metal door with carvings of faces of man and woman with horns: entrance to chamber of purification
a false sun emitting no heat circles the room
chamber is circular, about fifty feet across
a man inside - Grand Inquisitor Tulmoric
Marlie, Blythe, and Cordelia assume their true forms
Marlie’s skin and hair loses its pigments, her eyes blue
Cordelia’s fangs grow and her skin becomes more corpse-like
the shadow of a woman (Death Mother) appears around me and my antlers grow
he asks if we’ve ever summoned anything
tell him we’ve summoned a lenaan sidhe
he heals my foot, taking a piece of skin from it
he detects our deepest thoughts
he finds Kelsa Pickles in my head
Hahn Estate
I fetch my father’s ciphered journal and some business documents and Kelsa’s plaque, hide the platinum counterfeit, Kelsa’s journal, and mother’s letters; and turn off the electricity in the workshop; fetch some clothes for Marlie and me
Trembly Estate
take a bath and chat
in the morning, Coldwill appears in a door in the wall, tells us to “come out,” that he’s paid our “bail”
we were in a demiplane prison for three weeks
the ACTUAL Hahn Estate
Varen is home, her bones were broken and rehealed, she has associations with dangerous groups and people
I decide to go to Asheborn Estate, which is the former Vulcanus Estate
Post-Session
I visit with Eve at the Asheborn Estate
I tell her that Tulmoric knows everything from my mother’s letters
she comforts me and tells me what we need to do: “we must kill the entire mindset, the entire culture that allows these men to rule our lives and steal our freedom”
she says that Drevlin has passed the entry exam for the Heroes Academy and will apply soon
I tell her that ascendance is the only way to destroy Adrian Vulcanus
Eve begins to tell me about the city being enslaved, people overlooked, and the city cannot be free unless it has no master; she says we need to sit on the Mirror Council
Mirror Council “topples empires” and doesn’t care about the people, is seated by criminals and politicians from around the world
she and Drevlin have been building a criminal empire in Quiluna to attract the attention of the Mirror Council
she describes her vision of the city: no more children starving on the streets, or people enslaved or indentured
she refuses to tell me her specific plans of governing
Helwyn is recruiting Blackbloods to guard my house and hunt down the demon
I meet Eve’s new bodyguard on the way out, a were named Lelian
she shares what kind of bullets she has: iron, silver, hollow point nitrate, feldspar
"...if you've been attacked by demons once they won't stop coming until the target of conjuring is dead."
I then go to the Trembly Estate to talk to Indigo
I ask him if he knows how Brighid ascended
I tell him why I’m asking after he agrees that Adrian Vulcanus needs to die
he agrees to ask Brighid about it
Indy tells me there’s a resistance forming in the city
he tells me about the resistance’s plan for the city: “One that can put leadership in place that represents all the people of the city equally, rich and poor, old and young. One that is aware of the cities problems and... accountable, just, and fair.”
we begin to argue about Eve and her methods
we talk about HARM donating guns to the cause
Indy asks me how I am, and I breakdown
I ask how Indy is, he tells me:
he misses his mother
his eye from Brighid lets him see people who are about to die
he thinks he’s in love
he doesn’t think someone like him could have a wife, children, in a life of fighting
I tell him I thought I was in love too, and I wanted children but couldn’t bear to pass anything on to them; I say we can be alone and miserable together - and we make a pact to do so
a few days later, I visit with Cordelia at the Coldwill Estate
she tells me BB is now a vampire, but Katty doesn’t know yet
we discuss plans for Cordelia’s birthday party
we begin to discuss matchmaking
she tells me Indy’s in love with me
I tell her about my conversation with Indy
I tell her not to do anything about it
she tells me she has crushes on everyone, including me
in return I tell her that I have a crush on Drevlin but he clearly doesn’t like me back
we meet with Coldwill about birthday plans and I say I intend to invest in Frost Corp to help people like Cordelia
I say mostly with coin now, but perhaps in the future with work