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Mon 22nd Apr 2024 08:48

Session: Apr. 8th, 2024

by Eirlyssia Tsurovitchna

I don't like not being in full control of a plan. I also don't like when the plan consistently changes - the small sham of a plan we have, anyway.
 
We finally met with Lanea and her group. I must say, the town is...different than I remember. Rougher around the edges. We went to have a chat with them about breaking into Mother's, so I could establish whether their plan was actually more than just "burn it down". Turns out, that was Lanea's plan, but her companions had a completely different plan. They weren't even going to tell her until it was too late. I actually felt a little bit bad for her - she found out at the same time we did that her companions had lied to her. They were planning to break in through the dungeons, set everyone down there free, set a small fire as a distraction, then loot the treasury and head out. They weren't even going to help Lanea kill Mother. They were going to leave her behind if she decided not to leave with them.
 
Together we were able to form a little bit more of a plan past that, because I also don't want her crew getting in our way. Instead, they're basically going to do what they'd originally planned, and they'll look for the crystal rod while they're in the basement. I gave them permission to loot the place. I think Lanea is going to help us. I made sure to stress that getting Father out is one of our top priorities, and they agreed to that, so hopefully that remains the case. We're going to try to cast some form of Suggestion on Mother so she removes her wedding ring - the thing keeping Father under her control. With that, we should be able to get Father out, and break into Mother's room to get to the hidden cell in her chambers and get Chompy's family out too. Once they're all out, I'll be able to breathe a lot easier. Then it's just about confronting Mother, something I'm going to relish.
 
The next debate is what we do about Terri and Cordyn. They'll probably both have to die. Terri is fiercely loyal to Mother - and there's no pretense that she doesn't know who Mother truly is. She knows, and they're both two peas in the same pod. She absolutely will not let us kill Mother, which means we need to kill her first. Then there's Cordyn - he seems like such a nice man, but he's Heir Designate in my place because he's being bribed into silence - and he's okay with that. He knows very well that it was just Father and I on the run together, and he's willing to doom Father to a life of suffering in exchange for inheriting a province. That doesn't strike me as someone who's going to give up quietly either.
 
My other question is whether we abduct Terri tonight so we can find out where exactly the crystal rod is, and what Mother's planning during my 'birthday party'. I'm itching to question someone, to try out the new technique Mortalis told me about. He said if I stab someone, he can sift through their thoughts. That's amazing. I'd love to be able to use that on Terri, and finally feel like we have the upper hand in something happening here. Because so far, it's just been one revelation after another, and I always feel one step behind. But we'll see if my companions go for that. They're unsurprisingly against anything involving Mortalis or risk. Sigh.
 
The only other things of note that I learned:
1. Lanea's patron is Talyrion the Scholar - the same ancient elf that Saanes's book is from.
2. Something happened between Dan'or'avil and Mother. I don't know what. I first got an inkling when Dan'or'avil called her a bitch. But then when talking to Father, he said Mother plans on killing Dan'or'avil. I must know what occurred between them for that relationship to go so hard and fast downhill!

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