Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Session XIV

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Out of Game Date played: 2019-02-08

Session Title:  Moonlight Madness (Girls Night Out)

In-game Date : Nightal 19 - 20 1582 DR

Location: Waterdeep & Phandalin

Player Characters: (Alphabetical order)
 * Shambles Everbottom (Cory)
 * Thola (Julianne)
 * Tyr Dithias (Garrett)
 * Zarodar (Matt)

The Road to the Country
Thola leaves Spookies during the Full moon with a handful of new adventurers named Zarodar', Tyr Dithias & Shambles Everbottom'. 

Thola has heard rumours that there are werewolves near Phandalin near the Wave Echo Crater. She gets the new adventurers to come with her to the House of the Moon in Waterdeep before heading to Phandalin to gather more information.

One of the priestesses warn Thola that the band of werewolves are heretics to Phandalin & should be purged, they are spreading the false word Phandalin's blessed light.

The party heads from Waterdeep to Phandalin, upon entering the town the only thing open is the tavern.

When the party enters the tavern the it goes silent all looking at the new guests, then turn to resume their quieted drinking. The party buys some drinks & asks the bartender if there are werewolves in the area. The bartender tells the party that werewolves have been killing farming folks' livestock. They suspect that Carp Alderleaf of Alderleaf Farm is in league with these werewolves but no one has been able to find them when they do a search of the farm. The barkeep notes that Carp is suspiciously absent from the town's meeting at tavern.

The party proceeds to the Farm, they find an old Halfling by the name of Carp Alderleaf sitting on his front porch smoking from a pipe. Dithias turns into a wolf and scoped out the barn while the party talked with Carp. Dithias observed that it was a very typically barn with one exception, there was a miniature horse in a pen with it's entrance being surrounded with awards & award sashes from various shows.

The other players attempt to both ask about the whereabouts of the werewolves are while hitting on Carp. Carp eventually resigns to the party's plea genuinely believing they wish to help. He confides that his daughter, Aye Alderleaf, is in The Waxing Order. He warns the party that the order would rather not be disturbed but unfortunately their recent activities have drawn so much attention that he understands that a cleric of Selûne would wish to investigate even though he disagrees with a House of the Moon's assessment of the situation & urges the players talk to the lycanthropes first.

The Waxing Order
The players easily find the sanctuary of The Waxing Order from the main road following the direction Carp gave them. It is well lit through eerie stones inset into the entrance's face & cavern walls illuminating with a moonlit glow.

The party enters the cave to meet 6 friendly wolves chained up, they determine that are none magical. Zarodar decides to hang back to change into a wolf to have sex with wolves quickly while the party continues.

As they continue down the path they observe a steep slide across the turbulent stream & decide to pursue climbing up it. Zarodar luckily saw a gorilla in his god's domain and was able to morph into one to help the party up the steep slope. once they were up they were face to face with all four member of The Waxing Order, surprised that a group of intruders made their way through the most illogical way in their sanctuary possible.

This order consists of only of female lycanthropes (all women). It's current members are: The Druids are planning on meeting with the wolfweres & if the cleric of Selûne would like to join they should. They mention that Autumn is the traditional mating season for wolfweres and there is many of them to listen to their message. They believe it is an easy sell as Selûne guides women through their moon-phases (menstrual period) & is strongest during the Autumn season which align m with many of the values that wolfweres align with.
 * Elle / Thatch (Female Human / Werewolf)
 * Hue / Thandry (Female Dark-Dwarf / Werebear)
 * Enn / Hexa-Enabelle (Female Half-Elf / Werewolf)
 * Aye Alderleaf (Female Halfling / Wererat)

The Unfortunate Betrayal
The wolfweres greatly outnumber the werewolves and a convoy arrive to the The Waxing Order's Sanctuary. The convoy consists of 5 strikingly attractive males wolfweres in humanoid form. Elle goes forth to meet with the convoy to seal the deal of the conversion and the acceptance process, she insists to the party that if anyone comes with her it would look like an unnecessary act of aggression. Elle, while talking to the the wolfweres' leader falls over face first, after a brutal surprise attack.

Overall, the battle goes overall very well on the favour of The Waxing Order, with a few close calls for everyone involved. Luckily Thola felt the call of Selûne to leave the Grand opening of her bar, or else this would have been a massacre.

A Gift From Luna
After the battle there is a moment of eerie silence after the last of the wolfweres flee, a woman walks through threw battle scene afterwards, radiating with dull light similar to that of the moon's completely naked. She introduces herself as Luna & thanks Thola for her assistance and that she is sorry she had to miss her new tavern's opening when she felt the call of the moon. She knew something was awry here but could not interfere.

She gifts several things and abilities to players:
 * She gift any form of lycanthrope to their characters:
 * Shambles Everbottom - Wereturtle
 * Thola - Werewolf
 * Tyr Dithias - Werebear
 * Zarodar - Blue Whale
 * Every player received a small moonstone worth 25GP
 * Thola received the "Gloves of Luna"

The Road Home
The road back towards Waterdeep is much busier than it was on the way North to Phandalin, it seems most are in wagons or horseback in a brisk pace Southward.

They run in  Raenre Neverember  with a gnome named  Dalakhar  on the road & they ask to share the road with Thola They share recent news from Luskan regarding the collapse of one of the two ruling factions in that city: the Arcane Brotherhood. The Red Hexagon Trading Company have somehow gained sole power of the city. These people are refugees making their way to Waterdeep after Neverwinter closed it's gates after being overwhelmed.  Raener  says he was on diplomatic business in Neverwinter to begrudgingly aid his Father  Dagult  (last open lord of Waterdeep). His mission is as an emissary from Waterdeep to talk about how to provide aid to Neverwinter which is undergoing a massive influx of refugees. He however doubt his father motives; they let it slip that Dalakhar's task of finding the Stone of Golorr is even more dire now to help their neighbours to the north. Realizing their slip, they do not say anymore on the matter and divulge in Thola's tales.

Back at Spookies
A member of the city watch asks if she would be willing to hang a wanted poster in the tavern for the Nimblewright named ' Helux  ' who escaped from the House of the Inspired Hands (The Temple of Gond in the Sea Ward)
 * Gond is the god of craft and smith work, mainly worship by Humans and some Gnomes