Wharram Spider Activity

Episode 3

Paddy Grinlok asks the party if they are willing to investigate what seems to be a goblin attack because the town guard is busy dealing with spider attacks in the area surrounding Wharram.

Episode 6

The party learns that a mysterious visitor wearing a black cloak has arrived at a goblin village and seems to have spiders with him.

Episode 8

On their way back to Wharram, the party comes across multiple spiders on the main trade route leading into town. They decide it would be a good idea to attack the spiders and clear the way. They form an plan of action which includes Bixx and his crew. Stealthily, the group attacks and in the end they are victorious. Zaren tries to figure out what they were doing on the trade route as it seems strange for this many spiders to stand out in the open, but learns nothing from the surroundings.

Episode 9

The party learns that the western side of Wharram is suffering and requires some aid to push back the tide of spiders attacking the town. If this is not done soon they may break through the defenses.

Episode 10

The party learns that huntmaster Burk Brayon is out on the western side of Wharram, fighting in the forest and is provided with his location. On the way to the location they run into the huntmaster and four militia who are attempting to make a tactical retreat. The party successfully aids the huntmaster in holding the defense. They spot a massive spider like creature and on discussion with Burk, it is revealed that he believes it is half spider, half human. Fellarr is sent to track the massive spider after it retreats and they learn that it moved north and then turned and headed south once out of sight of the party.

Episode 11

The party gathers the corpses they can find and takes them back to town with them. Once back in town, Taman decides to spend some time with the families of the fallen militia at the temple. Listening to the families talk and the rumors which are told among them, Taman discovers that the spiders only attack once the militia push the spiders positions. It seems as though the new information indicates that they spiders are attempting to keep the inhabitants of Wharram confined to the town. The next morning he shares this information with Burk Brayon. Burk starts to spread the word, asking all scouts to move back to the militia line and asking the militia line to form a new line closer to town.

Episode 15

The party learns that spiders with a druid named Galhaphé are normal spiders of the area and they are trying to free their fellow spiders with the aid of Galhaphé, from a dark bond which seems to control them. After describing the half human, half spider monstrosity they saw to Natara they are informed that it could be a drider.

Episode 16

The information shared by Taman has greatly aided the village of Wharram. They have lost only a handful of militia to the spiders and those seem to be more related to the failure of the militia to maintain discipline than the spiders themselves attacking. Lorus Brayon is gravely injured during a run in with a group of patrolling spiders whilst out to get healing herbs. It seems none of the medical skills available in the village has been able to help and his with Sarah Brayon is struggling to maintain control whilst her husband's life is hanging in the balance. Galhaphé manages to aid Lorus and so earns the respect of the Brayon and Grinlok families. The party learns that trade to Wharram has come to a standstill and medical supplies are running low. Zaren has gone after one of the driders to try and gather more information about them.

Episode 17

Zaren returns and informs the party that there seems to be multiple of the driders figures. They seem to command roughly 10 - 24 spiders each and they are located all along the boundary of the village. The party decides to attempt to capture an enemy spider in attempt to understand what seems to be controlling the spiders. Galhaphé and Cade set out in search of a possible target which could be isolated from the rest of the spiders whilst Taman and Nok-Nok obtain means of capturing a spider. They manage to acquire four large fishing nets which they believe should be good enough to constrain a spider. After regrouping at the north eastern side of the village, the party tracks a target identified by Galhaphé and manages to capture a spider. They bring it back to the Wharram prison and inspect it before waking it up. On waking it Galhaphé learns that the spider is female and does not seem to be under the control of anything anymore. She also learns that is has no memory of the past four weeks. The spider is also concerned for the well being of her 30 odd offspring which she now fears may also be under the same control. Galhaphé promises the party will help her save her children. Nok-Nok does not approve of the promise.

Episode 18

The party plans to attack one of the drider figures to determine what exactly it is and now it controls the spiders. Galhaphé and Cade decides to scout the area where they previously caught the spider to determine the best spot to ambush the creature. Nok-Nok and Taman speak to Burk and arrange for some of the town militia to be ready and waiting in case things go south and they need to retreat under cover fire. Burk sends his most trusted scout to stay within 100 feet of the part and act as an early alarm should things go wrong. The party's plan succeeds and they learn that the creatures are in fact undead spiders mounted by undead riders. They also learn that the black stone embedded in the rider is what enables them to control nearby spiders. With some smooth talking, Galhaphé convinces the others that the party is friendly and explains the situation to them. They choose to follow the party back to Wharram. The party decide it is time to free Wharram from the spiders which trap them and start planning their assault on the remaining undead riders surrounding the village.

Episode 19

The party wakes early morning and set their plan in motion, they move to the first marked group and defeat the undead rider which controls them. This undead rider seems to have been an orc and with a manacle around its neck where a similar black gem was embedded. The party moves to attack the next group.

Episode 20

The party fights another group, this time their coordination is completely off and the group is alerted to their presence. While attempting to restrain and obtain information about the undead rider, it is able to flank the group and call in all the spiders under it's control. Luckily the allied spiders are able to restrain the spiders and the party manages to find and kill the undead rider due to some quick thinking by Galhaphé. During a rest, the spiders learn that the party is going to leave to aid Bixx save his wife. Galhaphé tries to persuade them to join them but they are only willing part with some spiders as mounts for the party. The rest of the spiders continue their push with John Carrington leading the charge. They manage to defeat two more undead riders before returning to Wharram for an evenings rest.

Episode 25

The party along with Killian manage to fend off Aldronoth and his minions.