Zobeck Se01Ep08

General Summary

The Devil will be defeated and the bottomless pit shall rise, the creations of Rava, the strength of Perun, the shadow of Sarastra and the cauldron born.

From the diary of the late mistress Arashi - dated Harvest Tide 96
To begin with, diary, I never liked Ms. Nemovene all that much. After I brought my late husband’s good china tea service (from the shop he used to run) to the last book club she attended (she knows what she did) and she said some things I did not care for, we spoke very little.
However, after her disappearance was reported some years ago, I was far from delighted. Such an influential figure in the kobold community going missing so soon after their holy festival was more than a little suspicious. The whole thing smelled political to me. Further, I didn’t want anyone suspecting yours truly of foul play. Especially after the spat she and I had about my good China. At least I THINK that was her. Me eyesight not being what it used to be, it might have been another kobold. Regardless, I made a note to look into it later.
That very same brunch we also received some more distressing news. Some esoteric order of knights wanted us all in irons, and had the fancy stationary to prove it. As it turned out, there was a schism in this order of knights, with one being more loyal to the city proper, and the other more of a fanatical cult. At least that was my takeaway after Gummy explained what she’d heard. I wasn’t in attendance to investigate the offices of these tough guys. Poor old Arashi has temperamental sensibilities in her old age, you see. I’ve always been somewhat allergic to pigs.
To further complicate matters, though the letter had been fabricated by the illegitimate knights, the ones we met had designs of their own. Designs that Gummy and several likeminded members of our party seemed intent on articulating.
It wasn’t until we were neckdeep in monsters, fighting to recover some gewgaw that I learned we were planning on fulfilling some dark prophecy, rather than preventing it! (The drawing here is laid out like the cover of the first Superman comic, with Arashi smashing through a crowd of giant spiders while rappelling down a sheer cliff face. She is holding Xanza aloft)
I’d never taken Gummy for a holy roller, (maybe Zed or the Princess...never Molly though, heh) but something about the promises laid out in the prophecy lit a fire under her.
Everyone loves the idea of crushing the bad guys under their heel and rising up to take what’s theirs, and framing it on a backdrop of stars that connect up into saviors and serpents just makes it sweeter to swallow. I myself follow Minos, but he’s always been more of a hands-off kind of demigod. He left us the maze, and we have to prove ourselves worthy to navigate it on our own wits. For some, the maze is suffering. And it’s the thought of the cheese at the end that keeps them going. But it’s important to step back from time to time and appreciate that the maze, and what it can teach us, is just as important as the cheese.
(There is a portrait of Gummy. It has a soft focus around the edges like whoever drew it was using watercolors to paint the idea of the person, rather than what one might merely see.Despite its ethereal qualities, the proportions are a bit off and it looks a little goofy.)
With the gewgaw collected, we came down from the mountaintop back into Zobeck for a little old time religion. We found some surprising allies in our eldritch endeavor in our old magic cat friend Camayd, as well as the entire assembled clergy of Sarasota (resident goddess of darkness). They’d gathered with their own gewgaws in the jaws of a lair we’d cleared out last week. I wasn’t there myself, but Princess told me about how they’d routed a devil in a subterranean sewer cheesegratered with bottomless pits. The place was eerie, with the walls stretching away into empty blackness that didn’t quite mesh with the grid of the city’s plans in my head.
And now here we were again. Only this time it was populated by more lively company. We didn’t have to wait long for the chanting and bowing to bear fruit. A bolt of light shocked the plinth at the end of the room. And a man stepped forth. And BOY, diary. Tall dark and handsome don’t do him justice. Oh diary, the things I’d do to that beautiful white chocolate man are not fit for your pages. He asked that we take him to the temple of Sarasota, and how could I say no to a face like that? To be continued, diary!
(There is a portrait of the mysterious man. He is pale, with long raven tresses and an angular face. His eyes smolder with intensity. Despite his ethereal beauty, the proportions are a bit off and he looks a little goofy.)

Notes

Rodger DevitoThere was talk of floating a name for our little adventuring company last session. I remember hearing The Fountainheads and The Incomprehensibles, but the forum is open. Let’s hear suggestions and then take a vote!William Flowers
As a player, I like the sound of The Incomprehensibles, but I would say Molly would prefer a different name. Xanza wouldn't care too much.
Molly might want to think of another name, hoping not to be stuck with this one, like "The Advancers" or "The Go-getters" seem more tasteful and appealing, rationalizing her own previous idea of "Spider's Bane", while accurate with how many different sorts of spiders the group have taken on, would end up having the group face more spiders on the regular from employers. And that would be unpleasant to be looked upon as simpe exterminators.
Richard Fraser
So tarasque slayers it is!
Rodger Devito
Dress for the job you want!


Lucielle Marie Belle
Gummy would also like to be seen in a different name than The Incomprehensibles. Same with The Fountainheads. A name more befitting of their group would be needed, they are ones who complete tasks so far. Even so The Zobeckian Pack or something of the like.
Theresa would want something more upstanding, or something darker. Something that doesn't make us sound bafoonish or not serious. We want to be taken seriously when it comes to doing jobs.
Rodger Devito
Fountainhead Inc?
Rodger Devito
Arashi’s completely original idea that nobody in her world has ever thought of:
The Shadowrunners
Or The Shadowrun Company
Or Shadowrun Inc
William Flowers
Okay, Shadowrunners sounds pretty good. We have once taken those weird shadow paths for a job, and we are very crafty people in how we get things done.

Date

Harvest Tide 3, FY92

Report Date

10 Aug 2018

Primary Location

Zobeck