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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 4881929" data-attributes="member: 99">The party successfully navigated to the elven village and returned the farmer to his grateful family.  The elves were rather awed and pleased to have these heroes from the sky suddenly announce that the bird-men who'd been terrorizing their village for months were now destroyed.  The asked the Dragonborn in particular, "Are you part of the Dragonborn group that is helping Enmur?"  (Enmur is the capital city of the elven lands on Enmurinon)Astavian told them that they were not but this was a rare reference to groups of Dragonborn and he was curious to see who this group might be.  Fortunately Enmur was their next scheduled stop.  But first they spent a day and a night in the small village where they got the scoop on the fact that the "swamp tribes" of Lizardmen and Bullywugs had been raiding the border villages and taking slaves for most of the last year and their attacks were becoming more wide ranging and frequent than ever.  At this point there was effectively a state of war and Enmur was calling for all volunteers to report to the city where they were forming an army to fend off this menace.Meanwhile a few of the local lads had taken a keen interest in the beautiful (and slightly exotic) Llyra, who was posing as an Elf.  She mentioned to the rest of the party that they could certainly use some extra hands on board the ship, especially if the PC's planned to leave her aboard while they went off adventuring in the future.  After some debate they decided to take these Elves on as crew, at least for a trial trip to Enmur.  They departed the following day.Astavian was eager to get moving and hoped their stop in Enmur would be brief.  His deity, Ryukaar, had tasked him with bringing the strange Seal of the High Priest (that he'd found on that dragon skull in the depths of Karak Tor) to the High Temple in Alboa to the west.  So far there had been many delays and distractions but he was becoming more anxious as they got closer.The trip to Enmur passed quickly and without event.  They spent a few days there undertaking various items of personal interest:Zanne found a local embassy to the Empire of Vond (her homeland) and dispatched a message regarding the brewing troubles between the Arcanon Confederacy and the Dwarves of New Karak Tor as well as the kingom of Opkhar.  She urged her superiors to establish friendly relations with Opkhar and Karak Tor as soon as possible to cement an alliance against the expansion of the Confederacy.Mialain made a trip, accompanied by Llyra, to the village near Enmur where her parents lived.  They were pleased to see her but found the trappings of Melora as well as this...follower she had acquired to be rather odd.  That was until it was revealed that Llyra had met Selerain, Mialain's brother, in person.  At that point all her parents wanted to do was ask about his safety and whereabouts.  They admonished Mialain for not doing more to locate and rescue him from the pursuit of the Eladrin who considered him a heretic.  Mialain told them that she was doing all she could for the time being, considering that Selerain was on another plane of existence.  Mialain left her parents home feeling that she had much to live up to, as usual.Eshik and Astavian both visited a "temple" that had been set up by a band of Dragonborn that were recently established in Enmur.  The temple was dedicated to Gorunaga, who represented the more protective/defensive aspects of Dragonborn religion (as opposed to Ryukaar who represents righteous vengeance).  They met with the priestess, a Warlord named Kava Scaleshield.  She had been in Enmur for several months and led a band of Dragonborn who were trying to aid the Elves against the raiding swamp tribes.  Her office in the temple was papered with maps and she was clearly harried by the daunting task before her.  She exchanged pleasantries with them, especially Astavian who clearly bore the symbols of his faith.  But she indicated that if they really wanted to be of use to her that they could help out on a rescue mission she was planning.  They were particularly well suited to the task given that they had their own airship since the village in question was located deep within the swamp.  The Dragonborn listened and said that they were willing to help, pending the approval of the rest of the crew.Meanwhile the Elf lads they had recruited in the village, Peren, Carric and Varis, were taking turns guarding the ship and venturing off to explore the sites in Enmur.  Although Enmure was rather sprawling and sparsely populated compared to many cities the party had visited, it was the big time as far as these young Elves were concerned.  During this time the PC's also had spent some of the coin they had accumulated recently on commissions for a few magic items that would aid them in their further adventures.During this contact with the local mages guild, Zanne also asked them to take a look at the mysterious book they had found in the tower on the tiny plateau where they had encountered Blackbreather/Steelslicer.  With the insight of the Elves added to that contributed by the Dwarf sages of Karak Tor, she began to make a bit of sense about some of the contents.(Here is a cut and paste from the handout I gave Zanne's player, minus some of the fancy fonts.)</blockquote>

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