Act 5 Episode 5 Session Notes

This session continues from Nick’s suspicious Root Barrel Farm appearance. Orval Finkus gives a missing-dragonborn job, Nick fails several identity checks, the party rescues the Black Wingkin from Mortellus/Aria Vayne’s necromancer chapel, learns Gertie/Duskborn/mass-resurrection-scroll lore, returns one dragonborn, then encounters VQU students Zetch, Ellenthyra Mew, and Nell Quiv arguing over cave loot before heading toward the next dragonborn lead.

Act 5’s farm arc now has three layers: Nick’s possible fake/altered return, Orval Finkus’s morally gray dragonborn refuge/labor system, and Castro’s displaced dragonborn crisis. The Vayne chapel adds a separate but nearby necromancy/Gertie thread.

Meta / Correction

High

Next session should resume near the cave after a short rest with Zetch, Ellenthyra Mew, and Nell Quiv guiding the party toward the red/cave dragonborn lead. Track that Black Wingkin has been recovered; Nick remains unresolved.

Important consistency: the suspicious Nick is not resolved or confronted; the party explicitly plans to help dragonborn first and possibly use Zone of Truth later.