Session 26: Am Galar Archeology

34th & 35th of Snowmelt

General Summary

The party returns back to the portal near the Modron Assembly line. Much has changed since their excursion to the rust monsters, as the expedition has started to fortify the area around the portal. The group tells Malekith what has happened, and as they are just about to talk about the next plan Vazeraj arrives. The party takes some time off, with Indra sending a message to Kiran who mentions to be in enemy territory and Uthal updating the map of Am Galar after checking out the Idirianoc side of the portal. They also meet the newest member to their party Felix Fumo.
After a while the party heads into the Modron territory. These Modrons look like 0.5m high creatures with small metal arms and legs, and a crude dwarvish face. The party is escorted through the assembly line towards a shed-like building where they meet Tridrone Overseer 0043589 "Greg". The party asks Greg about a myriad of things and gets varying results from his answers. They learn that with the help of the Modrons and the other scouting party, the group can make their way past the Ar'Garund Nazar. At the same time, the party is unable to get any information about who made Greg, what is directive is and many other questions, as the Tridrone just seems to crash, restart and reintroduce itself. In the end, Felix manages to convince the Modrons to draw an entire map of the city and help the expedition with setting up defenses.
Following the conversation with the Modrons, the party decides to end the day and take a nap inside the newly set up resting place in Idirianoc. During this rest, the party has a good conversation at a campfire to get to know each other a bit better. For example, the party learns that Killian is not actually married to one of the daughters of Thunderpoint and that Indra does not exactly remember every fight. With stronger bonds between the party, they arise the next day with their sights set on reaching the upper floor. Yet, before the party departs on their next adventure into the caverns, Indra contacts Aphos. Here, she learns that Aphons and some other creatures that may also be watchers have imprisoned her patron in a structure with architecture similar to the lighthouse, though it is unclear whether that was past, present or future. Aphos asks Indra to have faith in him and to accept that her destiny will be known in due time, but that getting her patron back is a shortcut that will only hurt her in the long time. During this conversation Aphos also mentions that 'its power does not reach the continent', but he does not elaborate further before ending the conversation with Indra.
The next day, the party heads out towards the upper level of the city. On their way to this destination, the party notices some rainbow hued colors that are seemingly reflected from crystals in the ceiling. Killian and Indra go to investigate, but quickly regret their choice as a dragon materializes from the walls of the cave surrounding them. The party learns that this is "Galgrun", who calls the city its domain. Indra starts rambling, explaining that among other things the party wants to rid the city of the feaster. Though the mighty beast does not interrupt the young Indra, it does not respond directly, instead inviting the party to talk in the upper layer of the city before disapearing back into the surrounding mountain. Following this encounter, the party navigates through tight rubble-created corridors and deep fog past a creature that looks like a hybrid between a griffon body with crow feathers and a spider head, avoiding detection due to some quick thinking on Felix' end.
The party manages to make their way to the middle floor of the city, where they make their way to overgrown gardens and old dwarven housing. Though the party does eventually run into the Celestial Assassin yet again, it still seems occupied fighting the creature that had left Indra's body the day prior. Thus, the party decides to not draw its attention and continue on with their journey. This brings the party to the "Central Garden", which is an area with underground trees, a river, flowers and even some now-broken sculptures. This is also where the party runs into a herd of friendly musk-oxen like creatures called Deep Rothé. Most of the party takes some time to relax and enjoy the nice scenery, with Leaf even talking to some of the Rothé. However, Uthal is mind-controlled by the feaster, which forces him to stab a Rothé named "Bud". This in turn makes Bud scream "POACHERS", and though only Leaf understands the words spoken by the creature, the sound of a herd charging towards the party brings the others up to speed quickly. Luckily, through a combination of Leafs intuition with beasts and Uthal regaining his senses, combat is avoided as they manage to calm down the Rothé once again.
Deciding not to linger any longer, the group gathers all their courage as they prepare to pass the construct that is known as the Ar'Garund Nazar. They decide that most of the group should be carried across by giant owls, as the efforts of the Modrons have rendered the construct blind and without much of its power. During the next tense minute-and-a-half the party all manages to get past the giant construct, despite taking some heavy hits from this mighty dwarven creation. After a short rest, the party finally reaches the upper layer of the city. To their surprise, they are shortly blinded by a white flash while climbing the stairs to the upper floor, before finding themselves suddenly having scaled the entire staircase. Even more surprising is the large amount of dwarves in fancy clothing that seem to look at the group of adventurers with wide eyes. As one of the dwarves screams in fear at the new arrivals, armed guards rush out to surround the party, including one very official looking dwarf covered in plate armor with dragon iconography. How will the party deal with this unexpected twist in the upper layers?

(Noteworthy) Characters Interacted With:
Igni, Vorfan, Banroe & Horthrum of the Am Galar Expedition
Malekith of the Tower Scholars of Mysteries
Tridrone Overseer 0043589 "Greg"
Galgrun, the Earthbound Prismflame
Deep Rothé "Bud"

Report Date

09 Nov 2024

Primary Location

Am Galar

Galgrun the Earthbound Prismflame

Deep Rothe "Bud"