Hole in the Oak Session 2/Part 1 - Return to the temple of the Sun & Moon Report

General Summary

After discovering the Hole in the Oak the party thought it would be best deliver the wayward stowaway Adeline back to Elara's Oprhanage.

Missions/Quests Completed

While the rest of the party was taking part in the ceremonies performed by high priestess Sorrowsong; Meremire the elf decided to explore the Temple of the Sun & Moon.

STUDYING THE TALES OF ELISTRAE
In his exploration Meremire came across a couple of parables from the frescos of Elistrae

• Love and the 3 Body Problem
• if you're interest here's a linkto a review of the Netflix series which gives a good summary of the show and scientific theory behind it
• the second tale which Meremire deciphers is The Tale of the Twins

    The second revelation in his wonderings was the upper ring of the temple.

• it would seem that top levels of the various shrine towers were all staging/waiting areas
• each shrine tower has a mechanical device which extends a gangplank towards the floating minature sun in the centre of the open air structure

Character(s) interacted with

PRIESTESS SORROWSONG   Most of the PCs partake of the rituals performed by High Priestess Sorrowsong which include:  

• retelling of Love and Three Body Problem (see above)
• focus on need for reoncilliation between Elistrae and Sahenine

After the ceremony the characters probe the priest for information in regards to:

Current Events at the Temple

• Elovyn Sorrowsong is currently overwhelmed as the the two other priests have left the temple leaving her with almost too much work
• she's looking forward to the graduation of Simian Guage who can help take on some responsibilities
• she's grateful for the help which Vanguard has been providing
• the errant priests side that they were needed there to fend off the Black Sun at the mining site known as Deepfathom Well (located 20 miles away)

Inquires into the Cyclopean Palm (giant statuesque hand being excavated in the villages centre)

• discovered while a Muslich Family was building a new homestead
• Musilichs found themselves in quasi-exile from the village Barlox to the north
• their exile a result of a the solving of a decades old murder mystery in Barlox in which the patriarch of the family assassinated a member of a rival family winery
• once discovered the local Lord (Marlin Whitesparrow) laid claim to the site and begun excavations
• the excavation have been on and off as it's been plagued with setbacks
• the giant hand would seem to contain chambers within it

HAKEEM BABLAR

• a helper to high priestess Sorrowsworn; Hakeem is also a student at Elara's Orphanage
• a foreigner of Bakluni birth his father is currently being held for ransom in Greyhawk city
• until the ransom is paid his son has been left at the orphanage
• his father was a mercenary in service of the Bakluni states in their war vs the settled Flannesse
• Hakeem is a party NPC (to be used if someone needs a quick replacement character or if we're short on players)
• Adeline is another party NPC

KEVIN CHARACTER - VANGUARD

• Welcome to the game Kevin
• for other players here's a little on Vanguard's background (Kevin feel free to fill in the blanks)

HEADMISTRESS ELARA

• upon returning the founder of the orphanage is gleaming with pride on your successful run to the tithing site
• she is also very thankful for you looking after Adeline (she knows the little girl can be a handful)

Created Content

UPDATES

• here's an updated Temple of the Sun & Moonmap
• if you clip on the labels there's some more desrciption

Notes

Meta-commentary

The lore and background information doesn't effect the Hole in the Oak adventure.  It's to introduce threads.  The next few adventures after your current one will be players choice what they want to investigate.