Rescue Wyllow (complete)

Rescue the Archdruid of the Circle of the Moon from Undermountain

Synopsis

Merlwood told Mira and Arin that Wyllow is missing in Waterdeep. Later, with Peter Saltbottom in the Temple of Istishia, Arin had a vision from Istishia which he believe locates her in the Level Five of Undermountain. She is in peril and must be rescued

Parent - none

Sub-Quests - Question Wyllow,Find Crystal Key

Notes

• 240923 - We Question_Wyllow, kill Illuun and then Find_Crystal_Key
• 240917
  • We discover that Yinark has trapped Wyllow on the Crystal Throne.
  • The Wyllow we encountered previously was him in disguise .
  • Wyllow directs us to find a key on the 4th Level which Yinark ceded to "some great evil". We presume this is Illuun
• 240909 - We learn from Mobar that Wyllowwood is powered by druids who are captured(?) by the Crystal Throne. Wyllow is the latest in a long line.
• 240827
  • We encounter Wyllow who does not seem like herself and is living a life at odds with her previous nature.
  • We find two corpses who she murdered.
  • She is in league with evil; Halaster Blackcloak and a green dragon
• 231024 - Halaster Blackcloak's similacrum confirms Wyllow is on 5th Level via process of elimination

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Full Flavor Text

As you travel to Waterdeep you stop at night in the woods.  After dinner by the fire, you hear a snap of twigs. Mira jumps up and Arin grips his hammer.

Suddenly a friendly face in the firelight.  Merlwood, your old friend from way back appears.

"Mira? I can’t believe it’s you."  He looks at you quizzically.  "It's been years.  I think we might be the last two left. The others of our Order, The Moon, are disappearing, at least the ones I know. Wyllow is gone, too."

Wyllow is of course the Archdruid of your Order.  You remember you and Merlwood so young, being taught your first wild shape in Kinder Garden. Of course Merlwood was a brat, a tattle tale and a teacher’s pet.  But because of this, you knew he spoke the truth.

“Last I saw her, she was off to fight an unnatural, presence in Waterdeep.  I can take you there, Waterdeep. I have been employed to help with the cemetery. “

He pauses.

I know, it’s not as bad as it sounds. I keep up the grounds, well help anyway. It’s actually quite nice.”

So off you go, a day’s trip to Waterdeep.

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Upon arrival you see a mob, about forty or so people, with pitchforks and torches.

Burn the devils, burn the devils!” they chant.

Suddenly a mausoleum erupts and you hear scream as you know someone is being burned alive. To the side you see a very small gnome, though much hardier, almost like a dwarf, slipping over the wall.  With him, what looks like a large cat, or perhaps a man in a cat costume?  Upon further look, it is an actual cat-man.  Before you can blink they tear off into the night.

“We can’t stay here.  The whole town is in an uproar.  Some noble family was caught worshipping devils and trying to sacrifice whole houses.  A lot of people are upset and riots have been breaking out every night for the last week.  Don’t let anyone see you do magic on the street lest you be accused of witchery or devil craft.”

He looks at Arin.  “I’ve got an idea.”

Istishia isn’t well known in Waterdeep, though it is a sailor’s town so a small chapter has a shrine in the Dock Ward.

As you walk, Merlwood tells you he has been inquiring about Wyllow, discreetly, and also listening to news as mourners come by.  But he hasn’t heard anything.  "I know all the other druids around town.  It's been a few weeks and nothing.  I even inquired about Golden Fields and other areas just outside of town.  Not a word or sign. I just don't know how she can disappear.  How without telling anyone? Its so not Wyllow, you know what I mean?  I fear a great, unnatural power may be against us."  He looks off into the night, silence trails at is words

He turns, "You know, since our Order has been decimated, I have turned to others.  Other druids formed an Emerald Enclave.  We are all aligned to help keep the balance of nature in the world.  Maybe you should join?”  I can introduce you to some of the players.

Upon arriving at the shrine, it is located in a small building at the backroom of a sailor’s supply store.   Arin goes to the back while Mira looks at goods.

A large, 4 ft. diameter, circular fountain, half bowl with level water sits s, the water shines and ripples under the sun shining through the blue stained glass of the ceiling depicting water and waves in various forms.  You think of the waves and the time you almost drowned.

“We don’t get as many as we used to. Please have a seat. Pray with me?”

The older human male has frayed and fading clothes, easily from decades ago, but still well washed and worn.  He was clearly a captain once.  You two sit in silence, two sailors praying thanks for their lives.

Suddenly everything goes black.  You are a peregrine falcon flying high above Waterdeep.  You recognize the coast, the cemetery, the skyline.  From the dock ward you see fires erupt, it engulfs Waterdeep. You hear screams as innocents are burnt alive, boats are smashed and torn in the aftermath, sailors drowning in the sea.

Now you are on a dolphin, riding a wave from the sea, you extinguish the fire and the water swirls into the ground.  You know it's draining into the Undermountain.  The fires protests in hisses and explosions as you wake up.

You realize the fire is corruption coming from Undermountain.  You are there to cleanse this port town, bring glory to Istishia and worshippers into the fold.

“I know where Wyllow is,” you say without even thinking.  Is it even you speaking? “She’s in Undermountain.  I know it; I had a vision!”

Arin is racing out of the back room.

Merlwood turns.  “Well if it's Undermountain we go, then i know the place; follow me.”

SubQuests

• Find_Crystal_Key - completed 240923
• Interrogate_Mobar - completed 240917
• Question_Wyllow - completed240917