Session 4 — Index

Party

Chris Jones

Dungeon Master

Session Reports

Summary

Punchy overview of everything that happened. Start here if you've been away.

Chronicle

Narrative prose account of the session, scene by scene.

Moments

Discrete cards for the session's standout scenes — the whisper, the wagon, the face Puck wore all fight.

Timeline

Scene-by-scene log with timestamps. Quick reference for sequence of events.

Detailed Report

Full mechanical breakdown: every roll, every NPC, every item, every scene beat.

Handout

Player-facing reference: locations, NPCs, loot, mechanics. Print-friendly overview.

DM Cheat Sheet

State of play, open hooks, NPC statuses, resource tracking, next session setup. DM only.

Player Reports

Anar the Woodsman

Dropped to zero. Entered the spirit plane. Found the previous party. Smashed four crystals. Came back. Heard the entity say his name wrong.

Orimene Silentvale

Held the fight together while Anar was down. Called Markos another sacrifice. Referenced Riley at the market.

Penelope

Bear form through the fight. Found the wagon contents alone. Covered them before the others arrived. Only one who knows.

Puck Ever-Hard

Talked to Markos. Wore Gertie's face through the fight. Healed Anar. Called his mentor Fred. Told no one the real name.

Session in Brief

The party faced Markos mid-ritual, fought through a guard assault that put Anar on the floor, and broke the summoning from both the material and spirit planes simultaneously — Anar smashing Far Realm crystals while dead-adjacent, the rest of the party fighting on without him. The ritual ended, Markos was freed, Zala appeared in human form and took the Codex in a strength contest. The entity, not destroyed, whispered to Anar on the way out. At the Seelie Market: 250gp each from Gertie, a gnome bard with inconvenient knowledge, and a missing mentor no one has a plan to find.

Key Facts

Location at Session End

Seelie Market — all four PCs present. Long rest discussed but not confirmed.

Unresolved at Session End

Entity still active (whispered to Anar). Mentor missing from Rift Canyon. Wagon contents known only to Penelope. Codex in Zala's custody. GG mark on Penelope's hand. Orimene's Riley thread.

Notable Rolls

Guard vs. Anar: 34 damage, Anar to 0 HP
Markos Wisdom save vs. Suggestion: Failure
Anar death saves: 1 failure, 2 successes
Zala strength contest (Codex): Win

Key Transfer

Zala took the Codex from the party in a strength contest. Committed to locking it away. Location of storage not stated. Party did not contest.