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Previously on Test…

Last time, the party descended into Ashwick Keep to recover the Medallion of Soul Binding for the village Elder — fighting through stone guardians, a fire trap that dropped Ugly unconscious, and a cave full of giant spiders. When the undead wizard Malakar finally rose from his sarcophagus to deliver his ominous greeting, Healy answered with a natural 20 Guiding Bolt that erased him before he could finish the sentence. The party walked out with the medallion, a spellbook, a +1 dagger, and a quiet agreement to maybe not hand everything over to the Elder.

The Story So Far

The party was hired as disposable contractors by the Ashwick Elder — 50 gold each to retrieve a dangerous artifact and probably die trying. They didn't die, and now they're sitting on the Medallion of Soul Binding, a relic that tethered a wizard's consciousness beyond death, which a man named Rook claims is worth 500 gold. The Elder is waiting in Ashwick expecting either the medallion or news of the party's deaths. The party has already decided they want neither outcome to go as planned.

Open Threads

→The party agreed to hand the Medallion of Soul Binding to the Elder — but privately decided to keep it, and haven't figured out what lie, excuse, or exit plan they're using when they walk back into Ashwick.
→Rook organized the treasure hunting expedition and claimed the medallion is worth 500 gp — the party knows his name but has never met him, and he's still out there.
→Three treasure hunters went into Ashwick Keep; one died in the spider cave, one was found dead at the iron door — the fate of the third is completely unresolved.
→Malakar's spellbook contains six spells and no one has identified them yet — someone needs to actually read it.
→Ugly is carrying at least one glowing marble eye from the stone guardians, and the party distributed spider eyes that turned out to be poisonous — the full inventory of what they're holding hasn't been sorted.
→The Elder said she didn't expect the party to survive — which raises the question of what she actually planned to do with the medallion, and whether she's more dangerous than she appeared.

Who to Know

Ashwick Elderemployer — waiting in Ashwick for the medallion the party has already decided not to give her

Rookunknown — never met, named in a dead man's note as the one who organized the expedition and valued the medallion at 500 gp

Malakar the Greydead — destroyed by Healy's Guiding Bolt in Ashwick Keep; his spellbook and medallion are now in party hands

Your Party

CraigFighter

HealyCleric

UglyRogue

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