Whitestone rebellion

The Whitestone Rebellion was an uprising started by Percival de Rolo and the rest of Vox Machina in Whitestone in an attempt to overthrow the Briarwoods.

2 Duscar 810 PD


On 2 Duscar 810 PD, Vox Machina scope out the town before heading for the castle. They see some people in the town, with six undead giants slowly patrolling through the city. Many of the buildings are closed. In the center of the town, they see the Sun Tree, with twisted and gnarled branches. There are eight humanoid bodies of varying ages swinging from the branches. They make a plan to sneak in to the town, revive the tree, and form a rebellion.

3 Duscar 810 PD
The next morning, Vox Machina enters the city disguised as a group of dirty, ragged peasants, with Trinket as a donkey. They approach the Sun Tree with eight effigies of Vox Machina swinging from the branches. They find a tavern and prepare it as a staging ground, they cover the first floor windows, and dig a tunnel towards the Sun Tree starting to attempt to revive the tree.



Percy, Vax and Scanlan explore The Zenith in search of Father Reynal, but find him long dead. Percy drags Father Reynal's body out in front of the altar while Vax carves the de Rolo family crest into the stone of the altar. After finishing the carving, Vax goes to the door of the temple and carves "Pelor lives in Whitestone". On the way back to the tavern they overhear that Sir Kerrion decreed that, if the villages can't provide food, taxes will be collected, and if the taxes can't be paid there are worse things that can be taken. Keyleth’s rituals on the Sun Three is complete and determines that something further below ground, beneath the tree, is sucking the life out of the land. Percy figured out that they have to kill Kerrion Stonefell first.

4 Duscar 810 PD
Disguised as peasants, Percy leads Vox Machina to Beyond the Horizon before they try to find Kerrions manion. They end up at The Lady's Chamber meeting  Keeper Yennen. Percy tells him to look for signs of salvation and hands him a piece of parchment, which has a portion of the de Rolo family crest drawn upon it. Percy tells him; "What appears dead may not necessarily be death. And that with the shadow of death over the city, perhaps there is life deep underground. Perhaps things that appeared ended and gone are perhaps continuing to this day. And may rise again."

Vox Machina exits the temple and continue towards Kerrion's mansion. They reach the mansion and infiltrate the compound. They encounter five people: three guards, Master Vouk and Sir Kerrion Stonefell. They swiftly kill Stonefell, incapacitated Vouk and kill two guards. The last guard is dominated to tell the reinforcements that everything is fine. they find some papers mentioning the bridge plan for Wildemount and a small notebook in the room.

They interrogate Master Vouk, and discover that he has seen the Briarwoods and that they know that Vox Machina is in Whitestone. He confirms that Lord Briarwood is a vampire. He offers to bring them to the Briarwoods' project room under the castle and show them what's being worked on down there. Vouk is ordered to mark the secret entrance on the map of Whitestone, he does so with spit. Vouk reveals that Lady Briarwood raised and controlling the zombie giants. Percy orders for Vouk's face to be marked and his tongue taken, and then to let him loose. His tongue is taken and the de Rolo crest is burned into his forehead. The house is eventually set on fire by a burning sign of the de Rolo family crest. Vox Machina runs back to the tavern, disappearing into the rain as the guards search for them. Citizens begin to emerge from the buildings as a warning bell rings out. Smoke rises up in the distance. The first steps of the rebellion have been put into motion.



Vox Machina head down into the tavern cellar and hide the entrance. The group begins discussing plans for their rebellion. They decide to rest for the night and plan to visit a magic shop known as The Alcove in the morning. The undead seem more active after Sir Kerrion's house was set ablaze. Vox Machina heads down into the tunnel around the roots of the Sun Tree and settle down for the night. In the middel of the night they wake up, and are attack by three vampires with elongated fangs emerging from the mist. Defeating the vampires they descide to move to the cellar blocking the tunnel with a stone wall.

5 Duscar 810 PD
As they all wake the next morning, Vox Machina disguise a bunch of peasants. They prepare to split up, two go to the townsfolk while the rest search for a new hideout. They decide to use the code word "dorito" if anything goes wrong, then head out into town.