Session Journal – February 21, 2024
We are outside of the cave we came out of, seeing down the mountain to a huge lake with a mountain/stump in the center of it. Clouds quickly pass we see possible settlements from a distance. The norsemen lead us down the mountain to their village. They haven’t seen metal before and it’s blowing their minds since everything they have is obsidian/wood/bone based.
The trek down the mountain takes a while, the norsemen are silent but their language is alien (though we do understand it somehow). We come to their wizard, the village is at the base of the mountain and the whole tribe comes out to see us (around 100 people maybe closer to 130) the chieftain says AS I SAID THE GODS HAVE COME TO SAVE US waving his hands back at us. Another tall bearded man steps forward and says THIS IS AN ABOMINATION THEY SHOULDN’T BE HERE! Daniel casts agonizing despair on that guy and he falls to his knees. The entire village looks on as he screams and writhes on the ground for a few minutes until he looks up at Daniel and asks ARE YOU A GOD? Daniel says we are not just a god but we are your god, you shall build a great temple at this site of battle. (The Chiefs name is Jartan just fyi).
We’re all going to get a Cleric Archetype. The village just watched us torture a guy, Jartan waves his hand saying ITS FINE ITS FINE. He asks Joel if the lizard folk are going to join them now and Joel states we’re not their enemies and that the Draconic people stand with the Fenna (the norsemen) Jartan states that they have been at peace with the Draconics for a long time but they left their home for safety in the southern side of the great lake. Joel tries to explain he’s from a different tribe but that he’s familiar with them. Jartan asks if they will be an ally and Joel says he must speak with them.
Jartan explains that the others are the Boggarts (the frog men). When the lizardfolk arrived his father brokered peace with them then the Boggarts arrived and started killing both of their people. Daniel asks who the leader of the Boggarts is and basically nobody knows. Daniel asks for a holy fortress, the village is protected by a stick wall but Jartan says the Boggarts basically just hop over the wall. Joel asks how often they are attacked, Jartan says the last was four nights ago, that’s when they realized the old gods (Named Restoration) abandoned them. Joel tells Jartan that he should (THE DRACONICS ARE THE ARAXI) have someone lead him to them (The Araxi) in the morning. Jartan tells us also the Boggarts come with Jotun (Giant frog people).
Maggie overhears us and says I fear the Boggarts may be the servants of another divine creature. Joel states that weirdly his tribe back on our plane was also called Araxi, who cast him out after discovering they were being controlled by a giant green dragon. Maggie states that this world is made up of many different types of people who escaped their planes for one reason or another, maybe have been here so long they don’t remember that. None of you realize what we are now we will not age, we are eternal in this realm. If you want to be gods to these things you must start now. There are only a few now but in generations there may be thousands.
Chris is now the god of dreams for 10 of the Finna who now are supplicants of him. Daniel starts healing the injured from war with the Boggarts to win people over, he sees a young man with a bleeding arm and says Child let me see that arm, your wound. Daniel attempts to cast heal on the arm but nothing happens because his god is not listening. He uses one of the healing wands and heals the arm. Daniel is obviously disturbed and is kind thinking twice about all of this and may have to do some prayer. He gains 1 singular supplicant. Orna also tries to heal some wounds and gains 7 supplicants. Me and Sean have some villagers do some recon around the area, I gain 1 supp and Sean gains 7. Kate decides to teach some of the Finna about the long bow but gains no followers. Joel spends the night thinking about the Araxi and that it may be his people but they are on the other side of the lake. Jartan knows of at least 10 other villages although the one to the east has been wiped out by the boggarts. Sean asks what they hunt, Jarten describes the wildlife which is basically dinosaurs. They hunt them for food and bones (the black bone used for weapons and armor).
In the morning me, sean, kate, joel, and taylor start heading east with some of the Finna to explore the destroyed village to the east to find out about the boggarts. Chris and Daniel decide to stay in the village with Maggie. Daniel knows about stone work and Chris wants to set traps and figure out more protection for the village (and get more followers). After 6 hours of travel we come upon the burned remains of a finna village that looks similar to the one we came from, the buildings are burned out and the walls are crushed. The finna with us are nervous but feel better staying close to us. There are no bodies here but there is lots of pools of blood. Joel asks if there was any change between their people and the frogs. He says in his fathers time they used to be at war but eventually got along and traded until recently.
Daniel and Chris roll crafting while they stay behind, they work with the villagers to try and teach them more modern crafting. Me and Sean stay with the finna to head towards the gorge to see where to frogs possibly come from. Orna follows the tracks for a day and half we come to a pass, the foot of the mountains where the lake drains and cuts a path through. We begin to walk into that. Joel takes a guide and begins heading south to meet with the Araxi.
Daniel successfully explains the tools he needs for stonework to make metal tools, he figures out the dinosaur bones are as hard as metal, they’re shaped with a type of plant and he begins making stoneworking tools and mortar. Daniel gains 6 supporters. Chris the god of dreams,
Once we pass through the gorge on the other sides of the mountains the river pours toward the shore which is an edge to what looks like nothingness. Off to the right of the waterfall we see 3 ships that shimmer gold in the sunlight, instead of sails we see wings. The hulls have scaly skin and the bows are a golden dragon head with a grimacing face. (NOT ALIVE) they are floating in the air tied with rope to trees with a village of hundreds of frog men near them. It looks like a military set up with boggarts moving around doing army things.
Joel is with Viktor the Finna villager who has been this way before, after 2 days of journeying they smell something cooking. They head into a swampy area like a rainforest. It smells like civilization. They stop short around a giant Cyprus tree and see below 2 green Araxi with a campfire cooking food.
Back in town it’s been a few days of teaching the Finna how to get gud. Chris has been casting vines and entanglement shit to protect the village and gains 19 supplicants. Daniel over the last few days in prayer realizes has betrayed his faith by becoming a god himself, and no longer favored by nethys. He can basically ask for forgiveness or dip on it entirely. He heals the people they’re working with and has become the god of healing gaining 24 supplicants. Those of us at the gorge realize that this island is in the air and is floating somehow, the boggarts are essentially invading. Pip sees around 500 boggarts, most are the regular frogs we fought earlier, but there are other creatures. 20 giant frogmen being seemingly herded around by the small ones. They have more modern armor and weapons. They seem to be training and all have some kind of crest with a green dragon emblazoned on it.
Joel steps into the clearing after recognizing one of the Araxi – Zakshi. He looks older obviously, he stands, Joel pulls his hood back and calls out his name. Zakshi says
You are alive! How did you find us?
A group of humans prayed for my group and we were called here.
After you left some of had doubts as well, there was an uprising and the great serpent used the boggarts against us and we fled here.
Obviously I have been summoned here for that reason brother.
When everyone turned against me I fled through a portal and I’ve ended up back here with the Finna. We landed at their camp and they’re having frog-lems, problems with the frogs. I heard you were here and I sought you out.
And you have, we have brought ruin to this entire realm, the wyrm followed us here. Return with me to our village, we have much to make up for.
Joel gains two supplicants and they do the Predator SON OF A BITCH handshake.
End of ep.