Dr Simon
Explorer
It has been a long night. The time is now mid-morning and already the fish-markets along the ghats of Cormondal are winding down, and the washerwomen taking their place amidst drying nets and discarded fish guts, the people of Cormondal going about their daily lives unaware of the terrible creatures that lived beneath their feet.
The group returns to the temple, the narvinda, and to an over-joyed Vashti. Shakou approaches shyly, but the Vashti grabs her in a hug that quickly shows there are no hard feelings over her spirit-led attack.
It would seem that the last remnants of the Paper Lantern Gang, living and undead, have been mopped up, but some mysteries remain. What was their connection with the pokan beneath the Magister's house - who was in charge of whom? And what, if any, supernatural influence was being exerted on the Magister?
Other mysteries, put aside whilst the gang was dealt with, also remain. There is the temple of the monkey god, which may hold the Jade Elixir needed to return to the spirit realm safely to retrieve the Vashti's scroll from Prince Oxbow. The mysterious door in the spider vale in Kumo Forest. The Old Vashti's mention of the Temple of the Weeping Moon. The strange twins. The stricken mine in Tigerskin Gorge. Evidence that supplies were coming to the paper lantern gang and the pokan from Ashoyin. All of these still hang over Cormondal like a dark cloud.
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Some possible leads to take next; maybe you can think of others. To make up a four, I'm thinking of NPCing one of the various leftover PCs. Strongest candidates are Three Flowers and Shakou, depending if you'd prefer a rogue or a paladin. Three Flowers is easier as an NPC since he is more reactive than active. Jar'Thol and Xielt are also possible. Less interesting are the briefly-appearing Brother Gold and Winter.
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The group returns to the temple, the narvinda, and to an over-joyed Vashti. Shakou approaches shyly, but the Vashti grabs her in a hug that quickly shows there are no hard feelings over her spirit-led attack.
It would seem that the last remnants of the Paper Lantern Gang, living and undead, have been mopped up, but some mysteries remain. What was their connection with the pokan beneath the Magister's house - who was in charge of whom? And what, if any, supernatural influence was being exerted on the Magister?
Other mysteries, put aside whilst the gang was dealt with, also remain. There is the temple of the monkey god, which may hold the Jade Elixir needed to return to the spirit realm safely to retrieve the Vashti's scroll from Prince Oxbow. The mysterious door in the spider vale in Kumo Forest. The Old Vashti's mention of the Temple of the Weeping Moon. The strange twins. The stricken mine in Tigerskin Gorge. Evidence that supplies were coming to the paper lantern gang and the pokan from Ashoyin. All of these still hang over Cormondal like a dark cloud.
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Some possible leads to take next; maybe you can think of others. To make up a four, I'm thinking of NPCing one of the various leftover PCs. Strongest candidates are Three Flowers and Shakou, depending if you'd prefer a rogue or a paladin. Three Flowers is easier as an NPC since he is more reactive than active. Jar'Thol and Xielt are also possible. Less interesting are the briefly-appearing Brother Gold and Winter.
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I'll nudge around and see if anyone I know is interested.)
