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Session 92

2026-09-13T22:47:11Z

Dweller:

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 92
|session_num=92
|date=2026-09-13
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy, Ashley
|runtime=4.75
|recording=Session-92-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
Enter Ewron

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The woman floating in the machine in here is screaming as she is held aloft in the air by magical tendrils

There are doors on the left and right of this room but both closed

There are called [[Nagpa]]'s

One one closest has a ivory skull staff and points it at us and casts fireball

The one in the back casts wall of fire blocking our direct path to this arcane machine

We feel this warp in the air and a wall of force blasts out in all directions, we all take a bunch of force damage as it hits us

[[Jojo]] flexes his muscles and drags 2 of us down the hallway

We see a man in a cage in the back patiently watching what these bird dudes are doing. A wide brim hat, circular glasses with a poncho on. Hes patiently sitting watching all the chaos of the situation.
We see this man just poof and disappear.

[[Aiylah]] and [[Eofos]] both fail their saves and are still paralyzed

Another pulse wave goes off, but only hurting the people in the room.

They hear one of them say "Bring the shard, were almost out of time!"
With the pulse through the room the woman floating screams out in pain

This man in the back blinks back into existence and casts a large spell

Another large wave of power shoots off, the woman screams out in pain again

"Feed her the shard!" one of the bird things yell

[[Fuligo]] sees one of them lifting this large sword into the side of this arcane machine

3 sickly purple rays of necrotic damage shoot out at [[Fuligo]], all easily hitting [[Fuligo]]

[[Fuligo]] takes 96 damage of necrotic damage while a tiger, blasting them back into their main form, then blasting them to 0 hp

One of the birds with the sword takes it and places it inside the arcane machine

As [[Eadith]] rounds the corner, as the shard is fed into this machine, cracks begin to appear along the womans skin, black markings. The sizzle of arcane energy in the air is growing as they are feeding the sword into it.
She casts Mass Cure Wounds to heal everyone around her as much as she can, bringing [[Fuligo]] alive again.

[[Jojo]] gets near and throws a dagger at the closest, sinking into their body.
"You will not stop us on our mission to destroy her!"

[[Ewron]] in the back appears again and pulls a gauntlet off his hand. His arm is not flesh looking, but more wood and vines as he lashes out and it extends out to the nearest bird dude, casting thorn whip.

Another pulse goes off, knocking [[Fuligo]] unconscious again.

[[Eofos]] is back in the mix here, he runs up and casts Healing Word and Bardic Inspiration for [[Eadith]]

[[Jojo]] gets Feeble Mind cast on him, dropping his Int and Cha to 1

The shard gets put into the machine, i starts to buzz and the woman begins to crack open, the cracks in the skin shoot a sort of negative light across the room
As the hilt of the sword is fed, cracks start to form into the machine itself. The largest blast of energy begins to gather, a ball of swirling light and tendrils forms above this machine and detonates, hitting everyone here.

Those who succeeded take 17 pts of force damage
The rest take 37 pts of damage
Us outside the room take half that

[[Eofos]] and [[Eadith]] both drop down

[[Eofos]] has the [[Dolathar’s Doll]] on him so he is in a stable condition

[[Jojo]] runs over and puts a bit of healing into [[Fuligo]] with Lay on Hands and picks them up and runnnsssssss

The birds took the damage, but made it through the big force.
They lost concentration on the fire wall though

The bird creatures are cackling now, elated that they have succeeded in what ever they have done.

The woman is a sort of negative energy now floating above, still some kind of presence in that space. We can still hear her screaming, but its like its coming from another room almost.

[[Ewron]] decides to walk into this swirling force of arcane energy of where this woman was. Failed a wisdom save and took 65 points of psychic damage, knocking him unconscious.
He is inside the arcane machine now, stuck, someone would have to step in to physically pull him out.

[[Fuligo]] casts Blight on one of them, but it doesnt do too much.

One of them screeches "AHHH get them out get them out!" rushing over to [[Ewron]] who is inside the machine lol
They reach in, the feathers on their arms have been fully desiccated away, leaving bones, hes screaming in pain

The ceiling of the room begins to spiral open, dropping in drips down is thick viscous red blood

Descending from this, is the skeleton of the bird like creature with skeletal wings. As it opens its mouth we hear a resonant female voice
"You think it would have been that easy to trap me after all these years. I wish you the best of luck, dead"
This creature opens its beak and sprays acid directly at the one on the corner of the platform.
From behind [[Aiylah]] 2 smaller winged beast skeletons scrabble past and into the chamber.

[[Jojo]] is feeble minded now, ouch, so he doesnt really do much

[[Ewron]] definitely takes some damage and takes a death fail.

[[Fuligo]] is dead set on destroying this machine and killing these guys since they are the source of the earthquakes.

One of the bird guys says "You Raven bitch!" and hits something on the arcane machine and sends a blast of power up into the bone creature
One of the wings of the creature gets blasted off, the bones scattering as they are thrown across the ground.

The other bird casts Feeble Mind on [[Eadith]], but she counter spells it, utilizing the inspiration from [[Eofos]] to squeak by on the save.

The two smaller bone creatures plow into this room, flying up into the air directly to the bad bird guys, scratching and shooting acid at them.

We hear from the big bone bird "If you're looking to break your curse you should welcome this death coming to you"
The bid bird takes multiple swings at them then, slashing at this bad bird

[[Eadith]] feels like the air in this room has become hard to cast spells in here.

[[Aiylah]] rolls a nat 20 and officially breaks out of the paralyze 7 rounds in lol

[[Fuligo]] shoots an acid arrow towards one of them, missing, but splashing a bit of acid onto them, hurting a bit.

[[Jojo]] unfortunately gets charmed by the birds, possibly the most confused anyone has ever been in the history of DND

The bad bird takes one step and disappears from view totally.

The restrained bird in the back casts fireball and blows up [[Fuligo]] and [[Jojo]], knocking them down again.

[[Eadith]] feeds [[Fuligo]] some good berries to bring [[Fuligo]] back to life. [[Eadith]] casts Vortex Warp on [[Ewron]], bringing them out of the arcane machine.

[[Ewron]] takes his last breath, and dies as he fails his last saving throw.

[[Aiylah]] sprints into battle, seeing one of the bad guys at a distance and sneaks a single crossbow bolt through the machine, hitting the bad bird. Hitting for 25 damage, finishing this bird guy off.

[[Eofos]] is down and stable, [[Ewron]] is dead, [[Jojo]] is unconscious, one [[Nagpa]] disappeared, the other is dead. We see the outline of an individual in the arcane machine which is still running.

[[Fuligo]] casts Revivify on [[Ewron]], bringing him back conscious

The bone birds collapse into piles of bones.

[[Eofos]] gets fed 3 good berries, bringing him back alive.

[[Eadith]] casts mass cure wounds again, healing up everyone.

The arms coming up from this structure are crystalline, we can see where the shard/sword was placed into this machine, sinking deeper over time.

[[Ewron]] becomes patched up with leaves and vines, not healing in the most natural way.

[[Aiylah]] finds a gold medallion thats hooked to a chain on the one dead bird guy. She hasnt ever seen it before.

[[Eofos]] is now studying [[Jojo]], realizing he is so brain dead rn lol

[[Eofos]] sits with him and makes sure he doesnt wander off.

[[Eadith]] starts investigating some papers on the desks.

[[Eadith]] finds the name of this machine, the [[Laqueus Deorum]]
They built it on their own accord to trap the [[Raven Queen]] and kill her. It looks like they have been also keeping track of different magical items they have been feeding into the machine in order to draw her into it.
This certainly is the source of the earthquakes.
If you feed too many magical objects into a machine like this, it will destabilize.
It seems this last object, the sword/shard, has stabilized it.

[[Eadith]] is very annoyed with how there are no safety guards for this experiment.

[[Aiylah]] reaches out to the [[Raven Queen]], trying to see if she is still in this space. She doesnt respond directly, but [[Aiylah]] gets the idea that she wants to bury the bones of the skeleton birds around here.
It seems like the person in this machine isnt the [[Raven Queen]], the [[Nagpa]]'s may have gotten it wrong.

[[Fuligo]] casts message at the person floating to see if they can get in contact with them at all.
They respond
"My name is [[Shai Paren]]"

We ask what we can do, they say they cant be saved

She doesnt understand how they manifested her there

[[Fuligo]] asks if they are a god

"I was once, a god."

"I have been dead for a long long time."

She says that removing the sword would help probably.

Theres no face, no eyes on her face, but it turns to [[Aiylah]]
"If you remove this from the machine, the shard shall be yours. I do not understand how this functions."

[[Eofos]], [[Eadith]], and [[Jojo]] start to head out so we dont get blasted possibly by this machine

[[Ewron]] says
"You may have killed one, but there are two more, not 1 more."

[[Aiylah]] and [[Fuligo]] stay with this machine, [[Ewron]] at a distance
[[Aiylah]] reaches in, pulling at the sword, slowly sliding out like a sheath
The ball of energy starts to move faster and faster

The form says "I will try to hold it"

As she pulls on the sword and there is almost a moment of statis, one tendril of this figures energy shoots out and hits the hilt of the sword. Beneath her hands it starts to heat and glow as she yells, trying to contain within herself the energy exploding outwards. Some of that energy is directed to the sword.
This purple light shoots down the hilt through the tip of the sword, swirling around the metal engraving along the sword.
As she pulls it fully out of the machine, the energy almost start bursts, shooting around and pulsing against the stone and marble of this room.
All of the energy coalesces in the sword all of a sudden, the energy within the machine dissipates, the only light is now coming from the rapier, shining in the room.

The machine is now inactive, all of the arcane energy within it was funneled into [[Aiylah]]'s sword instead of being exploded. It could be made non inert by putting more magical items into it.

[[Fuligo]] starts casting mold earth and destroying the machine the best they can to make sure this machine is never used again. The start out very measured to find what pieces they can break, but eventually starts whipping and tearing away at it with vines as fungus is sprouting from the dead bodies, the stone being ground into nothing else.

[[Aiylah]] lets them go for a while, but eventually puts a hand on their back to calm them down a bit and let them know they are there.

Eventually finally, [[Fuligo]] destroys the whole thing. Alone now with only [[Aiylah]], satisfied at the destruction of this machine.

"Your god is the [[Raven Queen]] queen and cares for the dead? If she ever gets a moment, can you ask her if my son is happy, if hes okay?"
"Im sure he is, and Im sure he was very well loved"
"Knowing this thing cant hurt my family makes me feel better, but it was so far away. The world is so much bigger than I thought and there are things that can hurt my family that I had no way of conceiving. Im glad you are here and Im glad to have made friends. Im glad that my world is bigger so I can do what I need to protect the ones I love."

"The world is a big scary place, but youre making a difference"

"Your a good friend [[Aiylah]]"

[[Fuligo]] goes up to look at the other doors in this space. They are both locked.

They check for traps and try to pick the lock. Its magically held together.

---

The front door to the monastery is open as we come up the stairs.
Theres some blood trail leading that way but disappears after the door.

We all regroup at the garden courtyard space to take a long rest.

[[Aiylah]] takes the bones she gathered and buries them in the courtyard here.

We are in the hut and taking a long rest.

[[Eadith]] and [[Ewron]] have a chat
They introduce themselves to each other. He was only down there for 3 days, just long enough to learn what they were up to.
She isnt going to drill him with questions, but explains what we were doing here and asks why he was here.
He asks, Who sent you?
The [[Marauders]] Guild, who sent you?
I sent myself, I am a professor of archeology, looking for artifacts, that they were destroying
Were you looking for a specific artifact?
Not in particular.
Will you go back home now?
I am not welcome home.
Ah. You are a professor? Are you connected to a school?
Indeed, not really a school though, more like an archive.
But there is a group of you
Sure, a big group
Will you go back to them
No, not for a while
What will you do now?
We will move on to other things, our leader has some issues to sleep off (Feeble mind lol)
You are not curious about the rest of these ruins?
They are interesting, ourone friend is connected to this place. Are you religious as a professor?
Not really, I study, but no.
I just wanted to offer you could come into the hut if you want for safety. There are invisible creatures that are kinda tracking us down that might attack us.
I think we are all very tired, if you want to discuss more, I will accept your invitation.

We sleep

---

We heal [[Jojo]] up thank god, hes no longer feeble minded

We chat and suss out the vibes of this new person we met.

He suggests a deal, we stay as a group and he can help with sharing his information of relics and ruins.

We should stick together and explore more of the ruins in this space, he could help direct us through them.

We go down back into the chamber

[[Eadith]] dispels the lock on the door.

There is a similar hallway, doors on either side, and the illusion of the wall at the end. We have been here before already.

[[Ewron]] starts to figure out that this space was made for the worship of the [[Raven Queen]], but was repurposed for the [[Nagpa]]
Hes able to ascertain the age of this building, about 400-450 years old. He also knows no nation would have made it, but a private organization.

We loop around through these hallways, tracking through space we havent been before.

[[Ewron]] casts Unseen Servant and sends it in front of us to check for traps and try for the locked door.

We follow behind at a safe distance.

We come into a 15 foot diameter circular room. It has shelves along the walls, it has been ransacked, there are glass shards on the ground tapestries on the ground.
[[Aiylah]] finds 10 gemstones, 2 potions, and a necklace with a small birds beak on it.
Potion of Diminution
Potion of Superior Healing
[[Graven's Beak Necklace]]

We continue along our way, checking other rooms out.
[[Ewron]] says he is looking for several items. He is from the [[Archive of Tance]].
Says [[Illerage]] is his next lead, looking for some ruins around that area.

We go down the hallway with stairs.

The unseen servant is sent first. [[Ewron]] following behind.

When he gets down to the end of the stairs, there is a sound behind us as a stone wall slides over the entrance as around a corner down the stairs a sound happens and a flash of bright blue light behind us.

[[Jojo]] goes down, careful not to step off the stairs, there are a couple small octagonal inlays on the stone.

[[Eadith]] shoots an eldritch blast at both of the octagons and their magic dissipates.
Every 15 feet or so theres another octagon on the wall and [[Eadith]] dispatches them as we go along.

They just sprint through like bozos and take a bunch of hits from this trap lol

They flip it off and make it safe for the rest of us.

Go through another door and come into a room that has a low hum in it. The walls are marbled purple and white, plaques and a drawer of sorts
A few indentations, a vase, a box.
There is a calm solemn presence in this room.

---

Ep Title - Enter Ewron

Session 92

2026-09-13T22:46:30Z

Dweller: Created page with "{{Infobox Session |name=Session 92 |session_num=92 |date=2026-09-13 |attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy, Ashley |runtime=4.75 |recording=Session-92-Recording.mp3 }} ==Description== Enter Ewron The woman floating in the machine in here is screaming as she is held aloft in the air by magical tendrils There are doors on the left and right of this room but both closed There are called Nagpa's One one closest has a ivory skull staff and point..."

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 92
|session_num=92
|date=2026-09-13
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy, Ashley
|runtime=4.75
|recording=Session-92-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
Enter Ewron

The woman floating in the machine in here is screaming as she is held aloft in the air by magical tendrils

There are doors on the left and right of this room but both closed

There are called [[Nagpa]]'s

One one closest has a ivory skull staff and points it at us and casts fireball

The one in the back casts wall of fire blocking our direct path to this arcane machine

We feel this warp in the air and a wall of force blasts out in all directions, we all take a bunch of force damage as it hits us

[[Jojo]] flexes his muscles and drags 2 of us down the hallway

We see a man in a cage in the back patiently watching what these bird dudes are doing. A wide brim hat, circular glasses with a poncho on. Hes patiently sitting watching all the chaos of the situation.
We see this man just poof and disappear.

[[Aiylah]] and [[Eofos]] both fail their saves and are still paralyzed

Another pulse wave goes off, but only hurting the people in the room.

They hear one of them say "Bring the shard, were almost out of time!"
With the pulse through the room the woman floating screams out in pain

This man in the back blinks back into existence and casts a large spell

Another large wave of power shoots off, the woman screams out in pain again

"Feed her the shard!" one of the bird things yell

[[Fuligo]] sees one of them lifting this large sword into the side of this arcane machine

3 sickly purple rays of necrotic damage shoot out at [[Fuligo]], all easily hitting [[Fuligo]]

[[Fuligo]] takes 96 damage of necrotic damage while a tiger, blasting them back into their main form, then blasting them to 0 hp

One of the birds with the sword takes it and places it inside the arcane machine

As [[Eadith]] rounds the corner, as the shard is fed into this machine, cracks begin to appear along the womans skin, black markings. The sizzle of arcane energy in the air is growing as they are feeding the sword into it.
She casts Mass Cure Wounds to heal everyone around her as much as she can, bringing [[Fuligo]] alive again.

[[Jojo]] gets near and throws a dagger at the closest, sinking into their body.
"You will not stop us on our mission to destroy her!"

[[Ewron]] in the back appears again and pulls a gauntlet off his hand. His arm is not flesh looking, but more wood and vines as he lashes out and it extends out to the nearest bird dude, casting thorn whip.

Another pulse goes off, knocking [[Fuligo]] unconscious again.

[[Eofos]] is back in the mix here, he runs up and casts Healing Word and Bardic Inspiration for [[Eadith]]

[[Jojo]] gets Feeble Mind cast on him, dropping his Int and Cha to 1

The shard gets put into the machine, i starts to buzz and the woman begins to crack open, the cracks in the skin shoot a sort of negative light across the room
As the hilt of the sword is fed, cracks start to form into the machine itself. The largest blast of energy begins to gather, a ball of swirling light and tendrils forms above this machine and detonates, hitting everyone here.

Those who succeeded take 17 pts of force damage
The rest take 37 pts of damage
Us outside the room take half that

[[Eofos]] and [[Eadith]] both drop down

[[Eofos]] has the [[Dolathar’s Doll]] on him so he is in a stable condition

[[Jojo]] runs over and puts a bit of healing into [[Fuligo]] with Lay on Hands and picks them up and runnnsssssss

The birds took the damage, but made it through the big force.
They lost concentration on the fire wall though

The bird creatures are cackling now, elated that they have succeeded in what ever they have done.

The woman is a sort of negative energy now floating above, still some kind of presence in that space. We can still hear her screaming, but its like its coming from another room almost.

[[Ewron]] decides to walk into this swirling force of arcane energy of where this woman was. Failed a wisdom save and took 65 points of psychic damage, knocking him unconscious.
He is inside the arcane machine now, stuck, someone would have to step in to physically pull him out.

[[Fuligo]] casts Blight on one of them, but it doesnt do too much.

One of them screeches "AHHH get them out get them out!" rushing over to [[Ewron]] who is inside the machine lol
They reach in, the feathers on their arms have been fully desiccated away, leaving bones, hes screaming in pain

The ceiling of the room begins to spiral open, dropping in drips down is thick viscous red blood

Descending from this, is the skeleton of the bird like creature with skeletal wings. As it opens its mouth we hear a resonant female voice
"You think it would have been that easy to trap me after all these years. I wish you the best of luck, dead"
This creature opens its beak and sprays acid directly at the one on the corner of the platform.
From behind [[Aiylah]] 2 smaller winged beast skeletons scrabble past and into the chamber.

[[Jojo]] is feeble minded now, ouch, so he doesnt really do much

[[Ewron]] definitely takes some damage and takes a death fail.

[[Fuligo]] is dead set on destroying this machine and killing these guys since they are the source of the earthquakes.

One of the bird guys says "You Raven bitch!" and hits something on the arcane machine and sends a blast of power up into the bone creature
One of the wings of the creature gets blasted off, the bones scattering as they are thrown across the ground.

The other bird casts Feeble Mind on [[Eadith]], but she counter spells it, utilizing the inspiration from [[Eofos]] to squeak by on the save.

The two smaller bone creatures plow into this room, flying up into the air directly to the bad bird guys, scratching and shooting acid at them.

We hear from the big bone bird "If you're looking to break your curse you should welcome this death coming to you"
The bid bird takes multiple swings at them then, slashing at this bad bird

[[Eadith]] feels like the air in this room has become hard to cast spells in here.

[[Aiylah]] rolls a nat 20 and officially breaks out of the paralyze 7 rounds in lol

[[Fuligo]] shoots an acid arrow towards one of them, missing, but splashing a bit of acid onto them, hurting a bit.

[[Jojo]] unfortunately gets charmed by the birds, possibly the most confused anyone has ever been in the history of DND

The bad bird takes one step and disappears from view totally.

The restrained bird in the back casts fireball and blows up [[Fuligo]] and [[Jojo]], knocking them down again.

[[Eadith]] feeds [[Fuligo]] some good berries to bring [[Fuligo]] back to life. [[Eadith]] casts Vortex Warp on [[Ewron]], bringing them out of the arcane machine.

[[Ewron]] takes his last breath, and dies as he fails his last saving throw.

[[Aiylah]] sprints into battle, seeing one of the bad guys at a distance and sneaks a single crossbow bolt through the machine, hitting the bad bird. Hitting for 25 damage, finishing this bird guy off.

[[Eofos]] is down and stable, [[Ewron]] is dead, [[Jojo]] is unconscious, one [[Nagpa]] disappeared, the other is dead. We see the outline of an individual in the arcane machine which is still running.

[[Fuligo]] casts Revivify on [[Ewron]], bringing him back conscious

The bone birds collapse into piles of bones.

[[Eofos]] gets fed 3 good berries, bringing him back alive.

[[Eadith]] casts mass cure wounds again, healing up everyone.

The arms coming up from this structure are crystalline, we can see where the shard/sword was placed into this machine, sinking deeper over time.

[[Ewron]] becomes patched up with leaves and vines, not healing in the most natural way.

[[Aiylah]] finds a gold medallion thats hooked to a chain on the one dead bird guy. She hasnt ever seen it before.

[[Eofos]] is now studying [[Jojo]], realizing he is so brain dead rn lol

[[Eofos]] sits with him and makes sure he doesnt wander off.

[[Eadith]] starts investigating some papers on the desks.

[[Eadith]] finds the name of this machine, the [[Laqueus Deorum]]
They built it on their own accord to trap the [[Raven Queen]] and kill her. It looks like they have been also keeping track of different magical items they have been feeding into the machine in order to draw her into it.
This certainly is the source of the earthquakes.
If you feed too many magical objects into a machine like this, it will destabilize.
It seems this last object, the sword/shard, has stabilized it.

[[Eadith]] is very annoyed with how there are no safety guards for this experiment.

[[Aiylah]] reaches out to the [[Raven Queen]], trying to see if she is still in this space. She doesnt respond directly, but [[Aiylah]] gets the idea that she wants to bury the bones of the skeleton birds around here.
It seems like the person in this machine isnt the [[Raven Queen]], the [[Nagpa]]'s may have gotten it wrong.

[[Fuligo]] casts message at the person floating to see if they can get in contact with them at all.
They respond
"My name is [[Shai Paren]]"

We ask what we can do, they say they cant be saved

She doesnt understand how they manifested her there

[[Fuligo]] asks if they are a god

"I was once, a god."

"I have been dead for a long long time."

She says that removing the sword would help probably.

Theres no face, no eyes on her face, but it turns to [[Aiylah]]
"If you remove this from the machine, the shard shall be yours. I do not understand how this functions."

[[Eofos]], [[Eadith]], and [[Jojo]] start to head out so we dont get blasted possibly by this machine

[[Ewron]] says
"You may have killed one, but there are two more, not 1 more."

[[Aiylah]] and [[Fuligo]] stay with this machine, [[Ewron]] at a distance
[[Aiylah]] reaches in, pulling at the sword, slowly sliding out like a sheath
The ball of energy starts to move faster and faster

The form says "I will try to hold it"

As she pulls on the sword and there is almost a moment of statis, one tendril of this figures energy shoots out and hits the hilt of the sword. Beneath her hands it starts to heat and glow as she yells, trying to contain within herself the energy exploding outwards. Some of that energy is directed to the sword.
This purple light shoots down the hilt through the tip of the sword, swirling around the metal engraving along the sword.
As she pulls it fully out of the machine, the energy almost start bursts, shooting around and pulsing against the stone and marble of this room.
All of the energy coalesces in the sword all of a sudden, the energy within the machine dissipates, the only light is now coming from the rapier, shining in the room.

The machine is now inactive, all of the arcane energy within it was funneled into [[Aiylah]]'s sword instead of being exploded. It could be made non inert by putting more magical items into it.

[[Fuligo]] starts casting mold earth and destroying the machine the best they can to make sure this machine is never used again. The start out very measured to find what pieces they can break, but eventually starts whipping and tearing away at it with vines as fungus is sprouting from the dead bodies, the stone being ground into nothing else.

[[Aiylah]] lets them go for a while, but eventually puts a hand on their back to calm them down a bit and let them know they are there.

Eventually finally, [[Fuligo]] destroys the whole thing. Alone now with only [[Aiylah]], satisfied at the destruction of this machine.

"Your god is the [[Raven Queen]] queen and cares for the dead? If she ever gets a moment, can you ask her if my son is happy, if hes okay?"
"Im sure he is, and Im sure he was very well loved"
"Knowing this thing cant hurt my family makes me feel better, but it was so far away. The world is so much bigger than I thought and there are things that can hurt my family that I had no way of conceiving. Im glad you are here and Im glad to have made friends. Im glad that my world is bigger so I can do what I need to protect the ones I love."

"The world is a big scary place, but youre making a difference"

"Your a good friend [[Aiylah]]"

[[Fuligo]] goes up to look at the other doors in this space. They are both locked.

They check for traps and try to pick the lock. Its magically held together.

---

The front door to the monastery is open as we come up the stairs.
Theres some blood trail leading that way but disappears after the door.

We all regroup at the garden courtyard space to take a long rest.

[[Aiylah]] takes the bones she gathered and buries them in the courtyard here.

We are in the hut and taking a long rest.

[[Eadith]] and [[Ewron]] have a chat
They introduce themselves to each other. He was only down there for 3 days, just long enough to learn what they were up to.
She isnt going to drill him with questions, but explains what we were doing here and asks why he was here.
He asks, Who sent you?
The [[Marauders]] Guild, who sent you?
I sent myself, I am a professor of archeology, looking for artifacts, that they were destroying
Were you looking for a specific artifact?
Not in particular.
Will you go back home now?
I am not welcome home.
Ah. You are a professor? Are you connected to a school?
Indeed, not really a school though, more like an archive.
But there is a group of you
Sure, a big group
Will you go back to them
No, not for a while
What will you do now?
We will move on to other things, our leader has some issues to sleep off (Feeble mind lol)
You are not curious about the rest of these ruins?
They are interesting, ourone friend is connected to this place. Are you religious as a professor?
Not really, I study, but no.
I just wanted to offer you could come into the hut if you want for safety. There are invisible creatures that are kinda tracking us down that might attack us.
I think we are all very tired, if you want to discuss more, I will accept your invitation.

We sleep

---

We heal [[Jojo]] up thank god, hes no longer feeble minded

We chat and suss out the vibes of this new person we met.

He suggests a deal, we stay as a group and he can help with sharing his information of relics and ruins.

We should stick together and explore more of the ruins in this space, he could help direct us through them.

We go down back into the chamber

[[Eadith]] dispels the lock on the door.

There is a similar hallway, doors on either side, and the illusion of the wall at the end. We have been here before already.

[[Ewron]] starts to figure out that this space was made for the worship of the [[Raven Queen]], but was repurposed for the [[Nagpa]]
Hes able to ascertain the age of this building, about 400-450 years old. He also knows no nation would have made it, but a private organization.

We loop around through these hallways, tracking through space we havent been before.

[[Ewron]] casts Unseen Servant and sends it in front of us to check for traps and try for the locked door.

We follow behind at a safe distance.

We come into a 15 foot diameter circular room. It has shelves along the walls, it has been ransacked, there are glass shards on the ground tapestries on the ground.
[[Aiylah]] finds 10 gemstones, 2 potions, and a necklace with a small birds beak on it.
Potion of Diminution
Potion of Superior Healing
[[Graven's Beak Necklace]]

We continue along our way, checking other rooms out.
[[Ewron]] says he is looking for several items. He is from the [[Archive of Tance]].
Says [[Illerage]] is his next lead, looking for some ruins around that area.

We go down the hallway with stairs.

The unseen servant is sent first. [[Ewron]] following behind.

When he gets down to the end of the stairs, there is a sound behind us as a stone wall slides over the entrance as around a corner down the stairs a sound happens and a flash of bright blue light behind us.

[[Jojo]] goes down, careful not to step off the stairs, there are a couple small octagonal inlays on the stone.

[[Eadith]] shoots an eldritch blast at both of the octagons and their magic dissipates.
Every 15 feet or so theres another octagon on the wall and [[Eadith]] dispatches them as we go along.

They just sprint through like bozos and take a bunch of hits from this trap lol

They flip it off and make it safe for the rest of us.

Go through another door and come into a room that has a low hum in it. The walls are marbled purple and white, plaques and a drawer of sorts
A few indentations, a vase, a box.
There is a calm solemn presence in this room.

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Ep Title - Enter Ewron

File:Session-91-Recording.mp3

2026-08-18T19:18:23Z

Dweller:

Session 88

2026-08-18T03:46:10Z

Dweller:

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 88
|session_num=88
|date=2026-07-13
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam
|runtime=4.5
|recording=Session-88-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
Chosen Can't Be Beggars

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=== David's Notes ===
[[Jojo]] awakes in his old room [[Fuligo]] is curled up there

new day in [[Fallevin]]

he heads down to the mess hall and grabs a bite to see whos around

He makes it there, its a tall ceiling room, high arched windows with open curtains

It can host the entire guild in its size

He notices it is feeling a bit cramped, remembers how many guild members from [[Gadena]] were sent this way

He grabs a tray of food and a cup of coffee and looks for his old chums

Looking around there are some familiar faces

He sees a young male half orc sitting at one of these tables He has a plate of food half eaten pushed to the side with a goblet of something. He also has a pamphlet of a bunch of papers hes looking through

Oh yeah, its the man, its [[Caukdim]]

He notices [[Jojo]] before he can get the drop on him He acknowledges [[Jojo]] with no embrace lol

He asks why [[Jojo]] is there

[[Jojo]] glances the papers on the table, he sees numbers and maps, hes going through the census of the [[Fellowship]] and seems to be "administering" troops in different places

He says the exodus from [[Gadena]] made them look into different points of expansion Sending members in different places to see if their presence would be liked or not by different places

[[Jojo]] talks about how hes going to lobby to move troops back to [[Gadena]] asap

[[Caukdim]] says he has a slot with the guild master today so he can join him for that

[[Lorson Ayred]] is the guild master of the [[Fellowship]]

[[Jojo]] knows [[Denna]] would probably be in the [[Del]]

Center of this rounded room is a person knelt, head tilted up, coppery hair pulled into a braid down her back Its [[Denna]]!

In the glass behind her is a depiction of [[Cord The Warmonger]], a man without a helm but gauntleted hands, older graying hair and beard, white eyes that when the sun shines through are extra bright than the rest of the stained glass. Behind him is an amassing storm

[[Jojo]] thinks this is an unusual depiction of the Warmonger in the southern [[Wruitros]] ideology of him.

There are pews with a couple people in them and [[Jojo]] takes a seat to wait for her to finish He waits 40 minutes lol

[[Jojo]] thinks how he isnt really as connected spiritually with [[Cord The Warmonger]], but seeing [[Denna]] in full armor for at least 40 minutes is moving for him. He thinks how over his travels now he has become more connected to his god. He says a prayer Thinks about what he and his father had said to him in his dream, [[Jojo]] is there as he wants him to be, he asks for the strength and the right words to help his cause and clan. He feels a sense of certainty in this moment that the people here want what he wants, on the same side as him, think that they will take him seriously He watches this devout woman until she is spurred to finish. Her eyes blink open and she is staring directly at [[Jojo]]

She smiles as she rises, her cloak fluttering around her

She says, "Jorun, for a second I thought I saw a ghost, you look more and more like your father each day"

They embrace, welcoming him home.

She checks him over to make sure he is well.

"I have received your missive, but I would like to hear the words from your mouth"

She leads him through some doors to an interior garden with an abundance of growing blue ivy and hanging plants. They settle on a small bench.

There is a matter we have to discuss, the completion of your training here

Ive been a bit neglectful of that, caught up in my journeys

You have many important things to be doing instead of being here, but you should get the chance like everyone else for the final duel.

[[Denna]] says she will prep for it at the colosseum tonight

Before we speak with the Guild Master, is there anything else you would like to discuss?

[[Jojo]] talks about the politics of [[Augustine]] and those mixed emotions, anger, fear, wishing to have known the truth earlier. We would be remiss to not do everything we could to stop [[Bane]]

He tells her of the dreams he has been having more recently and she hones in on that.

That is very intriguing to me, I see you have returned with your fathers armor that you did not leave with...

She explains his fathers armor is for his family and his family alone. It picks and chooses when you are ready for it.

[[Denna]] says he has never visited her dreams before. What ever he has done to pull his attention must be an important thing. She is very proud of him.

I wondered when you were going to accept and it seems you have

[[Jojo]] talks about when he was in his coma, the voice and will of [[Bane]] hammered home how important it is what they do and how important it is to stop him from returning

As a direct enemy to [[Cord The Warmonger]] I think it is our only duty to prevent his rise And I think that feeling will be enumerated through the keep. You wont be turned down from that here.

They talk about his mother

Your father is not a god [[Jojo]], but it sounds as if he may be a gods chosen champion.

That's part of the story I never heard.

Not necessarily before death. I don't know if who you speak of is as I knew him or some entity that is using his spirit from beyond the grave or a visage of [[Cord The Warmonger]] to make you feel safe. It seems it was some sort of deal perhaps to come to you beyond death.

I see no harm in seeking out this champion and following their advice.

They were hard to say no to.

They confer how to frame this to [[Lorson Ayred]]

[[Jojo]] talks about the [[Tenet Stone]] that was dropped in [[Woburn]] and how it changed [[Felrick]]. He explains part of the reason the fighting happened at [[Wrelmouth]] is because there is a disk that.

[[Jojo]] tells [[Denna]] about [[Lyra]] and she says to not tell that to anyone else ever lol

In the coming days you should consider the difference between wont, cant, and should not.

They realize they need to go their meeting

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They meet up with [[Caukdim]]

6 months ago it seemed like he didn't speak much and just beat stuff up, but now hes outside the Guild Masters office with papers in hand.

They enter the office

They all file in, standing at a window Elf with dark skin, short silver hair and gray eyes, been the guild master as long as [[Jojo]] has been here He upholds the keep and maintains the budget basically. [[Lorson Ayred]] doesnt really invade the spiritual aspect of the keep, thats more left for [[Denna]]

[[Lorson Ayred]] acknowledges [[Jojo]] and is excited to see him

He notes about the influx of members from [[Gadena]] and the concern of religious freedom

[[Jojo]] says its more concerning than it sounds. He explains how [[Augustine]] is the [[Chalice of Bane]]

I assume we are talking about the bringing of a god back to this plane?

And not just one.... he explains [[Bhaal]] and [[Myrkul]]

He says to his understanding they dont all fully exist without one another

And worse they are in league with the [[Gemcourt]]

He explains our sightings of dragons

Despite the fact that the [[Gemcourt]] wasn't killed like we thought, the [[Green Dragon]] died in the [[War of the Last Dragons]], so that can't be the same dragon

He talks about the meeting with the dragon in the [[Underdark]]

[[Lorson Ayred]] has conferred with some other leaders about possibly starting a religious council of sorts to deal with these things This could be a massive religious uprising

[[Jojo]] explains how he has been with the [[Fortune Bringers]] for a couple months now He then explains the events of [[Woburn]] and the [[Tenet Stone|Tenet Stones]]

[[Tenet Stone of Bane: Fear]] is the one found in [[Woburn]]

Talking about this, [[Lorson Ayred]] dismissed [[Caukdim]] from the room.

The Guild Master says I do not know where it is, but the last time I saw a [[Tenet Stone]] it was in the hands of [[Jojo]]'s father It wasn't affecting him like it would be affecting your friend, he was interested in hiding it so that it could never be found.

[[Denna]] seems to have been aware of this information, and seems unhappy that he has told [[Jojo]] this

He doesnt know where he hid it, or if he told anyone.

[[Denna]] says she doesn't know where it is

They both knew he had it, the last thing he asked them before he left was to not say anything about this to anyone else.

They have no proof that it was the cause of his death.... but at the same time not that it wasnt

Bonds between members of the [[Fellowship]] do not end after death [[Lorson Ayred]] They seem to be having a sort of spat here over this situation

[[Jojo]] says, dont you think that is information I should be privy to given our conversation earlier?

Seeing as neither [[Lorson Ayred]] or I have no idea where it is, I dont see how it can help us or a memory of a friend's last wish, to keep you safe. Setting you off on a wild goose chase for some artifact with unknown properties doesnt seem helpful for any of our goals.

So we let [[Augustine]] find it first?

She says, No, we kill him first

So what do you propose?

[[Lorson Ayred]] says - Well, the short answer is what does one do, we aren't an army, we are a guild. Some will fight, but the others..... I disagree with [[Denna]] I think we should go find this [[Tenet Stone]]

[[Denna]] says - you know now, the choice is yours.

The gears turn inside [[Jojo]]'s mind He looks to [[Denna]], you have led me all the way and your judgement has only ever been sound. I think I have to side with [[Denna]].

So we leave it where it is?

If we have no leads on how to find it, then we should tackle the more obvious problem, [[Augustine]] If we kill him we kill the use for the stones

Well I hope we can find him fast

[[Denna]] says [[Lorson Ayred]] send word there will be a final duel in the colosseum tonight

Send [[Caukdim]] back in please

They all split acknowledging they will be meeting again tonight

---

On the other side of town, [[Eofos]] is soaking in the bathhouse

[[Dheffi]] is the name of the rat folk who runs the night/morning shift here She bumps into [[Eofos]]

This city is fairly similar to [[Gadena]], mostly humans, but there are more half elves, dwarves, half orcs than.

We follow street signs that lead to a lift up the cliff wall

The lift costs 2 copper for the ride up for the entire group lol

We get a higher view of the city from here

We make it to the top, we can see the walled in courtyard that is the keep

Walking up to this space without [[Fellowship]] regalia we are brought to a stop by some guards

I tell them we are meeting with our friend [[Jojo]] and the guard Mica is stunned that we are friends with him

I tell him we are going to him now and we can introduce him.

He loves this idea and he comes with us.

He leads us across the keep to an armory where [[Jojo]] is polishing his armor Says he has a fight his last duel.

Mica is star struck with seeing [[Jojo]] lol is excited about his last duel

I eventually guide him out

We start talking together

[[Jojo]] tells us about the [[Tenet Stone]] his father had

---

We hear some muttering start as we leave his room

Some people down the hallway leaning on the wall have yelled down to us The white knight of Avelier Half elf, black hair in a pony tail, she is wearing a black and gold armor with a blue cloak

There is derision thrown her way

She has a stoic face

she walks off

We ask the people what they are talking about

They say she defected from [[Cord The Warmonger]]

---

[[Eofos]] and [[Eadith]] go to the [[Del]] temple and talk about religion

Neither of them are very religious

They talk briefly about their siblings, before [[Eadith]] has a bit of an existential crisis if her parents had another kid and if she has her childhood room at home. It freaks her out and she storms out of the temple but not before giving a quick prayer to [[Cord The Warmonger]] to help [[Jojo]]

---

There's a knock on [[Jojo]]'s door

Its a woman with a white cape on

She says - So we are no longer rivals [[Jojo]]

What rival could I be to the White Knight of Avelier

He asks what happened

A friend of your arrived, it was [[Amollia]]

She was fleeing, when she ran she went somewhere she thought she would have friends.

She was welcomed in as a refugee of sorts

She had this thing with her and seeing that it worked for me as well I decided to jump ship

[[Jojo]] is surprised, but you werent a follower of the [[Sunkeeper]], how did this happen? So are you also chosen by the [[Sunkeeper]]?

Don't be alarmed - she puts her hand on her chest and her eyes flash from a light gold to a dark brown

"Hi [[Jojo]]" she says in [[Amollia]]'s voice

I came here and [[Ezryn]] touched it and there was this intense bright light and some kind of merging of our bodies happened and now..... Im in here I dont know what happened to my body...

Who knows about this? Do you communicate with the [[Sunkeeper]]?

Sort of indirectly... its been really confusing and a lot of devout worship time hasn't occurred.

She passes back over to [[Ezryn]]

[[Ezryn]] says that [[Denna]] said she should keep this matter private We've been trying to make it work.

If you're chosen, how can you refuse?

Maybe it was pure coincidence...

For the first time since hes known her, he realized that all she wanted was to be worthy like [[Jojo]]'s name brings him

There was space when we were both touching the relic, I don't think we were here, but I don't know where we went. We were out of time and when we came to, I was all that was left. I was afraid I would be turned away from the temple of the [[Sunkeeper]]

[[Denna]] could have turned her away when she asked or her last duel, but she didn't.

Maybe the time will come that other people can know this secret

When you go against her this evening, shes going to have him on your side so maybe you should get him on yours too

Obviously I have no place to speak

---

[[Eofos]] goes to [[Jojo]]'s room and talks about his role

---

About 15 minutes before the duel, a bell rings

Outside is an open carriage meant to take him to the colosseum

He is helped in

Another cart is pulled into precession, its one for [[Denna]]

the city is cheering and celebrating, people waving as they pass

The sun is just starting to set behind the colesseum, leaving a wide swatch lit with the sun in the arena

The horses take him into the carriage entrance, [[Denna]] is taken to the opposite side

The place is packed, people are all cheering JOLUNDEL

The carriages circle before coming to a stop

The carriages are taken away.

[[Lorson Ayred]] walks into the center of the ring with a megaphone saying - Members of the fellowship and citizen of [[Fallevin]]..... we welcome you to the last duel of Jorun Jolendel

And everyone uproars

Up against our storm warden and his mentor [[Denna]]!!

She walks in with adamantine half plate, very well fit suit of silver underneath, her billowing cape tied across her shoulders Across the breastplate is the joined sword and lightning bolt of [[Cord The Warmonger]]

She pulls an ornate blue tinted long sword as she is introduced

[[Lorson Ayred]] continues - as you know the last duel is to commemorate the finished mentorship between a guild master and their charge. This is not a fight to the death but a show of talent and power and we cheer for them both as they are here to represent the Warmonger himself in the arena of battle!

Another roar from the crowd and in the background a slight rumble of thunder.

He takes the amulet of Cord around his neck and gives it a little kiss and asks him to lend him his strength.

[[Denna]] pulls a decorated shield out

The one thing about the final duel is the mentee always goes first [[Jojo]] approaches , gives [[Denna]] a nod and feigns one way and slashes at her

The symbol on her chest flashes, pulses, a blue electrical energy flashes across her eyes A storm is being called above the colosseum

The lightning flashes bright and [[Jojo]] is blinded

He stumbles around trying to shake it

Her suit of armor pulses again and her long sword is ablaze crackling with lightning energy

[[Jojo]] takes a deep breath and takes a swing at [[Denna]], landing one hit

She says - "By will or by storm Jorun" She crits him lol with a 3rd level divine smite

[[Jojo]] just cant seem to shake the blindness

[[Denna]] backs up from [[Jojo]] and he lashes out with an attack, the radiant damage blaring out

[[Eofos]] yells from the sidelines to [[Jojo]] giving him bardic inspiration

She repeats, more intently now - "By will or by storm Jorun"

From the storm clouds streaking lightning back and forth she reaches up, grabbing a lightning bolt and pulling it down onto [[Jojo]]

He finally pulls himself out of the blindness

[[Denna]] puts her hand over her symbol putting 70 hp from her lay on hands healing herself

[[Jojo]] runs after her and takes 2 more swings, making contact with one

She takes her attacks with her long sword, connecting with one hitting him with radiant damage and lightning damage

[[Jojo]] seems to hit his stride, connecting with two more attacks and 2 more smites

[[Denna]] clutches her necklace of prayer beads to cast cure wounds on herself She takes 2 swings and catches [[Jojo]] with one

[[Jojo]] touches to himself and heals himself up with his lay on hands

His attack before broke her concentration and the storm dissipates and the sun streaks back in

[[Jojo]]'s grieves flash gold and he instantly sprints past her, but she whips her shield out to glance the blow, only taking half damage as he blinks past

[[Denna]] returns with a branding smite, the lightning on her sword is joined with an astral radiance running up her sword. She slashes at him, blasting him with lightning and radiance.

[[Jojo]] slashes at her again, catching her with 2 more solid hits and downing another healing potion

[[Denna]] attacks, catching [[Jojo]] off guard with a crit, bringing him down to a couple mere hit points She seems proud that he is still standing

[[Jojo]] musters the strength, catching her with another slash and downs another potion

[[Denna]] seeing the condition [[Jojo]] is in doesnt attack with a spell but swings at him, catching with a single strike, bringing him close to down.

[[Jojo]] is gassed, he swings twice missing both.

[[Denna]] flips the longsword up to her shoulder, looks at [[Jojo]] and says - By will and storm Jorun - and she whips him in the head with the pommel of her sword

The crowd goes absolutely wild with joy and celebration and congratulations

[[Denna]] puts her sword away and casts cure wounds on [[Jojo]] to wake him up

She leans in close and says the gods are not one thing, their domains on mortal and closed, do not be surprised if they dont greet you the way you expect She puts her hand to his head and... A cool sensation spreads up and over [[Jojo]]'s skull as a helmet appears onto his head, gold and studded with blue gems

He takes his hand and pumps it to the air where his name is still being chanted

She says to him "It is hard to compare your skills to mine, but if I had to say so Jorun, we were pretty evenly matched"

"Its good to know theres still more to learn"

Ep title - Chosen Can't be Beggars (aka Four Girlfriends)

Session 89

2026-08-18T03:45:48Z

Dweller:

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 89
|session_num=89
|date=2026-07-26
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy
|runtime=4.25|recording=Session-89-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
Fellows in High Places

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We are surrounded by a moving crowd after [[Jojo]]'s last duel

We all meet outside the Colosseum

We talk about [[Jojo]]'s new helmet that appeared on his head

This was his last kinda big "test" and now he has earned his respect as a fully fledged member

People are flooding towards [[The Lightning Rod]] so we follow

The place is spilling out with [[Fellowship]] members, its a open tab and everyone is partying

We go up to the top floor, its full 360 windows and packed with people in armor

[[Eofos]] is gunna try to look for drugs lol but seems like there probably wont be many of those here, they are a bit straight edge

[[Caukdim]] is here but he has a bunch of files with him for work but is arm wrestling someone at the table lol [[Jojo]] leads us over to [[Caukdim]] for an arm wrestle lol

We chat with him for a bit and mess with him over his paper work

We get drinks and hang out

[[Eofos]] starts drinking and dancing and singing with various [[Fellowship]] members They start to sing drinking songs and [[Eofos]] plays along with them

---

[[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] go up to the roof as its a bit too noisy

They chat about whats next, the earthquakes and where to go from [[Fallevin]]

They glimpse across the city and spot a white cloak on the roof nearby.

Its [[Ezryn]]

[[Aiylah]] sends her raven and sees the white knight leaning on the balcony listening to the sounds of revelry.

[[Aiylah]] says "They are just gazing longingly...."

They talk about if they should invite them over to the party....

[[Eadith]] sends her silver raven over to deliver a message to [[Ezryn]] to invite them over

There is a hesitation in [[Ezryn]] as they are even a bit started at the bird speaking to her.

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[[Jojo]] goes downstairs to find [[Denna]]

Theres a lot of noise above them from [[Eofos]], lol

There are a couple others at the table with them

[[Denna]] readjusts how she is sitting and says "Alright everyone, out" and the rest of them leave with their drinks

Im sorry if I seemed a bit upset about the news of the [[Tenet Stone]] I hope you understand

Im glad you have realized I wasnt being secretive to be harmful, but for loyalty's sake

My father trusted you so thank you for keeping that trust

I hope an extension of that can be had between us. You lost your father but I lost my best friend as well. There is joy to be found in that together, i dont want us on opposite sides

Its something I will be praying for guidance about With this circumstance, I was hoping for some more direct guidance though.

The gods arent as direct, all you can do is ask and see what you receive

There is another matter though... I wanted to come here to talk about [[Augustine]] and [[Bane]] and all of that, but we took a job for the [[Marauders]] to investigate the earthquakes and see if we can stop them. Do you know about them?

Yes and no, [[Fellowship]] have sent reports over the past months of these occurrences, though an exact source hasnt been found it has changed the landscape in the area a bit. We sent a group but they returned after a rock slide sent them back.

We really dont have much more information, we were told there was something related to an abandoned temple that is maybe near the source?

I dont have any knowledge of that place, but the outpost guards may know its where abouts and could help you.

Because of that urgency, we will probably be leaving soon. Any talks with [[Lorson Ayred]]?

No but we will tomorrow Things move fast once information is shared. Our task may be greater than originally thought. A task that will be handled.

When discussing our possible courses of action it sounds like an easy thing to take care of a man, but one that is a possible vessel of a god it makes it.... trickier

The path isnt easy, but easier now than it will be when he becomes said god

Absolutely. We worry ow many people have worn his face.

A man who is 10 steps ahead can still be caught

Its nice knowing the [[Fellowship]] is behind us To know hes my uncle, I dont know what to think about that

Theres a lot to be said about you coming to the [[Fellowship]], he is your uncle only in name.

I am thankful my mother found the strength to remove us from that family. I dont want to know what my life would have been like.

I think she was good for your father, but I hoped that maybe when she came along he would become more stagnant, but that wasnt the case.

Did he speak about her family at all?

Aside from not liking them, he was not about to spill those secrets to me.

It just makes me wonder if that family had anything to do with his death.

Only they would know that.

Another conversation is due I think.

Depends what comes first, your search for answers or [[Augustine]] You have a group now though, they can help you.

Its very different from the group I was adventuring with only a month or two ago, but they are helpful

People have a tendency to move to and away from us in this work, but the people you have with you now are important. The others will come back to you at some point though Im sure

I hope so.

Celebrate your last duel, and deal with this tomorrow.

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[[Jojo]] comes upstairs and [[Eofos]] spots him and turns the attention of the crowd to him lol

[[Eofos]] starts a speech: A toast to Jojo! For completing his last duel let us all revel! From what I saw tonight, I know you honor the strength of Cord Old men forget: and yet all shall be forgot, But even he'll remember with advantages What feats Jojo did this day: then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Jorun Jolandel! And as the sun rises upon our enemies - you can be sure he will be there to stop them Fiercely fighting for The Fortune Bringers, the [[Fellowship]], for Cord!

The party is going crazy, everyone is cheering, toasting to [[Jojo]]

[[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] finally come down and find [[Jojo]]

[[Eadith]] walks by the table [[Eofos]] is dancing on and [[Eofos]] offers a hand to bring her up

They dance and stomp on the table and while [[Eadith]] is reluctant at first, she gets into it Right as she gets comfortable [[Eofos]] asks if she has ever crowd surfed before and sends here off crowd surfing lol

[[Jojo]] summons [[Steven The Steed]] and we are all dancing on a table together as the night comes to a close...

Or it doesnt, as they are drunk, [[Eadith]] teaches [[Jojo]] the Speak with Dad spell

He says it... and speaks out: "Hi Dad, I dont know if this is going to work, this is my friends spell, I dont know if it can reach you. I found out about the [[Tenet Stone]] and [[Lorson Ayred]] and [[Denna]] debated what to do, I guess I wanted to see if there was any sign to point me in the right way"

He hears nothing in return.

[[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]] finds [[Deffy]] and gets a midnight snack

---

We regroup in the morning

Maybe we should try to figure out what is up with the wanted poster of [[Aiylah]]'s brother

[[Jojo]] goes to [[Lorson Ayred]] to ask about the wanted poster

He says it isnt familiar to him, the poster isnt one of theirs, they dont usually post this kind of thing.

He doesnt know where it came from, theres no information on the poster otherwise to indicate where to bring this person, its practically useless

Maybe some kind of hidden message on it?

He doesnt recognize anything about the guy, sorry

[[Jojo]] asks about the earthquakes

He doesnt really know, its mostly just him clearing boulders and dealing with those effects

He tells about our mission

[[Jojo]] goes to [[Denna]] then

she is in the [[Del]] lighting some candles along the walls

"On your way?"

"Its about that time"

She gives him some wisdom and reassures him that the [[Fellowship]] will have his back what ever he does

"Remember, by will and by storm"

---

We stock up on supplies and [[Jojo]] tries to find some healing potions to replenish after his big fight lol

He gets 2 regular and 2 greater

[[Eadith]] casts dispel magic on the wanted poster and a design comes across it

The face transforms, its still like [[Aiylah]]'s brother, but painted a deep red and there are small horns sticking out of his head, there are long fang like teeth protruding over his lip and one eye's iris is yellow The ink on the page is now like dripping like it was written quickly and heavily and sort of smudged It says: Wanted Dead - bring head for reward - 20k gold pieces

[[Aiylah]] seems confused at all this, she hasnt known him looking like this at all

When was the last time you saw him? "Over a decade ago - my brother worked on boats as a deckhand and sailor, traveling an extended period of time. He was gone when I left my hometown and I never saw him again. I left a note but I havent heard if he even got it."

Perhaps we can hit a port town to ask for his whereabouts, but there dont seem to be any other details.

---

We go 6 miles in the cart and make it to the proper entrance to the pass

In some areas of this pass if an earthquake were to hit, it could certainly be dangerous

[[Jojo]] would probably know where some of the outposts are along this pass

We made it to the [[Carigval Pass]]

We hit the first outpost around mid afternoon

We approach

We ask about the temple

Yeah most of us know where [[Crowcairn Monastery]] is, if you get to the second outpost they can direct you better

The landscape has changed a bit because of the earthquakes, rock slides have covered paths

We continue on until the evening comes and find a comfortable place to bed down for the evening

[[Eadith]] takes first watch kinda, shes really just studying

[[Aiylah]] takes the second watch

She gazes through the tiny hut to the sky and ponders her brother and how he would look at the stars for his navigation. The stars look a bit different though here than back home far in the north. She feels a bit of homesickness.

[[Jojo]] takes third watch and cant see shit

In the early hours of the morning [[Jojo]] hears pretty nearby a clashing of steel which alerts him quickly

On the other side of the river there are 2 people of the [[Fellowship]] are fighting against a small handful of people in black robes

[[Eofos]] and [[Jojo]] just take a running jump across the river, [[Eofos]] falls short a bit, but [[Jojo]] clears it completely

We fight these guys!

1 use of bardic inspiration

The robes on one of these guys spreads out into wings and he takes off into the air, [[Eofos]] magically pulls him back to his starting position

[[Eadith]] looks very worried at these guys now. She sees a man with dark tan skin, closely cut black beard with a twirled mustache He seems to be resistant to lightning damage

2nd use of bardic inspiration

[[Jojo]] dispatches the last of the baddies

[[Eadith]] starts to check the baddies, they are [[Cult of the Dragon]] members!

One of the [[Fellowship]] members who was being attacked says there have been more cult members recently

Use 3rd bardic inspiration

[[Eadith]] is in not a very good mood now, obviously put off by seeing the [[Cult of the Dragon]]

She will interrogate him [[Eofos]] offers his help, she says nothing but nods her head

She asks what the cult is doing here, in particular a dragon wing

"Are you a traitor?"

[[Eadith]] immediately snaps and casts Fold Person on him

On his knees, he folds over backwards so his head is between his feet, bones snapping

"Answer my question, why are you here in the mountains?"

"Traveling"

"Dont be an asshole"

"I wont make it out anyway, why are you so interested if you left"

"So I can stop you"

"So justice...."

"How did you join the cult, how old were you? Or were you an adult by your own choice"

"I had some friends in places who could get to other places"

"So you wont tell us anything"

"Im more interested in you"

"I want to know why you care so much"

"Maybe cause Im not a psychopath"

"I think what Im doing is a gift handed down to me from the undying goddess. I think when I follow her path at the end of it she will welcome me. I think.."

"Is that the promise they gave you?"

"Its what we all work towards. Maybe I could get you to come back under my wing as they say"

[[Eadith]] puts her hand out in front of her and says to get away

[[Eadith]] casts gravity sinkhole above him, sucking him up into the air

She says in draconic "Maybe if you said something different, I would have changed my mind. But I hate you and everything you stand for, and Im going to kill ever last cult member like you"

He

"You should get comfortable with your betters for we will usher in a new era"

[[Eofos]] casts suggestion to make him tell the truth

"Is the cult working with the followers of [[Bane]]" No "What is this new era you will user in" Fire and brimstone, the great winged creatures are again on their thrones, the goddess ripping earth returning from her prison.

He doesnt seem to have any involvement with the earthquakes

They are here because they are moving elsewhere, from their home, our center of our organization is shifting from being hidden to being known. Becoming visible.

[[Eadith]] takes up again

"You seem really ambitious, I dont think you are that far up the ladder, in all honesty I dont think you are that important, they probably wouldnt tell you anything about the [[Purple Dragon]]"

"If you are talking about the infiltrator, the false worshiper, he is an outsider, he thinks he is better than her, I am a true believer."

"So you arent working with [[Vanca]]?"

He spits on the ground

"Youre a complete waste of time, they recruit so many of you thinking you are important and will climb the ladder, but you dont know anything do you?"

"I know where to go and I know my mission"

"And you just go along with your orders because of their promise to you and their religion. You dont actually know anything or have any power here."

He says he ([[Vanca]]) wishes to control the great winged creatures, and they deserve to be free, my queen to be free ([[Tiamat]])

"I will free her, at any cost. Right now we are going to show people who we are. If one must sink to the hells to find her, then kill me and bring me closer to my goal."

He doesnt know anything about [[Aiylah]]'s brother

[[Eadith]] asks [[Jojo]] to behead him, it feels right to have the [[Fellowship]] have the final hand considering the situation.

[[Jojo]] takes the man and beheads him on a tree stump.

As his head rolls and the morning sunlight streams in, we end our session.

Session 91

2026-08-18T03:44:33Z

Dweller:

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 91
|session_num=91
|date=2026-08-17
|runtime=4
|recording=Session-91-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
A Leap of Faith

|

We have arrived to [[Crowcairn Monastery]]!!

Straight ahead at the end of this path, a massive building

Old but strangely not too badly kept, the forest has started to take over the facade of the stone

Light green vines sprawling across the dirt with ivy leaves and dark green buds

[[Fuligo]] peeks his head out from behind the group and walks up to a bunch of flowers
As they approach, the petals pulse and release a yellow musky cloud around it
They resist its effects seemingly though

[[Eadith]] casts mage hand and pokes it, doesnt really do much though

[[Fuligo]] sees the flower has moved a bit towards them...
They hear the sound of flowering growth and behind all of us and a puff of yellow spores encapsulates all of us, but nothing seems to happen for us...
Its a very musky smell

[[Fuligo]] casts speak with plants - Hello friend flower, my name is [[Fuligo]] how are you today?
Tired... bored....
Is there a game or something that you like to play over here?
No....

[[Fuligo]] pulls some pocket dirt and seeds and the such and presents them

I find you being here interesting....
I like to think Im cool myself, you seem interesting!
Interesting....
I havent had many plant friends before!
Youre my friend?
If you wanna be?

They continue back and forth, the flower they reaches out and caresses [[Fuligo]]'s face, taking 14 points of psychic damage

Roll initiative!

We see that another couple flowers have cropped up matching the amount of people in our party

[[Jojo]] is slashing through these plants, they are dense and the plant continues to withstand his attacks

[[Aiylah]] hides behind [[Eofos]] to sneak attack

The flowers on their turn move 5 feet each lol one of them pulses and strengthens itself, regenerating some hit points

The flowers pulse another cloud of spores, charming [[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]]
[[Eadith]] runs over and chooses to slap [[Aiylah]] and shake her loose of the charm

[[Fuligo]] tries to pull the doors open, the budge a little but they feel locked to them

[[Jojo]] slashes down a flower bunch, it withering back into the dirt

[[Aiylah]] runs up to the door to try to get it unlocked, but is unable to get it fully picked

[[Eofos]] casts his Counter Charm to try to try to keep anyone from getting charmed

[[Aiylah]] takes another pass at the lock and gets it fully unlocked

We all rush into the doors and close them behind us

---

.....

Silence permeates this space now
No bird sounds, no insects, no footsteps

Its completely silent

Some sunlight

We are in the foyer to the [[Crowcairn Monastery]]

Tall, high ceiling that rises into a point

A pointed archway in front that seems to lead to a interior vestibule space

[[Fuligo]] sneaks up to the arch and peers around

[[Aiylah]] walks up and pulls the main doors open
The room has no windows, the furthest region is so dark we cant see the far side, the ceiling is 100 feet or so high
It holds these huge carved wings that flank a hexagonal pool of something that is completely still in the center of this room
There is the smell of old rot and something metallic

[[Aiylah]] gives [[Eofos]] a lantern thankfully so he can see in this space

As [[Eofos]] enters the room, he holds the lantern up to light the room
The pool is a dark rich red

There is a large avian skeleton on the far side of the room
Its hard to tell what led it to this point, whether it died naturally or in battle or was brought here

Outside of the decay of this creature, there is surprisingly no dust on the ground in this space

[[Eofos]] is very much on edge, looking around very nervously keeping an eye out

This pool of blood does have steps that lead down into it on the front side

We all walk out of this room and follow [[Fuligo]] to one of the other doors in the foyer.

[[Fuligo]] pushes open a door with a busted lock and looks inside

Its a hallway with doors on either side.

[[Aiylah]] looks through this space in [[Thrynn]]'s eyes, mapping out this space, seeing many doors, a garden, a sitting room, and no other signs of life.

She leads us to the sitting room
All the books in here are fiction
One open on the ground, some on a table, some on a shelf

No dust in here, but on the chair and in front of it a pile of gritty ash

There are tea cups with liquid still in it

[[Eofos]] sees [[Fuligo]] split from the group and [[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] investigating the room
He gets their attention and leads them into the garden

The garden is outside, and we can hear ourselves again

The windows next to the other door in this space has the following designs:
A tree with a flock of birds in its branches
The other has a pair of wings with drops coming off of them

We talk about [[Aiylah]] walking into the pool of blood

We decide to take a rest here for a bit. Short rest

The sun begins to set, and we see a faint light emanating from the designed windows with the door in this courtyard.

This room has a variety of trinkets in it, some just slightly moving from being precariously balanced pieces

There is a bust of a woman on the shelf, a human woman

There is a spilled inkpot on the desk with a couple pieces of parchment and another pile of ash in the chair behind the desk
However many years its been here, the parchment is still flexible and not brittle

[[Jojo]] is in the garden ritually casting detect magic

The parchment on the desk has some very interesting writing on it
NEED TO MAKE SOME LINKS TO THIS INFO HERE

[[Jojo]] looks around with his detect magic and sees that the bust is magical.
There is a small blue magical flame in here that the glow was coming from.

We decide that [[Aiylah]] should walk into the pool of blood

As we get to the vestibule area the floor has opened to large staircase going down

[[Thrynn]] flies down the stairs and sees a pillar lined corridor, unlit torches and sconces, an iron chandelier, and a door at the other end

[[Aiylah]] takes her shoes off and walks into the pool of blood, walking down as far as she can, dipping her head under it
The blood is room temp

Eyes shut, feeling it soak into her around her

Shes down there for an amount of time in which she has to breath, so she does, breathing in blood
Eyes shooting open, the fear of drowning grasps her
As the eyes open she finds herself hanging, suspended in mid air in a black as night room
The blood dripping from her body

Suspended, cant move, but just hanging

Its quiet, but no the magical silence, a droning room tone in her ears

A light bursts in the distance, but also feeling so close. A deep reddish orange.
In front of it fully in shadow, a woman, thin, long hair, but like 75 feet tall
[[Aiylah]] is so high in the air, seeing the full scale of her size, dwarfed but on her level, unable to see her features
Through the droning tone, whispers of the dead emerge through the room

A voice says "You have come to commune with me [[Aiylah]]"

She quaintly nods

"What of me do you wish?"
"I dont...I dont think I want anything from you. I, I am a fan, I have felt drawn to you in a way."
"I have felt you. But if you are here with me now, there must be something that you want."
"We came here because there are earthquakes-"

lights pop up in her peripheral, not covered in blood, images of her fellow travelers, like faint illusions

"Is this the 'we' you speak of?"
"Yeah those are my friends"

The images fade

"But only you came here"
"We didnt mean to disturb or trespass"
"Where ever you were, you are not there anymore. I do not exist within the walls of those who follow me have made for me. I dont own that place. I am not offended by your arrival there or here"
"Where are we?"
"An inbetween, neither here nor there, someplace we can talk. So youve just come to say hello?"
"We came to search for answers, to know where the earthquakes are coming from because they are hurting our world"
"I have siblings who have more control of the weather than I. I dont know what earthquakes you speak."
"Someone ascended here? I know very little, but this place intrigues me"
"You are not ready for that"
"I know, I have always been interested by you and death and I -"
"Why?"
"Uh well, my mom was killed and she was, I dont know, touched by the gods in some way. So I hear her speak to me and I hear voices and whispers sometimes."
"She is dead, your mother. Is it her who speaks to you really?"
"I thought so, I heard my brother speak to me as well"
"Your mother is dead and your brother has died"
"What do you mean by that..."
"Both of them have experienced the moment in my embrace, and only 1 has stayed"
"Okay, okay...so my mother stayed, so she is here?"
"No, she is gone"
"I dont know what I want or what I seek or what I could give you. This place is cool"
"It is customary to offer a god something upon visitation, so maybe think harder on what you have to give."
"I have given you faith and time and reverence and my energy, I would like to keep my life if possible"

A heat warms in [[Aiylah]]s chest, a long thin strand of gold extends to a gloved finger of this woman

"Ive taken lives before they are meant to be taken."
"Is that my soul?"
"It is the thread of you, yes, but I hold many"

She shakes and multiple hands emerge, with thousands upon thousands of threads connecting

They disappear...

"I appreciate that, I am nervous to come down here, this is very new for me. But, I wanted to, a friend called it a leap of faith and I wanted to see for myself I guess. Is there something you want from me? Something I could give or do"
"I will not take your life, but you could find your soul to me such that I dont hold it in my hand, but that I hold it as mine"
"What would that mean to me?"
"Nothing of great import, besides your faith, a deeper connection to me, and messages from your mother will become less confusing than they have been"
"Yeah... okay"

[[Aiylah]]s thread illuminates again, but connects to her chest, a silver beam extends now and envelops around her gold strand, suffocating it until they are one, the strand becoming a blue color.

"You have made an offer and I have accepted so there is no return, so go forth"
"Thank you... how do I see you again"
"On the brinks of places, things, is where Im most easily communicated with, but I can feel your life force now, and may haps, Ill send for you. Your mother was devout, I expect the same. It was a pleasure-"

[[Aiylah]] is pulled back to the real world and bursts from the blood gasping for air

She gains a level in Cleric!
In this moment she has also received the [[Blessing of the Raven Queen]]

From our perspective she was down there for like 10 minutes

[[Thrynn]] has been sitting at the highest point watching the blood below and stirs now as [[Aiylah]] coming up

We all make our way to the garden so we can talk.

We hear it before we feel it, the shaking the rumbling of the earth, very loud, very close, pressure in our ears from a force we cannot see, then it dissipates

---

We step back into the monastery to where the floor opened to the stairs

The hall is empty, the ceiling isnt too high here, about 20 feet, and its dark

As we come off the stairs into this space the wall sconces all light with black flames that dont actually give off any light, but the people with dark vision can see ghostly apparitions

As our feet hit the ground, we can hear our steps again!

Roll initiative!

When these guys attack us, they sap our strength from us
[[Eofos]] gets hit so a -2 to strength
[[Jojo]] gets hit the same 2 times for a -4 strength
[[Eadith]] gets hit and gets a -1

We cut through all the apparitions in no time

As we are walking up, a net drops from the chandelier tangling [[Fuligo]] lol they immediately get themselves tangled up worse

[[Aiylah]] touches the door and immediately triggers a trap lol spurting fire at her

She pushes the door open, seeing some scorch marks on the ground from the trap before

There is a hallway, the floor is stone with purples and blues and silvers mixed into it. Foot steps have smoothed it over the years.

We walk down to a T section of the hallway, with a door on our right.

The door is open on the right, we walk in

The interior is covered in rugs and pillows - reds and purples and grays and blacks
No furniture in here
A bowl stained brown in the middle of the room

We continue down the right hallway to a seemingly dead end, but as [[Aiylah]] inspects it her hands go right through it

The rest of the hallway continues, there are more doors at the end

We go through the door to the right
Its the same kind of room we saw earlier, set up the same with a stained bowl in the center

The room on the left is the same about, but the bowl was knocked over and the brown stain spilling on the ground.

Theres another door from this room, that leads to more hallway

[[Aiylah]] sends [[Thrynn]] down the hallway and is caught by a trap, hitting something and moving very slowly, the feathers starting to disintegrate until there are just bones floating in the jelly

[[Aiylah]] rushes forward to try to save them, she makes the save from this gelatinous wall

She reaches through the jelly to try to grab the remains of her bird

Roll initiative!

We start bashing this cube

[[Eadith]] casts Friarball and a construct of a friar flies towards it and blows it up lol

[[Eadith]] casts Resurrection on [[Thrynn]] from the magic staff she is attuned to

He comes back to life!
[[Thrynn]] says "Thank you, she did give me back to you I think"

Moving past the cube now, there is an iron door at the end of the hall

There is an arcane trap on this door, Arcane Lock
[[Eadith]] casts dispel magic and poofs it away

We push through the door.....

On the other side.....

We walk into a room, a large room, hexagonal chamber that matches in dimension the pool [[Aiylah]] had entered above

There are 2 hunched bird like creatures covered in tattered rags.
A huge arcane machine glowing, force waves pulsing out around us.
Light is coalescing up and through the arms of this machine and we see within it, held by some sort of magic in a state of silent distressing pain, a young woman. In the back of this room a cell with a man inside of it.

One of the creatures turns towards us and paralyzes the majority of us

We hear a screeched voice from this bird, "Hurry up hurry up they're here!"

WE END

---

Ep Title - A leap of faith

Session 91

2026-08-18T03:41:59Z

Dweller: Created page with "{{Infobox Session |name=Session 91 |session_num=91 |date=2026-08-17 |runtime=4 |recording=Session-91-Recording.mp3 }} ==Description== A Leap of Faith We have arrived to Crowcairn Monastery!! Straight ahead at the end of this path, a massive building Old but strangely not too badly kept, the forest has started to take over the facade of the stone Light green vines sprawling across the dirt with ivy leaves and dark green buds Fuligo peeks his head ou..."

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 91
|session_num=91
|date=2026-08-17
|runtime=4
|recording=Session-91-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
A Leap of Faith

We have arrived to [[Crowcairn Monastery]]!!

Straight ahead at the end of this path, a massive building

Old but strangely not too badly kept, the forest has started to take over the facade of the stone

Light green vines sprawling across the dirt with ivy leaves and dark green buds

[[Fuligo]] peeks his head out from behind the group and walks up to a bunch of flowers
As they approach, the petals pulse and release a yellow musky cloud around it
They resist its effects seemingly though

[[Eadith]] casts mage hand and pokes it, doesnt really do much though

[[Fuligo]] sees the flower has moved a bit towards them...
They hear the sound of flowering growth and behind all of us and a puff of yellow spores encapsulates all of us, but nothing seems to happen for us...
Its a very musky smell

[[Fuligo]] casts speak with plants - Hello friend flower, my name is [[Fuligo]] how are you today?
Tired... bored....
Is there a game or something that you like to play over here?
No....

[[Fuligo]] pulls some pocket dirt and seeds and the such and presents them

I find you being here interesting....
I like to think Im cool myself, you seem interesting!
Interesting....
I havent had many plant friends before!
Youre my friend?
If you wanna be?

They continue back and forth, the flower they reaches out and caresses [[Fuligo]]'s face, taking 14 points of psychic damage

Roll initiative!

We see that another couple flowers have cropped up matching the amount of people in our party

[[Jojo]] is slashing through these plants, they are dense and the plant continues to withstand his attacks

[[Aiylah]] hides behind [[Eofos]] to sneak attack

The flowers on their turn move 5 feet each lol one of them pulses and strengthens itself, regenerating some hit points

The flowers pulse another cloud of spores, charming [[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]]
[[Eadith]] runs over and chooses to slap [[Aiylah]] and shake her loose of the charm

[[Fuligo]] tries to pull the doors open, the budge a little but they feel locked to them

[[Jojo]] slashes down a flower bunch, it withering back into the dirt

[[Aiylah]] runs up to the door to try to get it unlocked, but is unable to get it fully picked

[[Eofos]] casts his Counter Charm to try to try to keep anyone from getting charmed

[[Aiylah]] takes another pass at the lock and gets it fully unlocked

We all rush into the doors and close them behind us

---

.....

Silence permeates this space now
No bird sounds, no insects, no footsteps

Its completely silent

Some sunlight

We are in the foyer to the [[Crowcairn Monastery]]

Tall, high ceiling that rises into a point

A pointed archway in front that seems to lead to a interior vestibule space

[[Fuligo]] sneaks up to the arch and peers around

[[Aiylah]] walks up and pulls the main doors open
The room has no windows, the furthest region is so dark we cant see the far side, the ceiling is 100 feet or so high
It holds these huge carved wings that flank a hexagonal pool of something that is completely still in the center of this room
There is the smell of old rot and something metallic

[[Aiylah]] gives [[Eofos]] a lantern thankfully so he can see in this space

As [[Eofos]] enters the room, he holds the lantern up to light the room
The pool is a dark rich red

There is a large avian skeleton on the far side of the room
Its hard to tell what led it to this point, whether it died naturally or in battle or was brought here

Outside of the decay of this creature, there is surprisingly no dust on the ground in this space

[[Eofos]] is very much on edge, looking around very nervously keeping an eye out

This pool of blood does have steps that lead down into it on the front side

We all walk out of this room and follow [[Fuligo]] to one of the other doors in the foyer.

[[Fuligo]] pushes open a door with a busted lock and looks inside

Its a hallway with doors on either side.

[[Aiylah]] looks through this space in [[Thrynn]]'s eyes, mapping out this space, seeing many doors, a garden, a sitting room, and no other signs of life.

She leads us to the sitting room
All the books in here are fiction
One open on the ground, some on a table, some on a shelf

No dust in here, but on the chair and in front of it a pile of gritty ash

There are tea cups with liquid still in it

[[Eofos]] sees [[Fuligo]] split from the group and [[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] investigating the room
He gets their attention and leads them into the garden

The garden is outside, and we can hear ourselves again

The windows next to the other door in this space has the following designs:
A tree with a flock of birds in its branches
The other has a pair of wings with drops coming off of them

We talk about [[Aiylah]] walking into the pool of blood

We decide to take a rest here for a bit. Short rest

The sun begins to set, and we see a faint light emanating from the designed windows with the door in this courtyard.

This room has a variety of trinkets in it, some just slightly moving from being precariously balanced pieces

There is a bust of a woman on the shelf, a human woman

There is a spilled inkpot on the desk with a couple pieces of parchment and another pile of ash in the chair behind the desk
However many years its been here, the parchment is still flexible and not brittle

[[Jojo]] is in the garden ritually casting detect magic

The parchment on the desk has some very interesting writing on it
NEED TO MAKE SOME LINKS TO THIS INFO HERE

[[Jojo]] looks around with his detect magic and sees that the bust is magical.
There is a small blue magical flame in here that the glow was coming from.

We decide that [[Aiylah]] should walk into the pool of blood

As we get to the vestibule area the floor has opened to large staircase going down

[[Thrynn]] flies down the stairs and sees a pillar lined corridor, unlit torches and sconces, an iron chandelier, and a door at the other end

[[Aiylah]] takes her shoes off and walks into the pool of blood, walking down as far as she can, dipping her head under it
The blood is room temp

Eyes shut, feeling it soak into her around her

Shes down there for an amount of time in which she has to breath, so she does, breathing in blood
Eyes shooting open, the fear of drowning grasps her
As the eyes open she finds herself hanging, suspended in mid air in a black as night room
The blood dripping from her body

Suspended, cant move, but just hanging

Its quiet, but no the magical silence, a droning room tone in her ears

A light bursts in the distance, but also feeling so close. A deep reddish orange.
In front of it fully in shadow, a woman, thin, long hair, but like 75 feet tall
[[Aiylah]] is so high in the air, seeing the full scale of her size, dwarfed but on her level, unable to see her features
Through the droning tone, whispers of the dead emerge through the room

A voice says "You have come to commune with me [[Aiylah]]"

She quaintly nods

"What of me do you wish?"
"I dont...I dont think I want anything from you. I, I am a fan, I have felt drawn to you in a way."
"I have felt you. But if you are here with me now, there must be something that you want."
"We came here because there are earthquakes-"

lights pop up in her peripheral, not covered in blood, images of her fellow travelers, like faint illusions

"Is this the 'we' you speak of?"
"Yeah those are my friends"

The images fade

"But only you came here"
"We didnt mean to disturb or trespass"
"Where ever you were, you are not there anymore. I do not exist within the walls of those who follow me have made for me. I dont own that place. I am not offended by your arrival there or here"
"Where are we?"
"An inbetween, neither here nor there, someplace we can talk. So youve just come to say hello?"
"We came to search for answers, to know where the earthquakes are coming from because they are hurting our world"
"I have siblings who have more control of the weather than I. I dont know what earthquakes you speak."
"Someone ascended here? I know very little, but this place intrigues me"
"You are not ready for that"
"I know, I have always been interested by you and death and I -"
"Why?"
"Uh well, my mom was killed and she was, I dont know, touched by the gods in some way. So I hear her speak to me and I hear voices and whispers sometimes."
"She is dead, your mother. Is it her who speaks to you really?"
"I thought so, I heard my brother speak to me as well"
"Your mother is dead and your brother has died"
"What do you mean by that..."
"Both of them have experienced the moment in my embrace, and only 1 has stayed"
"Okay, okay...so my mother stayed, so she is here?"
"No, she is gone"
"I dont know what I want or what I seek or what I could give you. This place is cool"
"It is customary to offer a god something upon visitation, so maybe think harder on what you have to give."
"I have given you faith and time and reverence and my energy, I would like to keep my life if possible"

A heat warms in [[Aiylah]]s chest, a long thin strand of gold extends to a gloved finger of this woman

"Ive taken lives before they are meant to be taken."
"Is that my soul?"
"It is the thread of you, yes, but I hold many"

She shakes and multiple hands emerge, with thousands upon thousands of threads connecting

They disappear...

"I appreciate that, I am nervous to come down here, this is very new for me. But, I wanted to, a friend called it a leap of faith and I wanted to see for myself I guess. Is there something you want from me? Something I could give or do"
"I will not take your life, but you could find your soul to me such that I dont hold it in my hand, but that I hold it as mine"
"What would that mean to me?"
"Nothing of great import, besides your faith, a deeper connection to me, and messages from your mother will become less confusing than they have been"
"Yeah... okay"

[[Aiylah]]s thread illuminates again, but connects to her chest, a silver beam extends now and envelops around her gold strand, suffocating it until they are one, the strand becoming a blue color.

"You have made an offer and I have accepted so there is no return, so go forth"
"Thank you... how do I see you again"
"On the brinks of places, things, is where Im most easily communicated with, but I can feel your life force now, and may haps, Ill send for you. Your mother was devout, I expect the same. It was a pleasure-"

[[Aiylah]] is pulled back to the real world and bursts from the blood gasping for air

She gains a level in Cleric!
In this moment she has also received the [[Blessing of the Raven Queen]]

From our perspective she was down there for like 10 minutes

[[Thrynn]] has been sitting at the highest point watching the blood below and stirs now as [[Aiylah]] coming up

We all make our way to the garden so we can talk.

We hear it before we feel it, the shaking the rumbling of the earth, very loud, very close, pressure in our ears from a force we cannot see, then it dissipates

---

We step back into the monastery to where the floor opened to the stairs

The hall is empty, the ceiling isnt too high here, about 20 feet, and its dark

As we come off the stairs into this space the wall sconces all light with black flames that dont actually give off any light, but the people with dark vision can see ghostly apparitions

As our feet hit the ground, we can hear our steps again!

Roll initiative!

When these guys attack us, they sap our strength from us
[[Eofos]] gets hit so a -2 to strength
[[Jojo]] gets hit the same 2 times for a -4 strength
[[Eadith]] gets hit and gets a -1

We cut through all the apparitions in no time

As we are walking up, a net drops from the chandelier tangling [[Fuligo]] lol they immediately get themselves tangled up worse

[[Aiylah]] touches the door and immediately triggers a trap lol spurting fire at her

She pushes the door open, seeing some scorch marks on the ground from the trap before

There is a hallway, the floor is stone with purples and blues and silvers mixed into it. Foot steps have smoothed it over the years.

We walk down to a T section of the hallway, with a door on our right.

The door is open on the right, we walk in

The interior is covered in rugs and pillows - reds and purples and grays and blacks
No furniture in here
A bowl stained brown in the middle of the room

We continue down the right hallway to a seemingly dead end, but as [[Aiylah]] inspects it her hands go right through it

The rest of the hallway continues, there are more doors at the end

We go through the door to the right
Its the same kind of room we saw earlier, set up the same with a stained bowl in the center

The room on the left is the same about, but the bowl was knocked over and the brown stain spilling on the ground.

Theres another door from this room, that leads to more hallway

[[Aiylah]] sends [[Thrynn]] down the hallway and is caught by a trap, hitting something and moving very slowly, the feathers starting to disintegrate until there are just bones floating in the jelly

[[Aiylah]] rushes forward to try to save them, she makes the save from this gelatinous wall

She reaches through the jelly to try to grab the remains of her bird

Roll initiative!

We start bashing this cube

[[Eadith]] casts Friarball and a construct of a friar flies towards it and blows it up lol

[[Eadith]] casts Resurrection on [[Thrynn]] from the magic staff she is attuned to

He comes back to life!
[[Thrynn]] says "Thank you, she did give me back to you I think"

Moving past the cube now, there is an iron door at the end of the hall

There is an arcane trap on this door, Arcane Lock
[[Eadith]] casts dispel magic and poofs it away

We push through the door.....

On the other side.....

We walk into a room, a large room, hexagonal chamber that matches in dimension the pool [[Aiylah]] had entered above

There are 2 hunched bird like creatures covered in tattered rags.
A huge arcane machine glowing, force waves pulsing out around us.
Light is coalescing up and through the arms of this machine and we see within it, held by some sort of magic in a state of silent distressing pain, a young woman. In the back of this room a cell with a man inside of it.

One of the creatures turns towards us and paralyzes the majority of us

We hear a screeched voice from this bird, "Hurry up hurry up they're here!"

WE END

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Ep Title - A leap of faith

File:Session-90-Recording.mp3

2026-08-11T15:00:47Z

Dweller:

Session 90

2026-08-09T19:54:03Z

Dweller: Added David's notes

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|session_num=90
|date=2026-08-09
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy
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==Description==
So No Head?

[[Aiylah]] wants to keep this dudes head??

She just goes and whittles a likeness of the head

We go and finish our long rest

---

We get back on the road again

There is a breeze through this small valley

The second outpost comes upon us around lunch time

Guarded in the same way as the first, a couple people on the ground and on the balcony

[[Jojo]] says hello

[[Jojo]] asks about [[Crowcairn Monastery]] and where it would be from here

He doesnt have a direct map, but he has some vague instructions to direct us

He also asks about the earthquakes

They have been getting more intense and more common, used to be every month now its every week. More rocks are falling and blocking trails. They come with this like feeling that the outpost shakes almost like a strong wind, not necessarily the earth shaking

Says it should be a windy trail, maybe about 1.5-2 days travel

We cant take the cart, its too narrow

[[Eofos]] takes one of the horses to ride on the trail up lol

We make our way behind the outpost and on the trail he showed us

---

We are making our way up the ridge, its very steep and hatch backing a lot

Its a single file kind of journey along this trail

[[Eofos]] sees something sticking out behind some rocks, a cork popping up

[[Eofos]] dismounts and checks it out, seems like a liter sized bottle

[[Eofos]] call [[Aiylah]] over to check on it, its not poisonous

[[Eofos]] grabs the bottle

A note on the neck of the bottle says:

"To Aloysius and Montag may you find this after I am gone, Principia"

The label on the bottle is called first blush from a winery called [[Eversmead]]

[[Jojo]] recognizes [[Eversmead]], its a winery that closed in 640 AT during the shadow outbreak.

Something from this winery is quite expensive now.

We decide to either keep it as a favor to give or as a celebratory drink later on

[[Aiylah]] sends her raven up to scout out, doesnt see anything dangerous, but can spot a building in the distance

[[Eofos]] takes the bottle

---

We continue on our way

As we are walking through the afternoon, its coming into the evening

We are a bit higher up so the sun lasts a little longer

We get to a point where we feel like the cliffs edge is getting a bit further away and are getting to more stable land.

We get into a overlook where we can see the southern part of the mountains, the pass, maybe even the ocean in the far distance

Looking across the pass though, we can spot in the mountains a gigantic stone throne carved into the mountains, it must be 100 feet tall

It has been a proposed rumor among the [[Fellowship]] where its only big enough for a giant. People have inspected it but havent found anything. It was probably from pre [[Totality]] era

---

We keep on and find a sort of overhang from some rocks that offers enough protection from the elements.

[[Aiylah]] keeps talking about this damn head lol he gets the idea that there isnt really much to it, she just kinda wants a head

[[Eadith]] sneaks away from the camp for a bit.... [[Eofos]] notices but lets her go

[[Eadith]] casts sending to one of her cult members she travelled to [[Londeithel]] with

"Are you alive, its a friend, Fuck okay its [[Eadith]] please respond"

Doesnt get to the first member, tries to another, but also doesnt make it.

Tries again to a third member, but it doesnt go through.

She sits and thinks for a while before coming back.

[[Eofos]] talks with [[Eadith]] about the [[Cult of the Dragon]] members from the morning

---

Good morninggggg

We make another good survival check

We are heading further into the mountain range than on the cliffs anymore

A lot of the climb is uphill here

[[Eofos]] spots something

Something on the ground and shimmering light at us

He calls it out and [[Jojo]] goes to investigate

The sun was glinting off a massive [[Black Dragon]] scale...

Its like the size of our heads

There are no messed up earth around here as though the dragon came down here, but can see maybe 30 feet up the way we are headed, there are 2 more, as though a path has been left parallel to the trail we are on.

We should be careful going forward, who knows if the dragon is near now

[[Aiylah]] will be looking through [[Thrynn]] as we travel to scout ahead

[[Thrynn]] sees some more that are in a tree ahead, some are cracked on the ground. Some sticking nose down into the dirt.

We keep going, theres a curve in the path that diverges eventually from the dragon scales.

Dont see any burn marks anywhere, but some smaller trees have been pushed over by some kind of wind or force. Doesnt look like a dragon landed here.

[[Eadith]] tells us that dragons can willing shed some scales rather than just naturally shedding their skin.

---

We continue on

[[Thrynn]] doesnt see it, but we feel it, the ground rumbles beneath our feet

We see a landslide coming for us and only some of us can get out of the way

[[Eofos]]'s horse and [[Steven The Steed]] fail, getting slammed by some rocks

The horse is starting to freak out a bit, but has survived the hit

Through the settling dust, a couple creatures begin to appear through the dust

2 rock individuals fully made of stone crawling out of the rubble

A creature with these large tentacles has also erupted from the ground, its a Balhannoth!

[[Jojo]] runs headfirst into combat and batters this thing

The [[Balhannoth]] appears next to [[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]] and slams them with attacks, grappeling them

[[Eofos]] casts [[Otto's Irresistible Dance]] on the big guy as he starts to dance around

He just keeps hitting [[Eofos]] though lol

The boulder guys are rolling around and slamming into [[Eadith]] and [[Jojo]]

The [[Balhannoth]] then disappears with us in its grasp lol and teleports us up the hill

[[Eofos]] blows into his [[Pipes of Haunting]] and spooks some enemies

Then he just disappears from existence with [[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]] in his grasp

We see the world through a kind of strange watery lens, we hear in our minds in a haunting voice, "who have brought me from my home"

It says now "It says release me from your grasp on this realm"

[[Eofos]] casts suggest to get him to drop us, saying "We are just as surprised as you are that you're here. If you put us down we can send you home."

He puts us down hesitantly but hovers its tentacles near us still

[[Jojo]] cuts the head off the [[Balhannoth]], its body starts to kind of deflate and black jelly goo starts to seep down the hill

We all turn and blast this rock guy who is attacking [[Eadith]]

[[Eadith]] casts 4th level magic missile lol and kills it

---

[[Eofos]] investigates the body

This is not a naturally occurring creature from this plane, its from another

As I walk around it looking at it more closely, it seems to be seeping a magical aura away from it, slowly dissipating.

[[Eofos]] yells out "[[Matilde]]! Come back its safe here!"

After a couple minutes [[Matilde]] comes back! [[Jojo]] heals her up

We take a short rest

---

The trees are getting denser, we are rising in elevation

We see through the trees in the dusk light as we come over the rise of the path

The floor covered in ivy leaves now

As we near, some of the ivy has grown these dark green buds

As the trees break a bit, we see that these buds along the path in front have sprouted up, orchid like flowers of yellows and red rise around the pillars and sprouting ever so often in front of the visage of this darkly abandoned monastery

Session 90

2026-08-09T19:52:31Z

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==Description==
So No Head?

Session 89

2026-07-26T23:55:23Z

Dweller:

{{Infobox Session
|name=Session 89
|session_num=89
|date=2026-07-26
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam, Cassidy
|runtime=4.25|recording=Session-89-Recording.mp3
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==Description==
Fellows in High Places

We are surrounded by a moving crowd after [[Jojo]]'s last duel

We all meet outside the Colosseum

We talk about [[Jojo]]'s new helmet that appeared on his head

This was his last kinda big "test" and now he has earned his respect as a fully fledged member

People are flooding towards [[The Lightning Rod]] so we follow

The place is spilling out with [[Fellowship]] members, its a open tab and everyone is partying

We go up to the top floor, its full 360 windows and packed with people in armor

[[Eofos]] is gunna try to look for drugs lol but seems like there probably wont be many of those here, they are a bit straight edge

[[Caukdim]] is here but he has a bunch of files with him for work but is arm wrestling someone at the table lol [[Jojo]] leads us over to [[Caukdim]] for an arm wrestle lol

We chat with him for a bit and mess with him over his paper work

We get drinks and hang out

[[Eofos]] starts drinking and dancing and singing with various [[Fellowship]] members They start to sing drinking songs and [[Eofos]] plays along with them

---

[[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] go up to the roof as its a bit too noisy

They chat about whats next, the earthquakes and where to go from [[Fallevin]]

They glimpse across the city and spot a white cloak on the roof nearby.

Its [[Ezryn]]

[[Aiylah]] sends her raven and sees the white knight leaning on the balcony listening to the sounds of revelry.

[[Aiylah]] says "They are just gazing longingly...."

They talk about if they should invite them over to the party....

[[Eadith]] sends her silver raven over to deliver a message to [[Ezryn]] to invite them over

There is a hesitation in [[Ezryn]] as they are even a bit started at the bird speaking to her.

---

[[Jojo]] goes downstairs to find [[Denna]]

Theres a lot of noise above them from [[Eofos]], lol

There are a couple others at the table with them

[[Denna]] readjusts how she is sitting and says "Alright everyone, out" and the rest of them leave with their drinks

Im sorry if I seemed a bit upset about the news of the [[Tenet Stone]] I hope you understand

Im glad you have realized I wasnt being secretive to be harmful, but for loyalty's sake

My father trusted you so thank you for keeping that trust

I hope an extension of that can be had between us. You lost your father but I lost my best friend as well. There is joy to be found in that together, i dont want us on opposite sides

Its something I will be praying for guidance about With this circumstance, I was hoping for some more direct guidance though.

The gods arent as direct, all you can do is ask and see what you receive

There is another matter though... I wanted to come here to talk about [[Augustine]] and [[Bane]] and all of that, but we took a job for the [[Marauders]] to investigate the earthquakes and see if we can stop them. Do you know about them?

Yes and no, [[Fellowship]] have sent reports over the past months of these occurrences, though an exact source hasnt been found it has changed the landscape in the area a bit. We sent a group but they returned after a rock slide sent them back.

We really dont have much more information, we were told there was something related to an abandoned temple that is maybe near the source?

I dont have any knowledge of that place, but the outpost guards may know its where abouts and could help you.

Because of that urgency, we will probably be leaving soon. Any talks with [[Lorson Ayred]]?

No but we will tomorrow Things move fast once information is shared. Our task may be greater than originally thought. A task that will be handled.

When discussing our possible courses of action it sounds like an easy thing to take care of a man, but one that is a possible vessel of a god it makes it.... trickier

The path isnt easy, but easier now than it will be when he becomes said god

Absolutely. We worry ow many people have worn his face.

A man who is 10 steps ahead can still be caught

Its nice knowing the [[Fellowship]] is behind us To know hes my uncle, I dont know what to think about that

Theres a lot to be said about you coming to the [[Fellowship]], he is your uncle only in name.

I am thankful my mother found the strength to remove us from that family. I dont want to know what my life would have been like.

I think she was good for your father, but I hoped that maybe when she came along he would become more stagnant, but that wasnt the case.

Did he speak about her family at all?

Aside from not liking them, he was not about to spill those secrets to me.

It just makes me wonder if that family had anything to do with his death.

Only they would know that.

Another conversation is due I think.

Depends what comes first, your search for answers or [[Augustine]] You have a group now though, they can help you.

Its very different from the group I was adventuring with only a month or two ago, but they are helpful

People have a tendency to move to and away from us in this work, but the people you have with you now are important. The others will come back to you at some point though Im sure

I hope so.

Celebrate your last duel, and deal with this tomorrow.

---

[[Jojo]] comes upstairs and [[Eofos]] spots him and turns the attention of the crowd to him lol

[[Eofos]] starts a speech: A toast to Jojo! For completing his last duel let us all revel! From what I saw tonight, I know you honor the strength of Cord Old men forget: and yet all shall be forgot, But even he'll remember with advantages What feats Jojo did this day: then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Jorun Jolandel! And as the sun rises upon our enemies - you can be sure he will be there to stop them Fiercely fighting for The Fortune Bringers, the [[Fellowship]], for Cord!

The party is going crazy, everyone is cheering, toasting to [[Jojo]]

[[Eadith]] and [[Aiylah]] finally come down and find [[Jojo]]

[[Eadith]] walks by the table [[Eofos]] is dancing on and [[Eofos]] offers a hand to bring her up

They dance and stomp on the table and while [[Eadith]] is reluctant at first, she gets into it Right as she gets comfortable [[Eofos]] asks if she has ever crowd surfed before and sends here off crowd surfing lol

[[Jojo]] summons [[Steven The Steed]] and we are all dancing on a table together as the night comes to a close...

Or it doesnt, as they are drunk, [[Eadith]] teaches [[Jojo]] the Speak with Dad spell

He says it... and speaks out: "Hi Dad, I dont know if this is going to work, this is my friends spell, I dont know if it can reach you. I found out about the [[Tenet Stone]] and [[Lorson Ayred]] and [[Denna]] debated what to do, I guess I wanted to see if there was any sign to point me in the right way"

He hears nothing in return.

[[Eofos]] and [[Aiylah]] finds [[Deffy]] and gets a midnight snack

---

We regroup in the morning

Maybe we should try to figure out what is up with the wanted poster of [[Aiylah]]'s brother

[[Jojo]] goes to [[Lorson Ayred]] to ask about the wanted poster

He says it isnt familiar to him, the poster isnt one of theirs, they dont usually post this kind of thing.

He doesnt know where it came from, theres no information on the poster otherwise to indicate where to bring this person, its practically useless

Maybe some kind of hidden message on it?

He doesnt recognize anything about the guy, sorry

[[Jojo]] asks about the earthquakes

He doesnt really know, its mostly just him clearing boulders and dealing with those effects

He tells about our mission

[[Jojo]] goes to [[Denna]] then

she is in the [[Del]] lighting some candles along the walls

"On your way?"

"Its about that time"

She gives him some wisdom and reassures him that the [[Fellowship]] will have his back what ever he does

"Remember, by will and by storm"

---

We stock up on supplies and [[Jojo]] tries to find some healing potions to replenish after his big fight lol

He gets 2 regular and 2 greater

[[Eadith]] casts dispel magic on the wanted poster and a design comes across it

The face transforms, its still like [[Aiylah]]'s brother, but painted a deep red and there are small horns sticking out of his head, there are long fang like teeth protruding over his lip and one eye's iris is yellow The ink on the page is now like dripping like it was written quickly and heavily and sort of smudged It says: Wanted Dead - bring head for reward - 20k gold pieces

[[Aiylah]] seems confused at all this, she hasnt known him looking like this at all

When was the last time you saw him? "Over a decade ago - my brother worked on boats as a deckhand and sailor, traveling an extended period of time. He was gone when I left my hometown and I never saw him again. I left a note but I havent heard if he even got it."

Perhaps we can hit a port town to ask for his whereabouts, but there dont seem to be any other details.

---

We go 6 miles in the cart and make it to the proper entrance to the pass

In some areas of this pass if an earthquake were to hit, it could certainly be dangerous

[[Jojo]] would probably know where some of the outposts are along this pass

We made it to the [[Carigval Pass]]

We hit the first outpost around mid afternoon

We approach

We ask about the temple

Yeah most of us know where [[Crowcairn Monastery]] is, if you get to the second outpost they can direct you better

The landscape has changed a bit because of the earthquakes, rock slides have covered paths

We continue on until the evening comes and find a comfortable place to bed down for the evening

[[Eadith]] takes first watch kinda, shes really just studying

[[Aiylah]] takes the second watch

She gazes through the tiny hut to the sky and ponders her brother and how he would look at the stars for his navigation. The stars look a bit different though here than back home far in the north. She feels a bit of homesickness.

[[Jojo]] takes third watch and cant see shit

In the early hours of the morning [[Jojo]] hears pretty nearby a clashing of steel which alerts him quickly

On the other side of the river there are 2 people of the [[Fellowship]] are fighting against a small handful of people in black robes

[[Eofos]] and [[Jojo]] just take a running jump across the river, [[Eofos]] falls short a bit, but [[Jojo]] clears it completely

We fight these guys!

1 use of bardic inspiration

The robes on one of these guys spreads out into wings and he takes off into the air, [[Eofos]] magically pulls him back to his starting position

[[Eadith]] looks very worried at these guys now. She sees a man with dark tan skin, closely cut black beard with a twirled mustache He seems to be resistant to lightning damage

2nd use of bardic inspiration

[[Jojo]] dispatches the last of the baddies

[[Eadith]] starts to check the baddies, they are [[Cult of the Dragon]] members!

One of the [[Fellowship]] members who was being attacked says there have been more cult members recently

Use 3rd bardic inspiration

[[Eadith]] is in not a very good mood now, obviously put off by seeing the [[Cult of the Dragon]]

She will interrogate him [[Eofos]] offers his help, she says nothing but nods her head

She asks what the cult is doing here, in particular a dragon wing

"Are you a traitor?"

[[Eadith]] immediately snaps and casts Fold Person on him

On his knees, he folds over backwards so his head is between his feet, bones snapping

"Answer my question, why are you here in the mountains?"

"Traveling"

"Dont be an asshole"

"I wont make it out anyway, why are you so interested if you left"

"So I can stop you"

"So justice...."

"How did you join the cult, how old were you? Or were you an adult by your own choice"

"I had some friends in places who could get to other places"

"So you wont tell us anything"

"Im more interested in you"

"I want to know why you care so much"

"Maybe cause Im not a psychopath"

"I think what Im doing is a gift handed down to me from the undying goddess. I think when I follow her path at the end of it she will welcome me. I think.."

"Is that the promise they gave you?"

"Its what we all work towards. Maybe I could get you to come back under my wing as they say"

[[Eadith]] puts her hand out in front of her and says to get away

[[Eadith]] casts gravity sinkhole above him, sucking him up into the air

She says in draconic "Maybe if you said something different, I would have changed my mind. But I hate you and everything you stand for, and Im going to kill ever last cult member like you"

He

"You should get comfortable with your betters for we will usher in a new era"

[[Eofos]] casts suggestion to make him tell the truth

"Is the cult working with the followers of [[Bane]]" No "What is this new era you will user in" Fire and brimstone, the great winged creatures are again on their thrones, the goddess ripping earth returning from her prison.

He doesnt seem to have any involvement with the earthquakes

They are here because they are moving elsewhere, from their home, our center of our organization is shifting from being hidden to being known. Becoming visible.

[[Eadith]] takes up again

"You seem really ambitious, I dont think you are that far up the ladder, in all honesty I dont think you are that important, they probably wouldnt tell you anything about the [[Purple Dragon]]"

"If you are talking about the infiltrator, the false worshiper, he is an outsider, he thinks he is better than her, I am a true believer."

"So you arent working with [[Vanca]]?"

He spits on the ground

"Youre a complete waste of time, they recruit so many of you thinking you are important and will climb the ladder, but you dont know anything do you?"

"I know where to go and I know my mission"

"And you just go along with your orders because of their promise to you and their religion. You dont actually know anything or have any power here."

He says he ([[Vanca]]) wishes to control the great winged creatures, and they deserve to be free, my queen to be free ([[Tiamat]])

"I will free her, at any cost. Right now we are going to show people who we are. If one must sink to the hells to find her, then kill me and bring me closer to my goal."

He doesnt know anything about [[Aiylah]]'s brother

[[Eadith]] asks [[Jojo]] to behead him, it feels right to have the [[Fellowship]] have the final hand considering the situation.

[[Jojo]] takes the man and beheads him on a tree stump.

As his head rolls and the morning sunlight streams in, we end our session.

Session 89

2026-07-26T23:52:18Z

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File:Session-89-Recording.mp3

2026-07-26T23:51:25Z

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Session 89

2026-07-26T20:35:04Z

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{{Infobox Session
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Fellows in High Places

Session 88

2026-07-26T14:24:51Z

Dweller: Copied actual links over

{{Infobox Session
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|date=2026-07-13
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam
|runtime=4.5
|recording=Session-88-Recording.mp3
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==Description==
Chosen Can't Be Beggars

=== David's Notes ===
[[Jojo]] awakes in his old room [[Fuligo]] is curled up there

new day in [[Fallevin]]

he heads down to the mess hall and grabs a bite to see whos around

He makes it there, its a tall ceiling room, high arched windows with open curtains

It can host the entire guild in its size

He notices it is feeling a bit cramped, remembers how many guild members from [[Gadena]] were sent this way

He grabs a tray of food and a cup of coffee and looks for his old chums

Looking around there are some familiar faces

He sees a young male half orc sitting at one of these tables He has a plate of food half eaten pushed to the side with a goblet of something. He also has a pamphlet of a bunch of papers hes looking through

Oh yeah, its the man, its [[Caukdim]]

He notices [[Jojo]] before he can get the drop on him He acknowledges [[Jojo]] with no embrace lol

He asks why [[Jojo]] is there

[[Jojo]] glances the papers on the table, he sees numbers and maps, hes going through the census of the [[Fellowship]] and seems to be "administering" troops in different places

He says the exodus from [[Gadena]] made them look into different points of expansion Sending members in different places to see if their presence would be liked or not by different places

[[Jojo]] talks about how hes going to lobby to move troops back to [[Gadena]] asap

[[Caukdim]] says he has a slot with the guild master today so he can join him for that

[[Lorson Ayred]] is the guild master of the [[Fellowship]]

[[Jojo]] knows [[Denna]] would probably be in the [[Del]]

Center of this rounded room is a person knelt, head tilted up, coppery hair pulled into a braid down her back Its [[Denna]]!

In the glass behind her is a depiction of [[Cord The Warmonger]], a man without a helm but gauntleted hands, older graying hair and beard, white eyes that when the sun shines through are extra bright than the rest of the stained glass. Behind him is an amassing storm

[[Jojo]] thinks this is an unusual depiction of the Warmonger in the southern [[Wruitros]] ideology of him.

There are pews with a couple people in them and [[Jojo]] takes a seat to wait for her to finish He waits 40 minutes lol

[[Jojo]] thinks how he isnt really as connected spiritually with [[Cord The Warmonger]], but seeing [[Denna]] in full armor for at least 40 minutes is moving for him. He thinks how over his travels now he has become more connected to his god. He says a prayer Thinks about what he and his father had said to him in his dream, [[Jojo]] is there as he wants him to be, he asks for the strength and the right words to help his cause and clan. He feels a sense of certainty in this moment that the people here want what he wants, on the same side as him, think that they will take him seriously He watches this devout woman until she is spurred to finish. Her eyes blink open and she is staring directly at [[Jojo]]

She smiles as she rises, her cloak fluttering around her

She says, "Jorun, for a second I thought I saw a ghost, you look more and more like your father each day"

They embrace, welcoming him home.

She checks him over to make sure he is well.

"I have received your missive, but I would like to hear the words from your mouth"

She leads him through some doors to an interior garden with an abundance of growing blue ivy and hanging plants. They settle on a small bench.

There is a matter we have to discuss, the completion of your training here

Ive been a bit neglectful of that, caught up in my journeys

You have many important things to be doing instead of being here, but you should get the chance like everyone else for the final duel.

[[Denna]] says she will prep for it at the colosseum tonight

Before we speak with the Guild Master, is there anything else you would like to discuss?

[[Jojo]] talks about the politics of [[Augustine]] and those mixed emotions, anger, fear, wishing to have known the truth earlier. We would be remiss to not do everything we could to stop [[Bane]]

He tells her of the dreams he has been having more recently and she hones in on that.

That is very intriguing to me, I see you have returned with your fathers armor that you did not leave with...

She explains his fathers armor is for his family and his family alone. It picks and chooses when you are ready for it.

[[Denna]] says he has never visited her dreams before. What ever he has done to pull his attention must be an important thing. She is very proud of him.

I wondered when you were going to accept and it seems you have

[[Jojo]] talks about when he was in his coma, the voice and will of [[Bane]] hammered home how important it is what they do and how important it is to stop him from returning

As a direct enemy to [[Cord The Warmonger]] I think it is our only duty to prevent his rise And I think that feeling will be enumerated through the keep. You wont be turned down from that here.

They talk about his mother

Your father is not a god [[Jojo]], but it sounds as if he may be a gods chosen champion.

That's part of the story I never heard.

Not necessarily before death. I don't know if who you speak of is as I knew him or some entity that is using his spirit from beyond the grave or a visage of [[Cord The Warmonger]] to make you feel safe. It seems it was some sort of deal perhaps to come to you beyond death.

I see no harm in seeking out this champion and following their advice.

They were hard to say no to.

They confer how to frame this to [[Lorson Ayred]]

[[Jojo]] talks about the [[Tenet Stone]] that was dropped in [[Woburn]] and how it changed [[Felrick]]. He explains part of the reason the fighting happened at [[Wrelmouth]] is because there is a disk that.

[[Jojo]] tells [[Denna]] about [[Lyra]] and she says to not tell that to anyone else ever lol

In the coming days you should consider the difference between wont, cant, and should not.

They realize they need to go their meeting

---

They meet up with [[Caukdim]]

6 months ago it seemed like he didn't speak much and just beat stuff up, but now hes outside the Guild Masters office with papers in hand.

They enter the office

They all file in, standing at a window Elf with dark skin, short silver hair and gray eyes, been the guild master as long as [[Jojo]] has been here He upholds the keep and maintains the budget basically. [[Lorson Ayred]] doesnt really invade the spiritual aspect of the keep, thats more left for [[Denna]]

[[Lorson Ayred]] acknowledges [[Jojo]] and is excited to see him

He notes about the influx of members from [[Gadena]] and the concern of religious freedom

[[Jojo]] says its more concerning than it sounds. He explains how [[Augustine]] is the [[Chalice of Bane]]

I assume we are talking about the bringing of a god back to this plane?

And not just one.... he explains [[Bhaal]] and [[Myrkul]]

He says to his understanding they dont all fully exist without one another

And worse they are in league with the [[Gemcourt]]

He explains our sightings of dragons

Despite the fact that the [[Gemcourt]] wasn't killed like we thought, the [[Green Dragon]] died in the [[War of the Last Dragons]], so that can't be the same dragon

He talks about the meeting with the dragon in the [[Underdark]]

[[Lorson Ayred]] has conferred with some other leaders about possibly starting a religious council of sorts to deal with these things This could be a massive religious uprising

[[Jojo]] explains how he has been with the [[Fortune Bringers]] for a couple months now He then explains the events of [[Woburn]] and the [[Tenet Stone|Tenet Stones]]

[[Tenet Stone of Bane: Fear]] is the one found in [[Woburn]]

Talking about this, [[Lorson Ayred]] dismissed [[Caukdim]] from the room.

The Guild Master says I do not know where it is, but the last time I saw a [[Tenet Stone]] it was in the hands of [[Jojo]]'s father It wasn't affecting him like it would be affecting your friend, he was interested in hiding it so that it could never be found.

[[Denna]] seems to have been aware of this information, and seems unhappy that he has told [[Jojo]] this

He doesnt know where he hid it, or if he told anyone.

[[Denna]] says she doesn't know where it is

They both knew he had it, the last thing he asked them before he left was to not say anything about this to anyone else.

They have no proof that it was the cause of his death.... but at the same time not that it wasnt

Bonds between members of the [[Fellowship]] do not end after death [[Lorson Ayred]] They seem to be having a sort of spat here over this situation

[[Jojo]] says, dont you think that is information I should be privy to given our conversation earlier?

Seeing as neither [[Lorson Ayred]] or I have no idea where it is, I dont see how it can help us or a memory of a friend's last wish, to keep you safe. Setting you off on a wild goose chase for some artifact with unknown properties doesnt seem helpful for any of our goals.

So we let [[Augustine]] find it first?

She says, No, we kill him first

So what do you propose?

[[Lorson Ayred]] says - Well, the short answer is what does one do, we aren't an army, we are a guild. Some will fight, but the others..... I disagree with [[Denna]] I think we should go find this [[Tenet Stone]]

[[Denna]] says - you know now, the choice is yours.

The gears turn inside [[Jojo]]'s mind He looks to [[Denna]], you have led me all the way and your judgement has only ever been sound. I think I have to side with [[Denna]].

So we leave it where it is?

If we have no leads on how to find it, then we should tackle the more obvious problem, [[Augustine]] If we kill him we kill the use for the stones

Well I hope we can find him fast

[[Denna]] says [[Lorson Ayred]] send word there will be a final duel in the colosseum tonight

Send [[Caukdim]] back in please

They all split acknowledging they will be meeting again tonight

---

On the other side of town, [[Eofos]] is soaking in the bathhouse

[[Dheffi]] is the name of the rat folk who runs the night/morning shift here She bumps into [[Eofos]]

This city is fairly similar to [[Gadena]], mostly humans, but there are more half elves, dwarves, half orcs than.

We follow street signs that lead to a lift up the cliff wall

The lift costs 2 copper for the ride up for the entire group lol

We get a higher view of the city from here

We make it to the top, we can see the walled in courtyard that is the keep

Walking up to this space without [[Fellowship]] regalia we are brought to a stop by some guards

I tell them we are meeting with our friend [[Jojo]] and the guard Mica is stunned that we are friends with him

I tell him we are going to him now and we can introduce him.

He loves this idea and he comes with us.

He leads us across the keep to an armory where [[Jojo]] is polishing his armor Says he has a fight his last duel.

Mica is star struck with seeing [[Jojo]] lol is excited about his last duel

I eventually guide him out

We start talking together

[[Jojo]] tells us about the [[Tenet Stone]] his father had

---

We hear some muttering start as we leave his room

Some people down the hallway leaning on the wall have yelled down to us The white knight of Avelier Half elf, black hair in a pony tail, she is wearing a black and gold armor with a blue cloak

There is derision thrown her way

She has a stoic face

she walks off

We ask the people what they are talking about

They say she defected from [[Cord The Warmonger]]

---

[[Eofos]] and [[Eadith]] go to the [[Del]] temple and talk about religion

Neither of them are very religious

They talk briefly about their siblings, before [[Eadith]] has a bit of an existential crisis if her parents had another kid and if she has her childhood room at home. It freaks her out and she storms out of the temple but not before giving a quick prayer to [[Cord The Warmonger]] to help [[Jojo]]

---

There's a knock on [[Jojo]]'s door

Its a woman with a white cape on

She says - So we are no longer rivals [[Jojo]]

What rival could I be to the White Knight of Avelier

He asks what happened

A friend of your arrived, it was [[Amollia]]

She was fleeing, when she ran she went somewhere she thought she would have friends.

She was welcomed in as a refugee of sorts

She had this thing with her and seeing that it worked for me as well I decided to jump ship

[[Jojo]] is surprised, but you werent a follower of the [[Sunkeeper]], how did this happen? So are you also chosen by the [[Sunkeeper]]?

Don't be alarmed - she puts her hand on her chest and her eyes flash from a light gold to a dark brown

"Hi [[Jojo]]" she says in [[Amollia]]'s voice

I came here and [[Ezryn]] touched it and there was this intense bright light and some kind of merging of our bodies happened and now..... Im in here I dont know what happened to my body...

Who knows about this? Do you communicate with the [[Sunkeeper]]?

Sort of indirectly... its been really confusing and a lot of devout worship time hasn't occurred.

She passes back over to [[Ezryn]]

[[Ezryn]] says that [[Denna]] said she should keep this matter private We've been trying to make it work.

If you're chosen, how can you refuse?

Maybe it was pure coincidence...

For the first time since hes known her, he realized that all she wanted was to be worthy like [[Jojo]]'s name brings him

There was space when we were both touching the relic, I don't think we were here, but I don't know where we went. We were out of time and when we came to, I was all that was left. I was afraid I would be turned away from the temple of the [[Sunkeeper]]

[[Denna]] could have turned her away when she asked or her last duel, but she didn't.

Maybe the time will come that other people can know this secret

When you go against her this evening, shes going to have him on your side so maybe you should get him on yours too

Obviously I have no place to speak

---

[[Eofos]] goes to [[Jojo]]'s room and talks about his role

---

About 15 minutes before the duel, a bell rings

Outside is an open carriage meant to take him to the colosseum

He is helped in

Another cart is pulled into precession, its one for [[Denna]]

the city is cheering and celebrating, people waving as they pass

The sun is just starting to set behind the colesseum, leaving a wide swatch lit with the sun in the arena

The horses take him into the carriage entrance, [[Denna]] is taken to the opposite side

The place is packed, people are all cheering JOLUNDEL

The carriages circle before coming to a stop

The carriages are taken away.

[[Lorson Ayred]] walks into the center of the ring with a megaphone saying - Members of the fellowship and citizen of [[Fallevin]]..... we welcome you to the last duel of Jorun Jolendel

And everyone uproars

Up against our storm warden and his mentor [[Denna]]!!

She walks in with adamantine half plate, very well fit suit of silver underneath, her billowing cape tied across her shoulders Across the breastplate is the joined sword and lightning bolt of [[Cord The Warmonger]]

She pulls an ornate blue tinted long sword as she is introduced

[[Lorson Ayred]] continues - as you know the last duel is to commemorate the finished mentorship between a guild master and their charge. This is not a fight to the death but a show of talent and power and we cheer for them both as they are here to represent the Warmonger himself in the arena of battle!

Another roar from the crowd and in the background a slight rumble of thunder.

He takes the amulet of Cord around his neck and gives it a little kiss and asks him to lend him his strength.

[[Denna]] pulls a decorated shield out

The one thing about the final duel is the mentee always goes first [[Jojo]] approaches , gives [[Denna]] a nod and feigns one way and slashes at her

The symbol on her chest flashes, pulses, a blue electrical energy flashes across her eyes A storm is being called above the colosseum

The lightning flashes bright and [[Jojo]] is blinded

He stumbles around trying to shake it

Her suit of armor pulses again and her long sword is ablaze crackling with lightning energy

[[Jojo]] takes a deep breath and takes a swing at [[Denna]], landing one hit

She says - "By will or by storm Jorun" She crits him lol with a 3rd level divine smite

[[Jojo]] just cant seem to shake the blindness

[[Denna]] backs up from [[Jojo]] and he lashes out with an attack, the radiant damage blaring out

[[Eofos]] yells from the sidelines to [[Jojo]] giving him bardic inspiration

She repeats, more intently now - "By will or by storm Jorun"

From the storm clouds streaking lightning back and forth she reaches up, grabbing a lightning bolt and pulling it down onto [[Jojo]]

He finally pulls himself out of the blindness

[[Denna]] puts her hand over her symbol putting 70 hp from her lay on hands healing herself

[[Jojo]] runs after her and takes 2 more swings, making contact with one

She takes her attacks with her long sword, connecting with one hitting him with radiant damage and lightning damage

[[Jojo]] seems to hit his stride, connecting with two more attacks and 2 more smites

[[Denna]] clutches her necklace of prayer beads to cast cure wounds on herself She takes 2 swings and catches [[Jojo]] with one

[[Jojo]] touches to himself and heals himself up with his lay on hands

His attack before broke her concentration and the storm dissipates and the sun streaks back in

[[Jojo]]'s grieves flash gold and he instantly sprints past her, but she whips her shield out to glance the blow, only taking half damage as he blinks past

[[Denna]] returns with a branding smite, the lightning on her sword is joined with an astral radiance running up her sword. She slashes at him, blasting him with lightning and radiance.

[[Jojo]] slashes at her again, catching her with 2 more solid hits and downing another healing potion

[[Denna]] attacks, catching [[Jojo]] off guard with a crit, bringing him down to a couple mere hit points She seems proud that he is still standing

[[Jojo]] musters the strength, catching her with another slash and downs another potion

[[Denna]] seeing the condition [[Jojo]] is in doesnt attack with a spell but swings at him, catching with a single strike, bringing him close to down.

[[Jojo]] is gassed, he swings twice missing both.

[[Denna]] flips the longsword up to her shoulder, looks at [[Jojo]] and says - By will and storm Jorun - and she whips him in the head with the pommel of her sword

The crowd goes absolutely wild with joy and celebration and congratulations

[[Denna]] puts her sword away and casts cure wounds on [[Jojo]] to wake him up

She leans in close and says the gods are not one thing, their domains on mortal and closed, do not be surprised if they dont greet you the way you expect She puts her hand to his head and... A cool sensation spreads up and over [[Jojo]]'s skull as a helmet appears onto his head, gold and studded with blue gems

He takes his hand and pumps it to the air where his name is still being chanted

She says to him "It is hard to compare your skills to mine, but if I had to say so Jorun, we were pretty evenly matched"

"Its good to know theres still more to learn"

Ep title - Chosen Can't be Beggars (aka Four Girlfriends)

Session 88

2026-07-26T14:20:12Z

Dweller: Added David's Notes

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|name=Session 88
|session_num=88
|date=2026-07-13
|attendees=Kenzie, David, Brooke, Matt, Sam
|runtime=4.5
|recording=Session-88-Recording.mp3
}}
==Description==
Chosen Can't Be Beggars

=== David's Notes ===
Jojo awakes in his old room

Fuligo is curled up there

new day in Fallevin

he heads down to the mess hall and grabs a bite to see whos around

He makes it there, its a tall ceiling room, high arched windows with open curtains

It can host the entire guild in its size

He notices it is feeling a bit cramped, remembers how many guild members from Gadena were sent this way

He grabs a tray of food and a cup of coffee and looks for his old chums

Looking around there are some familiar faces

He sees a young male half orc sitting at one of these tables

He has a plate of food half eaten pushed to the side with a goblet of something. He also has a pamphlet of a bunch of papers hes looking through

Oh yeah, its the man, its Caukdim

He notices Jojo before he can get the drop on him

He acknowledges Jojo with no embrace lol

He asks why Jojo is there

Jojo glances the papers on the table, he sees numbers and maps, hes going through the census of the Fellowship and seems to be "administering" troops in different places

He says the exodus from Gadena made them look into different points of expansion

Sending members in different places to see if their presence would be liked or not by different places

Jojo talks about how hes going to lobby to move troops back to Gadena asap

Caukdim says he has a slot with the guild master today so he can join him for that

Lorson Ayred is the guild master of the Fellowship

Jojo knows Denna would probably be in the Del

Center of this rounded room is a person knelt, head tilted up, coppery hair pulled into a braid down her back

Its Denna!

In the glass behind her is a depiction of Cord The Warmonger, a man without a helm but gauntleted hands, older graying hair and beard, white eyes that when the sun shines through are extra bright than the rest of the stained glass. Behind him is an amassing storm

Jojo thinks this is an unusual depiction of the Warmonger in the southern Wruitros ideology of him.

There are pews with a couple people in them and Jojo takes a seat to wait for her to finish

He waits 40 minutes lol

Jojo thinks how he isnt really as connected spiritually with Cord The Warmonger, but seeing Denna in full armor for at least 40 minutes is moving for him.

He thinks how over his travels now he has become more connected to his god.

He says a prayer

Thinks about what he and his father had said to him in his dream, Jojo is there as he wants him to be, he asks for the strength and the right words to help his cause and clan.

He feels a sense of certainty in this moment that the people here want what he wants, on the same side as him, think that they will take him seriously

He watches this devout woman until she is spurred to finish. Her eyes blink open and she is staring directly at Jojo

She smiles as she rises, her cloak fluttering around her

She says, "Jorun, for a second I thought I saw a ghost, you look more and more like your father each day"

They embrace, welcoming him home.

She checks him over to make sure he is well.

"I have received your missive, but I would like to hear the words from your mouth"

She leads him through some doors to an interior garden with an abundance of growing blue ivy and hanging plants. They settle on a small bench.

There is a matter we have to discuss, the completion of your training here

Ive been a bit neglectful of that, caught up in my journeys

You have many important things to be doing instead of being here, but you should get the chance like everyone else for the final duel.

Denna says she will prep for it at the colosseum tonight

Before we speak with the Guild Master, is there anything else you would like to discuss?

Jojo talks about the politics of Augustine and those mixed emotions, anger, fear, wishing to have known the truth earlier. We would be remiss to not do everything we could to stop Bane

He tells her of the dreams he has been having more recently and she hones in on that.

That is very intriguing to me, I see you have returned with your fathers armor that you did not leave with...

She explains his fathers armor is for his family and his family alone. It picks and chooses when you are ready for it.

Denna says he has never visited her dreams before. What ever he has done to pull his attention must be an important thing. She is very proud of him.

I wondered when you were going to accept and it seems you have

Jojo talks about when he was in his coma, the voice and will of Bane hammered home how important it is what they do and how important it is to stop him from returning

As a direct enemy to Cord The Warmonger I think it is our only duty to prevent his rise

And I think that feeling will be enumerated through the keep. You wont be turned down from that here.

They talk about his mother

Your father is not a god Jojo, but it sounds as if he may be a gods chosen champion.

That's part of the story I never heard.

Not necessarily before death. I don't know if who you speak of is as I knew him or some entity that is using his spirit from beyond the grave or a visage of Cord The Warmonger to make you feel safe. It seems it was some sort of deal perhaps to come to you beyond death.

I see no harm in seeking out this champion and following their advice.

They were hard to say no to.

They confer how to frame this to Lorson Ayred

Jojo talks about the Tenet Stone that was dropped in Woburn and how it changed Felrick. He explains part of the reason the fighting happened at Wrelmouth is because there is a disk that.

Jojo tells Denna about Lyra and she says to not tell that to anyone else ever lol

In the coming days you should consider the difference between wont, cant, and should not.

They realize they need to go their meeting
----They meet up with Caukdim

6 months ago it seemed like he didn't speak much and just beat stuff up, but now hes outside the Guild Masters office with papers in hand.

They enter the office

They all file in, standing at a window

Elf with dark skin, short silver hair and gray eyes, been the guild master as long as Jojo has been here

He upholds the keep and maintains the budget basically. Lorson Ayred doesnt really invade the spiritual aspect of the keep, thats more left for Denna

Lorson Ayred acknowledges Jojo and is excited to see him

He notes about the influx of members from Gadena and the concern of religious freedom

Jojo says its more concerning than it sounds. He explains how Augustine is the Chalice of Bane

I assume we are talking about the bringing of a god back to this plane?

And not just one.... he explains Bhaal and Myrkul

He says to his understanding they dont all fully exist without one another

And worse they are in league with the Gemcourt

He explains our sightings of dragons

Despite the fact that the Gemcourt wasn't killed like we thought, the Green Dragon died in the War of the Last Dragons, so that can't be the same dragon

He talks about the meeting with the dragon in the Underdark

Lorson Ayred has conferred with some other leaders about possibly starting a religious council of sorts to deal with these things

This could be a massive religious uprising

Jojo explains how he has been with the Fortune Bringers for a couple months now

He then explains the events of Woburn and the Tenet Stones

Tenet Stone of Bane: Fear is the one found in Woburn

Talking about this, Lorson Ayred dismissed Caukdim from the room.

The Guild Master says I do not know where it is, but the last time I saw a Tenet Stone it was in the hands of Jojo's father

It wasn't affecting him like it would be affecting your friend, he was interested in hiding it so that it could never be found.

Denna seems to have been aware of this information, and seems unhappy that he has told Jojo this

He doesnt know where he hid it, or if he told anyone.

Denna says she doesn't know where it is

They both knew he had it, the last thing he asked them before he left was to not say anything about this to anyone else.

They have no proof that it was the cause of his death.... but at the same time not that it wasnt

Bonds between members of the Fellowship do not end after death Lorson Ayred

They seem to be having a sort of spat here over this situation

Jojo says, dont you think that is information I should be privy to given our conversation earlier?

Seeing as neither Lorson Ayred or I have no idea where it is, I dont see how it can help us or a memory of a friend's last wish, to keep you safe. Setting you off on a wild goose chase for some artifact with unknown properties doesnt seem helpful for any of our goals.

So we let Augustine find it first?

She says, No, we kill him first

So what do you propose?

Lorson Ayred says - Well, the short answer is what does one do, we aren't an army, we are a guild. Some will fight, but the others..... I disagree with Denna I think we should go find this Tenet Stone

Denna says - you know now, the choice is yours.

The gears turn inside Jojo's mind

He looks to Denna, you have led me all the way and your judgement has only ever been sound. I think I have to side with Denna.

So we leave it where it is?

If we have no leads on how to find it, then we should tackle the more obvious problem, Augustine

If we kill him we kill the use for the stones

Well I hope we can find him fast

Denna says Lorson Ayred send word there will be a final duel in the colosseum tonight

Send Caukdim back in please

They all split acknowledging they will be meeting again tonight
----On the other side of town, Eofos is soaking in the bathhouse

Dheffi is the name of the rat folk who runs the night/morning shift here

She bumps into Eofos

This city is fairly similar to Gadena, mostly humans, but there are more half elves, dwarves, half orcs than.

We follow street signs that lead to a lift up the cliff wall

The lift costs 2 copper for the ride up for the entire group lol

We get a higher view of the city from here

We make it to the top, we can see the walled in courtyard that is the keep

Walking up to this space without Fellowship regalia we are brought to a stop by some guards

I tell them we are meeting with our friend Jojo and the guard Mica is stunned that we are friends with him

I tell him we are going to him now and we can introduce him.

He loves this idea and he comes with us.

He leads us across the keep to an armory where Jojo is polishing his armor

Says he has a fight his last duel.

Mica is star struck with seeing Jojo lol is excited about his last duel

I eventually guide him out

We start talking together

Jojo tells us about the Tenet Stone his father had
----We hear some muttering start as we leave his room

Some people down the hallway leaning on the wall have yelled down to us

The white knight of Avelier

Half elf, black hair in a pony tail, she is wearing a black and gold armor with a blue cloak

There is derision thrown her way

She has a stoic face

she walks off

We ask the people what they are talking about

They say she defected from Cord The Warmonger
----Eofos and Eadith go to the Del temple and talk about religion

Neither of them are very religious

They talk briefly about their siblings, before Eadith has a bit of an existential crisis if her parents had another kid and if she has her childhood room at home. It freaks her out and she storms out of the temple but not before giving a quick prayer to Cord The Warmonger to help Jojo
----There's a knock on Jojo's door

Its a woman with a white cape on

She says - So we are no longer rivals Jojo

What rival could I be to the White Knight of Avelier

He asks what happened

A friend of your arrived, it was Amollia

She was fleeing, when she ran she went somewhere she thought she would have friends.

She was welcomed in as a refugee of sorts

She had this thing with her and seeing that it worked for me as well I decided to jump ship

Jojo is surprised, but you werent a follower of the Sunkeeper, how did this happen? So are you also chosen by the Sunkeeper?

Don't be alarmed - she puts her hand on her chest and her eyes flash from a light gold to a dark brown

"Hi Jojo" she says in Amollia's voice

I came here and Ezryn touched it and there was this intense bright light and some kind of merging of our bodies happened and now..... Im in here I dont know what happened to my body...

Who knows about this?

Do you communicate with the Sunkeeper?

Sort of indirectly... its been really confusing and a lot of devout worship time hasn't occurred.

She passes back over to Ezryn

Ezryn says that Denna said she should keep this matter private

We've been trying to make it work.

If you're chosen, how can you refuse?

Maybe it was pure coincidence...

For the first time since hes known her, he realized that all she wanted was to be worthy like Jojo's name brings him

There was space when we were both touching the relic, I don't think we were here, but I don't know where we went. We were out of time and when we came to, I was all that was left.

I was afraid I would be turned away from the temple of the Sunkeeper

Denna could have turned her away when she asked or her last duel, but she didn't.

Maybe the time will come that other people can know this secret

When you go against her this evening, shes going to have him on your side so maybe you should get him on yours too

Obviously I have no place to speak
----Eofos goes to Jojo's room and talks about his role
----About 15 minutes before the duel, a bell rings

Outside is an open carriage meant to take him to the colosseum

He is helped in

Another cart is pulled into precession, its one for Denna

the city is cheering and celebrating, people waving as they pass

The sun is just starting to set behind the colesseum, leaving a wide swatch lit with the sun in the arena

The horses take him into the carriage entrance, Denna is taken to the opposite side

The place is packed, people are all cheering JOLUNDEL

The carriages circle before coming to a stop

The carriages are taken away.

Lorson Ayred walks into the center of the ring with a megaphone saying - Members of the fellowship and citizen of Fallevin..... we welcome you to the last duel of Jorun Jolendel

And everyone uproars

Up against our storm warden and his mentor Denna!!

She walks in with adamantine half plate, very well fit suit of silver underneath, her billowing cape tied across her shoulders

Across the breastplate is the joined sword and lightning bolt of Cord The Warmonger

She pulls an ornate blue tinted long sword as she is introduced

Lorson Ayred continues - as you know the last duel is to commemorate the finished mentorship between a guild master and their charge. This is not a fight to the death but a show of talent and power and we cheer for them both as they are here to represent the Warmonger himself in the arena of battle!

Another roar from the crowd and in the background a slight rumble of thunder.

He takes the amulet of Cord around his neck and gives it a little kiss and asks him to lend him his strength.

Denna pulls a decorated shield out

The one thing about the final duel is the mentee always goes first

Jojo approaches , gives Denna a nod and feigns one way and slashes at her

The symbol on her chest flashes, pulses, a blue electrical energy flashes across her eyes

A storm is being called above the colosseum

The lightning flashes bright and Jojo is blinded

He stumbles around trying to shake it

Her suit of armor pulses again and her long sword is ablaze crackling with lightning energy

Jojo takes a deep breath and takes a swing at Denna, landing one hit

She says - "By will or by storm Jorun"

She crits him lol with a 3rd level divine smite

Jojo just cant seem to shake the blindness

Denna backs up from Jojo and he lashes out with an attack, the radiant damage blaring out

Eofos yells from the sidelines to Jojo giving him bardic inspiration

She repeats, more intently now - "By will or by storm Jorun"

From the storm clouds streaking lightning back and forth she reaches up, grabbing a lightning bolt and pulling it down onto Jojo

He finally pulls himself out of the blindness

Denna puts her hand over her symbol putting 70 hp from her lay on hands healing herself

Jojo runs after her and takes 2 more swings, making contact with one

She takes her attacks with her long sword, connecting with one hitting him with radiant damage and lightning damage

Jojo seems to hit his stride, connecting with two more attacks and 2 more smites

Denna clutches her necklace of prayer beads to cast cure wounds on herself

She takes 2 swings and catches Jojo with one

Jojo touches to himself and heals himself up with his lay on hands

His attack before broke her concentration and the storm dissipates and the sun streaks back in

Jojo's grieves flash gold and he instantly sprints past her, but she whips her shield out to glance the blow, only taking half damage as he blinks past

Denna returns with a branding smite, the lightning on her sword is joined with an astral radiance running up her sword. She slashes at him, blasting him with lightning and radiance.

Jojo slashes at her again, catching her with 2 more solid hits and downing another healing potion

Denna attacks, catching Jojo off guard with a crit, bringing him down to a couple mere hit points

She seems proud that he is still standing

Jojo musters the strength, catching her with another slash and downs another potion

Denna seeing the condition Jojo is in doesnt attack with a spell but swings at him, catching with a single strike, bringing him close to down.

Jojo is gassed, he swings twice missing both.

Denna flips the longsword up to her shoulder, looks at Jojo and says - By will and storm Jorun - and she whips him in the head with the pommel of her sword

The crowd goes absolutely wild with joy and celebration and congratulations

Denna puts her sword away and casts cure wounds on Jojo to wake him up

She leans in close and says the gods are not one thing, their domains on mortal and closed, do not be surprised if they dont greet you the way you expect

She puts her hand to his head and...

A cool sensation spreads up and over Jojo's skull as a helmet appears onto his head, gold and studded with blue gems

He takes his hand and pumps it to the air where his name is still being chanted

She says to him "It is hard to compare your skills to mine, but if I had to say so Jorun, we were pretty evenly matched"

"Its good to know theres still more to learn"

Ep title - Chosen Can't be Beggars

(aka Four Girlfriends)

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Wider Mother

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