Session 8: Land of the Elves Report
General Summary
The party travels to Atheneris, the stronghold of the Elves of Lasceye. While Seraphina is whisked away by Killian and the Windriders to go through intensive training, the others are each assigned guards and kept under careful watch during their stay. Ode ingratiates himself to his guard and spends time sharing his culture with him. Embress and Daze both manage to get appointments with the Queen-General's arcane advisor, Mihrren.
Daze speaks to Mihrren about her brother's predicament and finds an ally in the sorceress. Mihrren, during her time in the Howling Plains, also lost people to Acionna and sought a way to destroy her. She tells Daze of an artifact called the Chains of the Deep, which may hold the key to severing Acionna's connection to her Warlocks, weakening her enough to be defeated.
Embress suggests a trade of knowledge between Mihrren and herself, hoping to gain insight into new spells and new ways of casting. Mihrren declines the proposal but has a counter offer when she learns that Embress once studied in Kaisu. She requests that Embress retrieve the Raven's Grimoire, a powerful spellbook that has been locked in a vault in the Royal Academy for centuries. In return for retrieving the book, Mihrren has offered to teach Embress some of what she knows, both in regards to magical theory, as well as teaching her some spells.
Daze also follows the advice of High Priestess Xaniya and calls out to Acionna herself to negotiate her brother's release. Through an underground stream, Daze senses Acionna's presence and is confident that the patron heard her request, but Acionna did not respond.
Seraphina spends her time in Lasceye with the Windriders, learning how to become one with her mount. She takes a crash-course in how to ride, how to fight while mounted, and how to care for her mount if he is injured. She meets a young Windrider trainee, Aiden, and tells him about the world outside of Lasceye. Leaving her intensive training, her bond with Goldie is stronger than ever.
The party then proceeds to Kaisu, where they part ways with Posie. Ode convinces the party to go to his hometown, where he learns two Inquisitors are hunting for him. Ode returns home to find his parents missing, and he encounters his old friend's girlfriend - a girl he admired himself. Meanwhile, Daze, Seraphina, and Embress learn of the Inquisitor's plan. The Inquisitors have laid a trap for Ode, capturing his parents and holding them hostage as bait. The party schemes to fake Ode's death in order to rescue the parents and evade the law. Ode stages a fake rescue and Embress, using her familiar to deliver the spells Daze stored in her magical circlet, waits for a guard to land a solid strike then casts feign death. The plan works and Ode is buried. That night, the party and Ode's parents dig up Ode and lift the spell. Ode gives his parents enough money to start new in Vesmos and says his goodbyes, for now.
The party leaves that very night, under cover of darkness, and camps in the wilderness. It is then that Mihrren reaches out to Daze and informs her she's learned the location of the Chains of the Deep. They are being held in the Gallery of Travels - the predominant museum in Yahven.
Rewards Granted
Missions/Quests Completed
Character(s) interacted with
Embress Promare
True Neutral Genasi (Fire) (Sage)
Wizard 7
Wizard 7
44 / 44 HP
STR
10
10
DEX
16
16
CON
15
15
INT
19
19
WIS
11
11
CHA
12
12
Dazé Khymerus
True Neutral Half-Orc (Outlander)
Cleric 6
Cleric 6
58 / 58 HP
STR
18
18
DEX
15
15
CON
17
17
INT
14
14
WIS
18
18
CHA
12
12
Odette (Ode) Thundercrouse
Lawful Good (yuck) Half Orc (Folk Hero)
Bard 5
Bard 5
22 / 22 HP
STR
14
14
DEX
13
13
CON
17
17
INT
10
10
WIS
12
12
CHA
17
17
Seraphina Highhill
Chaotic Neutral Halfling (Noble)
Ranger 7
Ranger 7
35 / 35 HP
STR
12
12
DEX
16
16
CON
11
11
INT
10
10
WIS
14
14
CHA
11
11
Report Date
19 Jul 2021
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Secondary Location
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