A paralyzed Ritsu is brought back to the camp up back out of the town. The party finds that the caravan had been ambushed by 12 drow. The dragon guards were able to take two prisoners. Prisoner says "mother has thousands". "Mother is second most powerful to Ba Ku... If you're here, you're already too late. "
Going to swim - Ritsu and the Symbiote
68: Clearer area of the lake. Can't see anything of importance
73: Swimming SO fast. Super move through logs (alligators???) Jk I'm safe
Get out of the water cause they can see an arch vibe in the distance. The further we move the more we confirm that it is the arch vibe.
Hike around the Lake - Hideo, Basir, and Khoda
9: Easy walk, mud ain't too bad
We meet up!
The mud gets thiccer as we get closer to the arch. We find it and there are whispers. We lock hands and walk through the archway. We then follow a big ol mosquito up a mountain to a cave. Meet up with the patron then Hideo wakes up at the arch and finds the rest of the party passed out under the arch. We have disadvantages against attacks for some amount of time.
Hideo sees an old man start to walk towards us. It is the old man from the mountains.
Tells the story of the moon and the sun. the world is a wedding gift, the stars are their children, the old man is their child as well. The moon and sun lost their first child and they could not recover. He's now mad and destroying everything he gave to her.
He says that bringing the child to Ba Ku is the only way to leave Ba Ku emotionally weakened so we can attack.