Burgess — Session 12 (November 19, 2022)
- Continued upstairs; found Skabitha’s bedroom — a dollhouse, jar of moths, a cradle
- Dollhouse is fully enclosed; no open back; front door requires a tiny creature to open
- Room to the north is just a balcony
- To the south: a room with notes and clockwork birds
- Searched the writing desk; read three letters among the hags’ correspondence:
- Lorna to Skabitha: “I don’t have Elidon’s horn. If I did, I would use it to free Bloodybeak and send it after the jabberwock… How Zybilna managed to befriend it, I’ll never know.”
- Endelyn to Skabitha: “The last time I saw the unicorn horn, it was in your possession. Pity you lost it… recall that Elidon’s mate still dwells in your forest. You could kill Lamorna and take her horn.”
- Lorna to Skabitha: “There’s no use asking Endelyn if she has the horn… we need a unicorn’s horn to free creatures from the cauldron’s time-freezing magic… What do you think Zybilna will do to us, we treacherous three, if she’s no longer bound?”
- Searched the writing desk; read three letters among the hags’ correspondence:
- Returned to the room with the dollhouse; tied it up when we heard sound
- Put the dollhouse in a bag; heard screeching; shook it and ran
- Got to the kitchen; used pixie dust to fly south
- Found some redcaps in the way; killed them off; flew away
- On our way out of Thither, ran into the treehouse with the Treant and Elkhorn
- He said if we were going to the palace, he’d like to come with us
- Bargained with Endelyn — gave her the dollhouse and the stuffed cat
- Got Hurley’s shadow and our freedom
- Got my lost thing back: a Wand of Smiles
- She would not give us the lost sister (Glister) for the dollhouse
- Long discussion about our options:
- Sneak up to the bell and ring it — but we’d leave companions behind, and risk losing the horn
- Cause chaos, summon brigganocks and korreds, free prisoners — better chance of getting Glisten and Amidor
- Decided to free prisoners and get Amidor to help us
- Caught almost immediately by Skylla/Charmay, who animated objects to attack us
- Fought her; knocked her unconscious; took her stuff; got items from the goblins
- (Iggwilv is the adopted daughter of Baba Yaga)
- Summoned brigganocks and korreds
- Darklings kept busy by the invaders
- Stagefright constrained by korred ropes; offered quarter if he gave up the scepter — he did
- Ran up to the prison with the scepter; used it to open the door
- Freed Glisten; heading back to the entrance to regroup
Ended here.