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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 9733574" data-attributes="member: 4036"><h3>12/18/21</h3>Gribitz is awoken in the night by the sole survivor of the snake swarms that escaped the Yuan-Ti lair.  It seeks guidance from his dark master.  Gribitz hasn’t the foggiest idea what to advise and stalls, making coffee for them both.  An odd sight.  Afterwards he tells him to go eat and be fruitful and multiply.  In the morning Grath awakens and rolls his eyes at Gribitz story, but is interrupted before getting down to business with Rho by a knock at the door as the famous alchemist Thromshfulsk Gnovhir has tracked us down with a business opportunity.Grath has some difficulty remembering the difference between purple worms and wyverns but eventually reaches an agreement of 225 platinum pieces in return for as many of the reagents collected from some of the dangerous creatures the party has slain.  Grath runs upstairs to check on Rho and get the materials.  Rho shoves the bag of holding out the door and is not in the mood to talk after the events of yesterday.  Grath returns to the alchemist who proudly shows off his large mobile shop and closes the deal.Gribitz demands to know how the shifty salesman found the party.  Thromshfulsk reports that he overheard talk of our purple worm haul at a local tavern and tracked us down from that.  After business is concluded, Grath goes back to check on Rho.  Rho still isn’t in the mood to talk, and only gives the priest a patient stare through his cracked door.  Grath tries to fling the door open with magic but Rho is too heavy and holds both the door and his glare. Grath gestures in frustration and imperiously decrees Rho should make his bed and join the rest of us downstairs.Breakfast is interrupted by a messenger pigeon delivering notice that the Bishop has made time in his schedule to consecrate the shrine Grath has been working on.  The window of time given is in three days which gives Grath pause but after thinking for a moment he scrawls a hasty reply of acknowledgement.There is some discussion about calling in favors from Clorox, the Rat King, or others to gather information about Rho’s tribe and even Laz pipes in wanting to help.  Grath pushes hard for resolution and with the worsening of Rho’s condition is even willing to reveal Rho’s secret to the tribe he fled from to seek advice.  Gribitz feels bad for Rho and climbs up in his lap to hug him as Grath stubbornly reiterates that the need to find a cure being more important than any pain or shame Rho feels and advocates pushing through it.Veldra asks if the tribe will even want to speak to Rho. Grath asks if maybe there are other tribes that can be asked but Rho doesn’t know of any aside from his own and doesn't want to answer Veldra's question.  Gribitz asks Rho if his tribe would welcome his return, when Rho answers probably yes, Gribitz starts crying.The party heads to the Temple of Faiths in uncomfortable silence.  Upon arriving, Grath tracks down Zenir, the cleric of Bahamut after his mid-morning prayers.  Rho is forced to introduce himself, but Zenir doesn’t recognize the name of Durvallah or have any particularly useful information regarding Rho's tribe.  The tribe he DOES know of trades with a desert town in the south, Arvenfall, but he doesn’t know the name of that tribe.  Rho asks about Zenir’s faith.  Zenir confirms he follows the Platinum Dragon but bears no ill will against those of Rho’s heritage.As the party is walking back through town Veldra asks about the differences between Zenir and Rho's people. Rho reveals that his tribe reveres 10 great ancestor wyrms they believe they are descended from. This is the first Rho has heard of some great Platinum Dragon.  Gribitz asks what Rho’s ancestor is named but he tells the goblin that it is too long of a name and they just refer to them by their colors and titles.While wandering, Grath hears the distinctive cries of Thromshfulsk hawking his wares and heads over to the crowd around his stall.  Grath buys some antitoxins, potions of regeneration, sunblock, and some chicken nuggets for Gribitz paying for it all from what the merchant had already paid him.  Back at the manor, Gribitz plants Stick in the front yard for some nutrient time.  Stick rapidly grows into a large tree and gets to spread his branches and roots across the grounds.  Rho immediately retreats to his room to get away from all the attention and questions he’s been put through today.  Grath checks on his shrine only to find Stick's roots breaking into the cellar.  He grumbles and hunkers down over a bowl of water to seek omens.Afterwards, Grath teases Veldra some in Celestial making her head spin.  That night Rho’s sleep is interrupted by the bag man re-emerging from the bag of holding and making another attempt on his life.  Rho awakes in a fury and smashes his room to kindling bashing furniture and the bag man around and smashing holes in the floor, ceiling, and walls.  While everyone rushes to his aid, Grath arrives and banishes the creature, sending it back to whatever dimension it comes from.Gribitz tries to poke fun at Rho for wrecking his room while Grath heals the damage and tries to check if Rho is ok as the dragonborn growls low in his throat at Gribitz who beats a hasty retreat with a lame excuse.  Not even Veldra is able to really get through to Rho in his state and as everyone retreats to their rooms the last thing they hear is Rho dragging his mattress off the ruined frame of his bed to go back to sleep on the floor.In the morning, Gribitz is awoken again by the snake survivor who has found more followers and he anoints and passes his blessing onto the snake to be the new dark master if only to absolve himself of the responsibility.<code class="bbCodeInline">Laz is Lazandrias, at this point in the story the party knows him as the talking spellbook and sometimes advisor of their former ally Flint who after his exorcism in Lake's Nest decided his love of books was greater than his love of constantly being in mortal danger and constantly on the wrong side of the law.  Flint, not Laz.  Laz elected to continue with the party on to the capital.  As for the bagman that attacked Rho in the night, this is the second time it has emerged from our bag of holding which is why it is typically carried by Rho.  How it keeps coming back or why, we don't know.</code></blockquote>

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