Session 37 - The Rose Stage Festival

Roster

Cyinth Agora,Harry Blackstone,Lyra Everlight,Redrnic Udertaken,Suraax Smith

Session Overview

Session Status: Occurred

In Game Date: 11th - 30th Kythorn 1509

Group Cup Points

NPC's

Verelda Lang,Luc Brandford,Veyra Murgaxor

Session Handouts

Summary

The final days of Year 1 at Neverwood Academy are marked by exams, celebration, and unexpected chaos. As students prepare for their “A is for Ankheg: A Complete Guide on 26 Classic Monsters” final, a quiet request from Verelda Lang sets up one last task.
What begins as an end-of-year festival at The Rose Stage quickly spirals into panic when a rampaging owlbear interrupts the performance - raising new concerns about strange magical interference on campus.
The following day, the students travel to Sedgemoor to assist Professor Lang, uncovering unusual creatures, dangerous wildlife, and a mysterious diary tied to a familiar name. Only after their return does the long-running investigation finally reach its dramatic conclusion.

Final Lessons & A Request

• Students spend their final days:
  • Attending lessons
  • Studying for their Ankheg course final exam
• During class, Verelda Lang approaches the group:
  • Requests their help gathering spell components in Sedgemoor on the final day of term
  • The students agree

The Final Exam

• The group completes their final exam:
  • No incidents occur
  • A rare moment of calm before the term’s end

The Rose Stage Festival

• Students attend the end-of-year festival at The Rose Stage:
  • Watching Lyra perform in The Merchant of Moons
• Lyra, though performing well, remains:
  • Nervous
  • Alert to the crowd

A Disruption Unfolds

• Mid-performance, Lyra spots a suspicious figure in the crowd:
  • Signals to her friends using magic
• Harry and Cyinth respond:
  • Harry communicates via Message
  • Cyinth identifies the same figure
• The figure slips into the backstage prop area:
  • Cyinth pursues from above
  • Harry follows

The Owlbear Incident

• While searching backstage:
  • Harry and Cyinth encounter a dazed owlbear
  • The creature is startled and bursts onto the stage
• Panic erupts:
  • Audience and performers scatter
    Response:
• Suraax attempts to calm the owlbear
• Redrnic charges in, attacking it
• The owlbear retaliates, injuring Red
• Professor Luc Brandford intervenes:
  • Subdues and captures the creature

The Black Goo

• After the incident:
  • A strange black substance is found:
    • On the stage
    • On prop room door handles
• Luc Brandford examines it:
  • Identifies it as eldritch balm used by the academy
  • Notes:
    • It should not cause this kind of behaviour
    • Suggests something has corrupted its source

Preparing to Leave

• That evening:
  • Students pack and prepare to leave for the summer
• The next morning:
  • They meet Professor Lang at Sedgemoor

A Warning from Luc Brandford

• On the way, they encounter Luc Brandford:
  • Explains:
    • The spring used to create the balm may be corrupted
  • Asks Suraax to assist:
    • Provides a flask of holy water
• Party dynamics:
  • Lyra and Suraax argue over who carries it
  • Red questions its origin and requests his own supply

Into Sedgemoor

• The group meets Verelda Lang:
  • Receives a list of ingredients
• They venture into the wetlands to gather materials

Strange Encounters

• At research huts:
  • A worg emerges from a tree stump:
    • Demands: “Give me your magic!”
  • Lyra and Cyinth take cover
  • Suraax attempts conversation
  • The worg eventually loses interest and retreats
• The group gathers:
  • Ingredients
  • Supplies, including:
    • Harvesting pouches
    • A potion of healing

The Snake Attack

• While crossing water:
  • Redrnic slips and disturbs venomous snakes
  • He is bitten and knocked unconscious
• Suraax:
  • Heals Redrnic
  • Helps drive off the snakes

The Willow Tree & The Diary

• Searching for the final ingredient:
  • The group locates a large willow tree near running water
• While harvesting:
  • Cyinth collects bark
  • Suraax discovers a buried diary
• The diary bears the name:
  • Murgaxor
• Tension arises:
  • Lyra insists it is important
  • Suraax refuses to hand it over
  • Cyinth takes and reads it before returning it

Return to Professor Lang

• The group delivers the gathered ingredients:
  • Professor Lang thanks them
• Suraax attempts to hand over the diary:
  • Lyra and Cyinth intervene
  • The diary is kept within the group

The Investigation Concludes

• Upon returning to Central Campus, the investigation reaches its end:
  • Students witness Cyinth and Deputy Head Teacher Ricard Ruanad being escorted off campus by agents of the Arcane Council
  • Ricard is somehow alive again, despite prior events
• Both are arrested:
  • Ricard’s fate remains unknown
  • Cyinth is to be transferred to The Kindled Mind Project
• The moment marks a heavy and uncertain end to the academic year

End of Term

• With the arrests concluded, students prepare to depart:
  • Leaving Central Campus behind for their summer assignments

Ongoing Threads

• The Corrupted Balm – The source appears tainted, influencing creatures unpredictably.
• The Suspicious Figure – Their identity and motives remain unknown.
• Murgaxor’s Diary – A potentially critical clue tied to a larger mystery.
• Cyinth’s Fate – Now in the custody of The Kindled Mind Project.
• Ricard Runard – Alive once more, but facing an uncertain future.
• Sedgemoor’s Corruption – The wetlands may hold the source of the problem.
• Transition to Year 2 – The academic year ends, but far greater threats loom ahead.