Dramatis Personae & Factions
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Foundations: Act I VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Gnarley Initiation
📅 24th of Reaping, 576 CY (Morning) • Gnarley Forest & Dungeon of Shadows — Answering Flizzlebin’s call, the independent wanderers met in the ancient woodland, survived a deadly labyrinth trial, and destroyed an awakened Spawn of Demogorgon to form The Hellfire Club.
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Foundations: Act II VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Horn of Purity
📅 25th of Reaping, 576 CY (Midday) • Gnarley Forest Verge — Emerging from the deep woodland, The Hellfire Club broke an ogre raiding band butcher party, drove off scavengers, and secured the iconic Unicorn Horn Dagger for Max.
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Foundations: Act III VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Peculiar Spores
📅 26th of Reaping, 576 CY (Afternoon) • Peculiar Manor, Plain of Greyhawk — Investigating Griffith Adarian’s historic greenhouse estate, the party cleansed an aggressive infestation of Vegepygmies and purged dangerous fungal russet mold.
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Foundations: Act IV VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Arrival in Greyhawk & The Double Alliance
📅 28th of Reaping, 576 CY (Dusk) • Black Dragon Inn, Free City of Greyhawk — Entering the city, the party secured dual alliances: Org Nenshen deputized them as outside investigators, and Tayr the Paladin enlisted their aid to save Rilly June in Elmshire.
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Foundations: Act V VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Ballad of the Rat King & The Sewer Blessing
📅 29th of Reaping, 576 CY (Night) • River Quarter Sewers, Free City of Greyhawk — Blessed by Brother Mossback with Leaves of Ehlonna’s Mercy, the party captured Korex the Cunning, defeated cultist tailor Wexley, and seized the Talisman of the Eldritch Eye.
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Foundations: Act VI VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Searing Brand, Tenser, & The Sanctum
📅 30th of Reaping, 576 CY (Midnight) • Green Dragon Inn & Sanctum of Heironeous — Will’s attunement to the Talisman incinerated his Leaf into a permanent necrotic chest brand; Archmage Tenser intervened to repel assassins, and priests cleansed the tether.
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Foundations: Act VII VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The March North through the Cairn Hills
📅 1st of Goodmonth, 576 CY (Dawn) • The High Road, Cairn Hills — Marching north toward Elmshire to fulfill their oath to Tayr, the party was ambushed by three Chasme demons whose droning flight paralyzed and abducted Tayr into the skies.
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Session 01 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Arrival at Rillard Farm & Farm Tunnel Breach
📅 2nd of Goodmonth, 576 CY (Morning) • Rillard Farm & Tunnels, Elmshire — Following the contract with Ol’ Rill, the party breached the subterranean root tunnels, destroyed blights, freed Justine’s ghost, and advanced on Gunthar’s crypt.
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Session 02 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Ambush at the 10ft Ledge: The Gulthias Tree Strikes
📅 2nd of Goodmonth, 576 CY (Midday) • 10ft Ledge, Farm Tunnels — Scaling the ledge toward the crypt, the party was ambushed by the Gulthias Tree’s erupting roots; Will and Nog were downed and rescued under grueling field conditions.
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Session 03 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Triumph in the Crypt Vault: The Gulthias Tree Destroyed, Tayr & Rilly June Rescued
📅 2nd of Goodmonth, 576 CY (Late Afternoon) • Gunthar’s Crypt Vault — Mounting a decisive counterattack on Amelia’s tiger back, the party shattered the Gulthias Tree, rescued Tayr and Rilly June, and recovered the 10,000 GP crypt hoard.
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Session 04 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Knight of Magepoint, The Straw Sentinel, & Farmstead Respite
📅 2nd – 3rd of Goodmonth, 576 CY • Rillard Farmstead, Elmshire — Reunited with Ol’ Rill, the party received Archmage Tenser’s cobalt-wax mandate, neutralized a blighted Scarecrow in the burrows, and completed a Long Rest.
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Session 05 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Battle of Graveyard Cove, The Deserters’ Mercy, & Camp on the Shingle
📅 3rd – 4th of Goodmonth, 576 CY • Graveyard Cove, Midbay Coast — Marching along coastal bluffs, the party reinforced Lady Katarina, slew an amphibious Babau demon, stayed summary execution for two deserters, and rested on the shingle.
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Session 06 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — Arrival at Magepoint, The Basalt Causeway, & The Audience of Unknown Debts
📅 4th of Goodmonth, 576 CY • Fortress of Unknown Depths, Magepoint — Escorting deserters through refugee shanties, the party braved the basalt causeway to deliver the Eldritch Eye talisman to Archmage Tenser, receiving ordnance for Greyhawk City.
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Session 07 VTT Journal & Encounter Brief — The Night-Skimmer Run & The Seal of the Eldritch Eye
📅 4th – 5th of Goodmonth, 576 CY • Greyhawk Sewers & Seal of the Eldritch Eye — Infiltrating the sewer conduits aboard The Night-Skimmer, the party breached the subterranean chamber, engaged the aberrant Seal of the Eldritch Eye, and rallied as Max fell.
