Lottery

Began shortly after Auril’s winter descended
Particularly bad few weeks of blizzards, people were desperate
Two druid sisters had been traveling to various towns, trying to convince speakers and townsfolk that only human sacrifices would appease Auril
Speakers of Dougan's Hole and Good Mead were convinced. Targos joined shortly after.
Targos was first to do sacrifice by lottery. The next day Speaker of Targos, Naerth Maxildannar announced a supposedly miraculous fishing catch.
After that, the idea spread.
A few months later, after some pushback, Easthaven stopped doing their sacrifice and the next week a huge blizzard hit. Everyone was angry at [Easthaven] and there was a small riot there.
Since then, all the towns have done a sacrifice of one kind or another. If nothing else, they want to avoid angering the other towns.

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03	#Lottery Merken casts thaumaturgy to make a thunder clap. It emanates from the gallows. Duvessa Shane is not surprised. Eddie Southwell and Markham Southwell are surprised. People begin to walk out of their homes and businesses. Merken then has all of their windows and doors opening and slamming shut. More people come out. Bardley starts banging the war gong. “Towns people! We are getting signs from the gods and we need people here”. A good size crowd has formed.
03	#Lottery Bardley starts making flower blossoms around Duvessa Shane. Bardley gives her bardic inspiration. She begins to talk about the gods not wanting the sacrifice to continue. She is not doing well. But she sees Bardley wink and she gains her composure. Merken makes her voice loud. As she speaks about them being displeased Merken makes the ground shake. “If you are displeased show us as sign!”
03	#Lottery Merken uses cantrip “create bonfire” and lands it in the exact spot they wanted. Merken then weaves it into the colors of the temple of Amaunator. Garn the Hammer yells: “Those are the colors from the temple”! The people begin to yell, release her! Orion yells, “Release this Woman!” Duvessa Shane tells Eddie Southwell to release her. Jaclyn Kneescrabble begins to struggle against the guard. Orion knows (from a previous check) that she has moderate hypothermia and losing her mind. Merken uses healing on her. She recovers and stops struggling. Merken creates a thunderclap and extinguishes the bonfire. Duvessa Shane says at that moment, “ Amaunator is pleased!” The townspeople shout their approval. Bardley puts some extra clothes on her. He then uses Bardcraft to put blooms in the ashes. And it was so. Another sound of satisfaction ripples through the crowd. Jaclyn Kneescrabble asks the Markham Southwell to bring her back to tavern. He looks to the travelers and they give their asent.
03	#Lottery Orion gives Duvessa Shane the sign to wrap it up. She tells the townsfolk to spread the word of Amaunator to the other towns. She then invites them to join her at the House of the Morninglord for prayer and reflection the next day. Merken sets fire to the gallows using bonfire.
02	#Lottery Players met Duvessa Shane who told them the history of The Lottery
02	#Lottery Players plotted with Duvessa Shane ways to end the Lottery—fake miracle?
02	#Lottery Players discovered a child pickpocket, who escaped, but told them Eddie Southwell has a secret
02	#Lottery Players witnessed Jaclyn Kneescrabble selected for the Lottery. Prayers are said and her face is smeared with whale oil with a Knucklehead Trout bone necklace placed on her.
02	met Bob the Glassblower who admitted to paying Eddie Southwell to avoid the Lottery
01	#Lottery Party submitted names to the Bryn Shander Lottery happening the next day and were told they need to be in town by noon.
01	#Lottery Party told rumors about the lottery being rigged.