Cleenseau - Session 35
Between Crises: in which the party studies Ianto’s trophies, returns to Clawyn for Viatela, and sets out for Orenlas
Featuring: Robin, Viepuck, Celyn, and Izgil
In Taelgar: Nov 16, 1720 DR to Dec 12, 1720 DR
On Earth: Sunday, August 2, 2026
Twilight’s Grace, Orchard Close, Ash Court, Twilight’s Pool, Silver Vineyard, Clawyn, and Tyrwinghan Hills
Kiya’s Recap: The existential question of what to do when there isn’t a crisis
The party investigates Ianto’s trophies in Twilight’s Grace, returns through the Silver Vineyard to spend Viatela in Clawyn, and sets out for Orenlas.
Highlights
Unnamed fey scholar and Celyn
An unnamed fey scholar asks, “Oh, most people don’t survive a conversation with a dragon, which one?”
Celyn answers, “… well, he didn’t survive the conversation with us…”
Neris
He’s not as smart as you are, huh?
Timeline
- Nov 16, 1720 DR - Nov 27, 1720 DR: The party spends an interstitial period in Twilight’s Grace, sharing a meal in Orchard Close and consulting scholars in Ash Court before using Twilight’s Pool to locate the living unicorn whose horn was among Ianto’s trophies.
- Nov 27, 1720 DR - Dec 11, 1720 DR: The party rests in the Silver Vineyard, returns to mortal Tyrwingha, and reaches Clawyn, where it remains through Viatela.
- Dec 12, 1720 DR: The party leaves Clawyn, travels around the mountains toward Orenlas, and lets a startled owlbear retreat without a fight.
People and Places
NPCs
- Pip (brownie) (brownie): brownie who debates apple-pie construction with Izgil in Orchard Close.
- Moss (brownie) (brownie): brownie who debates apple-pie construction with Izgil in Orchard Close.
- Old Bramble (satyr): elderly satyr orchard keeper who gives Viepuck two apple seeds.
- Dame Elowen (fey): fey hostess who tries to ensure Robin enjoys the meal in Orchard Close.
- Neris (naiad): naiad and magical theorist who helps the party overcome the protections obscuring the unicorn’s location.
- Olwen Bettws (human): Celyn’s mother, whom the party visits in Clawyn around Viatela.
Locations
- Twilight’s Grace (extraplanar domain, in Feywild): Ethlenn’s Feywild realm, where the party begins the session and researches Ianto’s trophies.
- Orchard Close (neighborhood, in Twilight’s Grace): a hospitable orchard neighborhood in Twilight’s Grace where the party shares a meal.
- Ash Court (neighborhood, in Twilight’s Grace): a scholarly neighborhood in Twilight’s Grace where the party investigates the trophies.
- Twilight’s Pool (fey portal in Twilight’s Grace): the realm’s principal crossing to Tafolwern, whose waters help Izgil locate the unicorn.
- Silver Vineyard (fey portal in Twilight’s Grace): a shifting portal between Twilight’s Grace and the southern Tyrwinghan hills through which the party returns to the mortal world.
- Clawyn (CLOW-in, village, in Tyrwingha): Celyn’s home village, where the party remains through Viatela before resuming its journey.
- Tyrwinghan Hills (line of hills, in Mostreve Hills): the region the party crosses after leaving Clawyn on the way toward Orenlas.