🎭 Overview

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Player Characters

Character	Player	Class / Level (last stated)	Race	Party Role	Notable Moments (so far)
Eirlys “Eyeless” Shadowstep	Justin / Slitzer	Paladin (Lvl 3 stated; party reached Lvl 4)	Aasimar	Frontline / moral anchor / scene control	Stabilized a servant with Healing Hands; persuaded Silvermane; shield-light mausoleum search
Captain John Mercer (Artemis)	Kenneth / Artemis (listed as “Keith” in Session 2)	Rogue (Lvl 3 stated; party reached Lvl 4)	Human	Stealth / clutch damage / heat management	Talked the Watch down after the fireball; 39-dmg Sneak Attack + nat 20 death save; used Invisibility to evade Watch
Dren	MichaelKong / Mike	Fighter (Lvl 3 stated; party reached Lvl 4)	Mountain Dwarf	Frontline bruiser / endurance	Mind restored via Wish after Intellect Devourer; survived sewer fight on 3 HP; absent Session 5 (played by DM)
Slim Jim (Tiberius Aun Argent / Tiberius Argent)	Robb / BaconBuff	Rogue / Artificer (Rogue 2 / Artificer 1 stated; party reached Lvl 4)	Human	Tinkerer / problem-solver / emergency support	Revived Eyeless; jailed after Gralhund Villa; stabbed in duergar ambush
Silas “Silver Tongue” Rushtyn	James / Sicareus	Sorcerer (Lvl 3 stated; party reached Lvl 4)	Yuan-ti (later noted Yuan-ti Pureblood)	Arcane “end the fight” button	Two Fireballs from Necklace + Fear in the sewers; psychic blast killed a friendly half-orc (unnoticed); Fireball wiped out sellswords at the docks

Eyeless — quick notes

Faction tie: Lords’ Alliance (listed Session 2).
Condition history: Exhaustion Level 3 early; later cleared after Session 3.
Key actions: Healing Hands stabilization (Gralhund Villa); persuaded Silvermane (Yawning Portal); recovered a mausoleum key; “held ground with Watch” (Session 5 notes).
Known purchases: Greater Healing Potion (Session 5).

Captain John — quick notes

Watch pressure: Persuaded Barnabus Blastwind + Sergeant Cromley during the fireball investigation (Session 3).
Combat highlight: 39-damage Sneak Attack; nat 20 death save; finished a red malison (Session 3).
Key actions: Used Invisibility to evade the Watch (Session 5).
Known items: Adjustable Stilts (reward from Nim); Greater Healing Potion (purchase, Session 5).

Dren — quick notes

Major turning point: Intellect Devourer consumed his brain; Floon funded a Wish spell to restore him (Session 1).
Legal trouble: Imprisoned 10 days, fined 32 gold, 3-month probation (Session 2; reason not stated).
Combat identity: Maul frontline; survived the sewer ritual fight on 3 HP (Session 3).

Slim Jim — quick notes

Support under fire: Revived Eyeless; later downed and revived himself (Session 3).
Gralhund fallout: Arrested; sentenced to 10 days + 200 gold fine (Session 4). Released Session 5 with fines cleared (paid in platinum; details not stated).
Session 5 injury: Stabbed in the duergar ambush; survived.

Silas — quick notes

Spell footprint: Identified the Trollskull explosion as magical; used two Fireballs (from the Necklace) plus Fear/psychic spells in the sewer fight (Session 3).
Collateral thread: Psychic blast killed a friendly half-orc ally at Gralhund Villa; nobody realized it was Silas (Session 4).
Session 5 escalation: Fireball annihilated the sellswords outside Grinda’s boathouse; later showed keen interest in Harper membership.

🧑‍⚖️ Key NPCs & Factions

NPC / Group	What they are	Why they matter (so far)
Volo	Quest-giver	Gave the deed to Trollskull Manor when he couldn’t pay in gold (Session 1).
Floon Blagmaar	Rescue target	Funded a Wish spell to restore Dren after the Intellect Devourer attack (Session 1).
Renaer Neverember	Noble contact	Revealed Dalakhar was spying on him; offered 1,000 gold for the Stone of Golorr (Session 3).
Dalakhar	Gnome spy	Killed in the fireball outside Trollskull; connected to the Stone of Golorr (Session 3).
Barnabus Blastwind & Sergeant Cromley (City Watch)	Investigators	Fireball investigation + Gralhund Villa lockdown; arrested Slim Jim (Sessions 3–4).
Nim (Temple of Gond)	Automaton creator	Confessed to creating the rogue Nimblewright; gave the Nimblewright Detector; later paid out inventions (Sessions 3 & 5).
Valetta	Bronze dragonborn priestess (Temple of Gond)	Present during the Nim/Nimblewright thread (Session 3); later noted as potentially joining Trollskull staff if she can sneak free (Session 5).
Grinda Garloth	Dock Ward boat owner	Revealed she hid the Stone with her rat familiar; provided a mausoleum key + directions (Session 5).
Silvermane (Harpers)	Harper contact	Offered three Harper tasks; confirmed the party’s key belongs to a South Ward mill (Session 5).
Zhentarim	Faction / Black Network	Fought house forces at Gralhund Villa; later an unnamed female agent paid the party 50 platinum and offered future support (Session 4–5).
Xanathar Guild	Criminal faction	Named as interested in the Stone; duergar demanded the artifact at the mausoleum (Sessions 3 & 5).
Lith	Poltergeist bartender	Haunting staff presence at Trollskull Manor (Session 2).
Monk Hilam	Mystic / prophet	Warned: “Evil’s twin will be born in the dead of winter...” (Session 2).

🪐 Campaign Summary So Far (Sessions 1–5)

The party formed in Waterdeep, fought through sewers to rescue Floon Blagmaar, and survived a nightmare encounter that left Dren brain-devoured—only to be restored by a Wish spell Floon paid for. Volo couldn’t pay their reward in coin, so he handed over the deed to Trollskull Manor, which the party chose to renovate into a tavern and base of operations.

As Trollskull began to take shape—with staff hired and the poltergeist bartender Lith revealed—faction politics and trouble escalated fast. A fireball detonated outside Trollskull, killing civilians including Dalakhar, and dragging the party into the hunt for the Stone of Golorr. The Temple of Gond connected that blast to a rogue Nimblewright, and the sewers revealed a yuan-ti cult mid-ritual. The party survived by a hair, walked away with magical loot and Force Grey renown, but the Nimblewright remained at large.

The detector trail led to Gralhund Villa and a full-on bloodbath between Zhentarim agents and house forces. Slim Jim took the legal hit (10 days + fine), while the party later recovered the discarded Nimblewright and a mysterious map. In Session 5, the chase tightened: Grinda Garloth’s “Stone stash” was already looted, the rat familiar was found dead in a City of the Dead mausoleum, and invisible duergar tried to force the artifact out of the party’s hands. The Stone of Golorr is now missing, but the party has a key linked to a South Ward mill and fresh ties to the Harpers—right as Zhentarim and Xanathar pressures close in.

🗓️ Session-by-session timeline (short)

Session 1: Party forms; sewer rescue; Dren’s brain devoured and restored via Wish; Trollskull Manor deed acquired.
Session 2: Trollskull renovations + staff hired; Lith revealed; Dren arrested (10 days + fine + probation); faction contacts made; Hilam’s winter warning.
Session 3: Fireball outside Trollskull kills Dalakhar; Stone of Golorr becomes core objective; Temple of Gond provides Nimblewright Detector; sewer yuan-ti ritual defeated; Force Grey renown gained.
Session 4: Detector leads to Gralhund Villa; Zhentarim vs house battle; servant stabilized; Slim Jim arrested; later rogue Nimblewright recovered + hidden; map found.
Session 5: Dock Ward fight at Grinda’s boathouse; mausoleum search finds familiar dead and Stone missing; duergar ambush defeated; Nimblewright returned to Nim (inventions gained); Harpers contacted; key confirmed to South Ward mill.

🧩 Current Objectives & Open Threads

Immediate objective: Go to the South Ward mill linked to the recovered key.
Biggest missing piece: The Stone of Golorr was stolen before the mausoleum search; current holder is Not stated.
Suspects lead: Guards reported three figures passed earlier: 1 human and 2 halflings.
Faction pressure: Zhentarim and Xanathar Guild both have interest in the Stone; duergar agents confronted the party at the mausoleum.
Harper thread: Silvermane offered three tasks: help a tailor, aid a blacksmith, and investigate Renaer Neverember’s disappearance.
Nimblewright thread: Nimblewright was returned to Nim; Nim/Valetta may try to “sneak away” later to work at Trollskull (details not stated beyond intent).
Ominous prophecy: Hilam’s warning about “evil’s twin” in winter remains unresolved.