Shackled City Adventure Path

[Dog Moon]

"Okay," Aldreneth says with a grin, "But if you're wrong, you're paying for my Resurrection."

He then pays the person and returns home where he will sleep in. Then, on with the preparations for breaking Aliese free from prison. Knowing the nature of the others and now that they know his, he will then ask their help.

Oh, yeah, he does see about rezzing his familiar.

 

[Laguz]

Laguz nods, "It seems like a fair price. They are yours, I will keep the other two wands. You can subtract your ID fees, for the 2 I am keeping, of course. And pay me the difference."

That should give them enough to do a true ressurrect on the lizard, Laguz thinks to himself. After finishing his dealings here, and heads over to Tygot's Old Things. It will be best to sell what he can before rezzing the lizard, otherwise the greedy thing will want to claim it all. Yes, best to sell it and tell him the rez was his share.

 

[Aereas]

Aldreneth:
Raising Tiayrerak will cost half that of what it does for PCs but since hes an outsider a resurrection or greater is required (750 for resurrection or 2500 for true rez).

Laguz:
Skie takes the items, saying she will return in a moment, and walks to the back room with them. After a few minutes she returns with a sack in hand and places it on the counter saying "There is 700 platinum and 725 gold in the bag. Thank you for your patronage and have a good day sir Laguz."

Taking the money and heading out you manage to find Tygot's Old Things rather easily. The shop itself is a modest two story building with an old sign hanging above the door identifying its name. The door creaks as you open it and slams shut behind you. The place is well-stocked with an assortment of art objects ranging from sculptures to paintings to masks. Before you can even take a second step in the shop a dog suddenly materializes out of nowhere, its demeanor is quite calm as it begins sniffing your hand. Shortly after that an elderly halfling stands up from the rocking chair across the room and begins heading over to you. About halfway across the small room he says "Greetings traveler. I am Tygot, and you must have come here in search of the God of the Lake. Stopping infront of a bust of a fish like monsters head, finely carved in pink marble, he gestures to it as he continues with Legends tell of a time before Cauldron ever was when this area was completely full of pure water. This creature ruled the waters as a deity among its kind. The legend goes on to tell of how might fiends tore the beats head right off turning it to stone and that if anyone were to reunite the two parts it would reawaken again. When that happens the lucky soul who performed the task would be granted the eternal gratitude of a deity."

 

[Laguz]

Laguz feigns interest in the halfling story out of politeness, "Really? Sadly though, no... at least not on this visit." Laguz wonders to himself... wasn't there some headless statue they passed by on thier last trip... could it be? or perhaps everyone thought of that, and this head keeps being sold to gullibable travelers and bought back for much less.

"I am Laguz, and I have some items you might be interested in, or at least might be able to tell me about." Laguz moves over to the nearest table and pulls out first the ring, then the gold skull. He watches for the hafling's reaction as he sets them down.

 

[Aereas]

As you set the items on the table Tygot goes to a desk in the corner, obscured by a tall bronze statue, and pulls out a monocle. Putting it on he begins examining the ring as the dog suddenly disappears and reappears standing next to Tygot within the blink of an eye. The dog then jumps up so that its front legs are on the table as he watches Tygot examine the ring. After a short while Tygot says "Its not a very valuable ring, but I can offer you 100 gold for it." Before you even have a chance to reply to it, the dog begins to growl causing Tygot to furrow his eye brows in confusion as he turns to the animal and says "Relaxe Lepook. Thats what the ring is actually worth." To that the animal begins growling again and nudges the hand holding the ring. Tygot begins examining it again and after a moment says "My my, how interesting. Thank you for the help Lepook." Setting the ring down on the table he says "Theres a rare vein of silver that runs through the inside of the ring. Its a really small trace, but because of it I can offer you 300 gold for the ring."

Moving onto the skull he mutters "What barbarism. Poor lady." Setting the skull down and sliding it away with a look of disgust he says "I'll give nothing for the skull, however, the gold plating would be worth 190 gold. The offers I have made for the items are about 25% less than their actual value to account for resale and that I would have to sell them to another shop as these arent much for antiques."

 

[Laguz]

Laguz gives the halfling a look of sympathy, "I was hoping that maybe it was just a detailed replica... Sorry, to find that is not the case. Anyway, I will take the 300 for the ring."

"So tell me more about this God of the Lake legend, do you have any idea where the body might be?" Laguz says distractingly and puts the skull back into his sack.

 

[Aereas]

Happy to have an excuse to move away from the skull he walks over to the lake gods head and begins the tale "According to the legends there was a shrine dedicated to the Lake God right in the middle of what is now known as the Cauldron Lake, only back then it was not as deep as it is today. As time went on his followers grew in numbers. so much that his chosen spot just wasn't suitable anymore. Instead of trying to move his followers and shrine to a new region of water he instead left matters to his most trusted servants and sealed himself within the shrine for precisely 1 year and 6 days. Upon that final day the seals that held the shrine closed burst open as a flood of water began gushing out. Emerging from his chamber the Lake God pronounced that he has opened the gateway to the eternal sea and that its waters will continue to flow into their land ensuring prosperity for their race. With the gate open the area began to completely fill up with water to the point where it even began overflowing from the crater and washing out to the plains around them. You see, the jungle did not exist at that time; The waters that flooded the land enriched the soil and began the process of evolution that would lead to the jungle."

Tygot pauses for a moment to catch his breath before continuing with a small sight "The tale continues to say that the flooding waters ruined the cleverly orchestrated p;ams of a group of devils. The most common version of the legend says the devils would have been able to take control of at least half the land were it not for the flood. In any case, the angry devils began searching for the source of all the water and after months of searching found the shrine to the god, which by this time was nearing completion as a temple. The devils retreated for the time to find a new lair and begin their plotting. It was close to a year before the devils made their move, backed by some rather powerful denizens of the hells, on the lake dwellers.

Over the next month the devils layed siege in an unending battle. The lake creatures were peaceful in nature and the only thing that allowed them to live that long was their sheer numbers and the might of their god aided by the creatures he called from the eternal sea. In the end though the devils won out, the mightiest of them began tearing the head right off the lake god. With the last of his might he commanded the gateway to implode. Here is where there is much speculation on just what happened and how. What remains consistent with each version is that the demons were driven off and that only a few of the lake dwellers survived. The lake god's body has been turned to stone to preserve the flesh and should anyone reunite the pieces he will rise again to rule over his people once more.

 

[Laguz]

"Ah, that is interesting," Laguz says with a bit more interest then before. "Perhaps later when I have a bit more time, I might be able to pursue that... And I will keep my eyes peeled for a headless statue of pink marble." Laguz looks at the head again and nods thoughtfully.

"Well!" he says snapping back to attention, "I must be off now. But you may see my face in here again." Laguz winks, and after picking up his money leaves.

Finally he will go to get a True Rez, for the lizard.

OOC: If my calculations are right, we have enough for a true rez for both slitz and Tiayrerak. (I would hate to dead and come back a level short) after that we should still have 1685 gp, the skull, and the 2 wands left. Laguz will let Aldreneth have the gold and he will keep the wands. the skull either Laguz will keep, or him and Aldreneth can share it to torture the lizard. "lizard in the middle, na.. na.. na"

 

[Aereas]

Interest in this game has dropped to a level where its not worth continuing. Rather than try and find a whole new crew to begin where it was left off I have chosen to just end the game.

 

[Charberus]

The multiverse feared Slitz returning. Hence, why it decided to go to the void...thus never to exist again.

THAT is the real reason.