Fri 3rd Jan 2020 12:03

Celebration

by Nepheri

Judging by the speech by Cassandra de Rolo, we're seen as heroes of some sort. I'm just happy the population of the city is allowed to live and die as they should be.
 
Back home, a massive celebration in honour of the Raven Queen would seem absurd, but here she's revered in a way I wouldn't have thought possible. Everyone seems to understand that being a goddess of death also makes her, in a way, one of life. Those killed gave those alive a chance to honour them through living. Souls can finally move on to the rewards the afterlife here provides. It all reminds me to seek out the temple and move on from a perspective of my Queen I no longer need a reminder of.
 
A talk with Vex'halia has made our plans more clear. We'll take a flying ship to a place called Westruun to visit the Cobalt Reserve, whatever that means. But apparently, they might know how to help us get back home, which might also help us understand this world. If we don't find the answers there, we'll continue our search in the great city of Emon. Vex'halia's daughter seems to be a powerful mage living there, and she might be able to help. No matter how impressed I am by this version of the Raven Queen, I miss mine. Maybe I can share what I've learned with my church and spark some ideas.
 
The evening ended with another performance of the ballad I wrote the night before as well as some dancing. Lavia should have been here - I'm sure she would have loved the entertainment. At least I'll keep playing her lyre, and hopefully, she'll feel like she's part of it.

Continue reading...

  1. Business...
    11th of Uktar, 1489
  2. I'm ready for you, Raven Queen
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  3. You killed my father, now prepare to die
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  4. Dust to Dust
    1st of Uktar, 1489 DR
  5. Redbrands I
  6. Arrival at Phandalin
  7. Daddy Dearest
    1st of Uktar
  8. Day after
    30 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  9. Lawful Stupid
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  10. Saving private Rupert
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  11. Dead to me
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  12. Close to Harvest
    28 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  13. Recovery
  14. Insane Plans
  15. By the Book
  16. Dead feelings
  17. Disposed
  18. Dead Necromancers are the Best Necromancers
  19. Catching up
  20. Shipping
  21. Friendly or Not
  22. Unexpected Meetings
  23. Worlds Collide
  24. A very different city
  25. Festive Thornhold
  26. Thank you, my Queen
  27. Friends. Right.
  28. This is awkward....
  29. Landslide
  30. Dangerous Gnoll-age (sorry... the puns are spreading...)
  31. Cenceptions
  32. Seduction
  33. Wave Echo Cave II
  34. Wave Echo Cave
  35. Return to Phandalin
  36. Rest in peace, Declan...
  37. Crisis of Faith
  38. Thundertree II
  39. Thundertree I
  40. Path to Thundertree
  41. Orc hunting
  42. Redbrands III
  43. Redbrands II
  44. Far From Home
    ?? ?? ???
  45. Cold
    Tal'dorei, day 2
  46. Life, interrupted
  47. Hot and Cold
  48. The Dragon's Lair
  49. In the afternoon, we plan!
  50. A Song of Ice and Fire
  51. Celebration
  52. Relief is one hell of a drug
  53. Flight and Flutter
  54. Freedom of Movement
  55. At dusk we... do something?
  56. Pray for a quick end to our deception
  57. Catching up
  58. Fall
  59. Lizards in a hole
  60. Not Today
  61. Released
  62. A broken soul
  63. Skyfall
  64. Acid Falls
  65. Roped in
  66. Faith in Friends
  67. Insight into Emon
  68. A Calling
  69. Hypothetical 1: Healer (Ginny Di video)
  70. Hypothetical 3: Matchmaker (Ginny Di video)
  71. Hypothetical 2: Villain (Ginny Di video)
  72. For my Beating Heart
  73. Hypothetical 4: Prison guard (Ginny Di video)
  74. Hypothetical 5: Bard (Ginny Di video)
  75. Plagued Possibilities
  76. Visits in the Cloudtops