Confronting The God in the Pool

Discovery, Exploration

The LightBringers enlist the help of Esabel Chantry, Kezahr, and Katya Shadowash to return to Verdant Isle in hopes of removing The God in the Pool and exploring more of what is there. The confront the God in the Pool and eventually defeat it and two creatures it seems to have created from previous residents of the isle. During the fight Essa and Katya are afflicted with a strange disease that keeps them close to or within the waters of the pool. Kezahr guards them while the Lightbringers explore more with Fafnir, first encountering a hybrid Troll made of the parts of Trolls fallen in the area previously. They see more of the former Dwarven settlement including a chapel and a reliquery containing what appears to be Glade's cloak, staff, and spellbook, Brak's Armour, Axe, and Gauntlets, and a small golden ring. They also discover a door that has been sealed and has some noise behind it. And with the help of Fafnir are able to explore Glade's Tower, where they encounter some undead Perytons.

During the exploration of the tower it becomes clear that someone has been here fairly recently, caused great destruction, and seems to have been looking for something. Fafnir is able to report memories of a dark, magical man in the tower that he hid from, sensing great power and anger.

However, no cure for the disease is found. Katya is observed trying to consume some of the brain matter of the God of the Pool, now identified as an Aboleth. They try to call Funi "The Answer" Umoweahl for advice, but Pozohr "The Flame" now has her sending stone and provides some guidance as to how difficult the disease is to deal with. Eventually, Katya uses the item given to her by Isadora Giordano to call for help in exchange for her service to the Duchy of Mirellion. Isadora arrives at the teleportation circle in the base of the tower with Thicoul Stormwalker and he is eventually able to cure both Essa and Katya.

The new arrivals also tour the location and agree to stay until the next day to deal with whatever is behind the sealed door. Some new stories of The Cleansing Wave are discovered in the somewhat reduced Library upstairs.

Fafnir searches out a key hidden in the master bedroom of the tower and grants it to Kezahr, being the key to the Tower itself.