Ragnarok End Times

PCs- Atticus, Igjarjuk, Ja, Toad, Tu'Puen Toh

NPCs- Marty the Bardy, Ragnar[Old King's son], Eydis (Ae-Dis) [Matron], Colden[Bouncer], Bjorn[Current king of Arkhangelsk], Petkas[One Man Band]

Co-Owners of Marty's Bones, a large inn in the poor district, and a farmhouse in the country east of [the main coastal city].

Session 1-

In the early spring the group all meet one another at a secret competition known in shadier circles. At an inn called the Rusty Dagger they gathered for this secret competition which promised wealth and prestige for victors. They meet Ragnar who invites them down a secret passage, under the floor in a side room, which leads to the basement. There they find a room as large as the building's footprint (50x85 squares) with 5 purses lined across the center of the room. Ragnar pairs the 10 attendants across from each of the purses and explains that they are to battle to the death and claim their purse and a chance to work in his organization. All of the PCs defeat their opponents and then move to the next challenge, a puzzle room. They solve two of the three puzzles and Ragnar invites them to join his organization, hinting at a quest for information.

Session 2-

Ragnar explains to the group that he is in need of a group of resourceful individuals to look for a certain book. He gives them a riddle, another test, to see if they can figure out how to meet the contact who can direct them to the book. They decipher the riddle and walk into a magic shop, which has become an extra-dimensional space, where they meet a woman. She introduces herself as [name], the handmaiden to the former Queen and caretaker of her son. The group is told the story of the old King, [name], who started to go crazy, becoming paranoid and distrustful, and become tyrannical. He spoke of cold and shadows and had a secret room built in the bottom of the royal castle. She explains that the group can access this room via a boat across the bay, to the back side of the base of the cliff like castle wall. [At some point in here Marty the Bardy is attacked on the beach, the group finds tracks that disapear on the beach, suspecting something that flies.]

The group finds a boat that is tied off to the pier and row themselves out to the location. They encounter some strange shadows and sounds on the waves on the way. They arrive at the location and find a large gated drainage pipe. They break the gate open and explore the pipe. They eventually find a gated room that looks like it could be the old King's secret room. They break the gate here again and encounter several skeletons and a shadow creature. They defeat the skeletons, destroying some and enslaving others, and fight off the shadow creature which flees out of the passageway and disappears into the darkness of the night.