Rime of the Frost Maiden

The peg-leg female soothsayer dwarf Hethyl died in our presence, with her tarot cards laid out before her. A black obsidian crystal hung on her necklace. Not obsidian but rather chardalyn: warmth. Signet to the cults' Levistus demon worship. Thokk took her necklace to then pretend he was considering joining their cult. Which gave us some leeway exploring the castle. Learned other cultists joined for warmth and comfort of the castle versus cold and drudgery of the outside world. Knott changed into a rat to explore the 2nd floor to search for speaker Crannoc Siever . Found, with a cultist in his room: him more prison guard than bodyguard. We explored the castle ramparts and its connected corner towers where we found a hidden trapdoor. Below, we found the cold storage and floating corpses of some of the original castle staff. Also found a statue dedicated to Levistus with brown mold behind it. In another room, we found an albino Tiefling ( Averous ) doing research. She knows...

B1E3 to Caer Dineval Donobis (Tiefling paladin, Bill), Mareshi (human Cleric, Tony), Draggo (Dragonborn Barbarian, Brian), Thokk (half-Orc Warlock, Duane), Knott (Firbolg Druid, Matt) We leave at midnight for the 11-hour trek from Bryn Shander along the eastway. 5 hours till we reach the intersection that branches east toward Easthaven or southwest to Good Mead . Wind whipped from the frozen lake chills our bones. We go northeast to Caer Dineval. Caer-Dineval (100 townfolks, s peaker Crannoc Siever )- Speaker Crannoc is bedridden in his castle on top of the hill overlooking the frozen harbor. The town sacrifices food (too few citizens to offer up). The speaker fell bedridden a month ago. Strange folks (dwarf and a tiefling from Easthaven) arrived over a year ago and have taken residency with him. Citizens are frustrated at the lack of action from their speaker. No mead has been delivered (from Good Mead) since the lake froze: ferry service halted by th...