The Witherhelm Campaign Synopsis

Here is a quick overview of the Witherhelm Campaign So far:

1 The Fall of Witherhelm Stronghold

The party wakes up in a dungeon in their underpants. They are in the basement of Witherhelm Stronghold. The door to their cell has been unlocked. Outside a peasant uprising is taking place. They loot the stronghold. They sneak around. Some of them die. They find the sick baron, Dorf Von Sedge, who has been living off their blood and kill him in his bed. They talk to a scary wraith at the top of the stronghold who kills Barney, the peasant revolutionary. They then fight the Plague Doctor and the surviving adventurers make it to the tavern and get drunk. An invading army from Brock Thickstone come in and subdue the populace. Peter Von Posthumous is the new Castellan.

Deaths: Fulray the 9th , Barney the Rampaging Villager, Hodor the Cleric, Valaracus Moonthunder the Magic-User

2 The Tomb Of Norvin Brun

The party hears rumors of a cool ancient tomb. They hire a guide and go investigate. The find ghouls and exposition. They almost die to a cove mule. They find the identity of the wraith (his name is Harhagbes), some gold medalions, and some exposition in a book. There is also a cool dragon corpse and a crazy dwarf named Norvin digging in the darkest recesseses of the tomb. He is being taunted by a wight. the party decides to leave.

But they come back, with a crew of dwarfs and some speculators, Werbin Blerman and Hyrm Blackmun, to excavate the dragon corpse and sell it. The party however is being followed by some mercenaries. They have a fight where they lose some valued members and some valued NPCs. They capture Blackleaf the leader of the band. She works at the stronghold. The party is sad and betrayed. The party hangs out while the dragon is being excavated and then travel to Clargarser to sell it. Blackleaf escapes.

Deaths: Vern the Dwarf

3 The Backstory Interlude

The party decides to go on a picaresque adventure and talk to NPCS. They travel to Clargarser and meet Gnupo the gnome. They find  out that Clargarser is a totalitarian shithole, ruled by Clargarser and the wizard Raglom. There is also a Cleric named Radagast somewhere, who does not have a very good reputation.

They then travel to Thickstone's demesnes and complain about the assassination attempt. Thickstone says it must have been an administrative error or something. The party travels back to Witherhelm with a letter of introduction to Peter Von Posthumous

Deaths: none

4 The Murder Mystery

The party finds out that Blackleaf has been locked in the dungeon for trying to kill the party. She maintains that she did it at Peter Von Posthumous's orders. Then people start dying. The party is accused of murdering Peter Von  Postuhumous. Stirge get loose in the stronghold; accountants are murdered. Tuns out a doppelganger working for Raglom had infiltrated the keep. The party saves the day and are heroes. Blackleaf is the only NPC above level 1 left so she becomes the new castellan.The party finally gets the stirge mask and a cool magic sword.

Deaths: Sonya the fighting-(wo)man

5 The Stirge Hole

The party is hired by Blackleaf to investigate the cave with all the stirge in the basement.They find a secret hide out used by the Plague Doctor and maybe someone else. they find the secret trap door and the trapped chest. A hireling get promoted to PC after the death of the cleric (poisoned by trapped chest) they explore the secret trap door and find a huge natural cave complex and then a kobold lair. They kill the kobolds with the stirge (using the stirge mask) and fight the kobold king. They get treasure and return to the surface. Then they go and get drunk. The stirge hole was weird.

Deaths: Rodoh the Cleric

6 Winter Break

The party chills out but it looks like Clargarser and Raglom plan to attack Witherhelm in the spring. Why? Is it related to the wraith? What is the deal?