Recap
After clearing upper-level threats, the party forced its way to Taviah’s basement, fought through shadows and Taviah’s chamber, then escaped as the house turned hostile while securing key plot notes from a recovered notebook.
Major Events
- Sabong took the skull of Taviah’s son before the basement push.
- The party headed downstairs to confront Iron Taviah.
- Shadows attacked the party in the stairwell on the way down.
- Snak forced through the chamber door and found Taviah, her pet Midnight, and a fledgling.
- Taviah addressed the party from her kitchen and combat began.
- The party won the encounter and the house began trying to eat them during the escape.
- Raoul took Taviah’s bag while getting out.
- Snak took a spellbook from a table in the chamber.
- The party escaped the house, but the chicken died.
- Outside, Smirtlbin (named as Hiltburg) said he was happy to be rid of the house.
- The party reached level 5.
- A notebook recovered as plot-critical evidence documented periodic brain grit pickups by staff/fetchlings onto a wagon provided by the Carters Consortium.
- The notebook margins named Sahni Bride-of-the-Sea with “tremor paste” and Sallowshore, and named Decrosia with Pagked and “insufficient quantity.”
NPCs and Factions Mentioned
- Iron Taviah - Confronted directly in the basement chamber.
- Midnight - Present in Taviah’s chamber during the encounter.
- Smirtlbin - House spirit identified outside the house as Hiltburg.
- Carters Consortium - Named in notebook logistics as wagon provider for brain grit movement.
- Sahni Bride-of-the-Sea - Notebook margin name tied to tremor paste and Sallowshore.
- Decrosia - Notebook margin name tied to Pagked and “insufficient quantity.”
- Gessamon - Named as a point of search related to the notebook evidence.
Important Context
- The house itself became a direct environmental threat after the basement fight.
- Core logistics evidence now links brain grit movement to recurring pickups and named handlers/locations.
- The notebook introduces actionable supply-chain names that may connect ingredients, routes, and shortages.
Unresolved Threads
- Determine Taviah’s current status after the basement encounter and house escape.
- Identify the fledgling’s nature and role in Taviah’s operations.
- Investigate the Carters Consortium’s role in brain grit transport.
- Follow notebook leads involving Sahni Bride-of-the-Sea, Decrosia, Sallowshore, and Pagked.