Session 14: Where the Trail Turned Dark
The search for Floon Blagmaar leads through Dock Ward taverns and into darker waters, where rumors harden into truths and Waterdeep makes it clear it won’t help.
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
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The party wakes in a strange land, meets two new allies, and follows a fog-choked road toward an unknown town. Gates loom, soldiers march, and bandits strike from the mist.
