In the basement of the manor, Ari rummaged through items and alerted 3 Red Brands who attacked us

We find a room full of 3 sarcophagi and a ring. We fight off skeletons and find 2 caged women and a child. One of them is Thel’s wife, Merna. The women and children run off back to town. We took a long rest in the cave. Ari and Caulkin chat and we discover that Caulkin loses something important at 8. We continued on and found a room full of weapons where some members of the team gathered new items. We find a secret room with a bridge over a dark pit. We all hear voices in our heads saying:

• • • “This one steps into the darkness first. Better not let those who you love down.” - Glittr’s Voice in his head

    • “This one resists me. That’ll be a fun toy to play with.” - Ari’s Voice

    • “Wooo, this one is blue. This one has been abandoned” - Yrdlyn’s voice

    • “Whooooo, another one that's so strong. I cannot wait to test out what you can do” - Pearl’s voice

    • “Ahhh, finally one that is not strong enough to resist. How long will you hide for little one?” - Caulkin’s voice

    • “I cannot wait to see what you all bring for me. I cannot wait to feast upon all of you.” - All of us hear this

The mind control creature is killed, Yrdlyn is revived. Ari finds a half-eaten adult male’s body at the bottom of the pit. Pearl recognized the deep cold in the pit as necrotic magic. We venture on and find a room full of Bugbears and Yrdlyn screams at them.

Summary

• We venture into Tredsendar’s Manor and rescue children and women who have been captured by the Red Capes

• We are bombarded by voices in our heads who have a haunting message for each of us

• We have our first run-in with necrotic magic