View source for Session 034 Sorgen and its forlorn abby upon the hill

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|campaign=Vellors Prison
|session_date= 19 August 2021
|game_date= 
|synopsis= The party enters Sorgen and befriends its citizens in their quest for the missing artifacts.
|summary=
As the party winds its way westward along the road a ghostly figure appears in the sky and stares deeply at the party before disappearing into the clouds. As dusk falls the party sees an ancient looking walled village with a few emaciated looking guards upon the wall. [[Horin]] hails them and after some cajoling manages to gain entrance and lodging for the night after demonstrating his prowess at creating food/water. While passing through the town they note the buildings all have strange claw marks upon the doors or shutters and some appear abandoned. They are taken to Inn which under guard, there Horin repeats his create food spell and the starving townsfolk grab the food before hastily departing. Gallandrin notices that for a brief moment hope shone in some individuals eyes before it was quickly doused, and eyes downcast, they hurry away.

Dimitri - an old heavyset human with a thick Oredian accent dressed in 200+ year old style of clothing relays the sad tale of the village of Sorgen, ripped from the lands of Greyhawk centuries ago when the mad wizard Azal'Lan unleashed some kind of powerful magic when attempted to gain lichdom. The lands and original occupants are now trapped in a demi-plane between the Prime Material and one of the 9 hells or perhaps they abyss. The planes non demonic occupants fear for their safety and seldom venture outside the town walls. Each house has a small garden for food and livestock.

Dimitri's wife, Ileena, is clearly not happy to have visitors and Dimitri sullenly says the party must leave in the morning as their presence will draw unwelcome attention from the devils that live in the Abby. When pressed about the devils Dimitri says they take anyone &quot;new&quot; and (on occasion villagers from around the realm) to the abby and are never seen again though screams can be heard in the town at odd hours of the day or night. The prisoners the party is looking for may be held at the abby or perhaps one of the ruined towns nearby or castle further to the west. Exhausted the party rests for the night without incident...

|exp=
XP 877 - Insight/storyline progress: Gaining entrance to the town, earning some element of trust by creating food and water for the slowly starving residents.  
Learning about the devils in the abby and how the land became a demi-plane.

|key_npcs=
Dimitri - Innkeeper and mayor
Ileena - Inkeeper, wife of Dimitri
Aileen - Half-elven spy and body guard
Stirkirk - Dwarven mercenary captain

|tasks=
*Recover the High Priest and Elvish clan lord along with the stolen dwarf artifacts from the demi-plane.
*Recover the dwarves relic from Logeth Hold.
*Advance north and secure an old ruined keep in the Ripper Highlands for the demi-human army to use as a stronghold for upcoming raids north.

|rumors=
* The prisoners may held in the dungeons of Azal'Lan's castle.
* On rare occasions small black skinned humanoids (possibly Drow) have been seen outside the town.
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