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Erkonin (Campaign #2) [Session 45: Rajalmin's Agent]
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<blockquote data-quote="prabe" data-source="post: 8155090" data-attributes="member: 7016699"><p>Session 24: Traveling with a Silver Dragon</p><p></p><p>Dramatis Personae:</p><p></p><p>Aldalómiel - Wood Elf Ranger (Hunter Conclave)/Druid</p><p>Elama “Lamie” Galanodel- Wood Elf Cleric (Tempest)</p><p>Vinya Anar - Wood Elf Monk (Way of the Sun Soul)</p><p>Elderon - High Elf Wizard (Loremaster)</p><p>Marxine Deepfoot - Dwarf Fighter (Champion)/Paladin</p><p></p><p>GM - Everyone Else</p><p></p><p>(Note: This session was held on Discord.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>25 Dorrinin 749 (Campaign day 86) (immediately after)</p><p></p><p>As the Torm Brinnom Clan Council meeting about the innocence of Ullard Stonebright, the oni, Rajalmin, and all the disruptions the oni caused wound down, we decided to go for a walk around the stronghold -- just getting a vibe-check on the city. Ullard decided to come with us.</p><p></p><p>There was a little buzz in the air, because we’d fought the oni right in the streets of the common area of the stronghold.</p><p></p><p>We decided to go to the Adamant Gorgon, where we’d visited our first night here and met with the hill dwarf, Lorto Strongaxe, Arl Stormfist, and Quipperwhill the gnome. There were plenty of people in the bar who’d seen us fighting the oni -- so we got our dinner for free. We heard a bit of buzz and talk about the civilians who had gotten flash frozen by the oni’s cone of cold and the funeral arrangements that were being made. There was also some concern for the guards who got flash frozen -- but the consensus was that money to raise them would come from the council, because they were killed in the line of duty.</p><p></p><p>We found Lorto Strongaxe in the crowd.</p><p></p><p>Lorto: Hey, heroes! How are you?</p><p>Elderron: Good</p><p>Vinya: It feels weird celebrating -- there’s still a lot of emotional naughty word that’s still stirred up.</p><p></p><p>We talked for a bit about Ullard being innocent and Captain Strongaxe on the boat from Lonoj to Tuntorla suspecting him. Vinya asked Lorto to help get the word about Ullard out to the Strongaxes and other visiting hill dwarves in Torm Brinnom (and Strongaxes outside of Torm Brinnom).</p><p></p><p>Lorto, to Ullard: If you stay here, word will spread pretty quickly.</p><p>Vinya: Ullard, what are your plans?</p><p>Ullard: Stay here. There are always businesses that can use a clerk.</p><p></p><p>The vibe check on the bar seemed to suggest that people were still processing what is happening.</p><p></p><p>We asked about the elf and the gnome that two of the oni had been disguised as but no one recognized them when we described them. They apparently had disguised themselves as just random people moving through the city, so no one would know. There are still some people who were oni who we haven’t identified yet, but the stronghold will figure that out.</p><p></p><p>We headed back to the Stonebright clanhold to rest.</p><p></p><p></p><p>26 Dorrinin 749 (Campaign day 87) (immediately after)</p><p></p><p>(Note: We woke up at 7th level.)</p><p></p><p>We breakfasted with in the dining room where we’d eaten with Ullard and his cousins. While we were eating, Ullard showed up with five pouches.</p><p></p><p>Ullard: Way back when, I said I’d pay you 100gp each to escort me. The trip was far more hazardous than I expected. I didn’t expect you to clear my name. Especially not in a way that exposed such a threat to the fabric of the stronghold.</p><p>Vinya: We were happy to.</p><p>Ullard: You’ll be happier when you look inside.</p><p></p><p>While we were talking to him, Tanlot and Tylrok Hammerhammer, the sage, showed up.</p><p></p><p>Hammerhammer: I did some research. I believe that Rajalmin the Rakshasa is still in the Hells, but he clearly has some plan for getting here. My aunt killed him on this plane, so he can’t return unless he is specifically summoned.</p><p>Vinya: Could the oni have summoned him?</p><p>Elama: How did he talk to them?</p><p>Hammerhammer: He can get out of the Hells. He just can’t come here.</p><p>Vinya: So he could have hired the oni on a different plane, then they came here?</p><p>Elama: Can they do that?</p><p>Hammerhammer: Not innately, but with spells.</p><p>Elderron: If Rajalmin is in the Hells, how do we get to him?</p><p>Hammerhammer: If those oni didn’t have the wherewithal to summon him, and we don’t think they did, he had a plan to get here. You could look into that.</p><p>Vinya: Do you have a lead? I’m 100% in favor of no fiends, but he could come through anywhere, right?</p><p>Hammerhammer: There are two cities with extensive libraries of magical knowledge here on Urnod.</p><p>Vinya: We need to go to New Arvai anyway -- we’ve got that book to deliver from Jamil to the Library of the World.</p><p>Elama: Aren’t these reshushers hard to kill?</p><p>Vinya: Rakshasa. Did your aunt tell any stories?</p><p>Hammerhammer: She said that low-level magic just didn’t work at all. But they had some very good and heroic people in her party. They appeared to take extra damage from piercing weapons wielded by those heroic people. They are immune to many things and hard to track down -- but one thing that can help in finding them is that they are quite hedonistic.</p><p>Elama: I have this new spell that will let me send something back to its home plane.</p><p>Hammerhammer: My aunt’s group tried that and didn’t have a lot of luck. You need to do research at an actual library -- that’s all I know.</p><p>Elama: What can we learn at a library? We can’t just look up “where is Rajalmin”?</p><p>Hammerhammer: A library may tell you where he’s been or where he might have contacts. You might find the names of people he’s dealt with.</p><p></p><p>Marxine pulled her divination card out of her pouch and looked at it -- it showed her on a snowy path with a dragon shadow over the path.</p><p></p><p>Vinya, looking at the card: That nice silver dragon’s grandmother had some issues with the Tundra Queen.</p><p></p><p>We turned back to Hammerhammer.</p><p></p><p>Hammerhammer: I might be able to get you somewhere.</p><p>Elama: We need to go to Lonoj.</p><p>Hammerhammer: I’ll have to call in a favor, but I’ll get on that. It’ll take a few days.</p><p>Vinya: Isn’t the spring equinox soon -- we can’t leave before then because it’ll just make the Stone Giants unhappy to have us in their territory.</p><p>Hammerhammer: Yes. Come talk to me after the festival. I should have something arranged for you then.</p><p></p><p>After this conversation, we looked in the pouches that Ullard had given each of us: 100 platinum pieces were in the pouches. Ten times the amount we’d contracted for. Tanlot pointed out that this money was thanks from the entire Stonebright clan and Torm Brinnom.</p><p></p><p>With three days of downtime, and then a festival to enjoy, we asked about a magic shop and spells for Elderron. And maybe an armorer where Marxine could get some full plate.</p><p></p><p>We went first to the armorer and arranged to have armor made for Marxine. It would be ready in time for the festival.</p><p></p><p>Vinya spent some of the downtime talking to people asking if they knew anything about what the Stone Giants would be doing during the equinox. No one had any details, but they said it seemed semi-druidic. And also like they were trying to call back their gods, because they don’t seem to be convinced that it just won’t work.</p><p></p><p>Vinya: Or they think that it doesn’t hurt to try. I totally understand that.</p><p></p><p>We sold the crystals that we found on the way up to Torm Brinnom -- Elderron and Elama sold all of the ones they’d collected. Vinya sold two and kept the one we’d used as our fake gem of seeing.</p><p></p><p>We spent some time shopping -- Aldalomiel was looking for a bow, or maybe a way to store arrows. She found two magical bows. One doubled the longbow range (which is already huge). The other, three times a day, a target hit by it has to save versus faerie fire. (It regains all charges at dawn.) Elama bought a helm of detect thoughts. Elderron was tempted by a ring of mind shielding, which seemed like a good counter-point to the helm of detect thoughts. Vinya bought a silk glove, described by the shopkeeper as a Glove of Starting Something (when worn on the dominant hand as an action you can slap someone across the face and cast compelled duel). She also bought a small geode that would let her get back 3 ki points once a day. (The command word is in dwarvish, so Marxine is going to have to help her with pronunciation.)</p><p></p><p>Elderron got a scroll of protection from fiends from Hammerhammer and spent some time learning dimension door at his place.</p><p></p><p>Vinya also spent some time helping the Stonebrights decorate for the Feast of Rain. Elama went around annoying people with the helm of detect thoughts.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Feast of Rain (Campaign day 92)</p><p></p><p>We enjoyed the feasting and the celebration. This spring festival is, in part, celebrated with people making declarations of love.</p><p></p><p></p><p>1 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 93)</p><p></p><p>The day after the festival, while we were at breakfast, Captain Silversmile came into the dining room.</p><p></p><p>Elderron: Hello, Captain.</p><p>Vinya: Hi!</p><p>Captain: Good morning! There is someone standing outside Torm Brinnom asking for you. He says he’d come in but understands that he’d have to shapeshift to do that, but we probably don’t want that. I told him yeah, we appreciated that.</p><p>Elderron: Who do we know who shapechanges?</p><p>Vinya: Tultorla the silver dragon said she’d be able to when she got bigger.</p><p></p><p>Our curiosity piqued, we went to the gate to Torm Brinnom to see who was waiting. The first person we met was Tylrok Hammerhammer.</p><p></p><p>Hammerhammer: My favor has arrived. I didn’t expect it to be so dramatic.</p><p></p><p>Outside the gate we saw a silver dragon, larger than Tultorla and somewhat shinier. We mentioned having made friends with Tultorla on our way up here. He said that he was her cousin, Alinmorax. When he got our names, he realized who we are.</p><p></p><p>Alinmorax, to Hammerhammer: We owe them. Your debt is not discharged. Thanks for thinking of us.</p><p>Vinya: Can you take us to Lonoj?</p><p>Alinmorax: That shouldn’t be a problem. My grandmother has teleportation circles widespread.</p><p>Vinya: Oh! I thought you were going to fly us there!</p><p>Alinmorax: I forgot my howdah.</p><p>Vinya: I worry about Tultorla and those things coming for her again.</p><p>Alinmorax: She’ll learn how to deal with them.</p><p>Vinya: But the Tundra Queen has other agents.</p><p>Alinmorax: That is true. She now knows to be alert.</p><p>Vinya: Do you know what the beef is between her and the Tundra Queen?</p><p>Alinmorax: I don’t know what grandmother did, but the Tundra Queen did not take it well.</p><p>Vinya: Given the lifespans we’re talking about, it doesn’t even have to have been something recent.</p><p>Alinmorax: They’ve never liked each other. But this is recent.</p><p></p><p>We asked him if we could take a little bit of time to say our goodbyes in Torm Brinnom and he said that wouldn’t be a problem.</p><p></p><p>We went back to the Stonebrights -- we thanked Tanlot and told Ullard that we were leaving, but if he needed us he could get in touch and we’d help him. We went and thanked Captain Silversmile.</p><p></p><p>Then we left and joined Alinmorax. We walked with him until we were out of sight of the stronghold.</p><p></p><p>Alinmorax: We can go to Lonoj. We’ll show up in a bar there.</p><p>Vinya: I hope it’s not that fern bar.</p><p></p><p>As she was saying that, Alinmorax folded himself in some until he was in the form of a human male in his mid-20s.</p><p></p><p>He started drawing the teleportation circle. Ten minutes later, we stepped through the circle into the back room of a bar. We could hear a raucous happy crowd outside.</p><p></p><p>Alinmorax held the door to the bar open for us and we stepped through into the bar. It was Smolly’s!!</p><p></p><p>Vinya: Best place in town!</p><p></p><p>Smolly saw us coming out of the back room with Alinmorax behind us and trotted over.</p><p></p><p>Smolly: I didn’t know you had dealings with the Gleaming Dame!</p><p>Vinya: We met her granddaughter on the way to Torm Brinnom.</p><p></p><p>Vinya recognized the moniker The Gleaming Dame -- she was an ancient dragon during the Fiend Wars. She was known for being reckless and liking a good scrap during the Fiend Wars and for a few hundred years later. For the last few hundred years, when people meet and interact with her, they don’t talk about it much. She seems to be keeping a low profile. Her lair is in the Icerasps.</p><p></p><p>Alinmorax, when Vinya mentioned that: Grandmother doesn’t mean it as impersonally as it sounds when she says adventurers are the best investment she could make. She feels she can do more good that way.</p><p>Vinya: She can expand her reach and have parties in multiple places, where she can only be in one place.</p><p>Alinmorax: She hasn’t been personally active on Erkonin in a while.</p><p>Elama: Maybe she can help us with the prison break heist in the Feywild.</p><p>Alinmorax: Who’s in the Feywild?</p><p>Elama: A friend being held...though we don’t really know she’s being held against her will, do we?</p><p>Vinya: We just know that she’s in Castle Dante.</p><p>Alinmorax: :<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦" title="Person facepalming :person_facepalming:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926.png" data-shortname=":person_facepalming:" />:</p><p>Vinya: Well, if we find out our friend is being held against her will, we may consult with her about the jailbreak. But that’s a future project.</p><p>Marxine: There’s also this fiend thing. Since she was active in the Fiend Wars she might be able to help there.</p><p>Vinya: Yeah. Alinmorax, do you know anything about any specific rakshasas?</p><p>Elama: Reshusher.</p><p>Alinmorax: I’ve come across one. They’re not real pleasant.</p><p>Vinya: Do you know the name of the one you encountered?</p><p>Alinmorax: I didn’t have any way to hurt him, so I was scrambling to get away. I didn’t have time to get his name. You’re going to need to hit him with powerful magic and magical weapons.</p><p></p><p>We finished our drinks and told Alinmorax that if he, Tultorla, or the Gleaming Dame needed our assistance, to please contact us. We like to help our friends.</p><p></p><p>We then left Smolly’s and went to pick up the bulette shields from Gimarul Hammerhammer. Marxine and Elama each bought one. The shields are blank on the front, ready for decoration with holy symbols, rather than Hammerhammer’s crossed hammer emblem.</p><p></p><p>(Later, when we were back in the inn, Vinya painted crossed lightning bolts on the front of Elama’s shield.)</p><p></p><p>We went then to the docks to arrange passage to New Arvai. We’re not expected to work on the ship, but we will be expected to help defend the vessel if anything attacks. Our fare to New Arvai was reduced on the strength of that expectation. We were going to be leaving in a couple of days and the ship captain wanted us to pay the 20gp fare (per person) half now and half on arrival.</p><p></p><p>Vinya and Elama went ahead and paid the full amount so we wouldn’t have to remember to pay later.</p><p></p><p>Having arranged passage to our next destination, we went to Smolly’s cousin’s magic item shop. Vinya and Elderron each got a healing potion. Elama got a ring of warmth.</p><p></p><p>Then we went to see Captain Toris, who was reasonably happy to see us. He didn’t have any work for us, but he appreciated us swinging by to offer assistance for the few days before our boat was going to leave.</p><p></p><p>We went shopping in Facet Square for some warm weather clothes. Elama got something nice and fashionable looking. Vinya got a sleeveless gi.</p><p></p><p></p><p>2 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 94)</p><p></p><p>Another quiet day of downtime montage.</p><p></p><p></p><p>3 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 95)</p><p></p><p>We got to the port in time to get on our boat, The Emmerson, and meet Captain Siltreen, a human male in his 30s.</p><p></p><p>Vinya: How long will this trip take?</p><p>Captain Siltreen: Ten days.</p><p></p><p>We boarded the boat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prabe, post: 8155090, member: 7016699"] Session 24: Traveling with a Silver Dragon Dramatis Personae: Aldalómiel - Wood Elf Ranger (Hunter Conclave)/Druid Elama “Lamie” Galanodel- Wood Elf Cleric (Tempest) Vinya Anar - Wood Elf Monk (Way of the Sun Soul) Elderon - High Elf Wizard (Loremaster) Marxine Deepfoot - Dwarf Fighter (Champion)/Paladin GM - Everyone Else (Note: This session was held on Discord.) 25 Dorrinin 749 (Campaign day 86) (immediately after) As the Torm Brinnom Clan Council meeting about the innocence of Ullard Stonebright, the oni, Rajalmin, and all the disruptions the oni caused wound down, we decided to go for a walk around the stronghold -- just getting a vibe-check on the city. Ullard decided to come with us. There was a little buzz in the air, because we’d fought the oni right in the streets of the common area of the stronghold. We decided to go to the Adamant Gorgon, where we’d visited our first night here and met with the hill dwarf, Lorto Strongaxe, Arl Stormfist, and Quipperwhill the gnome. There were plenty of people in the bar who’d seen us fighting the oni -- so we got our dinner for free. We heard a bit of buzz and talk about the civilians who had gotten flash frozen by the oni’s cone of cold and the funeral arrangements that were being made. There was also some concern for the guards who got flash frozen -- but the consensus was that money to raise them would come from the council, because they were killed in the line of duty. We found Lorto Strongaxe in the crowd. Lorto: Hey, heroes! How are you? Elderron: Good Vinya: It feels weird celebrating -- there’s still a lot of emotional naughty word that’s still stirred up. We talked for a bit about Ullard being innocent and Captain Strongaxe on the boat from Lonoj to Tuntorla suspecting him. Vinya asked Lorto to help get the word about Ullard out to the Strongaxes and other visiting hill dwarves in Torm Brinnom (and Strongaxes outside of Torm Brinnom). Lorto, to Ullard: If you stay here, word will spread pretty quickly. Vinya: Ullard, what are your plans? Ullard: Stay here. There are always businesses that can use a clerk. The vibe check on the bar seemed to suggest that people were still processing what is happening. We asked about the elf and the gnome that two of the oni had been disguised as but no one recognized them when we described them. They apparently had disguised themselves as just random people moving through the city, so no one would know. There are still some people who were oni who we haven’t identified yet, but the stronghold will figure that out. We headed back to the Stonebright clanhold to rest. 26 Dorrinin 749 (Campaign day 87) (immediately after) (Note: We woke up at 7th level.) We breakfasted with in the dining room where we’d eaten with Ullard and his cousins. While we were eating, Ullard showed up with five pouches. Ullard: Way back when, I said I’d pay you 100gp each to escort me. The trip was far more hazardous than I expected. I didn’t expect you to clear my name. Especially not in a way that exposed such a threat to the fabric of the stronghold. Vinya: We were happy to. Ullard: You’ll be happier when you look inside. While we were talking to him, Tanlot and Tylrok Hammerhammer, the sage, showed up. Hammerhammer: I did some research. I believe that Rajalmin the Rakshasa is still in the Hells, but he clearly has some plan for getting here. My aunt killed him on this plane, so he can’t return unless he is specifically summoned. Vinya: Could the oni have summoned him? Elama: How did he talk to them? Hammerhammer: He can get out of the Hells. He just can’t come here. Vinya: So he could have hired the oni on a different plane, then they came here? Elama: Can they do that? Hammerhammer: Not innately, but with spells. Elderron: If Rajalmin is in the Hells, how do we get to him? Hammerhammer: If those oni didn’t have the wherewithal to summon him, and we don’t think they did, he had a plan to get here. You could look into that. Vinya: Do you have a lead? I’m 100% in favor of no fiends, but he could come through anywhere, right? Hammerhammer: There are two cities with extensive libraries of magical knowledge here on Urnod. Vinya: We need to go to New Arvai anyway -- we’ve got that book to deliver from Jamil to the Library of the World. Elama: Aren’t these reshushers hard to kill? Vinya: Rakshasa. Did your aunt tell any stories? Hammerhammer: She said that low-level magic just didn’t work at all. But they had some very good and heroic people in her party. They appeared to take extra damage from piercing weapons wielded by those heroic people. They are immune to many things and hard to track down -- but one thing that can help in finding them is that they are quite hedonistic. Elama: I have this new spell that will let me send something back to its home plane. Hammerhammer: My aunt’s group tried that and didn’t have a lot of luck. You need to do research at an actual library -- that’s all I know. Elama: What can we learn at a library? We can’t just look up “where is Rajalmin”? Hammerhammer: A library may tell you where he’s been or where he might have contacts. You might find the names of people he’s dealt with. Marxine pulled her divination card out of her pouch and looked at it -- it showed her on a snowy path with a dragon shadow over the path. Vinya, looking at the card: That nice silver dragon’s grandmother had some issues with the Tundra Queen. We turned back to Hammerhammer. Hammerhammer: I might be able to get you somewhere. Elama: We need to go to Lonoj. Hammerhammer: I’ll have to call in a favor, but I’ll get on that. It’ll take a few days. Vinya: Isn’t the spring equinox soon -- we can’t leave before then because it’ll just make the Stone Giants unhappy to have us in their territory. Hammerhammer: Yes. Come talk to me after the festival. I should have something arranged for you then. After this conversation, we looked in the pouches that Ullard had given each of us: 100 platinum pieces were in the pouches. Ten times the amount we’d contracted for. Tanlot pointed out that this money was thanks from the entire Stonebright clan and Torm Brinnom. With three days of downtime, and then a festival to enjoy, we asked about a magic shop and spells for Elderron. And maybe an armorer where Marxine could get some full plate. We went first to the armorer and arranged to have armor made for Marxine. It would be ready in time for the festival. Vinya spent some of the downtime talking to people asking if they knew anything about what the Stone Giants would be doing during the equinox. No one had any details, but they said it seemed semi-druidic. And also like they were trying to call back their gods, because they don’t seem to be convinced that it just won’t work. Vinya: Or they think that it doesn’t hurt to try. I totally understand that. We sold the crystals that we found on the way up to Torm Brinnom -- Elderron and Elama sold all of the ones they’d collected. Vinya sold two and kept the one we’d used as our fake gem of seeing. We spent some time shopping -- Aldalomiel was looking for a bow, or maybe a way to store arrows. She found two magical bows. One doubled the longbow range (which is already huge). The other, three times a day, a target hit by it has to save versus faerie fire. (It regains all charges at dawn.) Elama bought a helm of detect thoughts. Elderron was tempted by a ring of mind shielding, which seemed like a good counter-point to the helm of detect thoughts. Vinya bought a silk glove, described by the shopkeeper as a Glove of Starting Something (when worn on the dominant hand as an action you can slap someone across the face and cast compelled duel). She also bought a small geode that would let her get back 3 ki points once a day. (The command word is in dwarvish, so Marxine is going to have to help her with pronunciation.) Elderron got a scroll of protection from fiends from Hammerhammer and spent some time learning dimension door at his place. Vinya also spent some time helping the Stonebrights decorate for the Feast of Rain. Elama went around annoying people with the helm of detect thoughts. Feast of Rain (Campaign day 92) We enjoyed the feasting and the celebration. This spring festival is, in part, celebrated with people making declarations of love. 1 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 93) The day after the festival, while we were at breakfast, Captain Silversmile came into the dining room. Elderron: Hello, Captain. Vinya: Hi! Captain: Good morning! There is someone standing outside Torm Brinnom asking for you. He says he’d come in but understands that he’d have to shapeshift to do that, but we probably don’t want that. I told him yeah, we appreciated that. Elderron: Who do we know who shapechanges? Vinya: Tultorla the silver dragon said she’d be able to when she got bigger. Our curiosity piqued, we went to the gate to Torm Brinnom to see who was waiting. The first person we met was Tylrok Hammerhammer. Hammerhammer: My favor has arrived. I didn’t expect it to be so dramatic. Outside the gate we saw a silver dragon, larger than Tultorla and somewhat shinier. We mentioned having made friends with Tultorla on our way up here. He said that he was her cousin, Alinmorax. When he got our names, he realized who we are. Alinmorax, to Hammerhammer: We owe them. Your debt is not discharged. Thanks for thinking of us. Vinya: Can you take us to Lonoj? Alinmorax: That shouldn’t be a problem. My grandmother has teleportation circles widespread. Vinya: Oh! I thought you were going to fly us there! Alinmorax: I forgot my howdah. Vinya: I worry about Tultorla and those things coming for her again. Alinmorax: She’ll learn how to deal with them. Vinya: But the Tundra Queen has other agents. Alinmorax: That is true. She now knows to be alert. Vinya: Do you know what the beef is between her and the Tundra Queen? Alinmorax: I don’t know what grandmother did, but the Tundra Queen did not take it well. Vinya: Given the lifespans we’re talking about, it doesn’t even have to have been something recent. Alinmorax: They’ve never liked each other. But this is recent. We asked him if we could take a little bit of time to say our goodbyes in Torm Brinnom and he said that wouldn’t be a problem. We went back to the Stonebrights -- we thanked Tanlot and told Ullard that we were leaving, but if he needed us he could get in touch and we’d help him. We went and thanked Captain Silversmile. Then we left and joined Alinmorax. We walked with him until we were out of sight of the stronghold. Alinmorax: We can go to Lonoj. We’ll show up in a bar there. Vinya: I hope it’s not that fern bar. As she was saying that, Alinmorax folded himself in some until he was in the form of a human male in his mid-20s. He started drawing the teleportation circle. Ten minutes later, we stepped through the circle into the back room of a bar. We could hear a raucous happy crowd outside. Alinmorax held the door to the bar open for us and we stepped through into the bar. It was Smolly’s!! Vinya: Best place in town! Smolly saw us coming out of the back room with Alinmorax behind us and trotted over. Smolly: I didn’t know you had dealings with the Gleaming Dame! Vinya: We met her granddaughter on the way to Torm Brinnom. Vinya recognized the moniker The Gleaming Dame -- she was an ancient dragon during the Fiend Wars. She was known for being reckless and liking a good scrap during the Fiend Wars and for a few hundred years later. For the last few hundred years, when people meet and interact with her, they don’t talk about it much. She seems to be keeping a low profile. Her lair is in the Icerasps. Alinmorax, when Vinya mentioned that: Grandmother doesn’t mean it as impersonally as it sounds when she says adventurers are the best investment she could make. She feels she can do more good that way. Vinya: She can expand her reach and have parties in multiple places, where she can only be in one place. Alinmorax: She hasn’t been personally active on Erkonin in a while. Elama: Maybe she can help us with the prison break heist in the Feywild. Alinmorax: Who’s in the Feywild? Elama: A friend being held...though we don’t really know she’s being held against her will, do we? Vinya: We just know that she’s in Castle Dante. Alinmorax: :🤦: Vinya: Well, if we find out our friend is being held against her will, we may consult with her about the jailbreak. But that’s a future project. Marxine: There’s also this fiend thing. Since she was active in the Fiend Wars she might be able to help there. Vinya: Yeah. Alinmorax, do you know anything about any specific rakshasas? Elama: Reshusher. Alinmorax: I’ve come across one. They’re not real pleasant. Vinya: Do you know the name of the one you encountered? Alinmorax: I didn’t have any way to hurt him, so I was scrambling to get away. I didn’t have time to get his name. You’re going to need to hit him with powerful magic and magical weapons. We finished our drinks and told Alinmorax that if he, Tultorla, or the Gleaming Dame needed our assistance, to please contact us. We like to help our friends. We then left Smolly’s and went to pick up the bulette shields from Gimarul Hammerhammer. Marxine and Elama each bought one. The shields are blank on the front, ready for decoration with holy symbols, rather than Hammerhammer’s crossed hammer emblem. (Later, when we were back in the inn, Vinya painted crossed lightning bolts on the front of Elama’s shield.) We went then to the docks to arrange passage to New Arvai. We’re not expected to work on the ship, but we will be expected to help defend the vessel if anything attacks. Our fare to New Arvai was reduced on the strength of that expectation. We were going to be leaving in a couple of days and the ship captain wanted us to pay the 20gp fare (per person) half now and half on arrival. Vinya and Elama went ahead and paid the full amount so we wouldn’t have to remember to pay later. Having arranged passage to our next destination, we went to Smolly’s cousin’s magic item shop. Vinya and Elderron each got a healing potion. Elama got a ring of warmth. Then we went to see Captain Toris, who was reasonably happy to see us. He didn’t have any work for us, but he appreciated us swinging by to offer assistance for the few days before our boat was going to leave. We went shopping in Facet Square for some warm weather clothes. Elama got something nice and fashionable looking. Vinya got a sleeveless gi. 2 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 94) Another quiet day of downtime montage. 3 Plantarin 749 (Campaign day 95) We got to the port in time to get on our boat, The Emmerson, and meet Captain Siltreen, a human male in his 30s. Vinya: How long will this trip take? Captain Siltreen: Ten days. We boarded the boat. [/QUOTE]
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