# Summary
## [[Journey to Astrazalian]]
[[The Boy Scout Boys]] ([[Ayula, Daughter of Goreclaw|Ayula]], [[Jié ní]], [[Haru Lightfang|Light]], [[Lazhna]], [[Or (Adventurer)|Or]], [[Valdove]], and [[Yuhguna Dyeh|Yuh]]), accompanied by [[Mia Corvere]], depart from Gavony towards [[The Feywoods]], deep within [[Aspenvale Woods]] in order to find a [[Fey Crossing]] and with the help of the [[Druid]] [[Torrie]], eventually reach [[Astrazalian, The City of Starlight|Astrazalian]] in [[the Feywilds]]. As the party ventures deeper into The Feywoods, they encounter dead adventurers, sentient pinecones, and ancient, overgrown elven ruins. Mia enlightens the group about the history of the woods and prepares them for the adventure ahead.
The party eventually reaches the Fey Crossing, and after a brief rest. At night, Lazhna and Mia discuss the nature of The Feywilds, and Mia reveals that time works differently in The Feywilds: a great amount of time may pass in [[The Material Plane of Caledon|The Material Plane]] while the party is away. Lazhna uses [[Vasily's Sending Stone]] and learns that her long lost mother, [[Ketrine]] is on the other side.
The following day, the ritual to open the crossing begins. They face off against [[Zarl the Storm]], [[The Goblin Army]] and dark Fey creatures while protecting Torrie as she performs the ritual. Lazhna nearly loses her life in the battle the ritual is successfully completed. Torrie bestows Ayula with the [[Amulet of Terra]] before the group passes through the portal into the Feywilds. Lazhna, in her her hesitance to leave her family behind again, is the last to enter.
In the Feywilds, the party emerges on a cliffside surrounded by dangerous terrain and the looming threat of the Goblin Army marching southeast. Mia guides them towards Astrazalian, warning of the urgent need to reach the city before the army cuts off their path. With Mia's help, Lazhna [[Sending|sends]] a warning to Astrazalian, meeting with scouts from the city and finding a brief respite before the impending Defense of Astrazalian against the Goblin Army.
As the group approaches Astrazalian, they are met by [[Castine]] of [[The Suberin Guard]]. Tensions rise when Lazhna questions her about [[Fey Time]], a foreign concept to those in The Fey, prompting Mia to intervene and guide the party towards meeting with [[Mina]] and [[Gravi]], researchers in the city.
The party reaches Astrazalian, but has no time to rest or explore with The Goblin Army hot on their heels.
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# Adventure Log
## [[3 Eleasis 1458]], [[Gavony]]
[[The Boy Scout Boys]], alongside [[Mia Corvere]] depart from [[Gavony]] in [[The Boy Scout Boys' Cart]], driven by [[Jimathan]], [[Jimbo]], and [[Lucky]].
They head south, towards [[Aspenvale Woods]].
When the journey becomes too rough for the horses, they instruct the horses to return to [[Borkath]] at [[Borkath and Borky's Tree House|his home]] in [[Vinionwood]] nearby. The horses seem to understand.
Along the way, Ayula and Yuh do some foraging, and Or goes hunting.
Ayula denies having a [[Ayula's Mechanical Blade-Arm|metal arm]], and also denies being a person, insisting she is a bear. The rest of the group finds this perplexing.
Mia Corvir tells the party about [[The Feywoods]]:
- The Feywoods is the result of [[The Feywilds Calamity]].
- There is a prominent [[Fey Crossing]] at the center.
- One must respect nature at all costs in The Feywoods.
- There are [[Pixie|Pixies]], [[Sprite|Sprites]] and [[Displacer Beast|Displacer Beasts]] to be concerned about.
The party rests.
## [[4 Eleasis 1458]], [[Aspenvale Woods]]
The group sets out again, following a river into the heart of [[The Feywoods]].
Or uses [[Telekinesis]] to help the party cross a chasm.
Valdove finds a camp of dead adventurers, slain by finely made arrows with wide arrowheads, fired with pinpoint precision.
Mia believes this may have been the work of her allies from [[Astrazalian, The City of Starlight|Astrazalian]], though the reason is unclear.
Lazhna questions Mia, asking again her relationship to Astrazalian.
Mia responds that she is simply a messenger. Lazhna is skeptical.
At night, the party observes a [[Moose-Bear]] eating berries. The watches go by uneventfully.
## [[5 Eleasis 1458]], [[The Feywoods]]
The group continues their travel.
Or Hunts, which goes well.
Valdove and Ayula make a [[Potion of Ray of Sickness]] together.
The group makes camp. Lazhna inspects [[Vasily's Sending Stone]].
Or, observing that Lazhna is nervous to use it, offers to use it. He speaks into the stone, but there is no response.
## [[6 Eleasis 1458]], [[The Feywoods]]
Or acts as guide, Ayula scouts, Lazhna acts as the lookout and Valdove hunts. All goes well.
In The Feywoods, a group comes across ruins in a clearing. They are made of marble and stone, clearly elvish and design, covered in purple and blue mosses as well as huge mushrooms. Mia recognizes it as a tavern from long ago.
She reveals that The Boy Scout Boys are the third group that she has contracted to do this work. One group died, and the other disbanded and quit.
Using his [[Wand of Secrets]], Or finds a [[Cloak of Elvenkind]], which Valdove takes.
The group moves on.
On the path, they accidentally step on a pinecone, which they discover to be a [[Sentient Pine Cone]] that they have just wounded. The Forest is enraged, and combat begins, but quickly ends as the party heals the sentient pinecone and sets things right.
Finally, the group arrives at the [[Feywoods Fey Crossing|Fey Crossing]] and meets [[Torrie]].
She describes the ritual, which will take place tomorrow:
- Each tree has a challenge that must be completed in order to begin the ritual
- The spring tree is covered in masks
- The autumn tree is rotting
- The winter tree has some magical effect on it
- The summer tree must be harmed
- Once the ritual has begun:
- Dark [[Fey]] will try to escape into [[The Material Plane of Caledon]] and must be fought
- There is a Spring Tree, containing good Fey that will attempt to help the party
- There is an Autumn Tree, which must be defended
- The Summer Tree houses enemies, which will try to hurt the party and the autumn tree
- The winter tree is used by the dark fey to create their own [[Fey Crossing]], the ritual must be stopped
- All the while, Torrie must be protected.
At night, Lazhna tries [[Vasily's Sending Stone]] again using Vasily's voice. The person on the other end is confused, and says the stone has not been used in years. She recognizes the voice as [[Ketrine]]'s.
Lazhna and Mia discuss how time works between the Fey and Material Planes. Mia mentions that 25 years in the Feywilds led to around 300 years passing here. Lazhna is understandably distressed at the prospect of her family's lives passing her by.
Mia mentions that [[Planar Anchor]]s are the key to resolving this discrepancy in time.
Lahzna notices that [[Mia Corvir's Dagger]] is inscribed with a sweet message from Mia's lover.
Or uses [[Detect Thoughts]] on Mia Corvir, who thinks she "fucked up" by upsetting Lazhna right before the crossing.
The group rests.
## [[7 Eleasis 1458]], [[Feywoods Fey Crossing]]
The group solves the challenges of the trees to begin the ritual. During the challenges, Or and Lazhna discuss her hesitance to travel to The Feywilds.
The ritual begins, and so does combat.
[[Torrie]] completes the ritual as [[Zarl the Storm]], commander of a [[Hobgoblin]] army manifests from the fey and attempts to stop us. Meanwhile, dark fey creatures emerge from the winter tree to join the fight.
Lazhna is nearly killed, but the ritual is completed as Ayula joins Torrie in it's completion. Torrie remarks that Ayula's [[Element-Soul Attunement|soul is attuned]] to the element of [[Earth]], or "Ko-e" as it is said in primordial.
Torrie grants Ayula the [[Amulet of Terra]] as the party proceeds through the portal. Lazhna is the last to leave.
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## [[Feywilds Expedition Day 1]], [[The Feywilds]]
The group emerges onto a cliffside, covered in black sand, with the smell of sulfur in the air. In the distance, they can see canyons and a giant ribcage. Around the are thorns, barbs and carnivorous plants.
Below they can see a massive [[The Goblin Army]], marching southeast.
[[Mia Corvere]] describes the lands around them, giving the group their bearings:
- There are diverse forests to the south, around 2-3 days of travel away
- To the west, the [[Frigidor Mountains]]
- To the north east there is a [[Nachtur]], [[Astrazalian, The City of Starlight|Astrazalian]], and [[Mag Tureah]], the [[Fomorian]] stronghold ruled by [[Thrumbolg, The First Lord]].
- Astrazalian is about three "days" away, though the concept has little use in the feywilds.
Mia conveys that time is urgent: there is a [[Feywilds Land Bridge|Land Bridge]] on the route to Astrazalian. If The Goblin Army arrives there first, the route will be cut off and it will be impossible to arrive at Astrazalian before them.
Lazhna offers to perform a [[Sending]] to Astrazalian to warn them of the army. Mia describes [[Wyrran]], a young [[Eladrin]] man. He is described as short, thin and fast, with maroon eyes and copper hair. He typically wears light armor and a cloak, and wields a nice bow.
Lazhna performs the sending, delivering the warning, and Wyrran is grateful.
Lazhna questions Mia again about her allegiance to Astrazalian, and Mia reveals that she is the former [[Spymaster]] for the city.
The group departs with haste, but tries to remain stealthy, but is eventually spotted by a goblin scout, which the party quickly dispatches.
The party races across the land bridge and makes it to the tree line on the other side just as the goblin army reaches the land bridge.
Eventually, the party meets with scouts from Astrazalian, and is able to find a place to rest.
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## [[Feywilds Expedition Day 2]], Near [[Astrazalian, The City of Starlight|Astrazalian]]
The group awakens and meets [[Castine]], a member of the [[The Suberin Guard]].
Lazhna questions her about the nature of [[Fey Time]]. Castine is only confused and angered by this, and Mia intervenes to help the party save face.
Mia instructs the party to meet with [[Gravi]] in Astrazalian if they are curious to know more.
The group travels for a while, and then eventually arrives at [[Astrazalian, The City of Starlight|Astrazalian]], walled by the massive living plant-wall the locals call [[The Bramble]].
The group has no time to rest or explore with The Goblin Army on their heels. [[The Defense of Astrazalian]] begins.
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