Meeting Cthulhu's little brother

So we're still in the underwater city
Well at least at the moment we're in a halfway decently dry cave
Also the magic stuff is interesting and weird stuff
Thazz wants us to bounce
Also the group wants me to lead the talks with the tentacle people, well I can work with that
 
Also we see this visit thing through
The entity then coming to us looks not completely seaspawny
They also look pretty fancy and very tanned
Probably originally human and they have a platter with them
There's transparent stuff on it
It appears to be some kind of raw fish
There's also one of the gem things on their neck - similar but different than ours, a little rougher and more tarnished
 
Seems to be some kind of common speaking servant
The food also seems to be safe to eat according to them
The arbiters are meant to meet us soon-ish
We should act with care and not with direct defiance
Their name is Zelis and it was chosen by one of the rulers of this place (Kullusk)
 
When I ask about the reason she's special, she's wincing a little
Okay so she just showed respect and catched the eye of one Kullusk
There are some like them, but not many
Also seems like she's originally from the city of Blumenthal, a city of food produce near Rexxentrum
Dundrok = city
 
Also insinuating that the food is poisoned is super rude, but of course I'm the only one noticing that
The collar btw. is made to be worn by guests
The changing of people seems to be related to the gems, time spent here, the Omshi and their magic but not necessarily their food
Mort then tries to give them a playing card, they decline
Sivrit bullies them into taking the card, they decline
Thazz then tries a pebble and then instead pokets a thread from their robe
 
It seems it's for a spell and Mort might want to locate that person later to escape with them?
The heck? Seriously?
Also they're praying to Bane here, kind of a god of hobgoblins
He's also one of the betrayer gods
We're also talking about our plan when talking to the arbiter
Also Siv might have a super loose blood connection with those people here and his ancestors
If we appeal to their pride in combat or their wish to conquest
We might ask to prove ourselves worthy of the boons of shared ancestry
Okay Siv is half hobgoblin
And Bane was originally hobgoblin
 
Then off to the arbiters we go
Arbiter Ussungade will be attending to us today
The court of the arbiter was dried for us, normally it's filled with water
The arbiter looks pretty darn big and lacks most humanoid features
It's at least 10 feet tall, but sitting on a large chair
There's also 2 empty chairs next to them
 
After being led in, we show our reverence in different ways, Thazz, Heidan and me bow
Sivrit breaks the silence for a second
This then leads to more silence
We plead our case
Seems like we're sending mixed signals
According to them we are in need of guidance
 
So yeah some talking more
And we get to a trial by combat
We challenged the big guy
It ends in a fight against the servant and several of the small tentacle creatures