Recap
The group consolidated key facts from Thornhearth, including Taviah’s condition and Grella’s background, then shifted south to the Hollow Flesh Market for fresh intelligence. On arrival they split into shopping/information channels and learned about missing people, memory loss, and a named disappearance at Skull Promenade.
Major Events
- Confirmed prior-session conclusions:
- Taviah was identified as a vetalara vampire that feeds on emotions and is not sustained by blood.
- Grella was the vampire in the Benefactor’s basement and was inadvertently turned after being fed on too quickly.
- Grella had been sent to Mechitar to study.
- Soama was identified as the voiceless traveler encountered before Thornhearth.
- Soama found the party to thank them and said Taviah was heading south toward Hollow Flesh Market.
- The group decided to leave Thornhearth to Celebrants and wrote a letter to them.
- Traveled south toward Hollow Flesh Market.
- Learned Hollow Flesh Market was a river trading post.
- Learned the market was historically founded by followers of Osiris, described as initially heretical in Geb.
- On the way, the group expressed wariness of Seldeg Bhedlis.
- Sabong cast Sigil to track Seldeg.
- Raoul used Marked for Death on Seldeg.
- Arrived at Hollow Flesh Market.
- Seldeg said he would contact city connections and departed.
- Seldeg suggested talking to Tholga and warned she should not be selling weapons.
- Shopping/info gathering:
- Sabong bought ostrich meat from Sazarak.
- Sazarak suggested speaking with Tholga or Luwen for movement/rumor information.
- Sazarak said Fred sells brains.
- Carters Consortium was running wagons/shipping for stalls.
- Export Guild was present.
- Threnody Vex sold goods to the party.
- Threnody said Tholga would like a finger bone.
- The party purchased one electric and one cold lesser elemental ammo for Monty to get Luwen to talk.
- Luwen said there was a string of missing people and memory-loss cases.
- One case involved a half-orc orphan girl lost at Skull Promenade.
- Luwen gave the party candy.
- Next step set: talk to Tholga next session.
NPCs and Factions Mentioned
- Seldeg Bhedlis - Traveled with party, then peeled off to city contacts.
- Soama - Returned to thank the party and repeated Taviah’s southbound lead.
- Sazarak - Market contact selling ostrich meat and routing the party to local informants.
- Threnody Vex - Market seller who noted Tholga’s finger-bone preference.
- Luwen - Scavenger informant reporting disappearances and memory loss.
- Fred - Named as a brains seller.
- Carters Consortium - Active in wagon/shipping operations at the market.
- Export Guild - Active presence at the market.
- Osiris - Named in market founding history.
Important Context
- Investigation emphasis shifted from direct haunt/combat pressure to trade-node intelligence collection and rumor triangulation.
- Market channels surfaced memory-loss and disappearance patterns that may intersect Taviah pursuit timelines.
Unresolved Threads
- Speak with Tholga and test local claims around weapons sales and movement intelligence.
- Verify disappearances/memory-loss pattern and possible linkage to Taviah or adjacent actors.
- Investigate the half-orc orphan disappearance at Skull Promenade.
- Assess implications of tracking/marking Seldeg while relying on his city-contact network.