Campaign: Gaol of Feorsecaan

The Gaol of Feorsecaan is the home to what the Kherran Empire consider to be the worst and most dangerous. Political dissedents, assassins, heretics and monsters all count amongst the number that spend their last days within the prison. Whilst the prison itself being designed to drain the power and will of those dangers that reside in it, there seems to be a crack in its defences in the form of a strange entity trapped far below.

Session One: Friends with Benefits
Takes place from the evening of the 5th of Comos to the evening of the 6th. A new inmate is brought into Isle Feorsecaan's penitentiary halls, some recognising this newcomer as a cannibal. Whilst questions are abound, the night deepens and questions are left for the next day. As the prisoners are set to go about their daily tasks, a few find themselves group with the new prisoner, Pisha. These people are an elf of Noct known as Maebh, her human cellmate called Leodrick Hanover, Zaev Xarejk (a halfling), and a human spellcaster by the name of Duncaans.

They are taken down to the mines where they are meant to work (though some specifically put in the work to avoid that instead). Leodrick and Maebh observe the various tremors, which leads Leodrick to the conclusion that they are getting worse. Pisha tests the guards perceptiveness and their responses to their disappearance, quickly making themselves known when spotting one of the guards drawing a strange bell from their clothes. Whilst Zaev uses this chance to note where this particular guard keeps his bell, Duncaans uses the chance to claim all of Pisha's work as his own.

The tremors continue and some of the prisoners begin to hear a voice that offers freedom. They continue to work for a while before the tremors suddenly intensify and begin to collapse the cave around them and the voice asks them all to prove their loyalty should they wish to leave. One of the guards escapes, but the path behind them collapses. The other guard attempts to lead them to the quickest path back, but as that collapses too, Maebh makes the choice to prove their loyalty through the death of the guard and convinces a few others to join in, though Zaev is distracted as he desperately searches for an exit.

Duncaans uses the spell grease under their watchers feet and the elven guard goes down hard. The people around don't manage to capitalise on that too hard as the guard, Alsan, manages to bring Pisha down to the ground with him and disarm Leodrick of his pick. Of the trio, only Maebh's pick strikes true, though it barely makes a scratch on Alsan. They strike at Alsan as his stands, but the guard catches Leodrick's shiv and impales him through the stomach before pushing the prisoner to the ground.

Maebh and Duncaans strike solidly at him, Maebh's pick striking through Alsan's left wrist as Duncaan's spells freeze over the man's hand. Pisha takes a significant hit as they stand, but it seems to repair itself as they jump upon the guard and tear a lump of flesh from his neck. However, as Duncaans attempts to threaten the man into position, Alsan pushes forwards and deals a severe cut to Pisha's sternum, sending them sprawling to the ground before bringing his blade up to deflect Maebh's crude pick.

With the lack of response, Duncaan's redoubles his frigid assault and Alsan seems to be on his last legs. As the guard steps over Leodrick's unconscious body to strike at the sorcerer, Maebh delivers swings her pick into his shoulder and seems to deliver a telling blow. Alsan pauses for a moment before delivering a two-handed diagonal slice from Duncaan's shoulder to hip, sending the mage to the ground. The guard rounds on Maebh, but she can't get the last strike she needs now that he is alone. As her strike goes wide, Alsan swings with all his force into her, Maebh attempts to block the attack and allow the momentum to push her instead of cut her, but the impact of it is too much and she nearly loses her arm.

Alsan stands above the bodies, gasping for breath and barely standing. A pick strikes his leg and he buckles before another strike connects with his temple, killing him. Zaev stands, bleeding from above his right eye and looking over the battlefield.

A voice calls and they all awake. Fingers erupt from the ground and encircle them. The offers freedom to them in return for its own, telling them to break it's chains. They find a fraction of their former strengths return, now garbed in shadowy armour and holding flickering approximations of their old weapons. As the fingers retract, they crush the body of Alsan and drag it below the ground.

Guards find them and they will the weapons and armour gone. Aside from the guard that escaped as the rocks fell (Oskan), they seem to believe that Alsan died in the cave-in. They all return to the surface and consider their next moves, as well as the pact they have entered into.

PCs

 * Duncaans, Human Sorcerer
 * Execution date is 28th Comos.
 * Leodrick Hanover, Human Inquisitor
 * Execution date is 20th Comos.
 * Maebh, Noct Elf Swashbuckler
 * Execution date is 18th Comos.
 * Pisha, Half-Elf Shifter
 * Execution date is 1st Iume.
 * Zaev Xarejk, Halfling Rogue
 * Execution date is 30th Comos.

Unaffiliated

 * Tryffa, a dwarven man who was said to once have been possessed by a god. Arrested for heresy.
 * Execution date is unknown.
 * Cellmate of Zaev.
 * Leo Puddephatt, a gnommish businessman/gunsmith that was arrested for conspiracy.
 * Daniel Straw, very loud and confrontational devotee to a strange and unknown god.
 * Ivanius, strange woman that seems to have never had a cellmate.

Reformation Faction
Those that hope to escape Feorsecaan by accepting the Matrissen faith, some are even genuine.


 * Theodore Castasus, maudlin human man.

Codira's Group
A cult of personality led by an elven woman called Codira.


 * "Elegist", a grey-skinned orc man arrested for Heresy.
 * Execution date is 27th Iume.
 * Cellmate of Duncaans.
 * Tyroa, a resourceful tyrling man that is known to arrange wagers using execution dates.
 * Lein, half-orc man
 * Dierve, an elven man that was arrested for murder.
 * Cellmate of Pisha.
 * Johann Proctor, a human necromancer who is missing his left hand.

Sjalf-vili
A group of prisoners united by anti-Kherran sentiment.

Penitentiary Wardens
These guards are more dedicated to the upper island facilities, including the cell blocks for the prisoners.


 * Odoska, guard that took the PCs to be taken below.

The Watchers Below
Those that guard the passages below, specifically during the day when the prisoners are taken down to mine.


 * Oskan, frost orcish man who seems suspicious of the party after his partner Alsan was killed by them during an earthquake.