Session 027 - RATtled

General Summary

Session 27:  

Sextdi, 6th Day of the Hunter

Combat continues:
Defeated the Rat King, an ooze and the “Rattok”
Rattok was carrying glowing vials, drank one of them
2 children were having their life essence drained from them, 1 was saved, other had gentle repose cast to give more time for a raise dead spell
Broke the machine to stop the syphoning
Musky has a rat corpse tied to his belt
Bottles of life essence are equivalent to health potions for fiends and poison to everyone else
Fine feather quill, books and papers were collected, one book had spell on how to create a Rat King and a spell for stealing life force
  Back in the orphanage:
Mother Solari grateful, able to cast raise dead once the correct amount of diamonds, need to go to the String Jeweller
ZL = Zelroth Leafrunner was an elven philosopher and mage, disappeared about 400 years ago, was going mad before he disappeared, had a partner named Erevan Starlight that disappeared at the same time, the book with the spells belonged to Zelroth, book showed his progression into madness:
 

“The heavens bleed Ink tonight, staining the stars of the darkness of forgotten dreams, beware the falling skies for they herald the decent of madness, whispers echo through the empty hall, carrying the secrets of one who watches from the shadows.”

 

“Clocks melt like wax in the heat of the sun’s laughter, their ticking hands silenced by the chaos of time, the pillars tremble beneath the weight of truth, their crumbling stones crying out for salvation, shadows dance with the whispers of the night, weaving tales of impending doom."

 

“Jellyfish sing hymns to the moon, their translucent bodies glowing the with light of a thousand lost souls, the heavens fall like tears from a broken sky drowning the world in a sea of despair, beware the one that whispers in the darkness for his words hold the key to oblivion”

  Zelroth had himself locked in the jail, Erevan choose to join him
There was a tremor felt a few months before the children started to go missing approx 15 months ago
Speculated on where the Rattok and Rat King came from
Tables and equipment in the Rat King lair are newer, 2 spells at the back of Zelroth’s book were written by someone else
Showed Mother Solari what the rattok looked like, she found reference to it in one of her books and informed us it’s a demon
Others have written about Zelroth
  Tomorrow: We need to buy diamonds, research at the library, investigate the door in the sewer
  Library: Ink, Thad, Rhyke, Musky
  Diamonds: Zoda, Beretan, Bews, Junipurr
  Baths and Long Rest