all evening stepped forward and asked if he might sit. His name was Jack Dagger, and he had been watching them all along. Jack bought the first round, and the six of them talked long into the night, with Jack eventually offering to show the newcomers around Eastguard come morning.

Morning arrived at the Inn of the Broken Blade, where Teti Stoneharrow — innkeeper and sister of Marteth — served the bleary-eyed group steaming mugs of dark coffee and breakfast on the house. Bimmi chewed his way through some restorative juicy fruit to shake off the previous night, and once the group had gathered their wits, Jack led them out into the streets of Eastguard. He walked them down Crafter’s Row with the easy confidence of someone who had made himself at home in every corner of the town. They visited the Twinforge Smithy, where the Iron Hand twins Brynya and Borin worked — Brynya crafting weapons and intricate decorative work, Borin handling armor. Sir Jangle asked for a cleaning cloth for his harmonica and was directed down the road to Stonehide Leatherworks, where the proprietor Garrett sold him a simple chamois for a single copper piece. Titus picked up a bundle of arrows, and Bimmi acquired a set of leatherworking tools, both at a generous discount thanks to Jack’s easy charm with the locals.

The tour continued to Aemon’s Curiosities and Pawn, a remarkable shop owned by a retired adventurer named Aemon Cobb. The interior was lined with glass display cases filled with neatly arranged oddities, a wall of every weapon imaginable stretched across the back, and a grand clockwork cash register sat at the counter with a satisfying mechanical ring. Bimmi, ever the tinkerer, offered to improve the register — and promptly made it completely silent, much to Aemon’s visible dismay. The group also spotted a mechanical rabbit that hopped across the counter, and Jack quietly acquired a set of lockpicking tools before they moved on.

Jack led the group past Dera’s Apothecary — run by a distrustful gnome woman who eyed Bimmi’s gummy potions with deep suspicion — and past the woodworking shop of Cody Carpenter, the library, the rough dive bar known as the Mad Sphinx, and Walden’s Wands, where Brynnan examined the proprietor’s collection of magical wands with great interest. The tour wound back through the smithy for tools before Jack brought them to the last stop: a small, quaint bookshop called Binding and Whispers. The exterior was modest, but stepping through the door revealed an interior far larger than the outside walls should have allowed, and more than one member of the group swore they saw books shifting on the shelves of their own accord.

Behind the counter stood Brittany Marginsong, the shop’s keeper, who greeted Jack warmly and wasted little time in presenting the group with a task. She explained that the late hero Rowan Harthwell had kept a personal journal, and she believed it was still at his family’s farmhouse north of town. She wanted to study it — to understand what had driven a simple farm boy to march off to war and ultimately give his life. She could not leave the shop herself, and the task, she admitted, would require someone with a silver tongue. The group agreed to help.

Getting directions proved its own small adventure. Bimmi visited City Hall and charmed the clerk Kyle so thoroughly that the young man went above and beyond, digging through records to produce detailed directions to the Hearthwell farm near a creek north of town. Bimmi rewarded him with a few silver pieces, and the group set off — Bimmi, Brynnan, and Jack making the hour-long walk while the others remained in town. The farmhouse was a modest, single-story ranch with flower beds at the front door, a beehive in the yard, and a wheelbarrow resting against the side wall. It looked like a place where grief had settled in and made itself comfortable.

Brynnan sent his lizard familiar slipping under the gap of a bedroom door while Bimmi knocked at the front and spoke with Lady Hearthwell, offering heartfelt condolences and explaining that a keeper of books wished to borrow the journal to honor her son’s memory. Lady Hearthwell was overcome with grief and refused, even as Bimmi offered her calming gummies from Solace to ease her nerves — she took them, but still shut the door. Meanwhile, Brynnan had located the leather-bound journal on a desk inside the bedroom. Using a spectral hand conjured through the window, he silently lifted the book and brought it outside without the family ever noticing. The group walked away at a measured, unhurried pace — until Bimmi’s bird companion, Blackjack, squawked loudly and exposed Brynnan’s lie about not having seen the journal, nearly unraveling the whole affair as they tried to casually disappear down the road.

Once safely away, Brynnan read through the journal. Its entries were those of a young man finding his voice — notes about chores, visits to the tavern, names of people he’d met, and two mentions of Marteth’s stories about the great heroes of the age. On the last page, the writing simply trailed off mid-thought, as though Rowan had set the pen down to go plow the field and never came back to finish. Brynnan carefully copied the important passages onto his own parchment before the group returned to Brittany, who accepted the journal and later returned it to them cleaned, preserved, and wrapped in cloth, asking that it be returned to the Hearthwells. Jack went alone to the farmhouse, left the book on the doorstep with a note of explanation, and knocked by firing a blunt, tipless arrow against the door before retreating into the treeline. The journal found its way home, the group collected their gold, and the streets of Eastguard settled into the quiet of another evening — though something about the way these six strangers had fallen together suggested that their story was only just beginning.

Short

The session opened with Marteth, the barkeeper, recounting the climactic end of the siege of Kalaman. After the citadel fell and crushed the enemy forces, the fearsome dragon Ignea and her rider, High Master Kensaldi, descended to demand surrender. The heroes refused, and a brutal battle followed. A warrior named Frosty scaled a jagged spire and drove a Dragon Lance through Ignea’s eye, slaying the beast. Kensaldi then turned on Derek, nearly killing him — until Rowan Harthwell, a farm boy from Eastguard, threw himself in front of the killing blow. Mortally wounded, Rowan echoed Derek’s own words back to him about bravery, asked with his dying breath whether he had been brave that day, and passed away as Derek slew Kensaldi. The siege ended with a dragon dead, a high master fallen, and a farm boy remembered as a hero.

As the story faded, six strangers — Brynnan, Bimmi Brewfett, Titus, Vonmese Tunmiar, Sir Jangle Merrigold, and the mysterious Jack Dagger — found themselves sharing a table at the tavern. Jack took the lead the next morning, guiding the group on a tour of Eastguard and introducing them to its merchants and landmarks. Their adventures culminated at Binding and Whispers, a peculiar bookshop whose interior defied its modest exterior, where keeper Brittany Marginsong tasked them with retrieving Rowan Harthwell’s personal journal from his family’s farmhouse. The group retrieved the journal through a combination of charm and subtle deception, with Brynnan using a spectral hand to lift it unnoticed while Bimmi distracted Lady Hearthwell. After Brynnan copied its poignant entries — the simple musings of a young man who never returned to finish his last thought — the journal was preserved and quietly returned to the Hearthwell doorstep by Jack. The group collected their reward, and as Eastguard settled into evening, it was clear that these six strangers had only just begun their story together.

Classic

Last we left off, our unlikely band of strangers found themselves drawn together by the warmth of a tavern fire and the weight of a story well told. In The Snoring Warrior Tavern, the barkeeper Marteth wove the tale of the siege of Kalaman — of dragons felled by Dragon Lances, of a High Master struck down in the dirt, and of a farm boy named Rowan Harthwell who threw himself between death and a friend without a moment’s hesitation. His final words — “Was I brave today?” — hung in the air long after the toast was raised, and it was in that shared silence that six strangers found themselves seated at the same table. Brynnan, Bimmi, Titus, Vonmese, Sir Jangle, and the watchful, hooded Jack Dagger shared a round, shared a night, and by morning had become something resembling a company.

Jack led them through the streets of Eastguard with the ease of a man who belongs everywhere and nowhere at once — past the Twinforge Smithy, through Stonehide Leatherworks, into the remarkable depths of Aemon’s Curiosities, and finally to a small bookshop called Binding and Whispers, whose interior was considerably larger than any building had a right to be. There, the keeper Brittany Marginsong set before them a task as simple as it was delicate: retrieve the personal journal of Rowan Harthwell from his family’s farmhouse north of town. What followed was a careful dance of condolences, conjured spectral hands, a well-meaning lizard familiar, and one very poorly timed squawk from Bimmi’s bird companion, Blackjack, that nearly unraveled the entire affair. The journal was recovered, copied, preserved, and quietly returned to the Hearthwell doorstep by way of a blunt arrow and a note — as dignified an ending as the circumstances allowed.

Now, with gold in hand, a copied page of a dead hero’s final thoughts, and the streets of Eastguard growing quiet around them, these six find themselves at the beginning of something they cannot yet name. The town is peaceful — for now — but peace in a place like this has a way of being temporary. And something about the way fate keeps nudging these particular souls together suggests that Eastguard may only be the first chapter. And so, we pick up as our party settles in for the evening, wondering what morning will ask of them next…

Middle English

Lythe and listin, good folk all, To tales of war and flame, Of Kalaman’s great citadel’s fall, And heroes’ deeds of fame. When Ignea came with fire and dread, And Kensaldi rode on high, Our champions fought with hearts of lead, And made the dragon die.

But Rowan Harthwell, farm boy true, Did throw himself between, The pike that would have run Derek through— The bravest ever seen. He fell upon that blood-stained ground, With question on his lips: “Was I brave today?” the fateful sound, As death came to his lips.

In Eastguard’s tavern, by fortune’s hand, Six strangers came to meet, Jack Dagger, Jangle, Titus grand, And Bimmi, Brynnan sweet. They walked the streets with Jack as guide, Through smithy, shop, and store, Till Brittany’s shop, so deep and wide, Did open up its door.

A task was set, a journal lost, At Hearthwell’s farmstead fair, Young Rowan’s words, though death had crossed, Were waiting waiting there. With cunning words and spectral hand, They took what they had sought, And brought the book back to the land, Where Rowan’s life was fought.

The journal home did find its way, Upon the doorstep laid, And six new friends, come what may, Had forged a bond that stayed. In Eastguard’s streets, their tale begins, Of strangers bound as one, Where every heart and soul within, Knows battles to be won.

Snarky

Six strangers walked into a tavern and accidentally became a found family, which is either the most clichéd beginning to an adventure or proof that Marteth’s storytelling has some kind of magical recruitment power. After being emotionally devastated by the tale of Rowan Harthwell — a farm boy who died being braver than any of them will probably ever be — our motley crew of Brynnan, Bimmi, Titus, Vonmese, Sir Jangle (a bard with a pencil-thin mustache, because of course), and the suspiciously well-connected Jack Dagger decided the logical next step was to go on a guided tour of Eastguard and spend money at every shop on the street. Jack’s charm got them discounts everywhere, Bimmi “improved” a clockwork cash register into complete silence, and somehow a mechanical rabbit was involved. A perfectly normal morning.

Then Brittany Marginsong — keeper of a bookshop that is definitely bigger on the inside than the outside and has books that move by themselves, which nobody addressed nearly enough — asked the group to retrieve Rowan’s personal journal from his grieving mother. What followed was a masterclass in chaotic good decision-making: Bimmi offered the bereaved woman calming gummies, got the door shut in his face, while Brynnan used a spectral hand to silently steal the journal through a window like a very literary ghost. They walked away at a suspiciously casual pace, right up until Bimmi’s bird companion, Blackjack, loudly betrayed them to no one in particular. The journal was eventually copied, preserved, returned via blunt arrow delivery to the Hearthwell doorstep, and the group collected their gold — which is a sentence that should not work as well as it does, and yet here we are.

Limerick

In Kalaman, fire and ruin held sway, A citadel crumbled and dragons gave way. Frosty climbed high, Lance pierced dragon’s eye, And Rowan fell brave at the end of the day!

Kensaldi struck hard, Derek fell to his knees, But Rowan stepped forward with death-defying ease. He took the pike’s blow, Let his last question go: “Was I brave today?” — Yes, by all the gods, please!

Six strangers found seats at the tale’s dying breath, Jack Dagger watched all from the shadows of death. He bought the first round, On common ground found, And promised to guide them come morning beneath!

Jack toured them through Eastguard with confident grace, From Twinforge to Aemon’s remarkable place. Bimmi silenced the till, (Against Aemon’s will), And lockpicks slipped into Jack’s pocket with haste!

At Binding and Whispers, a journal was sought, Brynnan’s spectral hand lifted what Bimmi had not. The book found its way Back home the next day — Six strangers now bound by the trouble they’d wrought!

Memorable Moments

“Was I brave today?” — Rowan Harthwell

Dying in Darrett’s arms after throwing himself in front of Kinsaldi Fire-eyes’s pike to save Darrett, echoing the words Darrett once told him

Brynnan’s lizard familiar sneaks under the farmhouse door while Bimmi distracts Lady Hearthwell at the front, and a spectral hand silently lifts Rowan’s journal through a bedroom window.

The party’s elaborate, multi-step heist to steal a grieving mother’s most prized possession while pretending to offer condolences

Bimmi silences Aemon’s beloved clockwork cash register using his tinkering tools, turning its proud ‘ching’ into complete silence — much to Aemon’s dismay.

Bimmi offered to improve the register as a friendly gesture, but Aemon had not asked for it to be silenced

Bimmi’s bird companion, Blackjack, squawks ‘Arah! Which is mechanical bird for Liar!’ and exposes Brynnan’s lie about not having seen the journal, nearly blowing the entire heist as the party tries to casually walk away from the farm.

Brynnan had been keeping the theft secret from the group; the bird had other plans

Scenes

The Tale of Rowan Harthwell

Marteth concludes a dark tale about the siege of Kalaman and the heroic sacrifice of a local farm boy.

• Marteth describes the fall of a citadel and the death of draconians and dragons.
• The dragon Ignea and High Master Kensaldi arrive on the battlefield, offering surrender or death.
• Frosty climbs a spire and slays the dragon Ignea by driving a Dragon Lance through its eye.
• Kinsaldi Fire-eyes leaps from the dragon and attacks Darrett, striking him down to his knees.
• Rowan Harthwell throws himself between Kinsaldi Fire-eyes’s pike and Darrett, taking the killing blow meant for Darrett.
• Darrett drives his sword through Kinsaldi Fire-eyes, killing her before she hits the ground.
• Ignatius, having spent all his healing power, cannot save Rowan. Rowan asks Darrett if he was brave today before passing.
• Marteth leads a toast to Rowan’s bravery, marking the end of the story.

A Fated Meeting at the Tavern

The party members realize they have all ended up at the same table in The Snoring Warrior Tavern as a mysterious hooded figure joins them.

• Brynnan and Bimmi take the last available table in the bar.
• Titus and Vonmese arrive separately and take the remaining seats at the same table.
• Sir Jangle Merrigold finishes playing his harmonica and joins the group at the table.
• Jack Dagger, who had been watching from the corner with his hood up, approaches and takes the final seat.
• Jack buys a round of drinks for the table, costing three silver.
• The group introduces themselves and discusses their backgrounds and the apparent ‘destiny’ that brought them together.
• Jack offers to give the newcomers a tour of the town and its merchants the following morning.

Morning at the Inn of the Broken Blade

The party reconvenes in the morning for coffee and breakfast before beginning their tour of Eastguard.

• The party meets in the lobby of the Inn of the Broken Blade.
• Bimmi Brewfett consumes ‘juicy fruit’ to recover from the previous night’s drinking.
• Teti Stoneharrow, the innkeeper and sister of Marteth, serves the party coffee and breakfast on the house.

Tour of Crafter’s Row

Jack Dagger leads the party down Crafter’s Row, introducing them to the local merchants and shops.

• The party visits the Twinforge Smithy and meets the owners, Brynya and Borin Iron Hand.
• Sir Jangle Merrigold asks Brynya for a cleaning cloth for his harmonica but is directed to the leatherworker.
• The party visits Stonehide Leatherworks and meets Garrett, where Sir Jangle purchases a chamois cloth for one copper piece.
• Titus purchases a bundle of arrows and Bimmi Brewfett buys leatherworking tools at a 20% discount.
• Jack Dagger introduces the group to Aemon Cobb at Aemon’s Curiosities and Pawn.
• Bimmi Brewfett uses his tinkering skills to silence Aemon’s noisy clockwork cash register.
• Sir Jangle Merrigold examines a mechanical rabbit and inquires about other clockwork curiosities.
• The party passes by Dera’s Apothecary, the library, the Mad Sphinx dive bar, and Walden’s Wands while Jack describes the local landmarks.
• The group enters Carpenter’s Woodworking and meets Cody Carpenter, though he clarifies he does not sell blacksmithing tools.
• At Walden’s Wands, Brynnan examines various magical wands and discusses prices with the proprietor.
• The group stops at Dera’s Apothecary, where Bimmi inquires about ‘Thunderhammer gummies’ and shows off his own potion samples to a distrustful Dera.
• Jack Dagger visits the Town Hall to send a letter.
• The party visits the Twinforge Smithy again to acquire tools, benefiting from a 20% discount.

The Curiosities of Binding and Whispers

The party enters a magical bookshop where they meet Brittany Marginsong and receive a special assignment.

• The party enters Binding and Whispers, noting that the shop is magically larger on the inside than the outside.
• Books appear to move on their own within the shop.
• Brittany Marginsong introduces herself and explains she has a task for the group.
• Brittany asks the party to retrieve a journal belonging to the late hero Rowan Harthwell from his parents’ farmhouse, wanting to study his motivations for joining the army.

Inquiry at City Hall

The party visits City Hall to find the location of the Hearthwell family farm.

• Bimmi approaches Kyle, a clerk at City Hall, seeking information about the Hearthwell family under the guise of paying tribute to the fallen hero.
• Bimmi rolls a natural 20 on his persuasion check, impressing Kyle greatly.
• Kyle searches the records and provides the party with directions to the Hearthwell farm, located north of town near a creek.
• Bimmi rewards Kyle with a few silver pieces for his assistance.

The Heist at Hearthwell Farm

While Bimmi and Jack distract Lady Hearthwell at her front door, Brynnan uses his familiar and magic to surreptitiously retrieve Rowan’s journal from the house.

• Bimmi, Brynnan, and Jack arrive at the single-story ranch-style farmhouse north of town.
• Brynnan casts Find Familiar to summon a lizard, which scouts the interior of the house through a gap under the door.
• Bimmi knocks on the door and speaks with Lady Hearthwell, expressing sympathy and requesting to borrow Rowan’s journal for a commemorative book.
• Jack peers through a window and notices a man inside the house watching them.
• Lady Hearthwell is overcome with grief and refuses to lend the journal, eventually shutting the door on the party.
• Bimmi offers Lady Hearthwell gummies from Solace to calm her nerves, which she accepts, but she remains protective of the journal.
• Through the lizard’s eyes, Brynnan locates a leather-bound journal on a desk in a bedroom.
• Brynnan casts Mage Hand to reach through a window, grab the journal, and bring it outside without the family noticing.
• The party leaves the farm. Bimmi’s bird companion, Blackjack, detects that Brynnan is lying when he claims not to have seen the book.
• Once away from the farm, Brynnan reveals the journal and begins reading its entries about Rowan’s life, ending abruptly with a note about plowing the fields.

Return to Binding and Whispers and the Journal’s Return

The party returns to the bookstore to deliver the journal, then devises a plan to return it to the grieving Hearthwell family.

• Brynnan copies the important entries from Rowan’s journal onto his own parchment.
• The party returns to Binding and Whispers and presents the journal to Brittany Marginsong, claiming Lady Hearthwell gave it up willingly.
• Brittany accepts the journal, promising to preserve and clean it before returning it to the family.
• Brittany later returns the preserved journal to the party, wrapped in a cloth, and asks them to return it to the Hearthwells.
• Jack Dagger decides to return the book alone, leaving it on the Hearthwells’ doorstep with a note.
• Jack shoots a blunt, tipless arrow at the door to create a knocking sound before retreating into the forest.
• The party returns to Brittany to report the task’s completion and receives a final payment of 25 gold.
• Everyone in the party receives 75 gold for completing the original quest, plus experience points for the session.

NPCs

Marteth

The barkeeper of The Snoring Warrior Tavern and storyteller who recounts the epic and tragic history of the siege of Kalaman to the tavern patrons. He is the brother of Tethys Stoneharrow.

Rowan Harthwell

A farm boy from Eastguard who became a legend by sacrificing his life to save Derek during the siege of Kalaman. His final journal entry trails off with a note about plowing the fields.

Kinsaldi Fire-eyes

The Dragon Highlord of the Red Dragon Army with fire eyes who rode the dragon Ignea into battle. She slew Rowan Harthwell before being killed by Darrett.

Ignea

A red dragon ridden by Kensaldi that was slain during the battle when a Dragon Lance was driven through its eye by Frosty.

Darrett Hightower

A lieutenant in the Kalaman Army in Marteth’s story who was saved by Rowan’s sacrifice and ultimately slew Kinsaldi Fire-eyes.

Ignatius

A character in Marteth’s story who witnessed Rowan’s death. He had spent all his healing power and could not save Rowan. Also mentioned as someone a party member owes money to.

Frosty

The hero in Marteth’s story who climbed a spire to slay the dragon Ignea with a Dragon Lance through its eye.

Teti Stoneharrow

The innkeeper of the Inn of the Broken Blade and sister of Marteth. She serves the party coffee and breakfast on the house in the morning.

Brynya

One of the Iron Hand twins at the Twinforge Smithy. She specializes in making weapons and performing intricate decorative work. Her daughter is Bree of Bree’s Bread and Brews.

Borin

One of the Iron Hand twins at the Twinforge Smithy who focuses on crafting armor.

Garrett

The owner of Stonehide Leatherworks who crafts leather armor, shields, boots, and cloaks. His wife handles fletching and bows.

Bree

The daughter of one of the Twinforge blacksmiths who runs her own bakery and brewery called Bree’s Bread and Brews.

Aemon Cobb

The owner of Aemon’s Curiosities and Pawn. He is a former adventurer who now collects oddities, weapons, and curiosities. He is protective of his unique clockwork cash register and is described as something of a hoarder.

Cody Carpenter

A large, bald man with a beard who runs the local woodworking shop. He clarifies he does not sell blacksmithing tools.

Walden

The proprietor of Walden’s Wands, described as a nice and intelligent man who sells magical wands and focuses.

Dera

A gnome woman who runs the local apothecary. She is somewhat distrustful of Bimmi’s gummy potions.

Brittany Marginsong

The owner of Binding and Whispers bookshop. She tasks the party with retrieving Rowan Harthwell’s journal from his parents’ farm, wanting to study his motivations. She later preserves the journal and has the party return it to the Hearthwell family.

Kyle

A helpful clerk at City Hall who provides the party with directions to the Hearthwell farm after being charmed by Bimmi’s persuasion.

Lady Hearthwell

The grieving mother of the hero Rowan Harthwell. She is deeply protective of her son’s memory and his personal journal, ultimately refusing to lend it and shutting the door on the party.

Locations

Kalaman

The site of a major battle described in Marteth’s story, featuring a broken citadel and a field turned to fire during the siege.

Eastguard

The hometown of the hero Rowan Harthwell and the setting where the party is currently gathered, featuring a variety of shops and merchants along Crafter’s Row.

Inn of the Broken Blade

A local establishment in Eastguard where the party meets and stays the night, noted for being a nicer place than the tavern. Also referred to as the Broken Staff by some.

Crafter’s Row

A street in Eastguard lined with various artisan shops including a smithy, leatherworks, a bakery, and other merchants.

Twinforge Smithy

A blacksmith shop run by the Iron Hand twins, Brynya and Borin, known for making weapons and armor.

Stonehide Leatherworks

A shop owned by Garrett that specializes in leather armor, cloaks, boots, and fletching, run alongside his wife who handles bows and arrows.

Bree’s Bread and Brews

A bakery and brewery run by Bree, the daughter of one of the Twinforge blacksmiths.

Aemon’s Curiosities and Pawn

A unique pawn shop filled with glass display cases, a wall of weapons, and a vault-like back door. It features a second-story balcony and a clockwork cash register, owned by former adventurer Aemon Cobb.

Dera’s Apothecary

An apothecary shop run by a gnome woman named Dera, stocked with potions and herbal remedies including potions of flying.

Carpenter’s Woodworking

A woodworking shop owned and operated by Cody Carpenter, a large bald man with a beard.

The Mad Sphinx

A rough, one-room dive bar described as a hole in the wall, located near Crafter’s Row.

Walden’s Wands

A magic shop filled with various wands and arcane focuses, located near a pond at the edge of the mapped area.

Town Hall

The administrative center of Eastguard where Jack Dagger goes to send a letter and where Kyle the clerk manages records.

Binding and Whispers

A quaint bookshop in Eastguard with a magical interior that is significantly larger than its exterior dimensions would suggest. Books appear to move on their own inside.

Hearthwell Farm

A modest ranch-style farmhouse north of Eastguard, bordered by a creek, featuring flower beds, a beehive, and a wheelbarrow. It is the home of the late hero Rowan’s grieving parents.

Items

Dragon Lance

A legendary weapon used by Frosty to slay the dragon Ignea by piercing its eye during the siege of Kalaman, as recounted in Marteth’s story.

Kensaldi’s Pike

The weapon used by High Master Kensaldi that mortally wounded Rowan Harthwell after he threw himself in front of Derek.

Harmonica

An instrument played by Sir Jangle Merrigold before the storytelling began. He purchased a chamois cloth specifically to clean and maintain it.

Juicy Fruit

A type of fruit consumed by Bimmi Brewfett in the morning to alleviate headaches after a night of drinking.

Chamois Cloth

A simple cleaning cloth purchased by Sir Jangle Merrigold from Stonehide Leatherworks for one copper piece to maintain his harmonica.

Clockwork Cash Register

An old mechanical register in Aemon’s shop that originally made a loud noise until Bimmi Brewfett tinkered with it, making it completely silent.

Mechanical Rabbit

A clockwork toy found in Aemon’s shop that hops when activated, possibly crafted by someone named Peter Hare.

Leatherworking Tools

A set of tools purchased by Bimmi Brewfett from Garrett at Stonehide Leatherworks at a 20% discount.

Arrows

A bundle of twenty arrows purchased by Titus from Stonehide Leatherworks for one gold piece.

Thunderhammer Gummies

A unique form of potion in gummy form from Solace that Bimmi carries and inquires about at the apothecary. He offers some to Lady Hearthwell to calm her nerves.

Rowan Harthwell’s Journal

A leather-bound personal diary left behind by the fallen hero Rowan Harthwell. It was located on a desk in the farmhouse bedroom, retrieved by Brynnan using magic, and later preserved by Brittany Marginsong before being returned to the Hearthwell family. Its final entry trails off with a note about plowing the fields.

Blackjack

Bimmi’s mechanical bird. Blackjack can detect 3 lies per day, resetting at dawn each morning. Until Bimmi finishes the off switch Blackjack will respond to the first 3 lies it hears.

Spells

Find Familiar

Cast by Brynnan to summon a lizard familiar, which he used to scout the interior of the Hearthwell farmhouse by seeing through its eyes, ultimately locating Rowan’s journal on a desk in a bedroom.

Mage Hand

Cast by Brynnan to reach through a window of the Hearthwell farmhouse, open the window, grab Rowan’s journal from the desk inside, and bring it out without the family noticing.