Session 30 - Iltani Diplomacy - Mafaldine's Notes

General Summary

The Children 10M/8F Pitt and rolya
We try and calm/befriend the children
I remove the sulletar’s head
The children belong to the bluespear tribe
Suletar has very good quality splint mail, tower shield and heavy flail. Flail has volcanic rock on the end. Bag of coins and a very well-read note. Also has a beautiful quartz with a blue orchid  wrapped around it. Small, gold sized disk, made of glass. Tiny flecks of gemstone embedded within.
Note seems well calligraphed. Seems to be a litany or prayer.
(Translated from an ancient dialect of Giant)
This world was born in fire, and in fire it shall end.
Our future lies in the Land of the Promise, from whence all fire flows.
In the first days, the mighty learned to bind the flames of the far lands, drawing fire from the air and blending it with blood and iron.
But the clumsy hands of the giants could not weave the fine threads of true fire
The stubborn minds of the giants could not understand the deepest secrets of true fire.
And so the flame seared their bodies and minds and left them mad.
The wisest among them sought our ancestors, seeking those with the power to embody the flame and find the Land of the Promise.
They bound the fire to our blood, they burned us black as basalt. They taught us the ways of the fire and the knowledge of the Promise.
And when they fell to the madness, we laid claim to the cities of glass.
Many of our kindred fell to the madness and now roam the wilds, they worship vermin, they pick at ruins. But we hold destiny in our hands.
We hold the secrets of the fire. One day we shall open the Gates of the Promise and spread flames across the world.
For this world was born in fire, and in fire it shall end.



We agree to return the children home then head for the iltani.
We need to go quite downstream to find the bluespear apparently.
We travel downriver, and return to one of our previous rest spots unmolested
Ok so shitshow alert. Pitt says we are near his home. Turns out this is the outpost where I raised our ship from the depths. This doesn’t bode well. After a discussion I turn invisible and go ahead  to investigate.
I find one drow digging through the remains of a burnt down village. I tensely introduce myself and through poor (though in character) dialogue choices manage to anger him.
Thankfully I drop the fact that we have returned some children from here.
He tells me to fuck off and bring the children back.
After I tell the party what happened they get very pissy and after discussion Raylick appears and we exchange the children.
Some tense words aside, some party members (myself included yay for invis) go through and talk more with him.
Apparently the sulletar were looking for Dal Anka (reforestation facility in the canyon)
Attacks have only been happening for 12-18 months.
I loot an awesome Hozukimaru staff/spear with some transmutation magic.
I somehow manage to make it back to the boat and stash it. Deborah announced I would be swimming home if she found me with any of the villlage’s loot. I believe her.
We get back to the boat and go on our way. Deborah and Voroc tinker with the cool armor we found so that it is less suletary
Christ it is hot today. Rakki and Deborah are helping us beat the heat kinda.
After some mild suffering we make it to a waterfall
Some millld fucking around later (including Deborah being very proud of catching a fish) we hear some commotion and some clothes and weapons start being thrown over the top of the  waterfall.

A male leaps over the edge and dives into the pool
A female on the top is quite flustered and unsure of what to do.
Donallan (M) and Glava (F)
They seem pretty cool. A pair of hunters who have agreed to bring us to their tribe to talk
Moonlight glistening on clear river water is their clans name
Donalllan brings over two giant geckos for dinner.
Donallan and Glava show me how to properly cook, “Marine Iguana”. Garlic, tarragon, cilantro and rosemary are very good with it.
After an uneventful long rest we depart at 3am with the drow
Apparently the elder has agreed to meet us.
They leave us at an old site with some ruins and tell us to wait.
Voroc and I head down to investigate the structure
There doesn’t appear to be any magic but some skittering, six legged creatures are running around.
Apparently, they are displacer beast kittens
More tenseness ensues as we emerge and find adults circling the rest of the party. Thanks to Rakki we seem to not be in conflict with them.
My suspicions were correct it was a test
Trista, speaker for the tribe
We have a huge DnM with Trista about each other and how we behave/what we stand for.
Telrentath is a scorpion wraith, turn invis, make clones, fights with poison. Family south of the fearfrost, most of them didn’t make it.
After a lot of talking Trista agrees to be chill with Beacon. We can maybe ask her for some favors, she’lll rely on us for the same.
We head back to Beacon, on the way we see that the previously overtaken trading post seems to be back in business.
Gnollls be coming yo, time to get ready.

Report Date

15 Jan 2020