Matilda Must Die

• A fierce battle took place between Matilda and her monster ally versus the as-yet-unnamed-party

• It went down to the wire with three characters being down at one point

• Matilda was eventually defeated but not before she had taken down five members of her own family, Cassandra - the lady who originally past Mara the note - died.

• The two children that she was holding hostage got away safely, though one almost fell from two feet up down into burning coals

• The mood after the fight was both grave and relief. The wicked matriarch had been defeated but at terrible cost.

• The dead were buried and a wake was held. Mara said some prayers for the dead

• The village of WImborne had been liberated

• The locals offered to lend the party two row boats to take them north to Syrinlya. Two local lads - Irwin and Russel - came along with them.

• After some back breaking rowing over several days the eventually made it to Syrinlya.

• The party secured passage to Palebank Village aboard The Catterick.

• The Buyer had an offer the couldn’t refuse however and they cancelled their trip on The Catterick

• The Buyer needed them to retrieve three items: A helm, a robe, and an Amulet. In return the Buyer would teleport them directly to Uthodurn.

• The catch was the items were deep inside a cave and guarded by two trolls with strangely pale skin.

• VV and Taq scouted out the cave

• The discovered two half eaten adventures in a larder of sorts for the trolls. The adventures had a ring of them as well as a coin pouch.

• Upon confirming that there were indeed two trolls, Taq and VV scurried on out to inform the rest of the party