Recap
The party focused on why Thornhearth residents were not eating and moved directly into the Benefactor’s estate for answers. Inside, they recovered structural plans and long-run feeding records, then triggered a haunt encounter in the dining area.
Major Events
- Investigated why the townsfolk could not just eat.
- Learned vampire long-term control might be possible, but conditions seemed more fear-induced than magical.
- Broke into the second floor of The Benefactor‘s estate.
- Found blueprints in a desk showing estate layout, including a hidden basement.
- Found a Book of Ledgers.
- Identified approximately 260 years of feeding logs.
- Noted the feeding logs might be useful for insights into Iron Taviah’s next steps.
- Headed downstairs; Snak found armor.
- Opened dining-room windows to let in sunlight.
- Entered combat with a haunt.
- Haunt presentation matched the Benefactor’s description and appeared to show the Benefactor being attacked at the table.
NPCs and Factions Mentioned
- The Benefactor - Estate owner tied to discovered long-term feeding records and haunt imagery.
- Iron Taviah - Mentioned as a possible analytic target for interpreting ledger patterns.
Important Context
- Evidence moved from rumor/interrogation into physical records inside the estate.
- Sunlight exposure was deliberately introduced before the haunt engagement in the dining room.
Unresolved Threads
- Analyze the 260-year feeding logs for pattern links to current Thornhearth conditions.
- Locate and investigate the hidden basement shown in estate plans.
- Determine whether the haunt scene reflects historical events, manipulation, or active influence.
- Determine how fear-based control and possible vampire mechanisms are operating together.