Only Bards

First named this session. Confirmed as the author of last session's 'Adidas-hooligan' sightings — his agents are real, not Roadie's hallucination. One of them handed Roadie a guitar pick mid-gig at the East Haven double burning; Roadie transformed, played the solo, dropped the pick, and reverted. Afterwards named Dreadwurst to the band and announced his intended counter: 'I got some shears, I'll cut his fucking head off.'

Named this session by the interrogated cultist. Not yet encountered. His agent is expected at High Plume Station in a white tunic to receive the shears.

[2026-09-29-by-the-power-of-william-moon] Introduced and killed the same session. Kostov the Ratatouille cracked jokes about the boar all through the fight ('a fucking pig gave you all those scars'). Dreadie kept Heat Metal on his longsword, giving him disadvantage on every attack, and Kaldur's tanked-through defense held the doorway. The finishing blow came from the fog-cloud melee where 'every swing is killing.'

Reclassified from Aurel-revivalist to Cryonax-sacrificer this session on the strength of Bot Withers' forehead-snowflake match. His exact relationship to the Children of Splintered Ice is still unknown; the party has not yet established whether he is a cell member, a freelancer working the same deity, or something stranger.

[2026-09-29-by-the-power-of-william-moon] Attempted to drag Samantha out through the Wet Trout during the noon gig; Kaldur smashed through a window and Roadie chased on foot. He escaped into the snow. The party knows his name, his method (freezing hand-mark) and his rumored purpose (sacrifice to a cold entity, Aurel-style).

Introduced and killed this session. Buried a dagger in Rico's back the moment he untied her, then was quadruple-grappled by Roadie and chain-locked in place. Rico true-struck a Moon-Bolt crossbow bolt through her face while she was still chained; she died at AC-12 range with no cover.

Arrested at the Wet Trout by Captain Argiloth on the strength of her own signed hit list. Did not resist. Her cell leadership above her, and her relationship (if any) to the Cold-handed Man, are not yet known.

[2026-09-29-by-the-power-of-william-moon] The larger contingent tracked into the barrow last session finished dying this session across two waves inside the barrow — including the Gillitrut-troll wave and Bolgrim Borskar's cell. Kills went to Enjee (Sorcerous Bursts), Kaldur (fog-cloud melee, wide-armed doorway defense), Scales (spear through the heart), and Rico (chaos-wolf-scream greatsword swing on the last standing cultist). The party did not deliver Uror's Shears to the promised High Plume Station contact.

First cell of five raided East Haven's Town Hall this session — the party killed four, slept two, and grappled one for interrogation. A larger contingent (roughly 16 by Kaldur's tremorsense count) is now closing in on the party inside the William Moon barrow; the first reinforcement was killed by Rico's thrown javelin.

[2026-09-29-by-the-power-of-william-moon] Waded into the party in the outer corridor of the William Moon barrow. Nearly killed Rico ('guts spilling, bones cracking, fugue state'). Enjee kept fire on it via Sorcerous Burst until the regeneration failed; the party spit-roasted it between Rico's greatsword and Scales' spear; Enjee's finishing Sorcerous Burst dropped it. Party harvested troll skin (DC 10) for a potion-of-longevity ingredient before the 48-hour freshness window closed.

The specific Duergar who had been squatting in the East Haven ferry hull was fought and killed below decks this session. He stabbed Dreadie in the crotch for 18 damage (dick split in twain), mind-mastered Rico into a 13-damage swing at Scales, and tried to shrink back through his bolt-hole after taking a Steinhardt teleport-slash from Scales. Kaldur chopped him in half with the battle axe mid-escape. Dreadie keeps his rune-dagger.

The East Haven cell's tower on the northwestern shore was wiped this session. Three cultists plus their lead spy Felith died in the tower fight; the last member jumped from the fourth story mid-interrogation. The cell above them — the leadership that signs off on 'Ice Knife's' kill lists — remains active.

Wiped as a cell this session in Denev's Rest. Kaldur recognized them on scent and declared the fight a Gravelgut-vs-Sunblight bloodline operation. Three Soul Blades plus one Mind Master died in the fight (speared by Scales, chopped by Kaldur, mobbed by the coked crowd, pushed into the mob by Roadie). One Soul Blade turned invisible and escaped through a top-floor window. The Gravelgut clan now considers the Sunblight hunt actively re-opened.