The Court of Bloom and Blade/The Story So Far: In-Person

The Story So Far: In-Person

Recovering the Court

Session 1: Amusing Azaleas

Characters: "Kit" (Chris), Monkshood (Nikki), Sweet Pea (Caleb)

Important NPCs: Archfey Cherise, Flourish the Fey Touched Tiefling

Floral Dragon: Azalea- Jacqmanie, the Royal Fool

Dragon Mark: Primal Savagery cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• The party ventured up the cliffsides, finding Vespons and Dandelion dragons and meeting the Azalea pack of the Wolf Tree
• Falling down the cliff, into the water, Sweet Pea discovers the water has healing property
• They carefully befriended the pack and were told to look to the back side of the wolf tree for the rogue Azalea dragon that attacked the pack
• The party stopped before going to find the dragon and groomed the dragons to get petals for Flourish the potions tiefling
• The rogue Azalea fought the party until it was downed and became the Royal Fool!
• He explained had been kidnapped and then strangely polymorphed into the dragon and placed back here with nothing but rage in his mind

Session 2: Varmints in the Vineyard

Characters: Larkspur (Julia), Monkshood (Nikki), Kosuna (Amanda), Sweet Pea (Caleb)

Important NPCs: Dragon Queen Sakura (a cherry blossom dragon), Royal Vineyard Tender Iris (an iris fairy)

Floral Dragon: Clematises- Sir Pommelo, Dame Clementine, Sir Tangelo

Dragon Mark: Poison Spray cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• Larkspur met the Queen of Floral Dragons, Sakura in the Cherry Blossom Orchard
• Gathered one of her petals
• She confirmed that she is not involved in the capture of the court or the changing into floral dragons and also wants to see it come to an end before it causes trouble between the Floral Dragons and the Court of Blossoms
• The party went to the royal vineyard to scout out some Clematis dragons who have been causing trouble, poisoning the vines and grapes
• Defeating the jumpy little poisonous dragons, they became three of the royal knights!
• The knights explained they were lured by a strange dryad with frills instead of petals, more like a mushroom? They were told the queen was in danger and gathered to a carriage but were then taken away to a dark, deep, and rotten smelling place.

Session 3: The Conclave in the Cavern

Characters: Elyssa (Connor), "Kit" (Chris), Larkspur (Julia), Monkshood (Nikki), "Andrastae" (Cat), Sweet Pea (Caleb)

Important NPCs: The Deepwater Conclave- Hollis, Kenath, T'rissva, Rauva, Veldath & Emilia, Vera the Royal Healer

Floral Dragon: Jade Vine- Ser Loquat & Lady in Waiting Erica

Dragon Mark: Light cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• The druid drow who tend to the underground springs that fill the oasis with its lifegiving water need assistance, as they been under attack from small floral dragons that flash blinding lights making it nearly impossible for the light sensitive drow.
• They also state that one of their own, Emilia, has gone missing and a terrible rotting smell is coming from one of the caverns, leading them to fear the worse but they can't retrieve her because of the blinding dragons
• Heading into the cavern, the party finds first Spring Spiders, medium creatures that look like glass that are filled with fresh water.
• Heading further in, Monkshood and Larkspur find Deer Quartz, and are able to collect their fallen crystals.
• Going to the center of the cave, they find the spring pool in this cavern, discovering the most fresh and delicious water they've ever tasted
• They are quickly surprised though by bright flashes that belong to the Jade Vine dragons, who are tiny. Sweet Pea falls in the water
• They chase the dragons around the cavern, getting blinded and the quick little dragons dashing away! Eventually though they bop them enough to release the knight and lady in waiting back to themselves!
• While chasing the creatures about, Larkspur and Elyssa discovers a merrow caught in a shallow pool, using her strength to move a cavern collapse so the merrow can get back to their deep spring cavern.
• Exploring the other side of the cavern, "Kit", they head for a narrow area that smells like rot and death. Inside, he finds Emilia, catatonic and covered in external veins of mycelium. Protecting its prey, there is a Morille (a dinosaur made of fungus) which chases him out of the narrow passage
• Getting bit or in the way of it's death explosion, those exposed received a level of corruption, infected by the fungus.
• They take Emilia and those infected to the Royal Healer now that the cave is cleared out. Vera is able to help those corrupted, but states that Emilia will desperately need more help.  

Session 4: At Death's Door

Characters: "Kit", Monkshood, Derian, Sweetpea, Kosuna

Important NPCs: Hedy, Acostisia, Raspberry

Floral Dragon: Amaranth

Dragon Mark: Minor Illusion

Important Things that Happened:

• The adventurers were sent to investigate the bodies of small dragons and fairies in the beginnings of the wild forest beyond the Wolf Tree. What they discovered among the magical flowers and ham plants were the bodies they expects, but heavily decomposed and covered in mushrooms, making a crescent shape. Getting close the circle alerted the nearby Amaranth dragon, who called out for help from an ally, a pied-blue creature. When beaten, this floral dragon was revealed to be Lady-In-Waiting Bo
• The adventurers used all their resources to beat the Pied-blue as well, and destroyed the 3/4 formed mushroom circle when someone heard a cry for help. Heading into the glade at the top of a cliff, they found another Pied-Blue, two decayed boars, as well as what they were guarding, an active mushroom ring, as well as two fairies, Acostisa (covered in mycelium and catatonic), as well as Hedy, the one calling for help. The adventurers were able to save them both and destroy the mushroom ring.
• But adventuring does not come without cost. Before the active mushroom circle could be destroyed, curiosity got the better of Kit and while he was not pulled into the other side, he was corrupted to a state of catatonic as well. He awaits a cure in Vera’s infirmary.
• When told about the mushroom rings, Queen Cherise told the adventurers that she knows now who is attacking them. The Court of Decay Once ruled by her sister, it was overtaken by a hag a thousand years ago and it seems they are now prepared to take over this court as well. The Queen’s decree: Every mushroom circle must be destroyed, no one crosses to the other side, and any corruptive mycelium burned away.

Session 5: An Opera in the Orchard

Characters: Larkspur, Monkshood, Derian, Sweetpea, Kosuna, Qa'Zaak (Chris)

Important NPCs: Casella

Floral Dragon: Heliconia- Helika, the Royal Falconer; Nance, Royal Knight

Dragon Mark: Friends cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• Casella, in charge of the Royal Orchard, asked you to assist her with her royal duties as her team had been too afraid to venture up into the skybridges, due to a bird like floral dragon singing and causing them to fall, some even to their death. Your adventurers helped pick rare and interesting fruits, and some met interesting creatures who live in the orchard
• The adventurers, though bountiful in harvest, did find themselves victims to the Heliconia’s song and soon enough, several followed the song until they too fell from the sky bridges. Once they beat these dragons, though the trial tumultuous, they revealed the two to be the falconer Helika and the royal knight Rambutan
• Those who fell from the sky bridges found they were not alone on the forest floor, as two mushroom rings brought forth needle covered Aspratums and a mycelium mage. Their goal was clear: find new victims to add to the hag’s ranks but fortunately, they were unable to drag away Monkshood from her sister and friends.

Session 6: A Dance with the Dandelions

Characters: Qa'Zaak, Monkshood, Larkspur, Sweet Pea, "Andrastae", and Machi (Nin)

Important NPCs: April, the royal Vespon Keeper, Vera, the Royal Knights, Emilia & Acostasia

Floral Dragon: Dandelion- Dame Persimmon and Lady in Waiting Fergie

Dragon Mark: Dancing Lights cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• April, the Royal Beekeeper asked for the adventurers to assist in driving away a trio of Dandelion dragon that broke into the palace’s greenhouse while the vespons were pollinating and collecting nectar
• Two of the Dandelion Dragons were clearly bullying the vespons, frustrating the Vespon Queen and bringing her closer and closer to swarming her hive.
• The last strange Dandelion Dragon was weird, sickly, and seemed to be sprouting mushrooms.
• When struck by one of the normal Dandelions, the adventurers found themselves with a rash that left them very itchy

• Adventurers worked to keep the Vespon Queen calm while also trying to keep the Dandelions from killing the Vespons between Interdimensional Jaunts
• The Dandelion Dragons when defeated, released the final Royal Knight and Lady-in-Waiting, Persimmon and Fergie
• Inspecting how the Dandelion Dragons got in revealed spore covered hand prints, forcing the window open from the outside.
• As April and the Adventurers ponder who could have let them in, an alarm sounded out in the courtyard!

• Vera and then Infirmary were under attack! A large Pleurote and its rider, Plumette of the Court of Decay, incapacitated Vera and attempted to make away with those in the catatonic state of mycelium corruption.
• Three royal knights made sure to help Vera to safety and assist the Adventurers as they tried to keep the Decay’s faithful from taking new offerings to the Wastes through a large mushroom circle.

• The Pleurote was slain and Emilia was rescued, but Plumette was able to dive away with Acostisia moments before the Adventurers were able to destroy the circle.

Session 7: A Lunch in the Lilypads

Characters: Kosuna, Sweet Pea, Monkshood, Qa'Zaak

Important NPCs: The Locals of Lilac Lake

Floral Dragon: Water Lily- Rhyza, the Keeper of the Seal

Dragon Mark: Shape Water cantrip

Important Things that Happened:

• During this quest, our dear adventurers were sent out by the Queen and a local naiad, requesting aid because a large aquatic floral dragon was eating up many eggs of merrow and naiad alike in the Lilac Lake. The heroes headed down to the lake and worked with the local land creatures to make rafts suitable for getting above the Water Lily Dragon and keeping out of the water itself, so they did not succumb to a Nixie. The Nixie was summoned by the cries and prayers of the local merrow, who called on their goddess deep down.
• The players fought against waves, dragons, lilypads and fey and in the end, they slayed the Nixie early and the Water Lily Dragon attempted to drag them down, but they kept fighting against it and wore it down until POP!
• Free from their terror, the merrow and naiad emerged from their hiding, giving gifts to their heroes. The water Genasi, Qa’Zaak then swims down into the lake for only minutes before he finds another Water Lily Dragon, this one friendly, and encourages it to come to the surface. The adventurers are then free to brush it and groom it with their rakes and have a fun time playing with the dragon and all the locals!

Session 8: Diving In, Dragon First

Characters: Sweet Pea, Qa'Zaak, Andrastae, Saida (Gail), Monkshood

Important NPCs: Zarya, Harbinger of Tamzu; Odessa, Fortuna

Floral Dragon: Larkspur- Buttercup, the Durward

Dragon Mark: Resistance cantrip & one use of the Fly spell  

Important Things that Happened:

• The palace is under attack as very quickly, rings of both mushrooms and roses in chromatic circles of red, black, blue, green, and white appear and begin to empty out enemy after enemies into the courtyard of the glass castle. Familiar mushroom enemies all appear, but in the back lines, new foes stand tall. The newly blighted form of Olneya comes with a small army of awakened mushrooms, prepared to reclaim his old home. The other new figure is a tall woman with pale hair and not a spot of mycelium on her, instead her skin is marked with tattoos of thorns and roses. She claims to be Zarya, Harbinger of Tamzu, and states that when the hag has come and rot away the Oasis, Tamzu will come and cleanse and bring rebirth after. Zarya then opens a suitcase she carries, pulling out a whole Larkspur dragon, mounting it and diving into the pool that connects the Oasis to the realm of Quelmar. The Queen, Archfey Cherise, makes her instructions clear: destroy these new mushroom circles and then follow that warlock!
• After clearing out the circles and a majority of the enemies, the adventurers are able to dive through the oasis pool, some for the first time, and attempt to follow Zarya. Alas, Zarya is too far, seen climbing over the cliff edge and onto the top of the plateau and what’s worse, cries of help of Pterran citizens quite unfamiliar with the site of a Larkspur dragon can be heard inside a nearby cafe. Making their way inside, our heroes find Odessa and Fortuna attempting to save their shop from the attacking Larkspur, but quite unprepared for the amount of poison each hit Odessa makes causes to her. The adventurers slay the Larkspur while keeping the locals of Acqua Junction safe and from beneath its petals, they reveal Buttercup, the Durward!
• With victory in the Oasis secured and Olneya taken captive, Queen Cherise comes to the desert in disguise, telling the adventurers that her belief for the best course of action is for them to stay in Pteris, here in Acqua Junction, and try to find Zarya and any floral dragons she releases, afraid that if those of the mortal realm find the dragons, they’ll not only kill the beast, but in confusion, the person inside. For the few months, our heroes are desert bound. Cashmere, Casella and Saffron move to their shop locations in Acqua Junction and Flourish brings over her Potions Cart.

Session 9: Parched Petals

Characters: Sweet Pea, Andrastae, Derian, Monkshood, Qa'Zaak

Important NPCs: Constable Wicket, Merigold Freshwater, Glix, Narya Fiametta, Sasha

Floral Dragon: Peony- Flora, the Standard Bearer

Dragon Mark: Thaumaturgy cantrip and one use of Pass Without Trace   

Important Things that Happened:

After the adventures have a fun time of picking cards at Fortuna’s, the Constable Wicket comes to find them, telling of rumors of a large petal covered beast up to the Northwest in the crags, about two days travel. Wicket thinks it would be best for the group to take with them a desert guide and offers his three best:

Merigold Freshwater [Firbolg Wayfinder] (You cannot get lost in the desert and provides +5 to survival checks for travel)

Narya Fiametta [ Fire Genasi Creature Harvester and Chef] (+5 survival/nature to monster harvesting)

Glix [Lizardfolk Desert Animal Expert] (+5 to animal handling)

The adventurers choose Merigold for their first venture out into the desert and with her help, head directly towards the northwestern crags. Along the way, a heatwave which does not sit especially well with water Genasi. After camping over night and descending from the plateau, they move across the sand and on their way, meet another local traveler, a scavenger called Sasha, her familiar Sandy and her pet Opalta. They also are introduced to her Mount, a jackrabbit called Jack Wagon. She tells them she found both petals and large scales ahead in the crags and to be careful.

Session 10: The Battle for the Beast

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