Session 39: Shards, Betrayal, and the Choice of Fate

It's Ravenqueensea the 28th roughly 12pm
 
We decide to move to inside the cavern to short rest and are promptly greeted by Vesta.
 
We decide to just ask her if we can have Yole, like instead of fighting, can we just have him? or make a bargain. She says she'd love to, BUT he'd just come back anyway.
 
She then asks us about the shards that we have collected. She speaks of Azelbohve holding the world in balance and how the elves are trying to rebalance it in their own way.
 
Vesta tells Leland and Tempest they were at the Runeforge when they were very very little. This does spark a memory for Tempest of his dad bringing him to the entrance when they were little.
 
Lufere is like, why is Yole here and why is he refusing to not be here.
 
Vesta says "he's like any other dwarf, and wants to take it all on himself" He wants to take on the rift himself???
 
Vesta actually agrees to release Yole to us, but we have to try and keep him from coming back. While we all talk over each other and ask questions, Faenore prays and is able to heal us all a bit.
 
Vesta tells us that as things are now, the elves will be successful in casting the mithal, and the rift will still tear the whole world asunder anyway. Everyone will die.
 
Also, the shards being brought together is making things worse and making it difficult for Azelbohv to hold the rift at bay. Vesta seems to believe taking the shards to the feywild could possibly stop things???
 
We ask why she's here. She says, we would come in, destroy the castle, destroy many of her men, and walk out with Yole anyway. If she just gives us Yole, it will stop the murder or her men.
 
She says, when the Queen of Air and Darkness threw down her diamond, she intended to destroy the whole material plane. BUT the diamond split causing some destruction. Making the shards whole again will complete her original goal.
 
Feynore asks if throwing it in the Far Realm would resolve the issue. Vesta believes that a powerful entity there would likely get it. The Queen of Air and Darkness would get it back somehow.
 
Faynor asks if maybe we should draw the last card from the Deck of Many Things. Vesta throws her yaro sticks down and says that htis could work, but whoever draws that card would be lost.
 
Vesta offers to take us up to get Yole. We walk by a Hydra with 3 heads of women's faces. They seem to think we are food, but Vesta says that we are not for them.
 
We continue on and she takes us to Yole. Tempest and Leland find him passed out. He seems to be poisoned. She tells us that he is important to how things play out.
 
At some point in the future, Vesta will bring us to Adenazeal, she says.
 
Anyway Vesta kind of flirts with Leland, and it's kind of cute and lets us go.
 
While going back to the village, Yole wakes up. He's like, we gotta go back to the Castle. There is a plinth there, that is setup to be able to find the stones. He is looking for the stones so they can't be found and be reassembled.
 
I guess Yole and Galadrian, Dura, and Remish were seeking them out years ago. Yole wants to get back to Galadrian, and we are like, he's back in town. We walk in and see Dura and Remish there. I guess Yole, Dura, Remish and Galadrian were the ones who officially sealed the forge a long time ago. I guess Drizzt is here too.
 
So they are all looking for the shards. Remish should know that we already have 3 of them. Lufere pulls him to the side and is like, maybe we shouldn't let them know about the shards right now.
 
Turns out Galadrian kind of already suspects we have some of the shards.
 
WE learn that his bias to Lyra is what really caused him to lose his station. As Lyra and Galadrian argue about choices made, Lyra states that her and her friends do make a really good team, and that her capabilities come from their help. As Lyra looks at Faenor in that moment, her heart skips a beat. Everything starts to swirl around her and she collapses. Faenor catches her.
 
Lyra is now in a place called Arvandor. It's a very beautiful place surrounded by deep woods. It feels a lot like home. This is where, when elves die, they come back too. She confronts Corellon about things, and Corellon basically tells Lyra that her turning into a devil is fully self imposed. I guess she made a deal in another life with Corellon. She was a devil and wanted to become an elf. Corellon was like, I can do this for you, and Lyra is like, in return, I'll give you my heart. So when Lyra gave Faenore her heart, she somewhere deep inside feels that she betrayed Corellon and is turning into a devil.
 
Corellon tells Lyra she is a chosen one and if there is ever a situation where she is in desperate need, whether directly from him or another god/goddess, he will be there for me. Lyra gets one time to call on his help.
 
Lyra wakes up and tells everyone what happened. She looks at Galadrian and notices he has a half moon shape at the top of his cornea which is an indication that he is nearing the end of his life.
 
Galadrian basically gets it out of Lyra that we have some of the shards. Yole is like, my sons would hide this from me? and he's a bit hurt by it.
Yole kind of gets insulting towards Tempest, and Hazel steps in and cuts his beard off. Now the whole room is completely quite and nobody know how to react.
 
We discuss maybe unlocking the gate of the snowy area and maybe set a trap or something to try and stop him?
 
As we discuss this, Tempests mentions having no issue killing his father if he had too. This upsets Yole.
 
Lufere has a good idea to possibly have Lyra use her one ask to Corellon to talk to Pisou telling him that his plan will destroy the whole world.
 
We don't know if this is a good idea. We think to definitely head north for sure.
 
We decide to ask Vesta for a boat to take up the coast to the north.
 
Galadrian is like, I think we should take the shard to the feywild, and get it back to the Queen of Air and Darkness? We are a bit confused by this. She had only tossed it down because she was being attacked by Serule and Lerue? Wait, so who are the good guys? I guess a guy sname Graz'zt was manipulating things as well as the Goddess Shar, as well as Zozth involved, all trying to get what they wanted. He doesn't know why they were fighting, but Serule and Larue were trying to trap her, and she threw the diamond at that time.
 
That night, Faenor prays to Serule to find out what the fight was about. She tells Faenor that The Queen of Air and Darkness wanted to change the feywilds so the gloaming court would be over the seelie court. While fighting her they lost. The Queen of Air and Darkness was corrupted by the diamond which was initially meant for the Summer queen. Faenor asks if there is some way to purify the diamond. Serule had never considered this, but if there is a way, then it could restore the Queen of Air and Darkness.
 
Serule says that bringing the shard back to the feywild could start to repair the material world and possibly close the rift??
 
Faenor and Serule discuss Corellon. Faenor is pretty mad at him and things are about the same between them. Serule offers to take Faenor to Corellon and he accepts.
 
They go to Arvendar. Faenore confronts Corellon about if Lyra is one of his chosen, then why does she look the way she does. He tells Faenor that Lyra is punishing herself. Faenor is like, bullshit. Corellon is like, gifts aren't meant to be kept, but just enjoyed and appreciated for what they are and for as long as you have it, but if it goes, that is ok too. Remember it. Don't possess it. or try to hold it. Like a nice breeze that comes along your way. You can't hold onto it, but you can appreciate it and remember it.
 
It's an interesting conversation. Faenor feels a bit gaslit in a similar way that Lyra did.
 
Corellon tells Faenor that Lyra was ALWAYS a devil, but was an elf because corellon allowed it. He didn't require her heart at all. She can return to being an elf as soon as she decides too. It's up to her.
 
They then talk about Faenor's dad. Pisou. They drink opalescent liquid in a wine glass. Faenor asks about his father's intentions, trying to understand what is motivating him.
 
they then talk about not resisting change and just going along with things? change is death or something, but faenor is like if I don't resist this change, it actually will lead to death...this makes no sense.
 
Corellon is like you hold onto your plane as if it is his possession. Just let it go.....hahahaha.
 
Pisou has followers whom he brings to Corellon. His endeavors are his own. Corellon says that Pisou does not love him nor care about him, and is out for himself. None the less, he does bring followers to Corellon.
 
Pisou does what he does for himself and nobody else.
 
Faenor is like, is there any way to save Aezelbov, and he's like if he dies, he'll be ok. He'll reincarnate. and Faenor is like, yeah, but he's holding the rift in place so it doesn't spread. Corellon is like, maybe there is another way to stop the rift. Maybe you shouldn't be so so resistant to change. hahahaha
 
Faenor leaves him with more questions than answers. Corellon ends with him admitting he is not happy with Pisou. But he knows that in time, Pisou will learn and Corellon will not take action against him.
 
They end their conversation on decent terms. Corellon happier than Faenor, but it was good none the less.
 
We all wakeup.
 
It's Ravenqueensea the 29th 7am.
 
Faenor tells us of his conversation and as long as Lyra looks the way she does, she and corellon will not be good. She says that Corellon and Serule both think the shards should go back to the feywild to allow our land to heal our land.
 
We discuss maybe finding a way to purify them. and/or maybe forge a chest of cold iron and maybe try to block it from magic? We also have to be very careful going into the feywild, because of the time issue. if we go in, who knows how much time will pass here and we may miss our chance to stop Pisou.
 
We decide to go ask Vesta for a boat. Galadrian, Lithil, Yole, Remish, and Dura are going with us.
 
We actually run into Vesta in town. We get Leland to ask her for the boat since she seems to have a thing for him. She points out that we are going to need a large crew for a ship. She offers to order some of her men to accompany us, but we decline this. She tells us also if we take one of her ships through Seg Raven, they will stop us and we will have to deal with them.
 
WE decide to drop off Galadrian and his company off near SegRaven, but we will sail around it to avoid direct contact. WE then want to head to Calimbar to talk to Pisou before heading to the Frozen Vale.
 
This is where we end.
 
It's Ravenqueensea the 29th 9am.