Session 6 of Grancrest Records

An Early Awakening To An Important Day
The day would begin early, and with shouting. Several men ran to and fro, waking Roy first, then everyone else up quickly afterwards. Roy would be unbounded by Alaire, and Tristan would tell him that this might be familiar, since he was a northerner. Indeed, Lord Magali rallied his men, shouting “Vikings! We march to battle once more, with axe and blood in hand!” Sage and Margaret would come outside the guest room and, upon witnessing this, decided upon breakfast before the so called Vikings either ate it all or marched.

Sage, Halfdan, & The Traps
With some conversation between the group in transit to the castle, Sage would, with a viking scout called Halfdan, go forward to scout or disable any traps ahead. In a comedic fashion, they indeed find many traps, several of which Sage would trigger before it caused any real harm to the group behind her. Such traps include nearly falling into a spiked pit trap, to having oil spill on her, to nearly being smashed by two trees, to having fire lit on her, on top of the oil. She called it quits and headed back to the group, leaving Halfdan to do whatever was left alone. Pissed off, Sage would cause a ruckus on her return, intimidating a few vikings out of their water to clean herself, and even stealing a pendant of a viking who apparently married his sister.

The Infiltration Of The Castle
Eventually, they all would arrive at the castle somewhat sneakily, only to witness a grim scene. Witch Hunters were being besieged by chaos beasts on the south side of the castle, who, in return, were being consumed by apparent demon frogs, who, one would think, found an appetite of demon beasts. With that said, it was the que of Roy, Sage, Margaret, Alaire, and Ryze; they would sneak past everyone towards the north side, while Lord Magali and his 13 vikings, along with Tristan, dealt with the ensuing chaos in front of them. Time is spent and, having infiltrated the castle, the five would attempt to scour the castle and locate where the children were. They would narrowly avoid another Grick that was guarding a treasure chest, avoided a huge wolf that was summoned by chaos in a minotaur-like maze, and made it upstairs, only to provoke yet another chaos wolf the size of the hallway. A fight ensued and, with blackened weapons on the ground, the group would manage to barely defeat it. Continuing downwards, they would have to cross a ceiling to reach the other side. Everyone but Roy, who managed to fall through the ceiling to the first floor, would safely make it. Sage would help Roy, having found a flight of stairs leading downstairs, but not before Roy alerted a few witch hunters of their presence.

The Mirror Of Dreams
The two would escape to the other three, and the five, together, would scour the 2nd half of the 2nd floor to find a dusty map, which indicated, to Alaire’s memories, that a hole was “here” but not there, which might be the secret room that Darren’s letter detailed. Having to fight a few witch hunters afterwards, they would find the trigger and, similarly, the secret room afterwards. Going inside, they would fall into a magical trap. It was a magical mirror. It forced everyone in the room into separate dreams, in layman terms, as Erzsebet would discover with her auntie, Agnes. In Margaret’s dream, she would travel, with Agnes, to the other dreams, to witness and discover what the mirror needed of them to pass its test.

Sage's Dream & Her Last Name
To Sage, her dream was shared with the half elf Emma. They both spoke of many things, despite despising one another and with Emma even trying to shove Sage out a window. Of course, it was all a dream, but Emma and Sage both were convinced to make each other’s lives hell in the dream world of trees. In the heat of the moment of Emma provoking Sage again, of how insignificant she is to not even have a last name, Sage would unveil her true last name, and, with Emma’s shocked face, the dream ends.

Roy's Dream & The Battle With The "Good King" Magnus
Roy, in the meanwhile, would meet with the “Good King” Magnus, and, together, would witness the descent into madness of the Hero Lady Alicia, or, as they would find out, the Demon Lord Alicia. Upon the dream being 'shattered', both men would prepare to battle within Roy's mind for control of his body..

The Second Awakening
Margaret and Sage both awoke from the dream world, with the others still under the spell of the mirror. Of course, that also meant that the two supposed witches - Agnes and Emma - were also awake. A small fight ensued, with Emma casting a Fireball upon Sage, like she promised in the dream, only for Agnes to save Sage, as she promised Margaret. The toughest fight yet was about to begin.