PERSONAL FIELD JOURNAL — EXPEDITION RECORD

Location: Abandoned Cave
Expedition Members: Madame Corbeau, Shu, Sylph, Armada, and myself.
Objective: Hunt and eliminate the Silk Matriarch.

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Expedition Entry

Our expedition into the abandoned cave proved far more dangerous than initially anticipated. Our objective was to hunt down the creature known as the Silk Matriarch, a monstrous giant spider believed to dwell somewhere within the cave, accompanied by countless smaller spiders.

The deeper we ventured, the more treacherous the cave became. We encountered numerous smaller spiders along the way, and the terrain itself seemed determined to claim us. There were also teleporting medium sized spiders. I know not how they mutated or imbued by any kind of dark magic, but they were terrifying to slay. More than once, I thought our expedition would end in disaster.

Yet, despite our misfortunes, we refused to abandon one another. Although we accidentally left the Madame behind, she was able to find her way to us and continue with the battle together. Whenever one of us fell, another reached out a hand. We held on to each other, quite literally, and managed to pull ourselves through every obstacle the cave threw at us.

Eventually, we came face to face with our quarry: the Silk Matriarch.

The battle was anything but pleasant.

The Silk Matriarch was slain in a few minutes after our encounter with it.

Even though we were able to take down the beast fast, it exploded and covered all of us in it's silky webs. Turns out, that was the silk we were supposed to be looking for. We were then surrounded by smaller spiders and our survival depended on our cooperation and determination. But through our combined efforts, we managed to overcome the beast.

We entered that cave as a group of adventurers hunting a monster. We emerged having faced the darkness together and accomplished what we set out to do.

I have learned something worth remembering from this expedition: one may stumble, fall, or even find oneself hanging over certain death, but so long as there is someone willing to hold your hand, there is still a chance to climb back up.

End of Entry.

— Lieutenant Lucian "Ash" Dravash

Where did you go?

magician's store > spider cave > secret spider cave

Who did you meet?

PC:

Madame Corbeau @Coconut[ʟᴜᴍ⁸|ᴄᴏʀ⁶|ʙᴏɴ⁵]

Sylph @yoru | aid8 Do4 Sy5 May7

Lucian Dravash @Muda | Jerrod⁸ | Lucian⁵

Shu @Mizu | Obi⁹ Nyx⁶ Shu⁶ Shuo²

NPC:
Armada

the spiders

What actually happened?

We gather at the magician shop to get the intel that the magician needs those spider silk for his business, but unfortunately it's getting difficult to get due to the cave having been burnt off last time, so we might have to go deeper to retrieve it. So we agreed to help. and meet with Armada, who accompanies us in our quest

Soon we react to the cave entrance, and the lord and beholder burn it to ashes. Most silk can be used. But we did try to go deeper, where there is a hold leading deeper below the cave. We burn the web off and desint.

Reaching the first floor, we look around the cave and see some small spiders and "accidentally" kill most of them but thankfully get one unconscious for future use. Then halfway, a few od spectral spiders come in our way. We resisted it, fought them off and "accidentally" killed them. We try to gather and harvest anything we can. But it has proven too difficult for us. So we move on and see the other path lead more seep into the cave.

Final floor. So far, we walk into the entrance and continue to look around and see the big, big spider waiting for us in the middle, so we all jump on it. and it dies. but not before giving us a middle finger by exploding in our face and summoning more little spiders to jump back on us. We did kill them all, unfortunately. But this time we got more silk than we did the first time.

After getting what we were here for, we left and returned to the magical shop and only got paid 350 pg each.