Session 54: It Was Destiny
The party defeats Destiny, frees Nathaniel Merville and the surviving staff from her magical coercion, and inherits the dangerous problem of what to do with her blackmail-fueled empire.
The party defeats Destiny, frees Nathaniel Merville and the surviving staff from her magical coercion, and inherits the dangerous problem of what to do with her blackmail-fueled empire.
In Destiny’s living basement, the party fights through vines, fire, fear, betrayal, and collapsing courage as Barnaby refuses to surrender the sacred flower despite Destiny’s final bargain.
The party recovers the stolen orchid from Destiny’s hidden laboratory, uncovers disturbing evidence of her alchemical use for it and another shard of the Orbum Vitalis, then sabotages her wards and is forced into a chaotic battle when their attempted escape from her basement lair goes wrong.
The party descends into a hidden, living basement filled with unsettling magical constructs, uncovers disturbing secrets about Destiny’s control over others, and ultimately calms a monstrous, flesh-like guardian with music to reveal the path to their goal.
The party infiltrates Destiny’s opulent gathering, overcomes doubt and magical interference, and ultimately breaks into her secured office to uncover clues and gain access deeper into her hidden operations.
At a lavish party hosted by Destiny, the infiltrating adventurers navigate unsettling magical mirrors, social intrigue, and subtle dangers to gather intelligence—ultimately planting a tracking device on their enigmatic host while uncovering hints of a deeper, more insidious power at work.
At a lavish greenhouse party hosted by the enigmatic Destiny, the adventurers finalize a daring plan—armed with fey-forged magical tools and hidden steel—to infiltrate her warded mansion, outwit its guards, and steal the mysterious orchid concealed within its secret depths.
As a new loxodon wizard arrives bearing Sterling’s letter and a troubling mission, the party’s thriving bakery draws the attention of the enigmatic Destiny, entangling them in a web of fey magic, stolen power, and an impending high-society soirée that promises both opportunity and peril.
The party returns to Moonflower Creations to find their bakery quietly transformed, tend to a growing dragon and mounting debts, spread their influence through blood, charm, and cultivation, and end the day confronted by a mysterious emissary invoking Sterling’s name.
A newly planted hedge of living magic grows into a protective wall as the companions help Baroldson Farm fend off the swamp’s undead threat—earning the farmers’ gratitude, a vital wheat partnership, and a new foothold in the party’s quest for entrepreneurship.