Session 81 - Respite in Hirch Thani Report
General Summary
Lynching in the village
The priest of Bahamut came and warned of a massacre in the village, Friedrich went to stick to what was going on. They managed to stop him at the last minute. The villagers abused two people: Julia (buried alive) and Phylus (tied to a pillar stuck in the middle of the village). They were badly wounded, so we healed them (partially). They claimed to be diplomats of the Kadian Dominion, who came to establish diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Arasil.It turns out that their original parties were 18 people, who came through the river and 16, including the leader, were killed by monsters, and when they reached the village they were attacked by the residents in fanatical ambition.
When we asked them for the purpose of their journey, they said they were coming to illuminate the way for the inhabitants of Araso-Lond, (presumably to create a mission). This left us with two questions: • What to do with the villagers? After much deliberation, we decided to take the head of the village to community service for a month (according to Rotlin's decision), and frighten the villagers. For this Remus turned into a giant bat, Abras rode him, summoned a dinosaur and slaughtered him on the spot. • What to do with the two diplomats? The majority wants to bring them to Ersil to improve our relationship with them. Roland thinks they should be imprisoned, and released only in exchange for ransom. Frederick wants to bring them back (and return with them) to Dominion to learn more about their religion. (It seems to me) no final decision has been made
Down time
We decided to wait for Riklin for three days, up until Ernius 19th, 1,051 [var:abc-rttuo. At this time:- Roger and Reed went to Hirschstep(?!). There they meet a Lightfoot Halfling named Helena, like the goddess, and also befittting her name.
- Avaras goes to pray to his gods.
- Roland is looking for where to donate money.
- Friedrich and Remus went to the lunar observatory, a reinstituted ttemple of Lune. There they see a collection of monks watching a telescope They meet a priestess of Luna who shows them her recent research into the cosmic state.
She shows them which gods have died lately, and concludes that something significant will probably happen in the next few days (day 18th, something will happen on the 23rd and 27th).
She says that in the last month and a half, changes have begun in the star systems, and that they probably influenced the war in Octoland.
She adds that the four are represented by a constellation of constantly launching stars, and they stopped doing so in the last month. It seems that the gods are fighting each other, and it started with four. Friedrich gave her books about the four (containing Dogmas of the Andorian Church.
She also tells of a thousand who went from dark to ordinary because of some kind of curse (and that it has something to do with what happened to Frederick and Remus).
