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General Summary
Alik received a letter from his father letting him know his father would be coming to Pandora to visit him. Though as the days passed him by, his father seemed to be taking a worryingly long time. Fed up with waiting Alik put together a small group of friends to go looking for him. Though on the day they planned to begin, Alik was beset by a nightmare. Even more worryingly he found that the nightmare seemed to bleed into his real life, his feet had turned to solid gold! Ignoring it for the time being Alik gathered together his friends and began to work with both spells and intuition to discover his father's whereabouts. Eventually, the group made a somewhat worrying discovery, it seems his father had been jailed within the Sovereignty! Working quickly the group determined which settlement he must be in based on the nature of his jail cell and set off towards Willowdale.
Upon arrival, Alik immediately confronted the head of the guards there. After some very tense words, he managed to negotiate the release of his father. Returning with him and the rest of the group to Fjordhaven, the tired group rested for the night and planned to discuss Alik's father's arrival in the morning. Though in the night, Alik received another vivid dream, this time clearer than the first. When he awoke he found whatever was happening had progressed all the way up his legs to just below his waist! Worried at what might happen if it continued, Alik decided to stop hiding it and share what was happening with the party. Though this only resulted in further worry after Tiff's confirmation of the immensely powerful magical aura now radiating from his legs. With little idea what to do about it for now, Alik spoke to his father about why he came to Pandora. Apparently, he had been looking for an old eccentric friend that used to frequent his father's shop even back during Alik's youth!
After some asking around the group got an idea where to start searching for his father's friend, and after finding a boat the party headed for the islands to the south. Scouring around they came across the ruins of some form of a temple, magical energy radiating through a hatch behind what was once the lectern. Heading down they found a harrowing sight, statues of people made of pure gold, their faces twisted in looks of despair. Heading further in, the party found their father's old friend, unfortunately having met the same fate as the others they found below the church. In front of him was a pedestal with a book filled with detailed information on the monetary conditions of each of the kingdoms within Pandora's coffers! Suddenly the visions began to make sense to Alik, the pouring gold, the laughter fading to screams. All were flickering images warning of excess saving and hoarding of gold, a practice he had been a part of causing during his time as treasurer for the Sovereignty. Vowing to make right to Waukeen and establish a more natural flow of currency within Pandora, Alik then and there spoke with his party member and king of the dwarves, Bombo, ensuring his cooperation in this initiative. And with that, the party headed home, leaving Alik to plan for how to return to Waukeen's good graces. For now, at least he found the gilded curse seemed to have stopped progressing up his body.
Upon arrival, Alik immediately confronted the head of the guards there. After some very tense words, he managed to negotiate the release of his father. Returning with him and the rest of the group to Fjordhaven, the tired group rested for the night and planned to discuss Alik's father's arrival in the morning. Though in the night, Alik received another vivid dream, this time clearer than the first. When he awoke he found whatever was happening had progressed all the way up his legs to just below his waist! Worried at what might happen if it continued, Alik decided to stop hiding it and share what was happening with the party. Though this only resulted in further worry after Tiff's confirmation of the immensely powerful magical aura now radiating from his legs. With little idea what to do about it for now, Alik spoke to his father about why he came to Pandora. Apparently, he had been looking for an old eccentric friend that used to frequent his father's shop even back during Alik's youth!
After some asking around the group got an idea where to start searching for his father's friend, and after finding a boat the party headed for the islands to the south. Scouring around they came across the ruins of some form of a temple, magical energy radiating through a hatch behind what was once the lectern. Heading down they found a harrowing sight, statues of people made of pure gold, their faces twisted in looks of despair. Heading further in, the party found their father's old friend, unfortunately having met the same fate as the others they found below the church. In front of him was a pedestal with a book filled with detailed information on the monetary conditions of each of the kingdoms within Pandora's coffers! Suddenly the visions began to make sense to Alik, the pouring gold, the laughter fading to screams. All were flickering images warning of excess saving and hoarding of gold, a practice he had been a part of causing during his time as treasurer for the Sovereignty. Vowing to make right to Waukeen and establish a more natural flow of currency within Pandora, Alik then and there spoke with his party member and king of the dwarves, Bombo, ensuring his cooperation in this initiative. And with that, the party headed home, leaving Alik to plan for how to return to Waukeen's good graces. For now, at least he found the gilded curse seemed to have stopped progressing up his body.
Rewards Granted
Loot
Potions
2x potion of protection from energy, fire (CL 5) [750 gp]
2x potion of remove curse (CL 5) [750 gp]
Rods
rod of metamagic, lingering (lesser) [3,000 gp]
rod of metamagic, enlarge (greater) [24,500 gp]
Scrolls
arcane scroll of insanity (CL 13) [2,275 gp]
arcane scroll of vortex (CL 13)[2,275 gp]
Tiff [14]: 1,225xp = 350 (False Accusations Cleared) + 175 (A Man Found) + 700 (A Curse Overcome)
Bombo [12]: 2,250xp = 600 + 300 + 1,350
Alik [11]: 2,888xp = 825 + 413 + 1,650
Hadrian [9]: 4,725xp = 1,350 + 675 + 2,700
Potions
2x potion of protection from energy, fire (CL 5) [750 gp]
2x potion of remove curse (CL 5) [750 gp]
Rods
rod of metamagic, lingering (lesser) [3,000 gp]
rod of metamagic, enlarge (greater) [24,500 gp]
Scrolls
arcane scroll of insanity (CL 13) [2,275 gp]
arcane scroll of vortex (CL 13)[2,275 gp]
Tiff [14]: 1,225xp = 350 (False Accusations Cleared) + 175 (A Man Found) + 700 (A Curse Overcome)
Bombo [12]: 2,250xp = 600 + 300 + 1,350
Alik [11]: 2,888xp = 825 + 413 + 1,650
Hadrian [9]: 4,725xp = 1,350 + 675 + 2,700
