The party started by talking to sir Mugwort about her becoming monarch of the Soggy Court however it was pretty clear that she wasn’t interested
As a fallback, they decided to work with Duke Ickrind in exchange for assistance with getting to the hag and the hag’s book
They confirmed the plans with the duke and he suggested that they get the king to have his coronation in the open by the guard tower to the south so that he would be out in the open
When they got to the king, Lady Squelchtoe of Slime Gully was talking to the king and the king then accused us of planning to assassinate him
The proof he presented was one of Lady Squelchtoe’s assassination plans but “King Gullop” was crossed out and replaced with King Blackcroak the 2nd and her name at the bottom was crossed out and replaced with “the five foreigners”
After some back and forth, PB aggressively claimed that it was her plans causing the king to second guess
The king said that they should settle this with a trial by combat among champions, PB jumped at the chance and ended up “bisecting her from head to toe” with a squelch
Afterwards, the king was joyful at the bloodshed and said the party was cleared
Amrynn convinced the king to host a parade outside by the southern guard tower for his coronation and he was excited about the plan
Melina and Fable stayed on the ground and the rest of the party went up in the balloon
As the balloon nears the watch tower where the king was standing, a banner unfurled saying “long live the king” as Duke Ickrind started laughing
A large granite boulder dropped on King Blackcroak the 2nd killing him and the second half of the banner unfurled saying that Ickrind was the king
PB told King Ickrind that he should announce that his first command as king is to deal with the hag
King Blackcroak the 2nd was previously the lord of “Mold Mountain” so Ickrind bestowed that “holding” onto the party making them official members of the Soggy Court
His hesitance about the formality made it clear that there likely wasn’t anything stopping the party from passing through the fog to the hut in the center of the lake
They rounded up a few bullywug that were looking to go on the quest and put them in the balloon with sir Mugwort who was going to provide backup if the party needed it
The party themselves decided to take a boat over to the hut
The hut itself sits atop a narrow stone pillar with a rickety wooden stairway and platform circling around the pillar leading up to the multi-level hut with a few windows and a porch out front
Their boat floats up and the party gets out without anyone nearby
As they made their way up the ramp, it ends at a trap door into the bottom of the hut
After knocking on the trap door, they opened the trap door with a creak and climbed up into a room with a pool in the center with about a foot of standing water with a well in the center
Floating on the water is a single lily pad and standing in the water is a mirror
Every surface is covered in dirty dishes, a set of dressing dummies grouped together in the corner
There is a spiral staircase leading up and 5 closed doors leading out of the room
The door to the south led to a balcony that spanned much of the hut and it was covered in living frogs
Melina opened the door to the west led to a small room with a horse head with yellow fangs on an eight-legged armature facing at the door, flies buzz around the room among several animal carcasses along with a table full of taxidermy tools with several “projects” partway through, she immediately slammed the door shut
On the east side, there are three doors, Barnabus opened the southernmost one into a small room with just a single cupboard covered with scrollwork and an hourglass sigil
The middle door was sticky and after some pushing, PB was able to open it but could hear angry buzzing so he immediately slammed the door, when the door closed there was a thud like something hitting the ground
Amrynn opened the northern door on that side into a room filled with bundles of cloth and yarn, Barnabus noticed two pincushions in humanoid shape and put them in his pack for later
PB investigated the cupboard and saw that the sigil could rotate in a groove and turned it upside down, it opened up with a click and there were pouches and random items inside, most of which turned out to be junk
PB then went into the western room and opened a crate with some reptilian corpse with spikes down the spine