Session 07

📍 Location

The Tally-Halls of the Hollow King’s final chamber, then the White Mountains — from the ravines at their base to the entrance of the Quiet Forge

⚔️ What Happened

• Back in the final chamber, the party completed the pre-incantation and unlocked the sealed murals.
• A branded character touched the mural and received its vision: Daskinor’s refined brands were designed to claim their bearers even after death, and beyond the ranks in the painting countless more branded dead stood waiting in sealed darkness — a vast horde Daskinor keeps hidden, too suspicious to ever deploy it.
• A concealed tally-slate cracked open beneath the mural. It named Ilyra Venn, a brandwright who discovered how to break a command glyph, fled into the White Mountains, and built the Quiet Forge — the party’s next lead.
• The party travelled north from the Tally-Halls for a day through the desert, then rested in the ravines at the base of the White Mountains.
• While resting in a cave in the ravines, the party was cornered by a tembo. They survived the attack and continued after resting.

• The party crossed the Needle Pass, then climbed higher into the mountains and rested without further trouble.
• On the following day, they completed the climb and reached the Avalanche Stair: the entrance to the Quiet Forge.
• Inside the Forge, the party defeated the black-glass hounds and ash-lizard swarm. They now wait for the remaining members before continuing.

🏃‍♀️ TL;DR

• The party unlocked the final chamber’s sealed murals, revealing that Daskinor’s brands claim their bearers after death and conceal a vast hidden undead horde.
• A tally-slate pointed them to Ilyra Venn and the Quiet Forge in the White Mountains.
• The party survived a tembo ambush and crossed the Needle Pass.
• They reached the Quiet Forge in the White Mountains and defeated its first guardians.