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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7589985" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 222, Part Two - Welcome to Alais Primos</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>NB: Much of this, and several subsequent entries, is taken verbatim from the adventure text.</strong></p><p></p><p>Cippiano arranged for them to use a teleportation circle that led from an innocuous building onto one of the city’s central plazas. The unit had been here before, but Kai had not, so Korrigan brought him along to see the great capital of the clergy. It was a city best viewed in sunlight, however. In the permanent darkness of the new age, there was something sepulchral about the grandiose architecture.</p><p></p><p>When they arrived, they witnessed an unusually perfervid town crier declaim the following from a makeshift pulpit:</p><p></p><p>“Open your eyes, citizens! The gods protect us no longer. Bear witness to their failures, for they are all around you. Behold the theft of our sun. Taste the bitter fruit of wilted vines. Smell the soot of the hells themselves, rising up to claim us!</p><p></p><p>“Bring these false gods to face the people’s judgment for their crimes, and bring their snake-tongued priests to Plaza Hyperion. A generous bounty awaits champions of the people. The Prime Cardinal has fled justice, but every other bishop and hierophant must be brought forth to face their accusers.</p><p></p><p>“Even the Arch Secula, hidden away in the library, shall reap what she has sown. Though she claims distance from the governance of our religion, her hands reek of the same filth as the hierarchs. The greatest bounty of all shall go to those who bring her in.</p><p></p><p>“And if you cannot hunt the gods, fear not! You can still levy judgment. At the twelfth hour, join our march to the crown of Enzyo Mons, where all present can help decide the fate of the prophets who lied to us. Testify to their crimes, and we shall cast their evil forms into the maw of the mountain!”</p><p></p><p>Korrigan had already communicated with Ken Don. He had returned to the quiet life of a librifer, but confirmed that Arch Secula Degaspare had sought sanctuary in the Jenevah Grand Librarium since the chaos of the god trials had begun.</p><p></p><p>Cippiano advised that they meet with the heads of his Family before they tried to negotiate their own way through the complexities of Alais Primos. He took them to a restaurant, the Lamplano Pescatario. The three-story stone restaurant had a wide lawn on three sides and a canal on the fourth. Guards patrolled the grounds, several of them divine spellcasters. Warm lanterns sought to maintain a pleasing ambience, but the mood was oppressive nonetheless. Eyes watched the nearby cemetery for disturbed graves. Approaching strangers were ordered to stop so a priest could detect any evil forces. They passed this checkpoint (Uru was hidden) and went inside.</p><p></p><p>A half-dozen heads of different Family households worked out of the restaurant, but they deferred to Donna Aneenya. A burly woman in her sixties, the Donna wore her white wedding dress and had adorned herself with silver chains and pendants devoted to various gods. Foremost among them was a malachite violin, holy symbol of the god of musicians (“My late husband played the violin at our wedding”).</p><p></p><p>Cippiano introduced the King Of Risur to the gathered Dons, stressing how long they had known each other, and how many favours they had done for one another. He added a few impressive tales of the mighty foes the unit had defeated, when one wiry old Don, Don Stoyan, muttered that these tales sounded as preposterous as stories about Triegenes pulling the sea a thousand miles inland so his navy could attack a demon’s tower. Donna Aneenya shushed him, and she pointed out that her grandson could teleport now; “it’s a damned hassle since he’d only just started toddling before the great eclipse. Now he keeps bursting into the kitchen and bothering me when I’ms cooking. If a wee bambino can do that, I’ll believe whatever Morgan says of the King of Risur.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7589985, member: 79141"] [b]Session 222, Part Two - Welcome to Alais Primos[/b] [B]NB: Much of this, and several subsequent entries, is taken verbatim from the adventure text.[/B] Cippiano arranged for them to use a teleportation circle that led from an innocuous building onto one of the city’s central plazas. The unit had been here before, but Kai had not, so Korrigan brought him along to see the great capital of the clergy. It was a city best viewed in sunlight, however. In the permanent darkness of the new age, there was something sepulchral about the grandiose architecture. When they arrived, they witnessed an unusually perfervid town crier declaim the following from a makeshift pulpit: “Open your eyes, citizens! The gods protect us no longer. Bear witness to their failures, for they are all around you. Behold the theft of our sun. Taste the bitter fruit of wilted vines. Smell the soot of the hells themselves, rising up to claim us! “Bring these false gods to face the people’s judgment for their crimes, and bring their snake-tongued priests to Plaza Hyperion. A generous bounty awaits champions of the people. The Prime Cardinal has fled justice, but every other bishop and hierophant must be brought forth to face their accusers. “Even the Arch Secula, hidden away in the library, shall reap what she has sown. Though she claims distance from the governance of our religion, her hands reek of the same filth as the hierarchs. The greatest bounty of all shall go to those who bring her in. “And if you cannot hunt the gods, fear not! You can still levy judgment. At the twelfth hour, join our march to the crown of Enzyo Mons, where all present can help decide the fate of the prophets who lied to us. Testify to their crimes, and we shall cast their evil forms into the maw of the mountain!” Korrigan had already communicated with Ken Don. He had returned to the quiet life of a librifer, but confirmed that Arch Secula Degaspare had sought sanctuary in the Jenevah Grand Librarium since the chaos of the god trials had begun. Cippiano advised that they meet with the heads of his Family before they tried to negotiate their own way through the complexities of Alais Primos. He took them to a restaurant, the Lamplano Pescatario. The three-story stone restaurant had a wide lawn on three sides and a canal on the fourth. Guards patrolled the grounds, several of them divine spellcasters. Warm lanterns sought to maintain a pleasing ambience, but the mood was oppressive nonetheless. Eyes watched the nearby cemetery for disturbed graves. Approaching strangers were ordered to stop so a priest could detect any evil forces. They passed this checkpoint (Uru was hidden) and went inside. A half-dozen heads of different Family households worked out of the restaurant, but they deferred to Donna Aneenya. A burly woman in her sixties, the Donna wore her white wedding dress and had adorned herself with silver chains and pendants devoted to various gods. Foremost among them was a malachite violin, holy symbol of the god of musicians (“My late husband played the violin at our wedding”). Cippiano introduced the King Of Risur to the gathered Dons, stressing how long they had known each other, and how many favours they had done for one another. He added a few impressive tales of the mighty foes the unit had defeated, when one wiry old Don, Don Stoyan, muttered that these tales sounded as preposterous as stories about Triegenes pulling the sea a thousand miles inland so his navy could attack a demon’s tower. Donna Aneenya shushed him, and she pointed out that her grandson could teleport now; “it’s a damned hassle since he’d only just started toddling before the great eclipse. Now he keeps bursting into the kitchen and bothering me when I’ms cooking. If a wee bambino can do that, I’ll believe whatever Morgan says of the King of Risur.” [/QUOTE]
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