~ HoD Summary: The Rakshasa Journals
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:12 pm
Normally this would go into the big Discovery Thread but that thread has become a little unwieldy and this is endgame stuff so I'm putting it in it's own thread. (fight me!)
The PCs recovered two journals from the nice office in the demon-themed hidden temple beneath the Grandwood.
The first journal is an expertly made, wine red colored hardcover book. You have seen other books like this elsewhere in the Grandwood, though you know they were on a variety of topics. This one is clearly a journal, though.
Inside the book, you find decades old entries written in a cramped hand. You surmise these entries are from the actual Bern Haupt. In reading through them, you do find implications that he has other daughters besides Gwendolyn Haupt, but that's hardly a revelation for you now.
Toward the back of the book, the handwriting changes drastically. The new handwriting is larger and more spaced out, though more difficult to read because of its heavy calligraphy. However, it is still written in Common, and with a little practice you can read it well enough.
The first entry identifies the new author as Hravja, and describes his joy at being back on the mortal plane, then goes on to describe in vague terms how the author stealthily infiltrated Farweald, identified the wealthiest resident and spent several days secretly reading his mind. When Hravja had enough of a base of knowledge, the author imprisoned Bern Haupt and assumed his identity. After a few more weeks of interrogation/torture, the Hravja ate Bern Haupt alive.
There are several paragraphs excitedly describing the torture and the devouring. You skip over those.
The next few entries describe Hravja's forays into Farweald and all of the information gleaned from people as the rakshasha read their minds. There are many dirty secrets listed here and more only hinted at, involving many of the people of Farweald. Tt seems that most of those people are now dead.
You can make Investigation checks to see if you can find information on specific people, if you'd like.
The PCs recovered two journals from the nice office in the demon-themed hidden temple beneath the Grandwood.
The first journal is an expertly made, wine red colored hardcover book. You have seen other books like this elsewhere in the Grandwood, though you know they were on a variety of topics. This one is clearly a journal, though.
Inside the book, you find decades old entries written in a cramped hand. You surmise these entries are from the actual Bern Haupt. In reading through them, you do find implications that he has other daughters besides Gwendolyn Haupt, but that's hardly a revelation for you now.
Toward the back of the book, the handwriting changes drastically. The new handwriting is larger and more spaced out, though more difficult to read because of its heavy calligraphy. However, it is still written in Common, and with a little practice you can read it well enough.
The first entry identifies the new author as Hravja, and describes his joy at being back on the mortal plane, then goes on to describe in vague terms how the author stealthily infiltrated Farweald, identified the wealthiest resident and spent several days secretly reading his mind. When Hravja had enough of a base of knowledge, the author imprisoned Bern Haupt and assumed his identity. After a few more weeks of interrogation/torture, the Hravja ate Bern Haupt alive.
There are several paragraphs excitedly describing the torture and the devouring. You skip over those.
The next few entries describe Hravja's forays into Farweald and all of the information gleaned from people as the rakshasha read their minds. There are many dirty secrets listed here and more only hinted at, involving many of the people of Farweald. Tt seems that most of those people are now dead.
You can make Investigation checks to see if you can find information on specific people, if you'd like.