Session, 2026-04-25, Weber Hollows Arrival

The party converges on Weber-Hollows, finds the cattle mutilation site marked with the symbol of Amaresis in blood, meets town leadership, and discovers that something dark hangs over the settlement itself.

Cast

| Player | Character | Speaker (transcript) | | ------- | ------------------------------ | -------------------- | -------------- | | Dustin | Dorian Oric | E | | Jackson | Tharion Papadakis | (B/C/D, mixed) | | Matt | K’roaa’ka | F | | Nathan | Roland Hartbane | (B/C/D, mixed) | | Rachel | Lilith Rozanov | (B/C/D, mixed) | | Lexy | Azalea Fern | (B/C/D, mixed) | | (DM) | DM | A |

Diarization note: only 5 non-DM speaker labels were assigned for 5 PCs, but the labels are not clean. Dorian (E) and K’roaa’ka (F) are reliable. The other four PCs share labels B/C/D and lines must be attributed by context.

What Happened

Cattle Mutilation Site (the pasture above town)

• Party finds livestock killed in a circle, with the symbol of Amaresis drawn in cattle blood on the ground. Stomachs and entrails torn open.
• Dorian rolls Arcana 16, detects “faint devilish, almost demonic” magic at the scene.
• Echo senses dark magic on the corpses and refuses to stay nearby.
• Benai is the only person present at the site when the party arrives. Identity and role unclear.
• The party descends a 50 ft ladder to reach the site. G.L.U. cannot use the ladder, waits at the top with the cart.
• An owl-bear is heard along the cliff path. The party avoids engagement.
• Goblin corpses are spotted in cave pits along the same cliff path.

Arrival in Weber-Hollows

• The party reaches town. Echo refuses to enter and has to be loaded into the cart.
• They meet Aldrich-the-Lore-Master near the entrance. He grabs Tharion by the shoulder. A party member slaps him during the encounter; he runs off.
• Jamarius-the-Glorious, the town storekeeper, is introduced. Dorian is “not a big fan.”

At Flinter-Barrows’s Home

• Flinter-Barrows receives the party in his home, the first house visible coming into town. Offers food and history.
• He confirms Weber Hollows was founded about 50 years ago by his father Arador-Barrows alongside someone he was close with, Isar.
• His wife is Nora-Barrows. His daughter is Shiloh-Barrows (~9 years old).
• Family records are kept in the Barrows-Family-Crypt, just over a bridge from the settlement.
• The quiet party member (K’roaa’ka) gives Shiloh an ancient arrowhead.
• Flinter does not trigger Echo’s fear of the town, suggesting he is not the source of the dark pall.

The Mimic

• Lilith attacks a mimic. Hit roll 18, deals 6 damage, slashes one of its eyes. Mimic survives.
• Lilith uses Cunning Action to try to hide as a bonus action; rolled 10 total. Poor result.

The Legendary Card

• Lilith reveals she carries a card she paid for from The-Creepy-Jester on the road to Weber Hollows.
• Dorian casts Identify on it. The card reads as legendary, of divine nature, “an unsurmountable amount of money” valuable.
• The party suspects the jester may have more.

Out of Combat

• Azalea Wild Shapes into a brown bear. Engages a captive bear/saber-tooth scene, negotiates non-aggression, frees the captive in exchange for information about local goblin territory.

Plot Threads Opened

• Cattle mutilations and the Amaresis symbol. Cult activity, demonic deception, or someone framing Amaresis. Party is considering camping at the pasture overnight.
• Dark magic over Weber Hollows itself. Echo senses it on the land. Party theorizes a blanket illusion. Flinter is not the source.
• Aldrich-the-Lore-Master’s mysterious behavior after being slapped. Possible compulsion, possible grudge.
• The Barrows-Family-Crypt holds the founding records of Weber Hollows.
• Goblins in the cliff path territory. Suspects, witnesses, or red herring.
• Dorian’s suspected demonic taint after touching something at the mutilation site. Hunger symptoms. Party debating trust.
• The-Creepy-Jester and his legendary cards. Unknown identity, unknown motive, unknown stock.

New Wiki Pages from This Session

NPCs: Flinter-Barrows, Nora-Barrows, Shiloh-Barrows, Arador-Barrows, Isar, Jamarius-the-Glorious, Aldrich-the-Lore-Master, Benai, The-Creepy-Jester

Locations: Pasture-Above-Weber-Hollows, Barrows-Family-Crypt

Updates: Weber-Hollows, Echo, GLU

Source

Voice recording, ~113 minutes, transcribed via AssemblyAI with speaker diarization.