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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6048659" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 54</strong></p><p></p><p>A lot happened this session:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Only Leon and Matunaaga remained, of the original unit.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Dantes and Sly Marbo were on hand to help, and together they set about deciding what to do next, and how to free their friends.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">They learned that the River King’s beautiful advisor was none other than Jenny Greenteeth. They also discovered that she had been in the fey strike force that helped Duchess Ethelyn of Shale to recover Axis Island. A staunch opponent of Risuri technological advancement.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">They discovered that Bernard of Glenwade was renowned here and he might be able to gain access to the inner court once again. Unfortunately, the one person who could order the Birch Queen to free Bernard was the River King! Catch 22…</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Conquo had left the palace in the company of a kobold. The only kobolds in the Dreaming were servants of…</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Throughout their time here, the group had experienced the coming and going of information and memories. This was the fifth or sixth time they had learned of the same name, only to have it slip out of their grasp. This time, they made an effort to hold on to it:</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Somewhere in this region of the Dreaming lived a dragon named Tatzel who controlled the means to leave and return to Lanjyr. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange"> At a loss, the group decided to visit this Tatzel if they could, and Dantes was able to learn of his whereabouts.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">They feared travelling without a strong companion, and wished Rumdoom was with them. That night they all dreamed about their dwarven friend, and the next day, he was right there, ready to accompany them!</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">On the way to see Tatzel, they spent a night just outside the Birch Queen’s fair. Their camp was visited by Ellesandra the Miller’s wife. She told them her sad tale – of how she had been punished for falling in love with a mortal by being charmed into love of the Miller of Riverbend. When Froderick began to skim extra profit from his deal with the River King (who gave him a magical millstone and powered his mill), Jenny intervened, ending Ellesandra’s charm. It was then that she and Froderick had argued, causing Froderick to forget his duties and break his deal more openly by neglecting to keep the millstone turning. And so Jenny Greenteeth had taken both the millstone and Ellesandra. Thus it was that Ellesandra was passed from Jenny to Ambertain to the Nain Rouge, and was still no longer welcome at court following her escape. She claimed that Jenny Greenteeth was jealous of her beauty, which was odd, because they looked almost identical!</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">The party then visited Tatzel, a green dragon who revealed that he had met the group before in polymorphed form, as the Lizardman Minister who gave them the Jade Idol and once owned (and trained) Rahu Ketu, Leon’s pseudodragon pet.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">He immediately reclaimed the idol and demanded to know how it worked. Reluctantly, Leon handed it over.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tatzel also made them swear an oath that they would never reveal his existence to any non-fey, or anyone outside the Dreaming.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tatzel told them that Jenny Greenteeth was a servant of Avagdu (the same exarch of the Voice of Rot to whom Leon was bound). He warned Leon that it would be dangerous for him to tangle with her.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">He also told them that Conquo had been here, as had Conquo’s creator, Lavanya. The latter passed through the Dreaming many years ago searching for memories to buy. Conquo was supposed to bring the whole group, but misinterpreted the message. Tatzel had awakened ‘something of the spirit’ within Conquo and given him a clue as to where his mistress had gone (which he would not share with the party). He told them Conquo would need to find his mistress before the energy that now powered him (initially provided by the death of Krauss) was used up.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tatzel finally agreed to give up the location of an exit from the Dreaming in return for Rahu Ketu’s return. Leon reluctantly agreed.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">They could exit the Dreaming via the False Mill – a mirror image of the the Mill at Riverbend located some distance from the River King’s Court. This also happened to be the same place Lord Flax would launch his incursion ‘tomorrow’ (when the Birch Queen’s Fair ended).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">He also suggested that the party could lie to the Birch Queen and secure Bernard’s freedom.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">But the party chose a much more persuasive path: Leon, Matunaaga and Dantes conspired to create a moving tale of love and betrayal which could only end happily with the Birch Queen’s help. She acquiesced and released Bernard.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">The old man was in a very bad way, but the group were able to get him back to the palace, where he secured a second audience with the King.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Bernard could see immediately that the King was not suffering from ‘pollution’, but from poison. He stepped forward and drew the affliction onto himself, collapsing.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">At once Jenny Greenteeth took on her true form as a hideous hag, and called four merrow guards from the watery palace walls.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">She drew Leon to her and, calling upon Avagdu her master, broke his warlock pact!</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Rumdoom took on all four merrow at once, while the rest of the group brought the hurt to Jenny.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkOrange">She would have been far too powerful for them, were it not for a <em>vendetta bullet</em> from Matunaaga. The very fact of being wounded was enough to cause her to withdraw and live to fight another day…</span></li> </ul><p>So poor Leon lost his pet pseudodragon, his artifact-level item, and his warlock pact in one session!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6048659, member: 79141"] [b]Session 54[/b] A lot happened this session: [LIST] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Only Leon and Matunaaga remained, of the original unit.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]Dantes and Sly Marbo were on hand to help, and together they set about deciding what to do next, and how to free their friends.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]They learned that the River King’s beautiful advisor was none other than Jenny Greenteeth. They also discovered that she had been in the fey strike force that helped Duchess Ethelyn of Shale to recover Axis Island. A staunch opponent of Risuri technological advancement.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]They discovered that Bernard of Glenwade was renowned here and he might be able to gain access to the inner court once again. Unfortunately, the one person who could order the Birch Queen to free Bernard was the River King! Catch 22…[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Conquo had left the palace in the company of a kobold. The only kobolds in the Dreaming were servants of…[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]Throughout their time here, the group had experienced the coming and going of information and memories. This was the fifth or sixth time they had learned of the same name, only to have it slip out of their grasp. This time, they made an effort to hold on to it:[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Somewhere in this region of the Dreaming lived a dragon named Tatzel who controlled the means to leave and return to Lanjyr. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol] [/FONT]At a loss, the group decided to visit this Tatzel if they could, and Dantes was able to learn of his whereabouts.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]They feared travelling without a strong companion, and wished Rumdoom was with them. That night they all dreamed about their dwarven friend, and the next day, he was right there, ready to accompany them![/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]On the way to see Tatzel, they spent a night just outside the Birch Queen’s fair. Their camp was visited by Ellesandra the Miller’s wife. She told them her sad tale – of how she had been punished for falling in love with a mortal by being charmed into love of the Miller of Riverbend. When Froderick began to skim extra profit from his deal with the River King (who gave him a magical millstone and powered his mill), Jenny intervened, ending Ellesandra’s charm. It was then that she and Froderick had argued, causing Froderick to forget his duties and break his deal more openly by neglecting to keep the millstone turning. And so Jenny Greenteeth had taken both the millstone and Ellesandra. Thus it was that Ellesandra was passed from Jenny to Ambertain to the Nain Rouge, and was still no longer welcome at court following her escape. She claimed that Jenny Greenteeth was jealous of her beauty, which was odd, because they looked almost identical![/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]The party then visited Tatzel, a green dragon who revealed that he had met the group before in polymorphed form, as the Lizardman Minister who gave them the Jade Idol and once owned (and trained) Rahu Ketu, Leon’s pseudodragon pet.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]He immediately reclaimed the idol and demanded to know how it worked. Reluctantly, Leon handed it over.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Tatzel also made them swear an oath that they would never reveal his existence to any non-fey, or anyone outside the Dreaming.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]Tatzel told them that Jenny Greenteeth was a servant of Avagdu (the same exarch of the Voice of Rot to whom Leon was bound). He warned Leon that it would be dangerous for him to tangle with her.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]He also told them that Conquo had been here, as had Conquo’s creator, Lavanya. The latter passed through the Dreaming many years ago searching for memories to buy. Conquo was supposed to bring the whole group, but misinterpreted the message. Tatzel had awakened ‘something of the spirit’ within Conquo and given him a clue as to where his mistress had gone (which he would not share with the party). He told them Conquo would need to find his mistress before the energy that now powered him (initially provided by the death of Krauss) was used up.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Tatzel finally agreed to give up the location of an exit from the Dreaming in return for Rahu Ketu’s return. Leon reluctantly agreed.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]They could exit the Dreaming via the False Mill – a mirror image of the the Mill at Riverbend located some distance from the River King’s Court. This also happened to be the same place Lord Flax would launch his incursion ‘tomorrow’ (when the Birch Queen’s Fair ended).[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]He also suggested that the party could lie to the Birch Queen and secure Bernard’s freedom.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]But the party chose a much more persuasive path: Leon, Matunaaga and Dantes conspired to create a moving tale of love and betrayal which could only end happily with the Birch Queen’s help. She acquiesced and released Bernard.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]The old man was in a very bad way, but the group were able to get him back to the palace, where he secured a second audience with the King.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Bernard could see immediately that the King was not suffering from ‘pollution’, but from poison. He stepped forward and drew the affliction onto himself, collapsing.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]At once Jenny Greenteeth took on her true form as a hideous hag, and called four merrow guards from the watery palace walls.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Symbol][/FONT]She drew Leon to her and, calling upon Avagdu her master, broke his warlock pact![/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]Rumdoom took on all four merrow at once, while the rest of the group brought the hurt to Jenny.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkOrange]She would have been far too powerful for them, were it not for a [I]vendetta bullet[/I] from Matunaaga. The very fact of being wounded was enough to cause her to withdraw and live to fight another day…[/COLOR] [/LIST] So poor Leon lost his pet pseudodragon, his artifact-level item, and his warlock pact in one session! [/QUOTE]
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