Session 102 - Wizards and Wonders

General Summary

26^th of Azura to 1^st Halane (first and second Months of Autumn) 722TR

The story so far

The Heroes are traveling to the City of Cherafir via the Earthmaster Portal at Telumar.

Quazzy wants to investigate a blue and green-eyed man with links to her past, and Athena needs to retrieve her ancestral greatsword Retribution from a Master Weaponsmith and Enchanter.

The continuation of Session 101 - The Corrupted Shrine.

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Location - Earthmaster Site of Telumar, Eastern Hârn.

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Part 1 - Troll Ambush

The Heroes make their way towards the mysterious ancient monument of Telumar. Yureb skillfully sneaks the Party past several hazards; however, Quazzy leads them directly into a cunning ambush, which Athena fails to detect. Four Trolls are well hidden, having concealed themselves with earth and vegetation. They ambush the Heroes attacking with a torrent of claws and bites. One troll is an enormous amalgam of half a dozen trolls with multiple heads and seven muscled arms with sharp talons. The Heroes had to scramble to defeat these foes.

Before the Party has time to rest and recover, they spot a spectacular light show emerging from Telumar followed by rapidly approaching Swarms of Fireflies. Luckily these are intent on devouring the rapidly decomposing Troll corpses, so they are easily avoided.

Part 2 - The Halls of Light

Lepridis, Art by Donatoarts

At Telumar, the group is warmly greeted and granted access into the complex by some bored guards. They quickly meet with Lepridis, the Master Illusionist studying the magical properties of this Earthmaster Site. Lepridis informs the Heroes that a strange Crystalline Monster emerged from a psionically hidden door and has been prowling the Godstones Chamber since the last light storm. This Crystal Golem absorbed magic spells and was impervious to mundane weapons. Lepridis asks the Heroes to deal with this creature and will reward them with some potions for their efforts. Regardless the Party needs to access this chamber to travel directly to the City of Cherafir.

Crystal Golem, art by Jin-hong Park

The Heroes enter the Godstone Chamber cloaked in Invisibility. They see a huge crystalline humanoid-shaped figure, glowing intensely with light, patrolling the Godstone. They leap onto it, causing considerable damage with their surprise assault before it can respond. However, it still had some fight remaining and strikes back, releasing all it's stored radiant energy in a massive burst of intense light. After the blinding flash, the chamber goes dark, and the Heroes are fighting blind. The Golem then hammers at Athena, stunning her, although Yureb skillfully dodges the worst attacks. Eventually, Lucia lights a torch and drags the stunned Athena away. The creature is ultimately shattered into golden-colored crystalline shards.

As promised, Lepridis rewards the Heroes with some potions. He also warns Lucia that the Sisterhood of the Crimson Dancer Code of Arms on her shield would likely cause issues in Melderyn. The worship of Agrik, the Evil God of Fire and War, is illegal in that Kingdom. He uses his magic to "paint" Lucia's personal Code of Arms onto her shield. The Heroes rest up then step through the Godstone to the Chantry of the Guild of Arcane Lore in the City of Cherafir.

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Location - City of Cherafir, Kingdom of Melderyn.

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Part 4 - The Wizards Guild

Adri Galven, Art by Artbreeder

The Heroes arrive at the Guildhall without mishap. The Guildmaster Andri Galven greets Quazzy checks whether she has visited any new Earthmaster locations. They are given access to the Guildhall's common areas and start looking around for a blue and green-eyed wizard but find no one matching that description. Upstairs they visit the library, although they are denied access to the restricted sections. The old librarian is far from amused with Yureb's time travel jokes and lack of apparent magical aptitude, and he quickly finds himself very unwelcome.

Elandria, art by Attacus

In the Guild's common room, Athena spots an Elf and decides to introduce herself. Elandria is a visiting Elven Wizard researching Earth Magic. Both women get on well, and Athena learns that Elandria has two brothers. Athena asks Elandria where she knows of a blue and green-eyed wizard. As it happens, she does. His name is Wilcock Suddicke, "a most unusual young man." He was the apprentice of the Wizard Kailrun, who has a laboratory upstairs, near the library. However, she hasn't seen Wilcock for a while.

Wilcock Suddicke, art by Attacus

The party head up to the Wizard Kailrun's Laboratory and interrupt him "instructing" one of the female apprentices, Nera, in the ways of magic. Quazzy learns from him that Wilcock is researching albino girls for some special project. Noting that Quazzy is also an albino, he tells her that he has traveled to Alata Manor, a manor a few hours travel out of town. Alata Manor has an old temple used to store old books, which Wilcock believed had some information pertinent to his studies. The Wizard creates a life-size illusion of Wilcock for Quazzy to view, and she notes that his eyes are striking, split green and blue.

Part 5 - Retribution

Yebisi Netoshi, Art by Artbreeder

The next day, before the Heroes travel to Alata Manor, Athena visits Yebisi Netoshi at the Forge of Eternity. The Master Weaponcrafter has nearly completed the reforging her Ancestral Greatsword, Retribution. Athena inspects the weapon and is very impressed. The blade has a distinctive grey folding pattern unique to the weapon masters from the far east. She also learns that this weapon will be finished well ahead of schedule in a matter of days.

Athena considers having this magnificent weapon suitably consecrated.

To be continued...

NPC Interactions

Lepridis - Master Illusionist.

Andri Galven - Guildmaster of the Guild of Arcane Lore.

Wizard Kailrun and his apprentice Nera.

Elandria - Elven Earth Wizard.

Yebisi Netoshi - Master Weaponcrafter.

Challenges

The Party failed the Skill Challenge to get to Temular Safely.

3 Trolls and 1 Dire Troll.

3 Swarms of Fireflies - Avoided.

1 Crystal Golem.

Successful use of the Telumar Goldstone.

The Party learned the identity of the Green and Blue-eyed man and his probable location.

Rewards

The heroes are given 3 Potions of Disguise and 5 Potions of Greater Healing.

Related Reports

Earthmaster Sites.

Godstones.

Swarm of Fireflies.

City of Cherafir.

Chantry of the Guild of Arcane Lore - updated.

The Forge of Eternity - updated.

Players Character Status

Athena the Banshee - Level 16 Paladin of Vengeance.

Yureb - Level 16 Arcane Trickster.

Quazzy - Level 5 Necromancer and Level 11 Warlock Disciple of Desridaen.

Campaign

The Uncivil War - Campaign Complete

Protagonists

Quazzy

Athena

Yureb

Report Date

13 Sep 2020

Primary Location

City of Cherafir

NPC Companion

Lucia Kalormar, Athena's Squire

Lucia Kalomar, art by Artbreeder

Lucia Kalormar's Personal Code of Arms

Dame Lucia, art by Attacus

Crimson Dancer Code of Arms

by Columbia Games