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 ====Start Here====
-   * **[[Goldvale]]**
+  * **[[Goldvale]]**
   * **[[Player Characters]]**
-    * [[Jules]], [[Urist]], [[Alimir]], [[Matilda]], [[Vesper]], [[NueNue]]
+    * [[Jules|Jules Jesko]], Ranger
+    * [[Urist|Urist Saltbeard]], Barbarian
+    * [[Alimir]], Paladin of [[Bobo Maf|Bobo]]
+    * [[Matilda|Matilda Delmar]], Rogue/Warlock
+    * [[Vesper]], Druid/Werewolf
       * **[[Backstories]]**
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     * [[Magic Items]] index.
     * [[NPC|Non Player Characters]]
+    * [[The Cult Of Alden]], [[Shovel Of Alden]]
     * [[Quests]] -- To refresh memories between game nights.
     * **[[RPG TOOLS]]** -- Some tools to enhance roleplaying.
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 ====Recent Session Notes====
+  * [[Player Characters|The Party]] finished their quest((September 8, 2026.)) to retrieve some culinary mushrooms from the [[Fungi Circle]]. This pleased both [[Patrick]] and [[Leithe]].
+    * //Note that Leithe did not get a renewable source of mushrooms from this quest but she was still pretty happy.//
+  * [[Patrick]] then talked to The Party and told them they needed to pick some quest and accomplish it by means of having a discussion amongst themselves to determine their own direction and set a goal. They did this in the form of purging the ghost of [[Ginger]] Pooch out of [[Goldvale]] once and for all.
+    * [[Casa de Vesper]]((The DM named this one.)) became The Party's new house as a result.
+  * [[Skip]] tried chatting at [[Jules]] while at [[The Card House]], and she didn't care. No one cares about Skip. He knows where lots of treasure and a demon slaying sword is apparently. But it is just Skip, so whatever, right?
+  * The Party ventured to the [[Shrine Of Hayte]] and saved [[Sunny]] from 6 random members of [[The Cult Of Alden]]. Or so they thought.
+    * In reality, [[Matilda]] orchestrated the "save" to befriend the cult members. Oddly, no one else in The Party is seemingly worried about Matilda's [[Alden]] related actions lately...
+    * //Notes have been added by the DM to the [[Matilda]] entry!//
+  * [[Vesper]] gave up the [[Shovel Of Alden]] into [[Jack]]'s care, to remove that burden from The Party.
+    * It was let known at the gaming session that Vesper has a 5% chance per level of turning into a [[Therianthrope|werewolf]] during any long rest. Which isn't a problem so long as nothing wakes the werewolf before dawn. But again oddly, The Party is seemingly not worried about this...
+  * The Party visited [[Krymec's Vault]] and closed the doors on level 2 that let in the [[Lundersnooch]] and recent problematic vampire. They then closed and locked up the vault itself, with [[Urist]] taking the key.
+  * It was noted, mostly by Urist, that [[Goldfish Pond|goldfish]] were missing entirely from one of the more prominent irrigation ditches around [[Goldvale]]. The Party, aka the players, swore to the Dungeon Master that the next session this would be the exact thing they'd investigate. It would be wise not to disappoint a Dungeon Master who has a week to prep and actually knows what to prep for the next session! Goldfish are a thing next time!
+    * //Note that "Jules" will be absent from "The Party" at the next session so this pending adventure will be planned around that.//
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+  * The Party of [[Jules]], [[Urist]], [[Alimir]], [[Matilda]] & [[Vesper]], under "guidance" from [[Patrick]], and at the request of [[Leithe]], go to the [[Fungi Circle]] on a quest to find mushrooms that can be added to the toppings options for hamburgers served at [[The Card House]] in [[Goldvale]].((September 1, 2026.)) Entire session spent contentedly dungeon crawling, to be finished on the next session.
+    * Bravely slaughtered their way through several areas with lawful neutral mushroom folk.
+    * Note the acquisition of [[Mariner's Studded Leather]] & [[Silvered Javelin]] treasure.
+    * Managed to successfully free [[Hutch]], who is a member of [[The Cult Of Alden]].
+      * Learned from Hutch that anyone who holds the [[Shovel Of Alden]] for too long starts to become the "next [[Alden]]" or put another way "He will rise again."
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+  * In an epic game session((August 25th, 2026.)) a goblin named [[Grxxlt]] showed up at [[The Card House]] in [[Goldvale]]. A little drunk he harmlessly was very rude to [[player characters|The Party]]. Unbeknown to Jules, Urist, Alimir, Matilda, & Vesper the particular [[goblin]] they decided to attack has the power of **Time**. To escape combat [[Grxxlt]] sent them back in time 3 days. This created a branch in the timeline, and they encountered themselves just as they'd arrived in [[Goldvale]]. This shall be known as the [[Nephele Timeline Branch Event]] and vastly changed their recent outcomes.
+    * [[Eyrun]] & [[Phoebe]], the Nephele Sisters, were never killed.
+    * [[NueNue]] was never summoned to join Urist.
+    * (A) [[Shovel Of Alden]] and (a) [[Kelthor's Book Of Great Awareness]] existed again suddenly.
+    * [[Jules]] & [[Urist]] no longer had contracts with [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]].
+    * **And what did this all result in? A paradox wherein everyone left in The Party slaughtered their alternate selves as not to have to share their life force and claim themself as the one true version of the player characters in question.** See [[Nephele Timeline Branch Event]] for the full spectrum of details.
+  * [[Eyrun]] Nephele (NPC) was drugged and is being kept in a room at [[The Card House]] by The Party.
+  * [[Phoebe]] Nephele escaped from the sight of The Party and status became unknown to her whereabouts.
+  * [[Alimir]] was given a chance to read (a) version of [[Kelthor's Book Of Great Awareness]]. This led him to the [[Warlock Well]] wherein he threw in (a) [[Fire Opal Staff]] and made a deal with a powerful fire elmental from another dimension to get his memory back. He could suddenly remember [[Alimir|his past]] as well as the more recent time in the Cloudfire Mountains [[Story:When Alimir Went Missing]] and then woke up in Mythburg confused.
+  * [[Patrick]] from the [[Hylund:Hylund Forest]], long time friend of [[Jack]] from [[The Card House]] was summoned to town. Jack realized he needed help rein in these chaotic adventurers (The Party) and Patrick, although not by choice, has sort of become the ultimate life couch, adult babysitter, problematic character handler, or "adult" in the campaign setting. He has been tasked by [[Jack]] with getting The Party to work together as a team and ultimately see about getting the [[Shovel Of Alden]] safely stashed away, which is the normal goal for Jack. But only a healthy Party mindset is likely to accomplish that.
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+  * Let's recap all the messed up things from our session((August 18, 2026.)) that could have, should have gone better and in different directions than what actually happened...
+    * [[Matilda]] was left to herself for one single night in a rented room at [[The Card House]]. She could have just slept but instead went to the [[Warlock Well]] and immediately tossed in the [[Shovel Of Alden]] & [[Kelthor's Book Of Great Awareness]] which officially converts her to a multiclass Rogue(3)/Warlock(1) player character & due to the nature of both of those items immediately got a mandatory new alignment of Chaotic Neutral.
+      * This comes with TBD issues involving the very evil [[Alden]] oriented shovel & oracle ([[Kim]]) attracting book, none of which she fully understands but can't end well.
+    * [[Jules]], [[Urist]] & [[Skip]] learned about their new contract with [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]]. See Lugo's page for more about that figurative ticking time bomb. But hey they got Eldritch Blast to play with!
+    * Next in a complete and agreed upon effort to do nothing of value The Party, now consisting of [[Jules]], [[Urist]], Urist's new Knight [[NueNue]], [[Alimir]], and [[Matilda]] they proceeded to go to the [[Warlock Well]] hunting [[Jim Bob The Bullfrog]] who managed to elude them as they were all outsmarted by a frog. [[Vesper]] the Tiefling Druid joined up with them at this point, completing The Party's new format.
+    * Picking up [[Phoebe]] Nephele the lot of them left to go back to the [[Rusty Cave]] to try and loot [[Eyrun]] Nephele's body. They quickly learned that the gnomish constructs there are self repairing and encountered all sorts of traps and chaos. The **Bellows Of Beaver Summoning**((Loot deck.)) was found and almost immediately used to test for traps near the corpse of Eyrun Nephele. Eyrun Nephele could have been entombed in the Rusty Cave peacefully, but no, that was not to be.
+    * First 25 beavers chewed the corpse up. Then the body got looted as it was dragged outside of the Rusty Cave. Then parts of Eyrun got dragged into [[Goldvale]] to see if [[Zingle]] could do anything with/about it. Then it was off to see [[Phil]] at the [[Necro Cave]] to see if a necromancer could do anything with the bits of Eyrun. Even that went poorly because the game ended with [[Alimir]] who was carrying parts of [[Eyrun]] falling into a chasm. Will it even matter if they reach Phil next game? Could a corpse be any more disrespected? Probably not. That's a twisted party.
+    * Backtracking a bit on the way out of the [[Rusty Cave]] The Party turned on [[Phoebe]] Nephele, Eyrun's sister and last known surviving Nephele. Long story short The Party murdered her and left her in a shallow grave outside the Rusty Cave. End of the Nephele blood line?
+    * It was also about this point that it was revealed that new player character [[Vesper]] is a werewolf! Somehow The Party didn't murder him and moved forward. That officially makes a problematic [[Matilda]] & [[Vesper]] in the mix.
+    * Also at the bridge into the [[Necro Cave]] it became clear that [[Jules]] & [[Alimir]] wish to murder each other. That'll probably work out wonderfully...
+    * [[Alimir]] was saved by the deity he now claims, [[Bobo Maf]]. The clowning around just intensifies now with each session. Oh and apparently our clown paladin is bisexual. Okay, whatever.
+  * MEANWHILE some perfectly innocent normal quests sit ignored, like finding mushrooms for Leithe, or going and looking into a monster at the Zerk Swamp, or vampire hunting. Maybe next time. Maybe next time the DM will get some Gin & Tonic and go on the offensive. We'll see.
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   * In a very emotional game session((August 11, 2026. The Death of [[Eyrun]].)) as [[Eyrun]], [[Jules]], [[Urist]] & [[Alimir]] re-familiarized themselves with the [[Goldvale]] area...
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     * [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] gossiped to The Party that when they opened [[Krymec's Vault]] some things came through to [[Goldvale]] that do not belong. Most noteworthy is a foreign monster that headed to the [[Zerk Swamp]] known as the [[Lundersnooch]] & a powerful vampire that headed to [[Sucker Lake]] that he thinks [[Jules]] needs to go full [[ranger]] monster hunter on before some vampire chaos has a chance to form.
     * [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] told [[Jules]] and The Party about [[Skip]] going to look for treasure at the [[Rusty Cave]]. This marked the once again decline of Skip as greed made him wander there. A concerned Jules led The Party there and a trapped gold vault became the means by which [[Eyrun]] met her fate.
-      * [[Urist]] while struggling to cope inside of the trap drew cards from the infamous "Deck of Many Things" and the lasting fallout from that is a knight now loyally serves him until death.
+      * [[Urist]] while struggling to cope inside of the trap drew cards from the infamous "Deck of Many Things" and the lasting fallout from that is a Knight named [[NueNue]] who now loyally serves him until death.
       * [[Alimir]] escaped the trap unharmed. However with [[Eyrun]] dead, the others meaning [[Jules]], [[Urist]] & even [[Skip]] were saved by [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] who chose the moments before their deaths to get them to sign an **unseen contract** as a deal to save their lives. The consequences of which we do not yet know.
     * For all intents and purposes during this game session [[Matilda]] was declared to be staying in a room at [[The Card House]] resting which is why she was not part of the shenanigans.