Kingdom on the Brink - Session 65
General Summary
As the party gets closer to Highsummit they find themselves among more travelers trying to get to the festival. They notice that the guards are aren't normal kingdom guards, they appear to the bandits they fought before reaching Bronze Cliff. The bandits are talking about the festival and speaking of how some of the royal councilors are sponsoring some of the events, handing out flyers and making sure everyone knows. The party moves further into the crowd to blend in and continue their journey to Highsummit. The party makes into the capitol and start looking for lodging, they get lucky and find an inn that appears to be in a safer part of the city (named the singing swan inn). They use the sending stones to inform lord Valeros, he says that Shia Boriz frequents the establishment. Uriel offers a bag of gold to the innkeeper if he could facilitate an introduction, Del Varis offers a bag of gold to pay for all the drinks for their stay. The party goes to scout out Leagallow's estate, Duromar talks to the guard at the front while Uriel, Merigold and Amber fly around on Ashara. Uriel flies down and drops Merigold into the moat, the Archer sees Uriel and sternly tells him to leave, Uriel does some tricks on Ashara and flies off. Merigold swims down and digs through some the silt, finding continuous rock buried underneath. She uses her broom of flying to get out of the water and fly towards Uriel, Rosemary uses the sending spell to find out what's going on, they plan on a meetup point. Merigold believes there is a structure under the moat, the group decides to try and find some plans for the estate at the historic library in the city; they head back to the inn and prepare for nights festivities. Uriel and Del Varis head out to watch the commencement ceremony, Del Varis and Rosemary also head out and wander before also watching the ceremony; Merigold stays in. The group that went outside follow the parade until they get to the ceremony area, There is a wall with three of three people (the three different factions of royal councilors). The group of Jeram Rhida, Calra Belastor, and Hophira Yinric start a speech at the crowd, talking about how they really wanted to make this the biggest festival in history. They have funded it with more money as a gift to the citizens of Bralor, the crowd starts to cheer (liking the idea of free stuff). They wrap up the speech and begin a ritual, an illusion of all 9 dragons appear and due some tricks, then they explode in fireworks. Uriel starts to move closer and gathers more info about the identity of the 9 royal councilors, Del Varis and Rosemary are watching from a different part of the ceremony when they see some dark fey. The fey disappear and they pursue, Rosemary casts sending to tell Duromar and Uriel. They find some magical traces of the dark fey, but they lose the trail as they seemingly disappear at will. The party regroups at the inn, they decide they'll split into two groups for the morning, they long rest.
In the morning Amber Kerogen asks Uriel for some diamond dust, she has learned a spell she hopes will help her in the process of recovering her memory. Uriel says he does and asks if she wants moral support, he goes to get the rest of the party. He gathers everyone except for Del Varis and Amber casts greater restoration on herself, after a few moments her breathing gets labored and holds her head. She says that the name of the person he tortured in the dungeon/laboratory is named Maleichar, he is a teifling. During this time Del Varis is setting up an improvised alarm system in his room, when he closes the door he hear a "twing" sound, he curses to himself. As Del Varis is entering the hall the party steps out, they see him start to get blurry and two figures appear and pull him through a portal. Gregori quickly bites one of the cloaks and gets a little blood on the cloth he ripped, Uriel uses divine sense and can tell they weren't fey. Duromar, Merigold, Bob, and Gregori go to the historic library while Uriel, Amber, and Rosemary explore the festival.
Merigold and Duromar leave Bob and Gregori outside as they begin to discuss the culinary delicacy of grass. Duromar and Merigold begin to explore the library, they find a book on the general architecture of Highsummit, which Merigold takes. They also see a couple of figures milling about in front of the restricted section, not seeming to care about anything else. Duromar approaches an attendant and asks if there are any other books or blueprints concerning the older architecture, going as far to mention the Leagallow estate, they wish to make a replica. The attendant remarks that estate would be an expensive replica, and shows them some models and finds some old manuscripts, they begin to make copies of the layout. During this time Uriel, Rosemary, and Amber are walking through the festival, they find some of sponsored events and decide to check them out. They see that the events are fairly superficial, the prizes are nice if you're a non-adventurer (decent amount of coin and nice clothing), and the food is free. Uriel is unimpressed, though he takes notes on how to earn the favor of the masses, they also notices the bandits from before are also there assisting in running the events, they make sure everyone knows there is a bigger sponsored event coming up in two days. They leave and find some other events, events that actually require skill and prowess, Uriel enters a series of jousts (Horse, Lizard, and Gryphon). He enters under the name of "Marlow Brightblade" and performs well, he spends the rest of the day jousting. Rosemary looks around the festival some more, noticing that the royal councilor events are receiving noticeably more traffic. Duromar and Merigold finish up making the copies and begin to head out, they notice the two figures in front of the restricted section are there and tell the attendant. The party meets back up at the inn, to prepare to rescue Merigolds wife.
When Duromar gets back to his room he gets a message, it says his order is ready to give his location, shortly thereafter a Shield Guardian comes through. The party decides to have dimension doors prepped and ready and Duromar will us wish to mimic the teleport spell, the party makes final preparations. Duromar casts wish and the party teleports, when the spell ends the party finds themselves underground, Merigold says this doesn't look right. She focuses on her wife and realizes they are about 2 miles east of her location, the group starts to search the area, finding a path that appears boarded up with moss growing on it. Uriel hears growls from down the hall, he yells they have company. Uriel and Rosemary move up, two spectral shadow beasts appear, Rosemary stuns one while Uriel starts smiting. Merigold and Amber fire at range, two ghouls make themselves known and start to dodge. The first Shadow Beast falls, the second one nearly critically hits Rosemary but Merigold uses silvery barbs. Duromar moves up and cast scorching ray at the second Shadow Beast, Gregori finishes it off, the Shield Guardian dashes into combat. Rosemary moves up and stuns one of the Ghouls, Merigold hits it with an arrow which causes a gagging stench that Rosemary resists. Uriel switch to his flail and continues to smite. The party quickly destroys the ghouls, Uriel says he is going to be pissed if he got teleported in Kalzoz's sanctum, the ground doesn't appear to be unhallowed.
In the morning Amber Kerogen asks Uriel for some diamond dust, she has learned a spell she hopes will help her in the process of recovering her memory. Uriel says he does and asks if she wants moral support, he goes to get the rest of the party. He gathers everyone except for Del Varis and Amber casts greater restoration on herself, after a few moments her breathing gets labored and holds her head. She says that the name of the person he tortured in the dungeon/laboratory is named Maleichar, he is a teifling. During this time Del Varis is setting up an improvised alarm system in his room, when he closes the door he hear a "twing" sound, he curses to himself. As Del Varis is entering the hall the party steps out, they see him start to get blurry and two figures appear and pull him through a portal. Gregori quickly bites one of the cloaks and gets a little blood on the cloth he ripped, Uriel uses divine sense and can tell they weren't fey. Duromar, Merigold, Bob, and Gregori go to the historic library while Uriel, Amber, and Rosemary explore the festival.
Merigold and Duromar leave Bob and Gregori outside as they begin to discuss the culinary delicacy of grass. Duromar and Merigold begin to explore the library, they find a book on the general architecture of Highsummit, which Merigold takes. They also see a couple of figures milling about in front of the restricted section, not seeming to care about anything else. Duromar approaches an attendant and asks if there are any other books or blueprints concerning the older architecture, going as far to mention the Leagallow estate, they wish to make a replica. The attendant remarks that estate would be an expensive replica, and shows them some models and finds some old manuscripts, they begin to make copies of the layout. During this time Uriel, Rosemary, and Amber are walking through the festival, they find some of sponsored events and decide to check them out. They see that the events are fairly superficial, the prizes are nice if you're a non-adventurer (decent amount of coin and nice clothing), and the food is free. Uriel is unimpressed, though he takes notes on how to earn the favor of the masses, they also notices the bandits from before are also there assisting in running the events, they make sure everyone knows there is a bigger sponsored event coming up in two days. They leave and find some other events, events that actually require skill and prowess, Uriel enters a series of jousts (Horse, Lizard, and Gryphon). He enters under the name of "Marlow Brightblade" and performs well, he spends the rest of the day jousting. Rosemary looks around the festival some more, noticing that the royal councilor events are receiving noticeably more traffic. Duromar and Merigold finish up making the copies and begin to head out, they notice the two figures in front of the restricted section are there and tell the attendant. The party meets back up at the inn, to prepare to rescue Merigolds wife.
When Duromar gets back to his room he gets a message, it says his order is ready to give his location, shortly thereafter a Shield Guardian comes through. The party decides to have dimension doors prepped and ready and Duromar will us wish to mimic the teleport spell, the party makes final preparations. Duromar casts wish and the party teleports, when the spell ends the party finds themselves underground, Merigold says this doesn't look right. She focuses on her wife and realizes they are about 2 miles east of her location, the group starts to search the area, finding a path that appears boarded up with moss growing on it. Uriel hears growls from down the hall, he yells they have company. Uriel and Rosemary move up, two spectral shadow beasts appear, Rosemary stuns one while Uriel starts smiting. Merigold and Amber fire at range, two ghouls make themselves known and start to dodge. The first Shadow Beast falls, the second one nearly critically hits Rosemary but Merigold uses silvery barbs. Duromar moves up and cast scorching ray at the second Shadow Beast, Gregori finishes it off, the Shield Guardian dashes into combat. Rosemary moves up and stuns one of the Ghouls, Merigold hits it with an arrow which causes a gagging stench that Rosemary resists. Uriel switch to his flail and continues to smite. The party quickly destroys the ghouls, Uriel says he is going to be pissed if he got teleported in Kalzoz's sanctum, the ground doesn't appear to be unhallowed.
It is the night of the 1st day of the Festival of Creation 2517 AGF
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06 Jul 2024
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