A fantasy scene of armored dwarves in a cavernous underground city with glowing mushrooms and stone buildings. A sign says, 'Safety offered, trust earned.'

Session Recap – The Merry Men (a.k.a. Heroes of “Fragle Rock”) The Merry Men’s cruise across the Darklake quickly turned into a nightmare boating excursion featuring a very rude hag. She pulled a disappearing act and got a few hits in, but Lan the paladin wasn’t having it. In a move that will absolutely go down in tavern songs (accuracy pending), Lan tied the hag to a rope connected to another boat—sending her screaming into a swirling whirlpool. 10/10 teamwork. Questionable rope safety standards. Making it to shore, the crew stumbled upon a deep gnome mining operation and—through a mix of helpfulness and not actively threatening anyone—managed to escort a caravan toward Blingdenstone. On the road, Chadwick exploited jimjar gambling addictions transcend species by betting the deep gnomes they couldn’t figure out his magic trick. Three failed attempts later, he walked away 60 gold richer and no less humble. Arriving at Blingdenstone (now affectionately nicknamed Fragle Rock by the party), Battlestar and the crew reported their journey to the guards and eventually to the city’s leaders, Dorbo and Senni Diggermattock. The leaders offered the party safety, but made it clear: trust here is earned, not given. They also revealed the city was previously destroyed during a siege and is only recently being rebuilt and fortified—which explains the general vibe of “everyone is stressed and suspicious.” Speaking of which: the Merry Men have learned that deep gnomes don’t exactly hand out Ver mais