Northreach Session 2: Keep on the Shadowfell

The adventure begins as our group consisting of Sora, Arjhen, Pieter, and Tinverton headed out to the keep after an evening of rest and relaxation in Winterhaven. Tinverton had talked to the sage of Winterhaven who had found out that the keep on the Shadowfell actually was built to help guard a sealed rift that happened to lead to the plan where the god Orcus made his home. In order to guard this rift the keep was built and eventually abandoned. The group decided that this would be their next quest.

After a quiet journey the group found the ruins of the keep. The keep itself looked in disarray and untouched except for a large pile of wood and stone flanking an entrance into the ground. After mapping the ground level of the keep, our brave and probably suicidal heroes descended into the depths of the ruin.

The twin Dragonborn lead the way down slowly as Tinverton checked for traps. Almost immediately the group was set upon by goblin sharpshooters and guards. Arjhen charged straight into the fray failing to notice the classic carpet over a pit trap that dropped him into a swarm of rats. All the rats and goblins in the first area were eventually killed except for on goblin who told the group about his chief and the numbers of goblins. The goblin told the group there was an excavation to the north east, more goblins to the northwest, and “dead things” to the southeast. A quick search of a nearby junk room found 43 gold pieces and 51 silver pieces. After tying him up and throwing him in the recovered pit trap with his dead buddies, our heroes went to explore the excavation.

On the way to the excavation site, Tinverton found a secret door up to another secret door which lead to the room of Chief Balgron. After quickly disposing of the Chief and his few guards, they searched the chiefs room and found a key and a locked chest. Further exploration found a holy symbol of bahumet and 560 gold pieces as well as a magic wand. They moved into the excavation area and battled a guard drake and three goblin workers.

The group moved back through the secret passage after hiding more bodies and another live goblin there and killed a large hobgoblin and ten more goblins in a torture chamber and goblin barracks. They found some magic leather armor, fifty five gold pieces, and fifty silver pieces.

They journeyed deep into the crypt area finding many sarcophagi and battled through zombies and skeletons that continued to attack the group until they found an altar to the god Bahumet. Arjhen quickly recited the prayer upon the altar that stopped the skeletons from attacking the group. They decided to rest for a few hours in the glow of the ancient tomb.