Date: October 27

Party: Valdenheim Wolfhart (Priest), Agnes (Knight), Lars (Bounty Hunter), Gradni (Soldier), Tally (Arcane Wizard)

⚔️ What Happened

Responding to a desperate plea from Eichenfurt, the party travelled west to investigate missing villagers, slaughtered livestock, and rumours of an enormous creature stalking the surrounding woods. After surviving a nighttime Goblin ambush, they tracked the threat to a foul swamp and a cave beyond its banks. The swamp proved a deadly environmental hazard, with treacherous footing, deep mud, and a toxic stream that nearly drowned several adventurers.

After overcoming Goblin defenders, the party confronted and slew a massive Troll guarding the cave. Venturing deeper, they discovered a monstrous River Troll Hag lurking in an underground chamber. A brutal confrontation followed, with the creature employing corrosive vomit, regeneration, and dark magic.

Despite serious injuries, the party prevailed through Gradni’s relentless attacks, Lars’s marksmanship, Tally’s healing and counter-magic, and Valdenheim’s final, Ulric-blessed strike.

Among the recovered treasures were ancestral Dwarf armour and a mysterious black stone that could resist magic. The party returned to Eichenfurt battered but victorious, collecting their modest reward of fifteen silver.

🔎 Notable Discoveries

A River Troll Hag beneath the swamp; ancestral Dwarf armour; a magic-resistant black stone. No apparent connection to the emerging Nehekharan undead threat.

⚠️ Casualties

No party deaths. Agnes suffered a grievous head wound (and lost some teeth) while attempting to circumvent the toxic stream and later nearly succumbed to the Troll Hag’s corrosive vomit. Tally and Valdenheim sustained injuries from the toxic stream.