3C

• Marking found on the vial of green substance from the opening sessions.
• In Session 9, Lyra Valmora identified it as a precursor to silver, not a countermeasure.
• Still unresolved beyond that label and function.

A Crown That Blinds the Sun

• Phrase from dragon lore warning that the Red Wizards of Thay bring this crown toward Accardi.
• Almost certainly a major future threat item or ritual focus.

Accardi

Summary

• One of the campaign's main hubs.
• Destination for the satchel and home to many current leads.
• Also appears to have been used as testing grounds for silver.
• The apparent black dragon fall near the city was an explosion concealed by a dragon illusion, according to Drenna.
• Best overview note: Accardi Power Map.

Key sublocations

• The Slums
• Temple Quarter
• Upper Quarter
• Candlecrypt
• Bone Gallery

Key people

• Drenna
• Lyra Valmora
• Kel Arin
• Val
• Jonathan

Open threads

• The Dragon Fall Vision suggests an older dragon fall tied directly to Accardi's symbol and a one-eyed woman.
• Underground activity tied to Ashbringers and vampires.
• Transport and distribution of silver.
• The Session 9 Drenna thread suggests the city's hidden network overlaps directly with public religious space in the Temple Quarter.

Related notes

• Campaign Timeline
• Accardi Power Map

Accardi Power Map

Core idea

Accardi is the campaign's main city hub because several separate power structures overlap there instead of one clear ruling story:

• the silver distribution network
• the vampire conflict tied to Westgate
• the Ashbringers and Ashbringer
• the archive / surveillance thread around Drenna and the satchel
• the occult undercity thread around Ashbringers Basement

Key people and their pressure points

Drenna

• Original destination for the satchel.
• Connected to the phrase "archive bled open."
• Probably tied to archive, overwatch, or surveillance structures in Accardi.
• By Session 9, appears publicly in the Temple Quarter church rather than only as an off-stage shadow contact.
• Ends Session 9 by reciting the same prayer line once heard during the earlier Pit chant sequence.
• By Session 10, is confirmed to run agents against the Nightmasks and is preparing a rescue operation for Solara at The Chop Shop.

Kel Arin

• Merchant, sculptor, fixer, and manipulator.
• Connected to the Bone Gallery, Upper City, the red nail, and the creation of the skeleton ball.
• Sits between commerce, violence, containment, and hidden access.

Lyra Valmora

• Link between Accardi and Westgate.
• Provides operational information about silver, transport plans, and vampire-related matters.
• Took custody of or interest in Ontarr and the tower findings.
• Is framed by Myrella Report as a major containment problem tied to silver distribution across multiple sectors.

Jonathan

• Minor-seeming local contact who unexpectedly becomes an access broker into the Temple Quarter.
• Shows that movement through the city is partly controlled by hidden routes, not just public permits.

Val

• Occult-information source.
• Knows about The Black Sun Sect, Halvin, the black wound, Ashbringer, and improved silver.
• Feels less like a normal city contact and more like a lore gatekeeper.

Key factions and pressures

Ashbringers

• Active in or under the city, especially around the Temple Quarter.
• Connected to Ashbringer, falling dragon, and spiral.
• Their documents show direct coordination with Westgate.

Red Wizards of Thay

• Introduced or accelerated the spread of silver in the city.
• Likely represent a more organized geopolitical threat than the local cults.

Vampire conflict

• Lyra Valmora, Arabella, Kel Arin, and Val all touch this thread from different angles.
• The city seems to be part of a larger struggle that extends into Westgate.

Important sites

• Bone Gallery - Kel Arin's sphere of influence
• Temple Quarter - rumored Ashbringers presence
• Upper Quarter - high-status access zone tied to permits, presentation, and controlled movement
• Ashbringers Basement - hidden drow / ritual site beneath the city
• Candlecrypt - underused but notable contact point through Yara
• The Slums - first entry zone and rumor hub

Main city tensions

1. Archive / surveillance - Drenna, the satchel, Project Spiral Memo, Script Commentary, and now Myrella Report
2. Cult escalation - Ashbringers, Ashbringer, spiral, and the red nail
3. Vampire war - Lyra Valmora, Arabella, and Westgate
4. Hidden undercity ritual danger - Ashbringers Basement, Vel'shara, The Rite, and The Codex
5. Chemical / social destabilization - silver testing grounds and wider rollout

Open questions

• How extensive is Drenna's anti-Nightmasks network, and who else belongs to it?
• How does Drenna's public Temple Quarter role fit with her older secret-contact framing?
• Why is Kel Arin collecting artifacts, and who benefits from that work if he is not working with Drenna?
• Is Lyra Valmora an ally, an opportunist, or both?
• Why does at least one external system describe Lyra as a containment problem?
• How much of Accardi is being actively shaped by spiral rather than normal politics?

Agenda Avengers

• Organization claimed by Harper.
• Connected to Harper's future origin and the strange technology recovered near Ontarr.
• Project Spiral Memo cites an "AA Bureau", which may be tied to the same organization.

Anchor

• The term appears in Script Commentary, which says "they have taken the Anchor to the City of Veils."
• Project Spiral Memo separately describes Kavax as the party's "physical anchor."
• Myrella Report refers to a dimensional anchor signature directly, suggesting the Anchor may be a monitored measurable phenomenon rather than only metaphor or coded title.
• Based on current notes, Kavax is the strongest candidate for what the handouts mean by the Anchor, but the exact role or metaphysical function is still unclear.
• The mention of a missing "biological redundant (TWIN)" may point to some kind of counterpart, duplicate, or impersonation around Kavax, but does not prove a literal twin.
• Relevant evidence currently includes both the hostile duplicate from the Westgate Opening Incident and the separate Kavax Framing Thread.
• Best synthesis note: Spiral Metaplot.

Arabella

• Vampire found pinned in the Ruined Monastery with the red nail.
• Released when Butis removed the nail.
• Later identified by Kel Arin and linked to the same anti-vampire containment effort.
• Directly tied to Butis's black wound.

Arya

• Party paladin.
• Carries the area map for Accardi and Sky Tomb.
• Searching for Lyra Valmora and later interacted with her directly.
• Helped transport Ontarr's body after the events in the Ruined Monastery.
• Project Spiral Memo says she is closer to the truth than her Order permits and ties her to the search around Ontarr and the "Monastery's heart."

Ashbringer

• Figure worshipped after surviving or emerging from a dragon catastrophe in Westgate.
• Associated with the Ashbringers and the falling dragon symbol.
• Said to reduce people to ash with a glance.
• AB are Ashbringer's initials.
• Also associated with the symbol spiral.
• Ashbringer Letter shows him directly issuing instructions to followers in Accardi.

Ashbringer Letter

Transcript

Ash upon th

To my brothers in Accardi

The "Red Nail" has been recovered by the interlopers. This is good. Let them hold it; it will act as a lightning rod for the Spiral. Continue the "Peeling" of the locals. If they do not forget their names they cannot accept the New Light.

I will be sending the High-Instructors from Westgate shortly. They will show you how to properly apply the "Dragon's Kiss" to the marrow.

Be ready. The fire is coming home.

AB

Notes

• Strongly confirms Ashbringer is giving orders to followers in Accardi.
• Links red nail, spiral, and Westgate directly to the Ashbringers.

Ashbringers

• Cult built around Ashbringer.
• Associated with the falling dragon emblem and possibly the symbol spiral.
• Rumored to have at least one base under or within Accardi.
• Ashbringer Letter shows they were ordered to keep "peeling" locals, prepare for High-Instructors from Westgate, and use the red nail as part of the Spiral.

Ashbringers Basement

Summary

• Hidden Accardi site reached through a basement entrance tied to Sylos.
• Explored in Session 7-9 and separate from the Ruined Monastery outside the city.
• Contains the prayer hall with the Lolth statue, altered chambers, the Ashbringers Basement Library, and a later altar chamber tied directly to Vel'shara.

Major links

• Vel'shara
• The Rite
• The Codex
• fragment
• Ashbringers Basement Library
• The King in Yellow
• Myrella Report

Open threads

• What exactly Vel'shara tried to summon.
• How the site connects to the Ashbringers and to hidden Accardi activity.
• What lies below the void in the library.
• What the black-liquid altar system was actually doing, and why the atmosphere eased after it was broken.

Ashbringers Basement Library

• Library space inside Ashbringers Basement damaged by an arcane blast.
• Marked by cold walls, six bodies, and a deep void leaking Far Realm energy.
• Source of books and letters tied to Vel'shara, The Rite, The Codex, fragment, Thren, and Naez.
• After the Session 9 altar destruction, the smoke and overall feel around the void seemed to calm somewhat, though the pit remains unresolved.

Atrium Breach Report

Source

• Confidential report found during the opening sessions.
• Likely tied to the Westgate Opening Incident.

Partial transcript

CONFIDENTIAL: ATRIUM BREACH REPORT
File: Atrium Breach - Declassified Excerpt
Observation Cycle: //
Status: Compromised
Subject D- initiated sequence - ECHO
distortion affected known operatives during containment breach. Memory veil

• Agent
• Asset P-
• Target (unverified echo)
• Witness S- (requires re-evaluation)
  Keynotes:
  Atrium access was unauthorized. Entrance log overwritten.
  Internal failsafe protocol "Caelestis Lock" activated 13 seconds too late.
  [something] released from central archive. Entity intelligence confirmed.
  Glyph circuit S12 melted during containment ritual. Presumed cause of temporal dissonance.
  RECOMMENDATIONS (LEVEL 5 CLEARANCE ONLY):
• Erase memory threads connected to Drenna (compromised?)
• Initiate fallback to Velorum route
• DO NOT engage [redacted] phenomena without psychic shielding
• [something] under cathedral must remain undisturbed
  Further information redacted by command of [redacted]
  Report ends.

Strongest usable clues

• Atrium access was unauthorized and the logs were overwritten.
• A containment ritual failed and caused temporal dissonance, which fits the time-freeze behavior in the Westgate Opening Incident.
• Something may have been released from a central archive.
• The report references Drenna, describing her as compromised and recommending that memory threads connected to her be erased.
• Something under a cathedral was important enough to be explicitly left undisturbed.

Notes

• OCR is partial and some lines remain corrupted, so uncertain details are preserved as uncertain rather than normalized into canon.

Automaton

• The canister core recovered with the tiefling is believed to be part of an automaton.
• This is currently a technological mystery rather than a fully explained setting element.

Black Wound

• Supernatural wound carried by Butis and later Light.
• Connected to The Black Sun Sect and a limited survival window.
• May grant powers while also moving the victim closer to death or transformation.
• Session 9 introduces related black-liquid / black-blood altar effects around Vel'shara, though it is not yet clear whether those are the same condition or only adjacent corruption.

Bone Gallery

• Gallery or business owned by Kel Arin.
• One of the party's first major social connections in Accardi.
• Linked to trade, favors, and access toward the Upper City.

Butis

• Party bard.
• Found the obsidian key.
• Pulled the red nail from Arabella, triggering a major escalation.
• Now bears a black wound connected to The Black Sun Sect.
• Project Spiral Memo labels him terminal under Black Sun Protocol with 59 days remaining.

Campaign Hub

Party

• Party

Major locations

• Accardi
• City of Veils
• Westgate
• Redwater
• Sky Tomb
• Ruined Monastery
• Ashbringers Basement
• Ashbringers Basement Library
• Upper Quarter
• Church of Eternal Light
• The Chop Shop

Major NPCs

• Drenna
• Kel Arin
• Lyra Valmora
• Ontarr
• Arabella
• Val
• Ashbringer
• Vel'shara
• Solara
• Captain Vorne
• Warden Larren

Major factions

• Red Wizards of Thay
• Ashbringers
• The Black Sun Sect
• Agenda Avengers
• Nightmasks

Important items and phenomena

• satchel
• silver
• red nail
• obsidian key
• skeleton ball
• The Codex
• black wound
• falling dragon
• Myrella Report

Open mysteries

• 3C
• Anchor
• M
• Myrella
• Project Spiral Date Anomaly
• The Rite
• fragment
• spiral
• a crown that blinds the sun
• The King in Yellow

Reference notes

• Campaign Timeline
• Accardi Power Map
• Spiral Metaplot
• Open Questions

Sessions

• Pre-campaign: Redwater Oneshot
• See the session notes
• Latest: Session 10

Campaign Timeline

Session chronology

1. Redwater Oneshot - date unknown
   
   Before the main campaign, the same players used different characters for a one-shot in Redwater. Three surviving newspaper handouts mention a goblin blockade of the Redwater trade route, the Fiery Hearts, an ancient red dragon, The King in Yellow, the Mora Plague, and other public events. The full session account has not yet been recorded.
2. Session 0 - 2025-04-06 / 2025-04-13
   
   The campaign opens in Westgate with the Westgate Opening Incident: an explosion in a major civic building, a time freeze that does not affect the party, and an escape into the sewers with Sela and Rowan. Before dying, they pass over the satchel for Drenna, the phrase "archive bled open," the 3C vial, and the first clue that the satchel is marked Y.K.. The party also finds Atrium Breach Report and kills a hostile Kavax lookalike in an underground lab that may have been part of a clone-breeding setup.
3. Session 1 - 2025-06-29
   
   The party reaches Sky Tomb, finds the M key, and starts the early Pit / Mathesias thread.
4. Session 2 - 2025-10-26
   
   Esmeralda joins, Lyra Valmora is named as a lead, and the party defeats the Skeleton King.
5. Session 3 - 2025-11-22
   
   Butis finds the obsidian key. Dragon lore warns of a crown that blinds the sun moving toward Accardi. The party arrives in Accardi after a recorded two-month gap.
6. Session 4 - 2025-12-20
   
   Kel Arin becomes central, the city-wide silver problem becomes clearer, and the party is sent to the Ruined Monastery for the red nail.
7. Session 5 - 2025-12-27
   
   The party finds Ontarr, Harper's future-tech clues, kills the skeleton ball, and frees Arabella by removing the red nail.
8. Session 6 - 2026-01-31
   
   Butis is marked with the black wound. The party finds the Ashbringer Letter, learns more about Ashbringer, and gets major reveals from Val.
9. Session 7 - 2026-02-14
   
   Lyra Valmora provides more context on silver and Westgate. Kel Arin confirms he created the skeleton ball. The party opens the satchel, finds Project Spiral Memo and Script Commentary, and discovers Ashbringers Basement.
10. Session 8 - 2026-04-11
    
    The party uncovers Vel'shara, The Rite, The Codex, and the fragment in Ashbringers Basement / Ashbringers Basement Library. Esmeralda takes the Codex and begins using it as her spellcasting focus. Light sees The King in Yellow, and the party realizes the satchel's Y.K. initials point to him.
11. Session 9 - 2026-04-25
    
    The party kills Vel'shara, disrupts the altar system beneath Accardi, and receives Myrella Report through the satchel, implying the container is still actively connected to the larger network. They also move closer to Drenna through the Temple Quarter / Upper Quarter route and hear new claims that Ontarr was only made to appear dead.
12. Session 10 - 2026-07-12
    The party finally meets Drenna at the Church of Eternal Light, learns that Sela and Rowan worked for her against the Nightmasks, and discovers that the Westgate theft was meant to support that conflict but yielded only the satchel. Drenna asks the party to free her agent Solara from The Chop Shop, where Halvin is also held, while competing prison-break interests emerge around the Ashbringers and Red Wizards of Thay.

In-world progression

• The party begins with the unresolved aftermath of the Westgate Opening Incident and the mission to deliver the satchel to Drenna in Accardi.
• The Sky Tomb and dragon-grave material lead toward Accardi, the Red Wizards of Thay, and a crown that blinds the sun.
• Once in Accardi, the campaign splits into several overlapping arcs:
  • the silver distribution and Westgate threat
  • vampire and anti-vampire conflicts around Lyra Valmora, Arabella, and Kel Arin
  • the hidden-site arc involving Ashbringers Basement, The Rite, and The Codex
  • the meta-textual spiral / Anchor / The King in Yellow thread
• By Session 9, the satchel thread becomes active again: instead of only holding old clues, it starts delivering new material while the party finally closes on Drenna's visible position in the city.
• By Session 10, Drenna confirms that the original Westgate operation targeted the Nightmasks, but the party still withholds the satchel from her while preparing to infiltrate The Chop Shop and rescue Solara and Halvin.

Time anomalies

• Harper claims to come from the future, specifically 2125.
• Project Spiral Memo contains the Project Spiral Date Anomaly: it was dated exactly to the day the party opened the satchel, despite the satchel having been carried for months.

Best companion notes

• Campaign Hub
• Accardi Power Map
• Spiral Metaplot

Candlecrypt

• Shop in Accardi.
• Associated with asking for Yara, the moth keeper.
• Good candidate for future expansion once the party returns there.

Canister

• Iron canister with a glass interior found with the dead tiefling.
• Believed to contain or function as an automaton core.
• Taken by Esmeralda.

Captain Vorne

• Kapitonas, atsakingas už The Chop Shop išorinę dalį.
• Buvo skolingas The Blind Intestine užeigai 11 aukso ir dėl to ten nebesilankė.
• Light sumokėjo jo skolą.
• Už 250 aukso sutiko kitą dieną 18:30 dvidešimčiai minučių nuvesti Light ir Arya pas Solara ir Halvin.
• Teigė, kad Warden Larren yra blogas žmogus.
• Netty pasiūlė partijai nuolaidą, jei Vorne bus nužudytas.

Church of Eternal Light

• Didelė bažnyčia Temple Quarter, kurioje Drenna viešai vedė mišias.
• Bažnyčioje matoma dievo Thorm simbolika: geležinės pirštinės su akimi.
• Session 10 čia Harper galimai pastebėjo gelsvai apsirengusį The King in Yellow narį.
• Už ilgų koridorių yra darbo kambarys, kuriame Drenna priėmė partiją ir papasakojo apie Nightmasks bei The Chop Shop.

City of Veils

• Mentioned in Script Commentary as the place where the Anchor was taken.
• No other handout or session note uses the name directly yet.
• It may be a hidden, symbolic, alternate, or coded name for a known city, but the vault does not currently confirm which one.
• Because Project Spiral Memo is centered on Accardi and also references the Anchor, Accardi is the closest current candidate, though this remains unconfirmed.

Containment Magic

• Magic used to imprison or hold dangerous beings or forces in place.
• Directly tied to the red nail and the binding of Arabella.

Deep Speech

• Language of the hidden writing found near Vel'shara's chambers in Ashbringers Basement.
• Nobody in the party currently understands it.

Dragon Fall Vision

Source

• Seen in Session 3 when the party touched the dragon at the grave site associated with Nivaryx the Umbra.

Vision summary

• A woman's voice says: "I trusted you."
• Six people chant for the dragon to fall.
• A one-eyed woman bearing the symbol of Accardi says: "forgive me, this is the only way."

Why it matters

• The vision ties a dragon-fall event directly to Accardi.
• It suggests the fall was not accidental, but the result of an organized ritual or coordinated act.
• The one-eyed woman may be a specific historical figure, a symbolic representative of the city, or someone tied to later events around dragon falls.

Open questions

• Which dragon is shown in the vision?
• Who is the one-eyed woman with the Accardi symbol?
• Are the six chanters linked to a known faction, order, or city leadership?
• Was the later explosion and dragon illusion near Temple Quarter designed to imitate or reference this older vision?

Drenna

Summary

• Contact in Accardi and one of the oldest unresolved figures in the campaign.
• The party was told to bring the satchel to her and deliver the phrase "archive bled open".
• By Session 10, she has a visible role at the Church of Eternal Light while also directing agents against the Nightmasks.

Known links

• The satchel was explicitly intended for her.
• The satchel reached the party through Sela and Rowan after the Westgate Opening Incident, which suggests Drenna's network reaches beyond Accardi.
• The contents of the satchel later connected her, indirectly, to Project Spiral Memo, Script Commentary, and hidden archive / surveillance structures in Accardi.
• Lyra Valmora was asked to send a message to her, which suggests she is reachable through the city's shadow network.
• The satchel later produced Myrella Report on its own, reinforcing the possibility that Drenna belongs to an active communications system rather than a one-time delivery chain.
• Jonathan guided the party through hidden routes toward Drenna's Session 9 meeting point in the Temple Quarter.
• She ends Session 9 by reciting the same prayer line once heard behind the Pit door: "holy warrior sits in the garden we fled, blood into wine take my body instead".
• In Session 10, she confirms that Sela and Rowan worked for her against the Nightmasks and that the Westgate operation recovered only the satchel.
• She asks the party to rescue her imprisoned agent Solara from The Chop Shop and offers a safehouse, uniforms, forged transfer papers, and other operational support.
• She knows the Westgate time-stop should only have spared specially marked members of her network, but cannot explain why the party was unaffected.
• She says "archive bled open" means a mission failed, describes The King in Yellow as a secret assassin group, and denies working with Kel Arin.
• Atrium Breach Report identifies her as compromised and recommends erasing memory threads connected to her.

Why she matters

• She sits at the intersection of the campaign's earliest mission and one of its newest meta-textual revelations.
• If the satchel was always part of spiral-adjacent activity, Drenna may know much more about the party than she initially appeared to.
• Her public church role overlaps with command of a covert anti-Nightmasks network.

Open questions

• What was Drenna supposed to do with the satchel?
• Is she part of the archive, part of the overwatch structure, or simply a courier endpoint?
• Did she expect the satchel to be opened before delivery?
• How does her public Temple Quarter role fit with the older shadow-network framing around the satchel?
• Why is she using the same prayer line previously tied to the Pit chant?
• Why did the party resist the time-stop without Drenna's protective marking?
• Why did the Atrium Breach Report describe her as compromised, and which memory threads connected to her were erased?
• What was moving inside the cabinet during the Session 10 meeting?

Esmeralda

• Party wizard and the newest party member.
• Took custody of the strange canister core and samples of silver.
• Picked up The Codex in Session 8 and now carries it as her spellcasting focus.
• Found several critical documents in the Ruined Monastery and Ashbringers Basement Library.
• Project Spiral Memo warns that she is "seeing the corners of the page" and should not be engaged.
• In Session 9, she interacted with Vel'shara's altar pedestals, saw the same major vision as Light, and was left with black-vein / black-blood effects that seem related to - but not identical with - the black wound.

Faerun

• The wider continent or world-region used as campaign context.
• Accardi, Westgate, and the Heartlands are all described relative to it.

Falling Dragon

• Emblem seen on a shield and later identified as a symbol of the Ashbringers.
• Useful visual clue tying scattered encounters together.

Far Realm

• Source of the energy discharge in the Ashbringers Basement Library.
• Associated with psychic harm, void imagery, and reality distortion.

Fragment

• Entity or shard inside The Codex.
• Communicates in images and may bond to a host.
• Considered unrecoverable if bonding is completed.

Golden Key

• Key used by Kel Arin to open the satchel.
• Suggests Kel Arin knew more about the satchel than he initially shared.

Halvin

• Person said to be capable of making the antidote for the black wound.
• Currently imprisoned in The Chop Shop west of Accardi.
• Important time-sensitive lead for Butis and Light.

Harper

• Party rogue.
• Took several key clues from Sky Tomb and the tower above the Ruined Monastery crypts.
• Claims to be from the future and to belong to the Agenda Avengers.
• Carries a walkie-talkie and is looking for Trevor.
• Project Spiral Memo describes her as deployed, pending further radio instructions, and the only asset aware of the "Now."

Heartlands

• Northern region in Faerun mentioned as a base area for the Red Wizards of Thay.

Home With No Windows

• Strange location in Accardi identified simply as a church.
• Worth expanding if it becomes important again.

Jonathan

• Blacksmith in Accardi.
• Lost a hand because of conflict involving Kel Arin and the party's armor sale.
• In Session 9, helped the party move through a hidden underground route toward Temple Quarter and the church where Drenna was expected.

Kavax

• Party member and fighter.
• Helped the party travel through Sky Tomb, Accardi, the Ruined Monastery, and Ashbringers Basement.
• Currently tied to the party-wide investigation around silver and the changing spaces beneath Accardi.
• Project Spiral Memo names him Kavax Nemmonis and calls him the party's physical anchor.
• In the Westgate Opening Incident, the party encountered and killed a hostile man in an underground lab who looked exactly like Kavax.
• Kavax insists he does not know what that duplicate was and that he has no twin.
• By Session 9, the party is starting to read that underground lab / atrium site as possible clone breeding infrastructure rather than a single isolated double.
• A separate Kavax Framing Thread suggests someone also used Kavax's appearance and signature on a shipping contract to frame him.
• In Session 9, he shattered Vel'shara's altar statue and ended up with black liquid wrapping his weapon and arm like a second skin.
• He also began helping facilitate silver shipments toward Westgate, pulling him even deeper into the logistics side of the city conflict.

Kavax Framing Thread

Known facts

• At some point, Kavax was framed by someone who looked like him.
• The framing involved a shipping contract bearing Kavax's signature or apparent signature.
• Kavax says he has no twin and does not know what the impersonation was about.

Why this matters

• This thread may be more relevant to the Project Spiral Memo line about a "biological redundant (TWIN)" than the sewer duplicate alone.
• It suggests that Kavax's identity may have been copied, forged, or replicated in more than one context.

Current uncertainty

• The framing thread and the hostile duplicate from the Westgate Opening Incident may be connected, but that connection is not yet proven.
• For now, they should be treated as related possibilities rather than the same confirmed event.

Kel Arin

• Sculptor and owner of the Bone Gallery.
• Buyer of the party's loot after the Skeleton King encounter.
• Connected to the Upper City, the red nail, and the containment of Arabella.
• Responsible for creating the skeleton ball used to guard Arabella.
• May be cooperating with or exploiting the same network behind the Ashbringers conflict.

Kileran

• Elder encountered after the dragon grave site.
• Reacted strongly when the party admitted they had left the hole unsealed.

Kvazit

• Identity later revealed behind the Skeleton King.
• Connected to the loot sale that led the party toward Kel Arin.

Light

• Party cleric.
• Repeatedly investigated visions tied to ash, Ashbringers Basement, and unstable magic.
• Descended toward the void in the Ashbringers Basement Library and gained a black wound similar to Butis.
• Project Spiral Memo marks him as compromised and at high risk of alignment with Ashbringer.
• In Session 9, touched one of Vel'shara's altar pedestals and saw a direct vision of Lolth descending in her true form and recognizing him by name.

Lolth

• Major drow goddess repeatedly referenced in the Ashbringers Basement arc.
• The Rite was banned by her high council, but Vel'shara believed something older than Lolth waited in the dark.

Lyra Valmora

Summary

• Important contact tied to Accardi and Westgate.
• Originally a personal lead for Arya.
• Appears to operate close to the city's vampire and transport networks.

Known links

• Revealed or suspected to be a vampire with information about silver, Ontarr, and movement toward Westgate.
• Showed strong interest in Harper's technology and the finds from the Ruined Monastery tower.
• Received or examined Ontarr after Arya brought the body to her.
• Told the party that silver was effectively a weapon against Westgate and that Accardi had served as testing grounds.
• In Session 9, identified 3C as a precursor to silver, not a countermeasure.
• Told the party to find and kill Arabella after learning she had escaped.
• Was used as an indirect route to contact Drenna.
• In Session 9, gave the party the permissions needed to move toward Upper Quarter / Temple Quarter and the church where Drenna was expected to appear.
• Myrella Report frames her as "Asset Valmora," a vampire containment problem tied to silver distribution across multiple sectors.

Relationship role

• Lyra appears to bridge several otherwise separate arcs:
  • Arya's personal search
  • the vampire thread
  • the Westgate / silver conflict
  • the Ontarr and tower-tech thread
• Session 9 makes her look even less like a local fixer and more like a major actor viewed very differently by different factions.

Open questions

• How much of Lyra's information is self-serving?
• Is she aligned with the party, with a vampire power structure, or with a third force?
• Why is she so interested in Ontarr and Harper's devices?
• Why does an external report describe her as a containment threat rather than an ally or neutral broker?

M

• Symbol or letter engraved on the M key.
• Could refer to a person, location, or faction active in Sky Tomb.

M Key

• Key found in the pit at Sky Tomb.
• Marked with the symbol or letter M.
• Still unresolved.

Mathesias

• Named in a note found in Sky Tomb: "the Pit must bleed".
• Context suggests a direct tie to the early rituals or violence in the tomb.
• Still unresolved.

Moonlight

• Shop in Accardi.
• Currently only lightly documented in the session notes.

Myrella

• Addressee of Myrella Report, which arrived through the satchel in Session 9.
• Associated with a dimensional anchor signature, heavy biometric corruption, and shapeshifter degradation.
• The report assumes she is operating in Accardi and warns that Lyra Valmora is moving toward her location.
• Identity currently unclear: she may be a real person, an alias, or a hidden identity inside the wider satchel / spiral network.

Myrella Report

Transcript

4-25
MYRELLA,

RECENT ANALYSIS OF YOUR DIMENSIONAL ANCHOR SIGNATURE HAS REVEALED CRITICAL DATA CORRUPTION. YOUR BIOMETRIC MATRIX HAS BEEN ON NO FEWER THAN 47 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THIS EXCEEDS ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS.

SHAPESHIFTER DEGRADATION DETECTED:

• PRIMARY FORM STABILITY: 89.3% (WAS 97.2% LAST CYCLE)
• SECONDARY FORM INTEGRATION: UNSTABLE
• CELLULAR COHESION WARNING:

RECOMMENDATION: EXTENDED STASIS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, MISSION PARAMETERS OVERRIDE PROTOCOL. CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN Accardi.

CRITICAL ADDENDUM

WE HAVE A CONTAINMENT PROBLEM.

ASSET VALMORA (VAMPIRE_DESIGNATION_) HAS ACHIEVED LEVEL AWAKENING. SHE HAS DECRYPTED PORTIONS OF THE PROTOCOL AND IDENTIFIED YOUR SIGNATURE. MORE CONCERNING: SHE HAS BEGUN DISTRIBUTING SILVER COUNTERMEASURES ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS.

Westgate CONTACT REPORTS SHE IS MOVING TOWARD YOUR LOCATION. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: TO DAYS.

DO NOT LET HER CAPTURE YOU ALIVE. YOUR ENCRYPTION KEYS ARE .
IF COMPROMISED, RESTART SEQUENCE DELTA-7 WILL BE INITIATED.

STAND READY.

Notes

• Delivered through the satchel in Session 9 after the container heated up and produced a new document on its own.
• Suggests the satchel is not just a locked box, but an active communications endpoint or dropbox.
• Addresses Myrella, an otherwise unknown figure tied to a dimensional anchor signature, repeated biometric corruption, and shapeshifter degradation.
• Frames Lyra Valmora as an active containment problem tied to silver distribution across multiple sectors.
• Confirms that whoever sent the report expected the addressee to continue operating in Accardi while under pursuit.

Naez

• High Inquisitor who instructed Thren to contain the fragment and recover The Codex.
• Suggests an organized response to the Ashbringers Basement incident.

Nightmasks

• Pavojinga grupuotė, su kuria kovoja Drenna ir jos agentai.
• Sela ir Rowan dirbo Drennai prieš Nightmasks.
• Session 1 rasta skrynia su kauke priklausė šiai grupuotei.
• Drennos tinklas vykdė vagystę Westgate, kad gautų priemonių kovai su Nightmasks, tačiau buvo pavogtas tik satchel.

Nivaryx the Umbra

• Dragon matriarch associated with the dragon grave site before Accardi.
• Described as a major past problem and the center of the place where dragons come to die.
• Touching the dragon there triggered the Dragon Fall Vision, which may preserve a memory of a ritualized dragon fall tied to Accardi.

Obsidian Key

• Key found by Butis.
• Used on the satchel, causing the lock to react.
• Suggests the satchel has a layered or multi-step locking mechanism.

Ontarr

• Mummified body discovered in the tower linked to the Ruined Monastery.
• Found with unusual technology and sealed materials nearby.
• Began showing signs of recomposition or reanimation after being moved.
• Arya later brought the body to Lyra Valmora.
• Project Spiral Memo implies the search for Ontharr is producing more truth than intended.
• By Session 9, the party receives new information that Ontarr may never have been properly dead at all: someone may have used magic to simulate death, while at least one Baldur's Gate contact was apparently a clone rather than the real Ontarr.

Open Questions

This note is the central dashboard for unresolved campaign questions.

Use it as an index, not as a replacement for local note-level Open questions sections. The active sections contain only unresolved questions. See question history for answered, reframed, merged, and newly added questions.

Immediate objectives: Chop Shop

Church of Eternal Light

Accardi power networks

Archive, satchel, and cryptic reports

Spiral, Anchor, and City of Veils

King in Yellow and occult signs

Lyra, Ontarr, and containment

Val, Ashbringer, and Butis

Westgate incident and aftermath

Ruined Monastery and Ontarr

Ashbringers Basement, Rite, and Codex

Early artifacts and dragon prophecy

Ornamented Dagger

• Dagger recovered from the dead tiefling's belongings.
• Currently only lightly documented and worth expanding if it gains further relevance.

Party

Members

• Kavax - Fighter
• Arya - Paladin
• Butis - Bard
• Light - Cleric
• Harper - Rogue
• Esmeralda - Wizard

Shared threads

• Decide whether to trust Drenna with the satchel
• Infiltrate The Chop Shop and rescue Solara and Halvin
• Untangle the spread of silver between Accardi and Westgate
• Understand what Myrella Report reveals about the satchel, the Anchor, and the city network around Drenna
• Investigate the Ruined Monastery, Ashbringers Basement, The Codex, and The Rite
• Track threats tied to Ashbringer, Ashbringers, and the black wound

Project Spiral Date Anomaly

• The Project Spiral Memo was dated 14 Alturiak, 1498 DR (26-02-14), exactly matching the day the party opened the satchel in Session 7.
• This is anomalous because the party had already been carrying the satchel for months, both in-game and in real-life play.
• The clue reinforces the meta-textual and reality-distorting tone already present in Script Commentary and spiral.
• It may mean the memo updates itself, was written retroactively, or only became "current" when the satchel was opened.

Project Spiral Memo

Transcript

[INTERNAL MEMORANDUM: EYES ONLY]
PROJECT: SPIRAL - ITERATION #442
DATE: 14 Alturiak, 1498 DR (26-02-14)
LOCATION: SECTOR Accardi / ARCHIVE OVERWATCH
SOURCE: THE AA BUREAU (REDACTED)
SUBJECT: RECOVERY SQUAD ALPHA - LIVE STATUS REVIEW

PERSONNEL STATUS UPDATES:

ASSET: Kavax NEMMONIS
Status: STOIC / UNCHANGED
Note: Continues to serve as the physical anchor. Search for biological redundant (TWIN) yielded null results. Sector Westgate remains silent. Twin not found. Proceed as if the scale is unique.

ASSET: Light (SUBJECT: GNOME CLERIC)
Status: COMPROMISED.
Note: Potential for total alignment with Ashbringer remains high. Subject is currently compromised by lingering sentimental ties. Monitor for spontaneous combustion or spiritual fracturing.

ASSET: Harper
Status: DEPLOYED / PENDING.
Note: Devices delivered - await for further instructions via radio. Chronological displacement suggests she is the only asset aware of the "Now."

ASSET: Butis BLACKFOOT (SUBJECT: MARKED)
Status: TERMINAL / BLACK SUN PROTOCOL.
Timer: TICK TOCK. TICK TOCK. [59 DAYS REMAINING]. The rot in the chest is surgical. The wood is carving itself into the shape we require.

ASSET: Arya
Status: OBSERVATION.
Note: The search for Ontharr is yielding more than intended. Subject is closer to the truth than her Order permits. If she finds the Monastery's heart, she will cease to be a pawn.

ASSET: Esmeralda
GIBBERISH_ERROR_VOID = &
She is seeing the corners of the page. DO NOT ENGAGE.

Notes

• Found inside the satchel.
• Shows the party is being actively tracked as "Recovery Squad Alpha."
• Ties spiral to a larger monitoring or manipulation project in Accardi.
• Suggests Kavax may be the current Anchor referenced elsewhere in the handouts.
• The memo's "biological redundant (TWIN)" line may connect more cleanly to the Kavax Framing Thread than to the sewer duplicate alone, though that remains unconfirmed.
• The memo is part of the Project Spiral Date Anomaly: although the party carried the satchel for months, the memo was dated to the exact day the satchel was opened, both in-game and in real-life play.

Question History

This ledger preserves when campaign questions were answered, reframed, merged, or added. The current unresolved questions remain in Open Questions.

Question change log

2026-07-13 — Session 10 reconciliation

Answered

Reframed or merged

Added

Red Nail

• Nail used to pin Arabella in the Ruined Monastery.
• Covered in runes tied to containment magic.
• Became central to the party's vampire and curse arc.
• According to Ashbringer Letter, it also acts as a lightning rod for spiral.

Red Wizards of Thay

• Arrived in Accardi months before the current arc.
• Connected to the spread of silver and to warnings about a coming crown: a crown that blinds the sun.
• Described as a major hostile magical power with presence in Faerun and the Heartlands.

Redwater

Known facts

• Setting of the Redwater Oneshot, played before the main campaign by the same players using different characters.
• A one-shot newspaper reported that goblins had blocked the Redwater trade route.

Missing record

• The one-shot's date, player characters, locations, and full events still need to be added from the players' notes or recollections.

Redwater Oneshot

This one-shot was played before Session 0 by the same players using different characters. It took place in Redwater. The date, character roster, and full session account have not yet been recorded.

The three newspapers below were handouts for the one-shot. Their articles are source material, not a complete account of what happened during play.

Handouts

Goblin Blockade and Fiery Hearts

• Westgate News reports that goblins blocked the Redwater trade route.
• A sea ogre threat was declared ended, with an illustration of the ogre slayers known as the Fiery Hearts.
• A separate headline reports mysterious heart attacks among the elite.

Red Dragon and King in Yellow

• Dated 6th of Alturiak, 1494 DR.
• An ancient red dragon was still circling Westgate.
• Elvenblood Pass was reportedly overrun by orcs.
• A killer called The King in Yellow was linked to deaths in the Merchant Quarter; victims were found with faces twisted in horror, and witnesses described yellow clothing.
• A rat swarm was terrorizing Proeshampalar.

Mora Plague and Pirate Coup

• The Mora Plague was reported to be under control.
• Pirate Lord Appleheart had been overthrown, and Mulstantir Illstic claimed the title after the coup.
• The Church of Talos was being reconstructed after a reported divine accident.
• Hargan "The Weasel" Grubroot was congratulated on becoming Grand Cropmaster.

Continuity into Session 0

• Westgate News - Anthemon Acquisitions and Heart Attacks later says the mysterious heart attacks were continuing.
• Westgate News - Mora Plague and Hargan Murder says the Mora Plague had returned and reports Hargan Grubroot's death.

Rowan

• Thief from the opening sessions.
• Emerged from the exploded building in the Westgate Opening Incident and treated the unfrozen party as accomplices.
• Fled with the party into the sewers and helped pass along the satchel mission for Drenna before dying.
• Deceased alongside Sela.

Ruined Monastery

Summary

• Ruined site outside Accardi visited in the Session 4-6 arc.
• Contains the tower where Ontarr was found and the crypts where Arabella was pinned with the red nail.
• Separate location from Ashbringers Basement, which is the hidden site beneath Accardi explored later.

Major links

• red nail
• Ontarr
• Arabella
• silver
• skeleton ball

Open threads

• Why the dead in the tower died trying to open Ontarr's chamber.
• How the materials found here connect to the wider silver network.

Ruined Monastery Letter

Notes

• Found with the dead group in the tower at the Ruined Monastery.
• OCR is only partially reliable; the page looks degraded or chaotic.

Partial transcript

Upon the highest part of the monastery
I counted 3 today.
They followed me everywhere.
die die!!
[several corrupted or unreadable lines]
embrace the power of AB

Runes

• Magical markings on the red nail.
• Specifically associated with containment magic.

Satchel

• Locked container the party was told to deliver to Drenna in Accardi.
• One of the oldest active plot devices in the vault.
• It reached the party through the dying thieves Sela and Rowan during the aftermath of the Westgate Opening Incident.
• When the party first got it, the bottom was marked with the initials Y.K..
• Later opened with a golden key after interaction with the obsidian key.
• Contained the Project Spiral Memo and Script Commentary, which imply the party is under observation.
• The Project Spiral Memo inside showed a date anomaly: it matched the exact date the satchel was opened despite the party carrying the satchel for months.
• In Session 8, after learning about the Yellow King, the party realized the initials likely refer to him directly.
• In Session 9, the container heated up and produced Myrella Report, confirming it can receive new messages rather than only hold fixed contents.
• The satchel functions partly as a communications dropbox; whether it is controlled by Drenna, The King in Yellow, or another part of the network remains unknown.
• Best synthesis note: Spiral Metaplot.

Script Commentary

Transcript

I remember the way the sun felt before it turned into a record of itself. We were supposed to be the audience, but they've locked us in the script. Can you feel the page turning? I can hear the quill scratching inside my own skull.

CORRECTION: The actors have stopped following the stage directions. They have taken the Anchor to the City of Veils. This was not in the original draft.

Stop looking for a cure. Stop looking for your family. They aren't missing; they were never written into this iteration. You are grieving for characters that were deleted to save space on the page.

Notes

• Also found inside the satchel.
• Appears to come from the same meta-textual framework as Project Spiral Memo.
• Mentions the Anchor, the City of Veils, iteration changes, and deleted people, but does not fully explain them.

Sela

• Thief from the opening sessions.
• Emerged from the exploded building in the Westgate Opening Incident and treated the unfrozen party as accomplices.
• Fled with the party into the sewers and helped pass along the satchel mission for Drenna before dying.
• Deceased alongside Rowan.

Selvetarm

• Figure represented by a statue in the altered chambers of Ashbringers Basement.
• Currently only lightly documented, but likely relevant to drow religious context.

Sergeant Allen Dour

• Guard contact in Accardi.
• Might help facilitate trade between Westgate and Accardi.
• In Session 10, Harper found his name in papers at the Church of Eternal Light, alongside references to silver, Mister Blackwood, and an unclear order.

2025-04-06 & 2025-04-13
Party members:
Kavax - Fighter (Evaldas)
Arya - Paladin (Greta)
Butis - Bard (Justinas)
Light - Cleric (Titas)
Harper - Rogue (Rita)

Sela & Rowan - thieves, deceased

Handouts received:

• Westgate News - Root Plague and Veil Ward Fire
• Westgate News - Anthemon Acquisitions and Heart Attacks
• Westgate News - Mora Plague and Hargan Murder

Session 0 prasidėjo Westgate centre, prie centrinės aikštės. Įvyko sprogimas kažkokiame vietiniame pastate - gal banke, gal mero ofise. Laikas sustojo visiems aplink, bet party - ne.
Sela ir Rowan išlindo iš susprogdinto pastato ir, kadangi party nebuvo sustingę laike, palaikė mus savo bendrininkais. Su jais patekome į sewerius, nes jie tikėjosi, kad turime pabėgimo planą.
Vėliau, kol landžiojome po sewerius, Sela ir Rowan mirė ir perdavė mums satchel su žinute nunešti Drennai į Accardi ir pasakyti “archive bled open”; ant dugno parašyta Y.K.
Seweriuose radome kažkokį underground laboratory, kur sutikome žmogų, atrodantį lygiai kaip Kavax. Jis užpuolė party, mes jį nužudėme. Vėliau Kavax sakė, kad nežino, kas ten buvo, ir kad jis neturi jokių dvynių.

Vial of green stuff with “3C” on it and “do not apply to conscious subject”
Found a confidential report Atrium Breach Report
Arya has the area map (Accardi, Sky Tomb)

Gavome 2 LVL

2025-06-29
Miške po medžiu su “X” iškasėm skrynią su balta kauke ant dangčio, +30GP
Atvykom į Sky Tomb
Radom stilborn in a flesh pod
Radom note pas gobliną, Harper paėmė
“Mathesias said the Pit must bleed, I didn’t know it meant us” - note pas mirusį čiuvą in the pit
Ponde key guli ant dugno, ant jo “M” raidė
Banditai su juodo tano galvos emblemomis
“Teach me” ant sienos prie laiptų į apačią
“Make sure the prisoners are fed until they are reintroduced and re-arm all the traps”
Virš durų mįslė:
I’m blind yet I see
I’m dead but dream
I hunger for light
But birth only screams

Session 10

2026-07-12

Church of Eternal Light

Atėjome į Church of Eternal Light. Bažnyčioje matėsi dievo Thorm simbolika - geležinės pirštinės su akimi. Pasibaigus mišioms paaukojome pinigų. Prie altoriaus kolonų stovėjo šarvuoti riteriai, o tolėliau Harper pastebėjo skurdžiai, gelsvai apsirengusį žmogų - galbūt The King in Yellow. Jis greitai dingo.

Sulaukėme eilės pas Drenna. Ji pažinojo mus vardais ir pasiuntė į study-like kambarį jos palaukti su dviem riteriais. Harper ant stalo tarp popierių matė Allen Dour vardą, kažką apie silver, Mister Blackwood ir kažkokį užsakymą.

Butis susitarė su vienu riteriu apsikeisti paslaptimis. Riteris prisipažino nužudęs žmogų ir išsitraukė kardą, ant kurio vis dar buvo šviežio kraujo. Butis parodė savo Black Sun ženklą. Riteris iš pradžių nustebo, po to pasimetė ir pasišlykštėjo, tada apsikeitė vietomis su už durų laukusiu riteriu.

Atėjusiai Drennai pranešėme, kad Rowan mirė. Kavax pastebėjo, jog Drennai kalbant kairiajame kambario kampe stovinti spintelė pradeda drebėti. Vėliau atėjęs žmogus atnešė vyno; gėrė visi, išskyrus Harper.

Ką papasakojo Drenna

• Sela ir Rowan dirbo Drennai bei kovojo su Nightmasks. Session 1 rasta skrynia su kauke priklausė šiai grupuotei.
• Vagystės Westgate tikslas buvo gauti naudingų priemonių kovai su Nightmasks, bet pavogtas tik vienas daiktas - satchel.
• Drennai keista, kad mūsų nepaveikė time-stop burtas: nuo jo turėjo būti apsaugoti tik specialiai pažymėti jos žmonės.
• Drennos agentė Solara yra suimta ir laikoma The Chop Shop. Drenna paprašė ją išlaisvinti ir prisidėti prie jos veiklos.
• Ant Accardi nebuvo nukritęs tikras drakonas. Tai buvo sprogimas, pridengtas drakono iliuzija.
• Drenna buvo susitikusi su Lyra Valmora ir iš jos apie mus sužinojo.
• The King in Yellow yra labai slapta žudikų grupuotė. Frazė „archive bled open“ tiesiog reiškia, kad misija nepavyko.
• Drenna nedirba su Kel Arin. Jos žiniomis, jis renka artefaktus kažkokiam tikslui.
• The Black Sun Sect yra labai maža sekta, tikinti Kelemvor; pažymėtieji greitai miršta.
• Chop Shop laiko kalinius iš trijų miestų: Westgate, Accardi ir Teziir.
• Žmonės, nukentėję per Westgate „drakono“ incidentą: Brob, Ashbringer, Trevor, Lyra ir Sandra-Ly.

Išėjome pasiruošę padėti Drennai išgelbėti Solarą ir savo naudai išlaisvinti Halvin, tačiau Drenna dar nepasitikėjome tiek, kad papasakotume apie satchel. Ji parūpino safehouse ir pažadėjo dvi kalėjimo sargybinių uniformas, suklastotus kalinio pervežimo dokumentus bei kitą misijai reikalingą pagalbą. Ryte turime grįžti pas Drenną, o vakare mėginti patekti į kalėjimą.

The Chop Shop

Kalėjimą valdo Warden Larren, o už išorinę dalį atsakingas Captain Vorne. Žinoma:

• pagrindinis įėjimas turi maždaug 20 pėdų vartus, du sargybos bokštus ir sustiprintas sienas;
• sargyba keičiasi kas valandą;
• rytinėje pusėje galima patekti į kalėjimo sewer sistemą;
• pietinė siena turi struktūrinių pažeidimų;
• yra požeminis lygis;
• kalėjimą viduje ir išorėje saugo magiškos runos bei wards, ant kurių užlipus galima žūti;
• runoms pamatyti reikia specialaus magiško žibinto;
• iš sewer sistemos reikėtų vertikaliai lipti apie 45 pėdas iki vamzdžio;
• kalėjimo leitenantė yra Kes;
• vienas kalinys negali kalbėti, kitas kalba minimaliai.

Parduotuvės

Mieste matėme ženklus į Bone Gallery ir šias vietas: Silver Bare Remedies (apothecary), The Collected Wonders, Vermillion Fabrics, Arcane Wonders and Protections, Crowns and Coins Establishment bei The Silver Dawn Inn.

The Collected Wonders

Fancy parduotuvės fasadas buvo išpuoštas knygomis. Jaunas pardavėjas vėliau parodė, kad tai tik disguise ir iš tikrųjų jis senas. Light ieškojo informacijos apie The King in Yellow arba undead. Apie The King in Yellow pardavėjas nieko neturėjo, bet pasiūlė užrakintą Necromicon, kurio dar niekas nesugebėjo atrakinti, mainais į tris svarbius prisiminimus.

Light iš pradžių sutiko, tačiau Butis paaiškino, kad tuos prisiminimus jis praras. Supykęs Light padegė knygą ir išėjo. Savininkui jau ruošiantis kviesti sargybą, Arya ir Harper sumokėjo 100 aukso, kad to nedarytų.

Arcane Wonders and Protections

Savininkas Sulas teigė parduodantis abiem pusėms, tačiau nepaaiškėjo, kas tos pusės. Arya enchantino amuletą prieš undead: jie turi disadvantage, kol Arya gauna smūgį.

Harper už 50 aukso nusipirko informaciją apie silver kaip narkotiką. Jį reikia vartoti iki „piko“, tuomet yra 50/50 tikimybė: arba vartotojas tampa geresnis kovodamas ir gindamasis nuo vampyrų, arba nutinka kažkas blogo. Aukštesnės kokybės silver padidina gero rezultato tikimybę. Bet kuriuo atveju po to vartotojas pradeda jausti, ar šalia yra vampyras.

Crowns and Coins Establishment

Mus pasitiko Lady Margaret. Butis ir Kavax backrooms sutiko gobliną Netty, neoficialiai prekiaujantį įvairiais daiktais. Butis ketino parduoti Vel'shara iltį, bet iškeitė ją į informaciją apie Chop Shop.

Netty taip pat pasakė, kad Ashbringers rengia įsilaužimą į kalėjimą, tačiau nežinome, ką jie nori išlaisvinti. Red Wizards of Thay nori Halvin - galbūt kažkam iš jų reikia panaikinti Black Sun ženklą. Butis nesėkmingai mėgino užkerėti Netty, tada sumokėjo 400 aukso už runas rodantį žibintą. Netty pasiūlė nuolaidą, jei nužudysime Captain Vorne.

Captain Vorne

Vorne turėjo lankytis užeigoje The Blind Intestine. Jos savininkas Rorick pasakė, kad Vorne ten nebesilanko, nes yra skolingas 11 aukso. Light sumokėjo skolą, o Rorick parodė, kur Vorne gyvena.

Vorne radome vieną namuose. Light ir Arya apsimetė šventikais, norinčiais gelbėti Chop Shop kalinių sielas, ir nusivedė jį į užeigą. Išgėręs Vorne iš graudaus tapo rimtas ir tvirtas. Už 250 aukso jis sutiko kitą dieną 18:30 dvidešimčiai minučių nuvesti Light ir Aryą pas Solarą ir Halvin. Jis taip pat pasakė, kad Warden Larren yra blogas žmogus.

Planas ir atviri klausimai

Planuojame dviem komandos nariams apsimesti sargybiniais su Drennos uniformomis, o kitiems - transportuojamais kaliniais.

• Kaip likusi komanda susitiks su Light ir Arya?
• Ar Light ir Arya tik atliks scouting mission ir grįš?
• Kaip rasime Solarą ir Halvin?
• Kaip pabėgsime iš Chop Shop?
• Kiek sargybinių yra viduje?

2025-10-26
Harper į pit prilašino kraujo, išlindo 3 vaiduokliai
Radom Esmeraldą + mirusią Tiefling
New party member - Esmeralda - Wizard (Gintarė)
Tiefling bate radom:
geležinį canister su stikliniu vidumi (kinda butelis be skylutės) - tai yra automaton šerdis, Esmeralda paėmė
ornamented dagger
Bugbear klausinėjo Tieflingės apie Lyra Valmora - ar ji Westgate, ar Accardi? (Arya jos ieško)
Grįžus prie mįslės virš durų prie pito girdėjosi už durų chantinimas:
“Holy warrior sits in the garden we fled
Blood into wine, take my body instead”
Nukovėm Skeleton King gavom magic chalice (pas Esmeraldą), karūną, plate mail ir necklace (sklinda divination magic)

2025-11-22
Nusileidom į skylę, radom drakono griaučius ir 4 drakonų kiaušinius, bet tik vienas sveikas; kiaušiniai negali išsitepti
Vienas drakonas ant kiaušinių
Antras drakonas ant auksų kalno
Trečias ant tūkstančių žmonių kaulų
Ketvirtas ant nieko
Penktas ant nieko
Kūnai sudėti penkiakampiu
Palietus auksą jis tapo dulkėmis
Butis rado obsidian key
Drakonai kalba apie Red Wizards of Thay atėjimą į Faerun, jie vyksta į Accardi ir atsineša “a crown that blinds the sun”
Red Wizards yra iš vakarų wizardai, iš už vandenyno, bet jų bazė Faerun yra šiaurėje - Heartlands; jie yra blogiukai
Radome namelį
Radome senolį Kileran, pasakėm, kad neuždarėm skylės nusileidę, ji kažką parašė knygoje
Sužinojom, kad čia drakonai atvyksta mirti, centre - drakonų motinėlė Nivaryx the Umbra, ji buvo problema prieš daug metų, nes buvo daugiavaikė mama
Palietus drakoną iškyla vaizdinys - girdisi moteriškas balsas “I trusted you”, 6 žmonės chantina, kad drakonas nukristų, moteris, be vienos akies, su Accardi simbolika, sako “forgive me, this is the only way”
Panaudojome obsidian key ir satchel užraktas kartą trakštelėjo

Gavome 3 LVL

PRAĖJO DU MĖNESIAI

Atvykome į Accardi - The Slums
Kelios vietos mieste:
Jonathan - blacksmith
Moonlight … - shop
home with no windows - church
Candlecrypt - shop, ask for Yara, the moth Keeper
Sergeant Allen Dour - guardhouse of Saint something, gali padėti fasilituoti prekybą tarp Westgate ir Accardi
The Red door - Inn (actually juodos druys), Resa - inkeeper
Rumors - Accardi nukrito juodas drakonas prieš 3 dienas, in the Temple Quarter
Kažkas vyksta vienuolyne už miesto
Kavax derina gazuoto vyno shipmentą iš Westgate į Inną

2025-12-20
Butis iškeitė dragonscale į dvie žvakes - viagros ir 50/50 resurrection
Kel Arin - skulptorius, owner of the Bone Gallery, gali suveikti praėjimą į Upper City
Žmonės naudoja kažkokį narkotiką, sidabrinis skystis (street name - “silver”)
Prieš 6mėn atvarė į miestą Red Wizards of Thay ir pradėjo dalinti tą narkotiką
Kai žmogus nustoja gerti narkotikus - dingsta
Pasirodo Skeleton King buvo - Kvazit, sutarėm parduoti šmutkes Kel Arin už 3000g.
Prisipirkom armorų ir buvom nusiųsti į monastery už miesto atnešti “red nail”
Išėjom ieškoti Arya draugės - Lyra Valmora (dar nežinom, bet ji - vampire), priėjom crackhouse
Harper sėdo ant “silver”
Išvykome į monastery
monastery - apdaužytas ir išniekintas, statulų akys iškrapštytos

2025-12-27
Radom bačką su keistu skysčiu - Esmeralda pasiėmė mėginį (čia “silver”)
Radom popieriuką apie “the thing beneath”, kažkas vibruoja po žeme vis, kas 10-15 sekundžių
Knygose bet kas susiję su religija yra ištrinta
Lipome į bokštą, radome 4 kūnus, apie savaitę mirę, kraujosruvos iš akių, nėra kitų smurtinių žaizdų, radome lapą su crazy užrašais ir kaukolę
Vienas iš kūnų turi shield su ant jo pavaizduotu falling dragon
Bokšto viršuje - durys, Harper atidarė, viduje - Ontarr Krune? mumifikuotas kūnas guli karste
Prie lovos - dežutė - magiška, nežinoma magijos mokykla
Dėžutėje - laiškas, walkie-talkie ir kažkoks monitor
Harper - iš future, 2125 m. (dabar 1492 m.), įjungė raciją, ieško draugo Trevor
; ji iš AA organizacijos - Agenda Avengers
Nusileidome į kriptas - radome skeleton ball, užmušėm, sprogo
Gale kriptų radome woman, kuri prikalta prie sienos į kaktą su red nail
Butis vienas pats, BE NIEKIENO KITO PAGALBOS, ištraukė vinį ir moteris atsibudo

2026-01-31
Moteris su red nail kaktoje - vampire, išimta iš šalia esančio sarkofago, kuris beje atrodo ne vietoje ir per daug fancy tokiai vietai
Šiame vienuolyne buvo grupuotė, kuri medžiojo vampires
Ant vinies yra runes, susijusios su containment magic
Sukišome vinį jai atgal į galvą ir nusprendėme nuvežti pas skulptorių Kel Arin
Kartu pasiėmė Ontarr karstą
Grįždami į Accardi priėjome burning caravan, karavane matomi transportuoti narvai, atrodo, kad kažkas sprogo narvuose iš vidaus
Kol investigavom karavaną, woman atsikėlė, sukišo vinį Bučiui į krūtinę ir pabėgo kažkur į laukus
Dabar Butis turi black wound in the chest, black eyes ir sapnavo keistą tiltą
Grįžtant prie karavano, yra pelenų krūvelės, jas pasniffinus iškyla vizijos, viena vizija kaip vyras švenčia gimtadienį ir kažkas įsiveržia ir jį pagrobia, kita, kaip vyras bando apvogti kitą žmogu ir jį sučiumpa mentai (tl;dr - šituos žmones kažkas pavogė)
Yra pėdsakai iki gaisro ir po to dingsta - nei arklių, nei žmonių pėdsakų nelieka
Light prie vieno iš narvų rado buteliuką su “silver”, bet tam pačiam buteliuky yra nesusimaišęs juoda skystis
Toliau radom lavoną pervertą scorching ray burto, jo rankoje laiškas, ant skydo - falling dragon emblema. Laiškas pasirašytas AB.
Atvykome į miestą
Arya nugabeno Ontarr kūną pas Lyra Valmora, kol kiti miegojo, nes jis pradėjo re-compose’inti (atgyjinėti?)
Užsukome pas Val - ji lyg turi turėti info apie vinį, ji moteris vienu metu ir sena, ir jauna
Butis parodė jai savo krūtinę, pasirodo jis dabar priklauso The Black Sun Sect, jam liko gyventi 2 mėnesiai, egzistuoja antidote - jį gali sukurti Halvin, bet jis šiuo metu įkalintas The Chop Shop kalėjime į west of Accardi. Šitas condition lyg gali duoti ir naujų special abilities.
Sužinojom apie falling dragon simbolį - tai neseniai atsiradusio cult simbolis. Prieš kelis mėnesius Westgate nukrito drakonas ir vienas žmogus mirė, bet paskui prisikėlė iš drakono nasrų ir dabar yra garbinamas, tai buvo Ashbringer ir kultas yra Ashbringers, sako, kad jei jis į tave pasižiūri - pavirsti pelenais
Sakoma, kad po Accardi Temple Quarter yra jų buveinė (viena iš)
Ashbringer naudoja spiral (nžn ką tai reiškia, bet esam radę laišką su spirale)
Val taip pat sako, kad Westgate valdo vampire, realiai vyksta underground war prieš vampyrus ir tas vial kur radom karavane yra improved “silver” formulė

2026-02-14 ♥️
Išėjom iš Val, Butis gavo laišką, Arya parašė laišką
Nuėjom pas Lyra Valmora, ji domisi Harper walkie-talkie ir kitkuo, ką radom monastery bokšte, bet Harper nenori rodyti
Lyra Valmora, vis užsirašinėja, ko paklausia ir atsakome
Bokšto, kuriame radome Ontarr, durys buvo užrakintos spec užraktu, tie negyvi žmonės su kraujuojančiom akim mirė bandydami atrakinti duris
“silver” - tai weapon prieš Westgate, jį planuoja per kelias dienas transportuoti į Westgate ir paskleisti visiems gyventojams
Accardi yra/buvo “silver” testing grounds, po 3-4sav. vartojimo lyg yra teigiamas benefitas, bet tame tarpe būna blogas periodas
Pasakėm Lyrai, kad radom vinį ir vampyrė pabėgo, sakė ją susirasti ir nužudyti
Paprašėme Lyros nusiųsti žinutę Drenna, rytoj vakare grįžtame sužinoti ar yra naujienų
Nuėjom pas blacksmith Jonathan, jam Kel Arin nukirto ranką, nes jis norėjo iš mūsų nusipirkti armorą ir perekūpinti skulptoriui; blacksmith pakvietė skulptorių
Pasirodo skulptorius/jo sėbrai ir sukūrė tą skeleton ball vienuolyne, ta vampyrė buvo prikalta skulptoriaus nurodymu, vinis dabar bus siunčiamas į Westgate, nes ten jo labiau reikia, vampyrė - Arabella.
Skulptorius išmokėjo likusį goldą ir pasiūlė nuvaryti į basement susitvarkyti su Sailos, kuris priklauso Ashbringers
Parodėm skulptoriui satchel, kurią nešam Drenna, jis ją atidarė su kažkokiu golden key, viduje radome ginklą (Maulą) ir du popierius - Project Spiral Memo ir Script Commentary; vienas iš jų yra datuotas tiksliai šiai dienai, nors dėžutę turime jau mėnesius.
Nuėjome, kur nurodė skulptorius, Light vėl sniffino pelenus, matė viziją, kaip vaikšto bibliotekoje ir tuomet įvyksta sprogimas
Radome skrynią, kurioje buvo slaptas įėjimas į rūsį, nusileidome į Ashbringers Basement, į maldos salę, kurioje yra Lolth statula (Lolth - drow pagrindinė deivė, god of cold cruelty) - pristine condition, nors jai kokie keli šimtai metų, ji iš akmens iš Underdark
Vaikščiojome aplink požemius, nei gyvos dvasios, iš knygų išplėšti puslapiai
Radom kambarį, kuriame meldėsi monstrai, kambary sostas su Lolth statula ir 2 dark elf knight statulos
Nužudėme priešus, koridoriuje buvo durys, tačiau už jų - sienos
Visi suėjome į kambarį, kuriame buvo monstrai, užsitrenkė durys, išgirdome sprogimą ir kambarys pasikeitė

2026-04-11
Naujai pasikeitusiame kambaryje yra trys kūnai su visai fancy rūbais, atrodo kaip acolytes, Esmeralda rado journal
Journal: Three key entries:

• Entry 1, 3 weeks ago: "Vel'shara has gone too far. The Rite is forbidden for good reason. I've read the histories — it doesn't summon Lolth. It summons whatever is listening in the dark between the webs. I have tried to warn her. She does not hear me."

• Entry 2, 1 week ago: "The preparations are nearly complete. I cannot stop her. I can only record what happens. The monastery has already changed. I hear things in the walls at night. The novices have started sleepwalking toward the sanctum."

• Entry 3, the night of the ritual: "She is beginning. Something is wrong. The candles are going out one by one and the cold is—" the writing ends mid-sentence, the quill dragged across the page in a long slash.

Išėjom iš kambario, koridoriuje kur buvo durys ir už jų užmūryta siena - dabar pasiekiami kambariai. Pirmame Lolth statula, ant jos radome Vel’shara vardą parašyta Elvish kalba, radome slaptą skyrių, o jame - raštą parašyta Deep Speech kalba. Niekas nemoka šios kalbos skaityti.
Kitame kambaryje radome Selvetarm statulą.
Trečiame kambaryje radome vyro dievo? Statulą, akys mus stebi, kai įeiname. Radome slaptą compartment, bet užstrigdinom jį. Išlupome akis, dabar turime du deimantus.
Buvo kelias į olą, bet ten nėjome, ėjome į biblioteką, kur girdėjosi sprogimas. Library knygose dabar jau yra rašalas, bet išbėgęs ir neina nieko perskaityti. Kampe yra didelė gili skylė, iš kurios sklinda bloga aura ir tamsa. Pačioje bibliotekoje yra 6 kūnai. Bandome suprasti, kas čia įvyko - kampe įvyko sprogimas, ne šiaip sau, o arcane based, sienos dabar yra cold to the touch, mūsų party magai suprato, kad čia buvo Far Realm energy discharge. Esmeralda rado 3 nesudegusias knygas:

Book A — "A History of the Rite of the Silken Throne" (cover scorched, mostly intact)

A scholarly account of The Rite's only previous use, 400 years ago. A high priest named Ssivrix attempted it. The monastery where he performed it "ceased to exist in the conventional sense" — travelers reported it looked intact from outside, but anyone who entered never returned. The Rite was formally banned by Lolth's high council.

Book C — "Vel'shara's Personal Research Notes" (handwritten, water-stained)

Entry excerpts: "Day 14: The Codex responded to the resonance test. It wants to be opened. This is not concerning — all planar artifacts want things." / "Day 22: I have made contact with the fragment inside. It speaks in images, not words. It showed me a throne of silk that stretches across the dark between stars. I understand now why Lolth banned the Rite. She was afraid of competition." / "Day 28 (final entry): Tonight. The monastery is ready. The monks are ready. I am ready. Lolth gave us darkness. Something older gave us the dark."

Esmeralda pasiėmė The Codex. Dabar ji jį nešiojasi ir naudoja kaip savo spellcasting focus.

Vieną iš knygų įsidėjo į savo tašę.
Light sugalvojo leistis į skylę su virve. Arya laikė virvę, Kavax padėjo. Besileisdamas gavo psychic damage ir jam prasidėjo vaizdiniai, matė 2 acolytes, kurie taip pat žiūrėjo į jį - vienas su geltonais rūbais, kitas su labiau juodais. Lightas tada su šviesa grįžo atgal ir dabar ant krūtinės turi tokią pačią black wound kaip Butis. Tas su geltonais rūbais - The King in Yellow, kažkoks chaotic individas. Po šito party suprato, kad ant satchel dugno buvę inicialai Y.K. reiškia Yellow King.
Kavax palietė vieną iš 6 kūnų ir jie atgijo, atrodo humanodai, bet su 8 akim kaip vorai kokie. Nugalėję priešus radome dėžutę ir joje laišką:
Treasure in Library (Rita rado)

Exorcist Thren — your mission is containment, not destruction. The Codex must be recovered intact. Vel'shara is secondary. Do not let the fragment bond to a host. If it does, the host cannot be saved. It can only be ended. — High Inquisitor Naez

Ėjome toliau koridoriumi ir išgirdome anxious skittering, tai buvo Drider (half drow-half spider). Jis neleido mums praeiti, bet gal dėl to, kad Light buvo labai agresyvus :D

2026-04-25
Užmušę Drider ėjome toliau, ten, kur buvo Lolth statula, ten dabar yra Vel'shara, virstanti į vorą ar kažką dar baisesnio. Vel'shara mus užpuolė, mes ją nugalėjome.

Ėjome toliau, Harper berakinant duris jos sprogo ir ji nukentėjo. Tuomet ji išgėrė silver, kad pasijaustų geriau.

Praėję toliau radome barakus, tuomet Arya pajautė, kad satchel pradėjo šilti/kaisti, ji atidarė dėžutę ir ten buvo report. satchel / dėžutė yra kaip kokia pašto dėžutė komunikacijai. Tik kad nežinome, su kuo komunikuojame. Kitas adresatas greičiausiai yra Drenna, nes jai turime pristatyti dėžutę.

Ėjome pro kitas duris, ten yra mason's room, viena kambario siena šiek tiek išgriauta ir veda į kitą bibliotekoje esančios duobės pusę. Ten stovi didelis altorius, ant altoriaus asmeninis Vel'shara ženklas. Altorius yra voro statula, jo abdomen matosi yra kažkoks oozing black liquid. Po statula matomi 8 pjedestalai.

Light palietė ketvirtą pjedestalą, liquid iš abdomen išbėgo ir palietė jį, tada atsitraukė atgal. Light matė viziją, kur drow ir vorai kariauja ir iš kažkur aukštai nusileidžia Lolth in its true form, pamato Light ir pavadina jį vardu. Light trumpam tampa sutrikęs / kontūzytas.

Esmeralda taip pat paliečia septintą pjedestalą, black liquid paliečia jos ranką, bet lieka jos venose - neatsitraukia. Butis paliečia septintą - jaučia lyg jis jau būtų panaudotas. Tuomet Butis paliečia šeštą - toks pats jausmas, lyg būtų panaudotas. Tuomet Esmeralda palietė antrą - matė tokią pačią viziją kaip Light. Gavo black blood, bet nuo šito nemirs po 2 mėn. kaip Butis ir Light.

Tada Kavax trenkė į statulos abdomen, statula subyrėjo, bet skystis liko kaboti ore, tuomet apsivijo jo ginklą bei ranką ir liko lyg second skin. Tuomet pastebėjo, kad iš bibliotekoje esančios duobės kylantys dūmai pradėjo leistis ir bendras vaibas tapo geresniu.

Grįžom į olą, kurią buvo praleidę vaikščiodami šiuose požemiuose, ten radome 4 didelius negyvus vorus ir vieną monko kūną.

Nusprendėme išeiti iš požemių, išėjome į Accardi, viskas atrodo normalu, taip kaip buvo prieš nusileidžiant į požemius. Lauke sutikom Morką (ožką iš Session 1). Light su ja pradėjo kalbėtis, ji švari ir gražiai sutvarkyta. Pasirodo Morką sutvarkė kažkokia Accardi aukštuomenės šeima. Pailsėjom ir atgavom jėgas.

Nusprendėm nueiti pas Lyra Valmora dėl reporto, kurį radom satchel. Iš jos gavome kvietimus / leidimus vykti į Upper Quarter, reikia eiti pas Jonathan ir jis viską paaiškins. Ten bus didelė bažnyčia, kur pamatysim Drenna. Mums ten reikia būti 9h ryto.

Harper iškeitė artefaktą, kurį rado požemiuose (holy symbol of Lolth) į 5 silver dozes. Butis lauke mokino Morką šokti - iš dalies pavyko.

Gavome informacijos, kad Ontarr prisikėlė, pasirodo kažkas su juo susipyko ir panaudojo magiją padaryti jį lyg mirusiu, o Baldur's Gate Arya šnekėjo ne su juo, o su kažkokiu klonu. Išgirdę apie klonus papasakojome, kad matėme Kavax kloną, papasakojome apie laboratoriją, kurią radome po Westgate miestu ir apie C3 - Lyra Valmora sakė, kad tai yra silver precursorius, ne countermeasure.

Tada Kavax sudealino fasilituot silver shipmentus į Westgate.

Po to nuėjome į rūbų parduotuvę ir nusipirkome fancy noble-like clothes, kad neišsiskirtume eidami į Temple Quarter.

Nuėjome pas Jonathan ir jis mus pravedė pro secret underground passage. Eidami ant sienų matėme dievų piešinius - Sylvanus, Mask, Tempus ir t.t. Taip pat pastebėjome not so fresh but maybe 1-2 days old blood on the wall in spray patterns, cute. Išlipome į Temple Quarter, įsidėmėjome namą, kad žinotume kaip grįžti.

Nuėjome link bažnyčios, pačioje bažnyčioje žmonės kalba apie Drenna. Tada Drenna atsistojo prieš altorių, iškėlė rankas į viršų ir pradėjo maldą: “holy warrior sits in the garden we fled, blood into wine take my body instead”.

Silver

• Silver-colored substance distributed in Accardi and intended for wider use in Westgate.
• Described both as a drug and as a weapon.
• Connected to the Red Wizards of Thay, vampire conflict, and later improved formulas.
• By Session 9, Lyra Valmora identifies 3C as a precursor to silver, while the party is also hearing about silver shipments moving toward Westgate.

Skeleton Ball

• Animated skeletal construct found in the Ruined Monastery crypts.
• This was the creature earlier described in notes as "the thing beneath".
• Created by Kel Arin or his associates to guard Arabella.
• The party killed it.

Skeleton King

• Early major enemy encountered after the pit sequence.
• Later identified as Kvazit.
• Defeat of the Skeleton King helped push the campaign toward Accardi and Kel Arin.

Sky Tomb

• Early dungeon and major source of clues.
• Site of the bleeding pit, the riddle door, goblin notes, and the early mystery around Mathesias.
• Connected to later discoveries involving the Skeleton King, dragons, and the road to Accardi.

Solara

• Drenna agentė, kovojanti su Nightmasks.
• Suimta ir laikoma The Chop Shop.
• Drenna paprašė partijos ją išlaisvinti ir pasiūlė safehouse, sargybinių uniformas bei suklastotus pervežimo dokumentus.
• Captain Vorne sutiko už atlygį nuvesti Light ir Arya pas Solarą bei Halvin.

Spiral

• Symbol associated with Ashbringer.
• The party has already seen it on a letter and in Project Spiral Memo.
• According to Ashbringer Letter, the red nail acts as a lightning rod for the Spiral.
• It appears to be both a symbol and the name of a larger project watching or shaping events around the party.
• Best synthesis note: Spiral Metaplot.

Spiral Metaplot

Core chain

The strongest meta-plot thread currently runs through:

satchel -> Drenna -> Project Spiral Memo / Script Commentary / Myrella Report -> spiral -> Anchor -> City of Veils -> The King in Yellow

What is currently known

satchel

• The party received it at the start of the campaign with instructions to deliver it to Drenna in Accardi.
• It was marked Y.K. on the bottom long before the party understood the reference.
• It later opened only after interaction with the obsidian key and use of the golden key.
• In Session 9, it heated up and produced Myrella Report, implying it remains active as a communications device or remote dropbox.

Documents inside

• Project Spiral Memo treats the party as monitored assets in an active project.
• Script Commentary speaks in meta-textual language about scripts, deleted people, and revised drafts.
• Myrella Report adds surveillance language about anchor signatures, biometric corruption, shapeshifter degradation, and Lyra Valmora as a containment threat.
• Together they imply that the party is inside a manipulated or observed narrative structure, not just an ordinary conspiracy.

spiral

• Appears as both a symbol and the name of a project or force.
• The Ashbringer Letter says the red nail acts as a lightning rod for it.
• This ties the Spiral thread not only to the satchel documents, but also to Ashbringer and cult operations in Accardi.

Anchor

• Project Spiral Memo calls Kavax the party's physical anchor.
• Script Commentary says "they have taken the Anchor to the City of Veils."
• Myrella Report refers to a dimensional anchor signature directly, which makes the term sound less symbolic and more measurable.
• These likely refer to the same underlying concept, but the exact metaphysical meaning is still unresolved.

The King in Yellow

• Seen directly by Light in the Ashbringers Basement Library vision sequence.
• The party later realized that the satchel's Y.K. initials point to him.
• This creates a direct bridge between the oldest satchel clue and the newest deep-ritual revelations.

Why this thread matters

This is the clearest point where:

• party surveillance
• time anomalies
• symbolic cult behavior
• meta-textual reality language
• and the Yellow King imagery

all begin to overlap.

Open questions

• Is spiral a faction project, a cosmological force, a symbol system, or all three?
• Is Kavax literally the Anchor, or only one manifestation of it?
• Is City of Veils another name for Accardi or a separate place?
• How directly is The King in Yellow controlling or influencing the satchel thread?
• Why was the satchel marked Y.K. from the beginning?
• Who is Myrella, and how does she fit into the anchor / satchel network?
• If the satchel can receive uploads remotely, who is actually sending them and from where?

Ssivrix

• High priest who previously attempted The Rite centuries ago.
• That earlier attempt caused a monastery to stop existing in a conventional sense.

Sylos

• Name heard from Kel Arin as a target tied to the hidden entrance into Ashbringers Basement, a basement complex linked to the Ashbringers.
• Spelling is uncertain in the session notes.
• Likely a minor operative or local leader rather than the main figurehead.

Temple Quarter

• District of Accardi mentioned in rumors after a black dragon fell nearby.
• This is the same district previously noted as the Religious District.
• By Session 9, it contains the church where the party expects to meet Drenna.
• Jonathan can guide people there through hidden underground routes, suggesting the district has both public and covert access paths.
• The party treated it as a high-status zone that required more formal clothing and controlled entry.

The Black Sun Sect

• Group tied to the curse or transformation affecting Butis.
• Appears in connection with the black wound and a limited survival window.
• Countermeasure may depend on Halvin.

The Chop Shop

• Kalėjimas į vakarus nuo Accardi, laikantis kalinius iš Westgate, Accardi ir Teziir.
• Čia kalinami Solara ir Halvin, kuris gali pagaminti priešnuodį nuo black wound.
• Kalėjimą valdo Warden Larren, už išorę atsakingas Captain Vorne, o leitenantė yra Kes.
• Turi sustiprintas sienas, du sargybos bokštus, požeminį lygį, rytinėje pusėje pasiekiamą sewer sistemą ir pažeistą pietinę sieną.
• Iš sewer sistemos iki įėjimo vamzdžio reikia vertikaliai lipti apie 45 pėdas.
• Vidų ir išorę saugo mirtinos magiškos runos, kurioms pamatyti reikia specialaus žibinto.
• Drenna ruošia partijai dvi sargybinių uniformas ir suklastotus kalinio pervežimo dokumentus Solaros išlaisvinimui.
• Ashbringers taip pat planuoja įsilaužimą, o Red Wizards of Thay nori Halvin.

The Codex

• Dangerous artifact tied to Vel'shara, The Rite, and the fragment.
• Recovery of the Codex is treated as containment priority in the Ashbringers Basement letters.
• May be the main catalyst of the current reality-warping disaster.
• Picked up by Esmeralda in Session 8; she currently carries it and uses it as her spellcasting focus.

The King in Yellow

• Name connected to the yellow-robed figure seen in Light's vision near the void under the Ashbringers Basement Library.
• Drenna describes The King in Yellow as a highly secretive assassin group, so it may be an organization or title rather than one individual.
• The party connected it to the Y.K. initials written on the bottom of the satchel.
• In Session 10, Harper may have seen a poorly dressed yellow-clad member at the Church of Eternal Light, but the figure disappeared before being identified.
• A newspaper used in the Redwater Oneshot attributed Merchant Quarter deaths to a killer called The King in Yellow and described yellow clothing and victims whose faces were twisted in horror.
• Westgate News - Mora Plague and Hargan Murder reports a yellow-marked dagger beside Hargan Grubroot's body. The clipping does not explicitly connect that mark to the group.
• Best synthesis note: Spiral Metaplot.

The Red Door - Inn

• Inn in Accardi.
• The notes mention the door is actually black despite the name.
• Associated with the innkeeper Resa and Kavax's wine shipment plan.

The Rite

• Forbidden ritual pursued by Vel'shara.
• Officially banned after an earlier catastrophe involving Ssivrix.
• Central to the changing state of Ashbringers Basement and the activity around The Codex.

The Slums

• District of Accardi reached when the party first arrived in the city.
• Serves as an entry point into the city's lower-level contacts and rumors.

Thren

• Exorcist mentioned in a letter found in the Ashbringers Basement Library.
• Ordered to recover The Codex intact and prevent the fragment from bonding to a host.

Tiefling

• Dead tiefling found with Esmeralda in the pit sequence.
• Carried the canister core and the ornamented dagger.
• Was being questioned about Lyra Valmora before death.

Trevor

• Person Harper is trying to contact through the walkie-talkie.
• Presumably connected to the future timeline and the Agenda Avengers.

Underdark

• Origin of the stone used for the Lolth statue beneath Ashbringers Basement.
• Important background region for the drow material in the campaign.

Upper City

• More prestigious part of Accardi.
• Kel Arin may be able to arrange access to it.
• May overlap with or have been renamed/refined as Upper Quarter, the term used in Session 9 for the permit-controlled high-status district.

Upper Quarter

• High-status part of Accardi that required permits or invitations in Session 9.
• Linked to the route that should eventually bring the party to Drenna through the city's elite religious and civic space.
• May overlap with or refine the older Upper City terminology, but the exact relationship between the two labels is still unclear.

Val

Summary

• Cryptic contact in Accardi described as seeming both old and young.
• One of the party's clearest sources of occult interpretation.

Known links

• Explained the danger of Butis's black wound.
• Identified links to The Black Sun Sect, Halvin, The Chop Shop, Ashbringer, and improved silver.
• Provided some of the clearest exposition about the city's hidden conflicts, especially the overlap between cult activity, curses, and the wider Westgate situation.

Role in the story

• Val functions less like a normal quest giver and more like an interpreter of dangerous systems the party only partly understands.
• She is a key bridge between the black wound thread and the city's larger supernatural conflicts.

Open questions

• Where does Val's knowledge come from?
• What is her allegiance?
• Why does she know so much about both Ashbringer and the condition affecting Butis?

Vel'shara

• Drow ritualist tied to the current Ashbringers Basement disaster.
• Pursued the forbidden The Rite using The Codex.
• Her writings describe contact with the fragment and something older than Lolth.
• In Session 9, the party found her mid-transformation into a more monstrous spider-like state and killed her.

Walkie-Talkie

• Strange communication device found near Ontarr.
• Used by Harper, who says she is from the future and is looking for Trevor.
• One of the clearest pieces of out-of-time technology in the campaign.

Warden Larren

• The Chop Shop valdytojas.
• Captain Vorne jį apibūdino kaip blogą žmogų.
• Jo kalėjime laikomi Solara ir Halvin.

Westgate

Summary

• Major off-screen city tied to vampires, silver, and the rise of Ashbringer.
• One of the campaign's most important pressure points even though the party has not centered there yet.

Known links

• The campaign appears to begin here during the Westgate Opening Incident.
• Atrium Breach Report suggests the opening incident involved a containment breach, temporal dissonance, and possible archive activity rather than a simple explosion.
• Session 0 included three public newspaper handouts: Westgate News - Root Plague and Veil Ward Fire, Westgate News - Anthemon Acquisitions and Heart Attacks, and Westgate News - Mora Plague and Hargan Murder.
• The underground lab / atrium thread may also point to clone breeding or clone production beneath the city.
• Said to be a target of a large-scale silver deployment.
• Linked to trade with Accardi and to growing cult activity.
• The city is associated with the dragon event that elevated Ashbringer.
• An earlier Redwater Oneshot handout reported an ancient red dragon circling the city and murders attributed to The King in Yellow.
• Ashbringer Letter shows direct command traffic between Westgate and cult operations in Accardi.
• Project Spiral Memo notes that Sector Westgate remains silent in the search around the Anchor.

Why it matters

• Westgate is where several major threads converge:
  • the opening explosion / frozen-time incident
  • vampire rule or vampire war
  • the public rise of Ashbringer
  • cult coordination
  • the intended larger rollout of silver

Open questions

• Who actually controls Westgate right now?
• What exactly happened in the Westgate Opening Incident?
• What was released from the archive during the breach?
• How close is the city to full cult capture or full collapse?
• What would happen if the silver plan succeeds there?

Westgate News - Anthemon Acquisitions and Heart Attacks

Source

• Newspaper handout given during Session 0.
• Published as Westgate News.

Visible headlines

• "Outlander Magnate Acquires Hill Properties," naming Arcadius A. A. Anthemon.
• "Dust Settles on the Wandering Blade."
• "Mysterious Heart Attacks Continue Among the Elite," reporting that 42 nobles had been affected.

Notes

• The word "continue" connects this report to the earlier heart-attack headline in the Redwater Oneshot handouts.
• The clipping records public conditions in and around Westgate; it does not establish that the party investigated these events.

Westgate News - Mora Plague and Hargan Murder

Source

• Newspaper handout given during Session 0.
• Published as Westgate News.

Visible headlines

• "Mora Plague Returns, Magic Users Struck Silent."
• "Elturel Returns from Avernus - Who Are the Blazing Bards?"
• "Church of Talos Rebuilt After 'Divine Accident.'"
• Hargan "The Weasel" Grubroot was found dead in bed with a yellow-marked dagger beside him.

Notes

• The earlier Redwater Oneshot handout said the Mora Plague was under control and congratulated Hargan on becoming Grand Cropmaster.
• The yellow-marked dagger may be relevant to The King in Yellow, but the clipping itself does not state that connection.
• The clipping records public conditions in and around Westgate; it does not establish that the party investigated these events.

Westgate News - Root Plague and Veil Ward Fire

Source

• Newspaper handout given during Session 0.
• Published as Westgate News.

Visible headlines

• "Root Plague Strikes Cratebound Exports - Crops Spoiled at Docks."
• "Fire in the Veil Ward - Locals Blame Rogue Lightning Cult."
• "Mysterious Melody Haunts Eastmark Streets."
• The accompanying image is labelled as a destroyed shrine in the Veil Ward.

Notes

• The clipping records public conditions in and around Westgate near the start of the campaign; it does not establish that the party investigated these events.

Westgate Opening Incident

Summary

• The campaign appears to begin in Westgate, somewhere around the central square.
• An explosion hit a major local building - possibly a bank or the mayor's office; the exact target is currently uncertain.
• Time froze for the people around the scene, but not for the party.
• Drenna later said only specially marked members of her network should have resisted the time-stop, leaving the party's immunity unexplained.
• Sela and Rowan emerged from the exploded building, assumed the unfrozen party were their accomplices, and pulled them into the escape route through the sewers.
• Atrium Breach Report suggests the temporal effect may have been caused by a failed containment ritual and temporal dissonance rather than an ordinary blast.

Sewer aftermath

• While moving through the sewers, the party received the satchel and message for Drenna from Sela and Rowan before they died.
• The satchel already bore the initials Y.K. on the bottom.
• The sewers also led to an underground laboratory where the party encountered a man who looked exactly like Kavax.
• By Session 9, the party is treating that underground lab / atrium thread as a possible clone breeding site rather than a one-off anomaly.

Kavax double

• The duplicate attacked the party and was killed.
• Kavax later insisted he had no idea what the duplicate was and that he has no twin.
• The setup now looks increasingly like part of a larger cloning pipeline or breeding ground under Westgate, though that remains unconfirmed.
• The duplicate may be relevant to later Anchor and "biological redundant (TWIN)" references in Project Spiral Memo, but that connection is not proven.
• A separate Kavax Framing Thread also exists, involving someone who looked like Kavax and used his signature on a shipping contract.

Open questions

• What building actually exploded?
• Who cast the time-stop, and why was the unmarked party unaffected?
• Who or what was the Kavax lookalike in the underground lab?
• Was the atrium / underground lab actually being used as clone breeding grounds?
• What was released from the central archive?
• What was under the cathedral?

Yara

• Moth keeper associated with Candlecrypt in Accardi.
• Another good follow-up NPC if the party returns there.