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Hey folks.... I'm here to ask for some suggestions. I'm curently running Gatewalkers and I've reached a bit of a sticking point.

We're just getting to the meat of Mighty Oaks Do Fall. The PC's have foiled the attempted ritual at the Wilewood gates. They freed the unicorn, killed the gorgas, and have delivered a couple of rebel oaksteward prisoners to an allied oaksteward outpost that I placed on the road to the Wilewood to help direct them and ease their journey a bit.

They then attempted a somewhat ham-handed assault on the Greenleaf Forest house, which went OK... up to a point. They cleared most of the first floor, but allowed several enemies to escape. They then chose to go together up to the second floor via the elevator...and right into the jaws of the cistern water trap. The group's monk heroically battled the mechanism and managed to shut the trap down before anyone was killed, but everyone got chewed up in the process. Having no magical healer in the group, and having exhausted the alchemist's supply of healing potions, they were then told by Bolan Bogasso (shouting from the upstairs window across the way) that they had ten minutes to leave, or all of the remaining rebel forces would assault them at once. The necromancer cast a quick scrying spell, quickly realized that Bolan wasn't bluffing, and advised a retreat.

So now the characters are back at the allied outpost, getting in a full rest and tending to their wounds.

My question is, what would Bolan do, knowing that the high council of sevenarches is hiring mercenary groups to capture or kill him?

Would he laugh it off and keep doing what he's doing? I doubt it. The PC's have killed 13 of his Fae allies and 10 of his rebel loyalists (it's a party of 8 so I've doubled the numbers on many of the encounters). With a significant number of his followers dead, Bogasso would have to realize how much danger he's in and change his plans somehow.

Perhaps he would stay put, gather reinforcements and further fortify the house? Or, would he find another place to reset and enact his ritual in peace? It seems that the ritual requires the use of the Gates, so if he leaves the forest house, he can't go far, and he can't do anything without re-capturing the unicorn or acquiring a new one.

The party has a skilled ranger, so even if Bolan and company decide to skedaddle, there's a chance that they can be tracked. Even so, Bolan has already sent 1 or more of his group's animal companions to track the party and alert the rebels is they approach again.

So Fetchlings were supposedly originally Azlanti humans who were ushered into the shadow plane by a dark demigoddess called "The Widow", who was part of the long-gone pantheon known as the Forsaken, now only worshipped by the Caligni via their connection with or near-enslavement to the Owbs.

And yet, NO description of the Forsaken Pantheon includes her. Could I get a little context from someone who knows? I'm writing and committed to DM-ing an adventure that uses this as a central theme at a mini-Con here in Massachusetts later this month, and I'd really like even a little more info. I've read up on the Caligni, the Owbs, the Cradles of Night, etc. I've read most of the PF stuff that happens on the Plane of Shadow. If there's nothing, I'll make it up... but a little clarity would help, if it exists.