sessions 14

General Summary

The Fading 28, 1492
At the Beached Leviathan, the party and the Lord's Alliance memebers present at the meeting form the Fellowship of the Amulet where they promise not to speak of it to anyone and to destoy it. After the meeting, Grindel casts blood pact binding the fellowship, whereas breaking the pact would trigger inprisonment causing the pathbreakers to be imprisoned in a demiplane for eternity. The facts of the pact are such:

1. No one shall speak to anyone outside the fellowship of the amulet
2. all members of the fellowship will work toward destroying the amulet
3. If the amulet is to be used at all, it will only be for the completion of tasks related to the amulet's destruction
4. if a member of the fellowship is being mind controlled, imprisonment will not occur
5. no member of the fellowship shall mind control another in regards to any aspect of the amulet

The party discusses their last encounter in the desert. They discover that the necromancer was a red wizard of Thay. BrightBurn shows the fellowship the letter and spellbook that he recovered from the necromancer's body. The letter reads:

Arrit my love, the {****} have taken that which belongs to our lord. I cannot pursue, as I have to remain here and put back together what they have destroyed. They are a dragonborn sorcerer, a wood elf assassin, a {*****} cleric, and an orc barbarian among others. Ras Nsi let them into the tomb. He believed it seemed fortuitous at the time to allow them into the tomb and awaken Raja before the time was right. That they would weaken Raja and then be killed by him. He has always been a fool but I have always wondered if he had designs on the amulet himself. Either way Immortu Excercitis will end up in the hands for whom it belongs. HE cannot be denied. I have also discovered the name of HIS {*****} contact and I have a plan to make contact with him myself. This is a very dangerous time for me the {*****} cannot be trusted. The plague continues apace. The time is almost nigh. HE is most appreciative of the red wizard's aid and you all will be rewarded beyond your dreams. It will take me time to get here. Meet me at {*****} at the end of the waning moon. In darkness, F~

The parenthetic quotes are words that don't have direct translation into common. The first two are mostly derogatory slang and quite offensive. The next two are both something like infernal or infernai most likely meaning a demonic creature. The last is a location that the Grindel recognizes as a place in the Fallen Lands that Grindel believes is most likely an old ruin that is found there.
The fellowship also examines the tablets that were found in the tomb of Raja Anaur. One is instructions for a summoning spell. The rest are recordings of communication with some demonic being. The promise to carry out the plans in exchange for the right to be transformed into a demon. The Lord's Alliance wishes to pursue the mystery. They inform the party that Immortu Exercitis is Abyssal for "undead army". They discuss many options of finding a safe place for the amulet, but decide to bring it to Grindels stronghold in Waterdeep.
After the meeting, the party is informed that Eliziveta wishesto meet them. They are invited to a campaign party in the Moonstone Mask, a fancy hotel in one of the Floating Earthmotes that is tethered to the docks in the Protector's Enclave. Also in attendance is Sildar, Grindel, Q, Morbeth, Elizar, and BB old friend and business partner, Gundrun Rockseeker. She gives a speech and meets with the party, she is gracious and sensible and every bit a politician. She is flanked by Zyev, her wizard counselor and a retinue of advisors and guards. She talks a bit about the wandering monsters and their worrying behavior of gathering in large, armed groups and seem to be on the move. Indeed some of them look like full garrisons. They seem to be heading towards the High Moors. The other worry is this plague. It hasn't quite got to the sword coast but what she has heard about it is disturbing and it is spreading. It seems that people go quite mad and then die a horrible painful death. She has heard of communities forcing the conscription of clerics and healers.
She wishes to contract with the Wave Echo Cave Weapons Manufacturing Consortium (WECWMC) to make weapons for her army. She feels like something is afoot. She asks that the party come and see her again, she may have work for them.
Afterword, the party takes Grindel and the Amulet in the airship to Waterdeep to lock the amulet away under the many spells in Grindel's stronghold. In appreciation of their work, Grindel gives the party a magic bottle that will hold the airship when not in use. The party heads to see the gnomes, who have teleportation technology that will help them get from the airship to the ground and back again.

Report Date

03 Oct 2023