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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TallIan" data-source="post: 7528571" data-attributes="member: 6853819">Session 9 – Undead MushroomsOn our way to visit Filo Sovereign Stool seems abnormally on guard.  It is hard to get a reason without alerting all the Myconids to our concerns.  Lubomoob (We find out later he is the leader of the hunter) leads us to a huge Myconid and after a short conversation introduces us to Filo, the new leader.  He seems honest and friendly and is the one that wants to change the way things are done here.  He seems happy that we might be able to join them at such an exciting time.  He is surprised to find that we don’t want to be in the underdark and can’t offer much to help us to get out but is willing to supply us.The Myconid are having some trouble with the fazriss, it does not come into the grove, but their hunters sometimes find that prey, etc suddenly go invisible or disappear.There was group of drow that were here looking for us, Filo says they left by boat but we are not convinced that he is telling the truth.  Pressing him about this and his answers don’t yield a good answer; he cannot say for sure where they went or who went with them.When asked about how there came to be two Sovereigns in the grove he refers to a coming awakening, this is why he wishes to change the way the things are done.  He is preparing for the awakening.  He says that we should ask the Great Seader (who lives beyond he garden) about the awakening.   But when we ask about her Filo says that we should talk to Basilio and leads us to him.  There seems to be no conflict between the two of them.  Filo feels that the great awakening will happen faster with his way of doing things.Basilia asks us for help once Filo is out of earshot, and introduces us to some of the circle leaders.  The circle of leader is supposed to build shelters for the myconids, but instead he builds mad structures that are more like sculptures and are unsuitable for living.  The leader of the growers (Habubey) is a neutral party not allying with either Basilio or Filo.The myconids who agree with Filo appear very happy and walk around in a state of bliss.  More and more are falling under Filo sway.  Basidia doesn’t want the change because it goes against how the myconids have worked for a long time.  Basdia revelas that Filo takes many “softers” to see the Great Seeder – possibly the drow that were after us.  At The Circle of Spores (Led by Urberap) Basidia believes that Filo has contracted some kind of disease.  This leads to what Basildia wants us to do.  She would like us to investigate the Garden, where Filo takes many “softers” and Balsia fears to go in case he contracts the disease.  Urberap is an ally of Filo.  Next is the Circle of the Explorers (Led by Rasheroo), they might know a way out of the underdark.  The explorers rarely come back from their excursions.  Their only reason is to find other possible locations for a grove.  He claims there was no garden before, many of the other Myconids claim is has always been there.  There are thousands of visitors in the Garden, which many outsiders now fear.There is also a circle of Masters that is new and belong to Filo’s new way.There is a part of the grove that wasn’t there before – it wasn’t accessible for some reason but has been there for a long time now those that have not accepted Filo’s way are not allowed there.Basilia gives us a scroll – of protection against fiends. And can make us some potions in 8 hours.  We decide to send Dagda to the garden.  He reports back that there is a HUGE mushroom and thousands of humanoids.  There is much wailing and moaning.After this we take a rest, but find Derendal murdered in a bloody mess.  Investigating this shows that whoever did this knew what they were doing.  It was a ritual killing and all his organs have been removed and set aside and two fingers are missing.  We’re unable to find out what killed him.We decide to sneak past the myconid guard into the garden and investigate.  Using some dust of disappearance we try and sneak past.  Once inside the Garden, the light dims.  The source of the moaning and crying comes from dozens of humanoid heads peeking out of the ground rotting, most of them are begging for death.  A drow female says it is that the Great Seeder is the Lady of Decay – one of the main deamon gods, that brings death and pestilence wherever she goes.  She should not be on this plain of existence; there should not be enough power to bring the Lady of Decay onto the prime material plane.  When we try and kill the half buried drow her head explodes into a bunch of spores.As we get closer to the massive mushroom, the screams become more of fear than pain.  Some kind of larva worm slithers up to us.  It appears to have once been a myconid, but diseased.</blockquote>

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