WitW - Session 1
We learned of each character's time before they came to the curiosity that is the village of Widdershins - Sir Horace's coming to the Wild and eventually his knighting; Jeatz's finding Pascal and his newest mark as part of Equinox; Ka and their unfortunate run-in with Red; lastly Almyre's avoidance of her command to save the Wild from it's impending doom.
Jeatz was sneaking around Horace's cabin, but Horace could easily see him moving past the window. Horace tries to surprise Jeatz, running out of the door to tackle him. Jeatz volunteers that he needs to take Horace to Equinox, and when Horace is not compliant, Jeatz tries to sleep him with a spell.
Ka, posing as Shoda, along with Almyre were relaxing at the Sprigg-Inn when Dryads suddenly attacked, claiming to hate humans. At the same time, at Horace's cabin, the two were ambushed by Dryads as well, spouting the same thing. Ka was knocked unconscious, but retained their form as Shoda.
Both pairs successfully fended off the Dryads despite Ka going down and Horace being entangled. Afterwards, Jeatz communed with the Wild and felt an evil within the Dryads. Horace and Jeatz made a temporary agreement to return to the village to rest before travelling to the Autumn court. Jeatz bows to flumph in thanks for inviting them to sit in the tavern, but Horace realizes there were also Dryads at the tavern. They all sit down to share an ale for their success, but Almyre spits her beer out all over Horace's chess set. Fortunately, Jeatz was able to clean it off with a spell.
An Old man, Chancellor Smith, appears in the doorway, quite frazzled. He thanked the four for saving the village. He buys them all a drink as thanks, but not before taking Jeatz's whiskey. Horace shares a sip from his flask.
Genevieve walks in, clearly an apothecary with a satchel bursting with herbs. She, much more assertive than the Chancellor, asks what happened. The adventurers relayed that Shoda, Cardigan, and Horace were the targets of the human-hating Dryads. Genevieve tells them that the Dryads make their home in a forest cave just past Horace's cabin.
Everyone agrees to party up to investigate Moss Hollow for the sake of the village, and as thanks, Genevieve gives everyone a health potion. Before they left, they see a man was trying to cross the bridge, but stops to speak over the bridge into the water. A watery hand suddenly grabs him and throws him back into the village. The man claims he was just being stingy, not offering something to the river to pass the bridge.
Through all this, Ka was able to keep their cover as Shoda.
On their way to the Hollow, they discover Horace's cabin ablaze.
