Cat Village Arc 2

Creeping in the Dark
Date	1/10/25
Storyteller	Slayzo
Tier	Expert/Master
Player Characters	Aster, Berta Stormhammer, Kirrily Icesickle, Mantella Bright-Eyed, Melfyra
Rewards	250xp, 5000g
Result	Basically a success. Cats killed, badger killed, three more things ready to fight before we head home.
Author	Kirrily (Foster)
Downtime	28+

Cats are smashing lights in Cat Village. We follow them and fight them as they open a veil of darkness, unleashing 4 mighty beasts upon the land.

Log

It was a long journey to get to Cat Village. The trip was nice, though I did have to keep on high alert due to the sun-scorned associate that was traveling with our group. No incidents though, so that was good. Would have been a shame to have had to stake her while out on a mission. . .

We were supposed to meet someone name Batective. Wasn't really sure what to believe about him until we met him. He was a bat. And a detective. Figures. Turns out that the lights in town are being knocked off of their stands. In a town full of cats. Anyways, the bat told us about some sort of tentacled cat that terrorized the city a few years ago. He thought it might be that thing again. We decided to keep an eye on the lights once night fell. We went off to explore town before meeting back up. I came across a nice garden where a big fight apparently happened. It was great!

We set up our assignments and spent the night on watch. A weird cat comes by my light and picks up a rock with its tail before smashing the light. I followed the trail through town and met with some of the others as the trail left town. We all gathered and followed the trail into the forest. We follow the trail deep into the night before we are finally forced to stop and rest. We resume the next morning and quickly come across the cats doing something at an old ritual circle that's apparently dedicated to some Eldest called Count Ranalc? He likes darkness so I guess this all makes sense. Guys who like darkness wouldn't really like light. The sun-scorned seemed to know an awful lot about this god of darkness, but it wasn't really the time to make and issue of things. Instead, we ran forward to stop the cats from finishing their ritual. The ritual activated just as I finished off the first cat and some big badger-looking creature appeared before the area was enveloped in darkness. Several more creatures (some thing with a bunch of arms, a tree, and a dragon-looking thing that didn't know how to shut up) appeared too before running away. We finally killed the cats and the big badger-looking thing.

Once all the cats were dead, the hole closed but the darkness stayed in place. We made our way back to town, but the darkness reached all the way to town. I think we're going to have to stick around this town for a bit to hunt down the other monsters that escaped. If they manage to kill off the dryads and naiads, Count Ranalc will be freed. This is shaping up to be a fun fight, though this darkness seems a bit inconvenient for the others.