Caislen Campaign Notes

The town of Goldvale gets its name from having a really impressive goldfish pond that connects to irrigation and drainage ditches that span all over the main parts of town. Tiny bridges, while not made a big deal of, are all over the place to allow for the ample flow of water and goldfish. This name sometimes confuses adventurers that come here looking for of course, actual gold. Most adventures come here seeking the three artifacts that one can learn about at the local tavern.

The areas within the actual town of Goldvale.

• The Card House - local tavern & inn.
• Ferrin's Ruin - Former Cult Hideout.
• Crematorium¹⁾
• Goldfish Pond²⁾
• Kori's Potions - local potion shop.
• Post Station - The mail system.
• Quick-Merch³⁾
• Warlock Well
• Zingle's Temple Of The Lost Socks.

• Houses
  • Cole's House
  • Ema's House
  • Casa de Vesper, formerly Ginger's House,
  • Leithe's House
  • Mirror House⁴⁾
  • The Guy's House - Gnome handyman.

• Brumette - Human, Female, Member of The Order Of The Lost Socks.
• Cole - Human, Male, Teenager.
• Ema - Dark Elf, female, wife of Phil.
  • Plus 3 children.
• Ferren - Human Male, deceased.
• Fig-Daisy - Human female botanist, new wife of Phil.
• Jack - barkeep at The Card House⁵⁾.
• Kori - Pixie, female, runs a potion shop in Goldvale.
• Leithe - Teenage goblin girl who works as the burger cook at The Card House.
• Kim - A charismatic undead running the entrance to the Necro Cave.
• Nystor - aka “The Tavern Guy”.
• Phil - Necomancer, Dark Elf, Male. Husband of Ema. Lives in the Necro Cave.
• Preston - Undead Bard of The Seas, recently moved in.
• Sam Smith - Dwarven Smith turned Bandit, turned club owner.
• Skip - Drunk, Gambling Problem, Drow, Male, runs the local crematorium.
• The Guy - Gnome Handyman.
• Zapata - Odd “dwarf”…
• Zingle - Local Cleric.

• Franki - A cryptid scholar hanging out at the tavern for the time being.
• Ginger - Human female, deceased.⁶⁾
• Old Rattlecart - The traveling merchant (just visits Goldvale).
• Patrick - Visiting from elsewhere, staying for awhile.
• Romper - A cryptid scholar hanging out at the tavern for the time being.
• The Sock Flock - Harthis that are members of the Order Of The Lost Socks.
• Vules - The vampire now in charge at Sucker Lake.

• The Dense Forest - slightly South-West of Goldvale.
  • Shrine of Hayte - a deserted old shrine in a cemetery.
  • Tree Island Farm Circle⁷⁾
• Ferret Caves - a place of amusing mini challenges.
• Fort Scale
• Hermit House
• Krymec's Vault - a dungeon with many levels for classic dungeon crawling.
• Necro Cave - Home of Phil, Fig-Daisy & an underdark entry point.
• Coal Goblin Keep & Coal Mine
• Rusty Cave - Final resting place of Eyrun Nephele.
• Shelves Plateau & Goldvale Shelter
• The “Not So Dense” Forest
  • Club Haversack - located adjacent to the site of the Shrine of Heaglin.
  • Fungi Circle
  • Shrine of Heaglin - a deserted old shrine where some bandits live.
  • Unicorn Grotto
• Sucker Lake - A lake, an island, and that which is underground below it.
• Tower Of Six
• Lugo's Manhole - a strange little dungeon.
• Zerk Swamp

• The Shangri Elves, a community of high elves, once inhabited what is the modern day Dense Forest. There's no sign of them at present, but there may be one somewhere around…
• The Toc Clan Dwarves historically lived in the hilly area by the plateau, Necro Cave & Old Dwarven Keep.⁸⁾
• The Zerk Swamp area is the ancestral home of the present day goblins living in the Old Dwarven Keep.
• All of the above existed before Goldvale was ever founded, in an age of other forces being at work.
  • Goldvale was founded by dragons.
• There is specific local Herbalism to create potions for the Goldvale area.

Phase 1 of Goldvale began when PCs Eyrun & Jules first came to town & ended upon the return from Mustardia. Later they'd be joined at different points by Urist & Alimir. During this time they explored the love triangle between Skip, Phil & Ema. This resulted in Skip & Ema being estranged & established Phil as a pretty decent alchemist who constantly gets visits for any reason that requires abnormal medical attention. They were introduced to many aspects of the influence of Alden including the Toc Clan Coal Mine Event & during this phase acquired the Shovel Of Alden only to bury it at the Goldfish Pond. Also during this phase The Party completely failed to catch on to what the whole goldfish vibe is about, avoided anything to do with the hermit, never really explored Sucker Lake, and the Rusty Cave was unexplored. Since the main point of Phase 1 was to get into the love triangle and introduce Alden, that's fine.

Phase 2 of Goldvale began when The Party returned from Mustardia.⁹⁾ Various existing NPCs got some plot upgrades and a few new NPCs arose from previously unnamed generic locals and newcomers from out of town. Some new lore and locations were added to the Goldvale map, essentially re energizing Goldvale.

Phase 3 of Goldvale began when The Party returned from the Havenspass region after being gone for several months of in game time. They arrive back to find a few key things have changed, such as Preston has moved into the Mirror House, Phil & Fig-Daisy officially got married, Ema has three problematic kids, and several new plots lines are in effect. This coincides with a shake up of the members of The Party as Eyrun was removed and Vesper joined.