Sixteenth Session
| Campaign | The Primordial Campaign |
|---|---|
| Game Date | Tuesday, March 11th, 2021 |
| Start Date | Mawsim 9th, 261 IM |
| Start Location | The Good Dog, Trappist, Garis Triumvirate |
| Ending Date | Noon, Mawsim 12th, 261 IM |
| Ending Location | The Grand Kizil Hotel, Kizil, Aydahar Confederation |
| Prev Session | Fifteenth Session |
| Next Session | Seventeenth Session |
Before dawn had a chance to break, a ruckus broke out in The Good Dog. Guests of the hotel were ordered to stay in their rooms. Panamon, opened his door a little to find a pistol pointed at his face. He closed the door but not before letting Tryx out of it (invisibly). Obsidian meanwhile, started to burn up his magic circle.
The hallway ruckus ended in the removal of the Wodenists Greef, Matteo and Abel from their rooms, dragged downstairs and pushed into a cagey looking cart, which was quickly hauled off by a pair of wolfen creatures. Panamon and Obsidian were summoned from their rooms by the hotel staff to inform them that someone was in the lobby to see them.
Charges Levelled[edit]
A uniformed officer began to read the following: "Under the accusatory eye of the Tumar Asylkhan, the High Priest of the Sanctum of Fenris, we are authorized to seize these conscripts into the service of the Garis Triumvirate."
The officer continued, "The ones known as Greef Roake, Matteo Alleman and Abyl Sarsen stand accused of the following charges:
- Espionage in the first degree
- Espionage in the third degree
- Conspiracy to commit espionage
- Heresy of the first order
- Heresy of the second order
- Conspiracy to incite riotous acts
- Conspiracy to incite treasonous acts"
Conscripts will be remanded indefinitely to the custody of of the Tumar Asylkhan, where they will be put to the question."
Foreign Exchange[edit]
But there was more, as officers bustled behind the speaking officer, he continued to recite: Tumar Asylkhan has issued this statement to their surviving cohorts: I am not a cruel man. Under provisions set forth in the Concord of Kala Astanals I offer a prisoner exchange. These prisoners have paid their debt to Garis society. Three for three. I entreat you to take yourselves and these former prisoners to a place outside of Garis territory at your first convenience. You will be granted one week to carry out this request."
Upon completion of his speech, he presented the three prisoners, taken some time earlier from the Garis Triumvirate border on suspicion of espionage. Lastly a box containing their belongings was also dropped off and the police officers departed.
A Fellowship is Forged[edit]
The forcibly cast together party sorted out their gear and met in the inn's tavern for a meal, where Panamon Cree and Obsidian Black explained their past, present and future objectives. As they lunched and the new party members took in the information, some messages arrived. The first was from the Captain Nursulu Ahmetzhan of the Qasiq, who informed the party that their boat would be ready today on schedule. The second was not signed, but obviously from Aspan Jurisi of the anti-war rebels.
It explained that the aspiring alderwoman Aijan Sabyrek had and altercation when her speech booking had been cancelled, leading to a confrontation with the Trappist Police. Aijan was already under investigation for inciting riot and the possibility of criminal charges may have all but tanked her political career.
Panamon Cree explained that the party was owed a "free teleport" by the rebels in exchange for their efforts. He could not explain why the party had two plans to leave the city, but concluded that they should examine both options.
If it Quacks Like a Dock[edit]
At the docks the party met up with the First Mate of the Qasiq. When asked if the ship could sail up-river rather than around the coast, the First Mate said that it would be possible, though only as far as red dragon territory, where the captain would not likely sail. He explained that the captain might agree to take them to the end of black dragon territory in Aydahar since their borders were relatively quiet and peaceful.
The First Mate assured the party that if the captain agreed to the new route that they would set sail for Aydahar this very day.
Magic is Not an Exact Science[edit]
The party received much praise for their efforts of the night before, exclaiming that the alderwoman's career in politics was certainly over. Unable to predict the future, the rebels did concede that the silencing of this voice might have the desired effect of delaying, if not indefinitely postponing a possible war.
When asked about the possibility of a teleportation spell, as negotiated previously, Aspan Jurisi said he would summon his wizard friend to complete the transaction. The wizard, also an Akimsilik by the name of Aru Sabirzhan began to explain the vagaries of teleportation magic. He explained that hitting an unknown target, in this case the city of Kazinasi had its risks... which included, missing the target, ending up half encased in rock, bouncing from the wrong target to another wrong target, etc. etc., sometimes resulting in death.
The party became uneasy with this explanation and asked if instead they could have a teleportation scroll to return them to this location. The wizard frowned, but agreed that would be much safer and said he could foreword the scroll to their location later in the day. The party agreed that location would be at the docks, as they prepared to board the Qasiq. Panamon handled the accounting for their stay in Trappist, pocketing enough Garis currency to pay for the hotels, the keep of the riding lizards, with change left over.
Lessons Learned On the River[edit]
New spells came to the imaginations of Panamon Cree and Obsidian Black as the party sailed upriver. The crew unloaded animals to tow the ship when there was no wind to carry it upstream and the progress was consistent for the two days travel. The trip was uneventful as nothing aggressive was encountered along the way. The party even managed to sleep through the border crossing, which was met with no trouble from the Aydahari military encountered there.
The party disembarked from the boat a couple of miles downstream from red Aydahar territory, the Kizil Aydahar Region where they mounted their riding lizards and set upon their way to Kizil. A couple of miles from Kizil with dusk coming on, they decided to set up camp and tackle Kizil in the morning.
The Ghosts that Haunt Me[edit]
After a good night's sleep Sarani Devalinth's watch was interrupted by voices and movement coming toward the party from the forest. She quickly roused the other party members, who woke to voices crying "Give us the source! Give us the source!"
The voices revealed themselves as some manner of ghosts, who floated quickly and menacingly toward the party. As the ghosts rushed up, Barron Jetesiz and Mama Tess blessed the party to help even the odds with the hapless creatures. Panamon Cree summoned up an equally horrific creature to battle one of the ghosts while the rest fought bravely.
Both Sarani Devalinth and Barron Jetesiz turned undead frightening away a pair of the ghosts while the party's combined efforts whisked them to a permanent death.
Obsidian Black's efforts were slightly more unusual. Realizing that the source was in all likelyhood the meme On the Ascent to Heaven, he opened the box and invited the ghosts to "Come and get it". Accepting his challenge, a pair of spirits closed but were more intent on causing him harm than going for the box. Obsidian tried to persuade them to "cross over and be at rest" and even employed a mage hand to help guide them along but in the end it was his calm yet intimidating words, "All non coporeal beings, get in the goddamn box", that convinced as many as three ghosts to make contact with the heavenly meme of aspan and disapear.
The party combined their spell power to easily dispatch the last ghost, which returned after being turned. The party noted that Barron Jetesiz was looking a little more mature than usual and everyone concluded that he was in need of a powerful cleric to restore his youth.
Sanctuary in Kizil[edit]
The party arrived in Kizil later that morning, first heading through the shanty town that surrounded the city. Sarani and Barron drew slightly more scorn from the locals than the other non-Aydahar, though the fact that they were riding proper lizard mounts seemed to give the crowd comfort. There were no challenges at the city gates, as the spellcasters negotiated their way past with very passable Aydahari language.
The party eventually landed at the steps of the Kizil Chantry of Jormungandr. The Elder Priest of the chantry was quick to greet the Hellspawn guests and curious to hear the lore of the worshippers of The Father Loki. In their discussions Sarani and Barron negotiated a place to stay in the chantry's cloister and a Greater Rejuvenation spell (with the help of a diamond from Obsidian Black to restore Barron Jetesiz's youth.
Meanwhile, Panamon Cree negotiated suites at the The Grand Kizil Hotel for himself and Obsidian Black, the pair having grown accustomed to far less austere accommodations than an temple cloister. The party reconvened at the hotel and exchanged further notes on the direction to take going forward. Old business was hashed up and the party shared the paperwork gathered so far regarding the Nine Herbs Charm with Mama Tess.
Oreskel, Mama Tess's battle lizard, was debating with Akimak (Queen Elizardbeth) over the practicality vs. the absurdity of applying the ontological argument to Jormungandr, when he was interrupted by Mama Tess who was somehow speaking in battle lizard. Mama Tess asked his name, how he was doing and whether he could be a dear and watch out for anything unusual. Unusual besides humans speaking battle lizard? Oreskel agreed to take on this kindly asked request.
The bigger bit of business was to discover what, if any Memes of Aspan activity is going on in Kizil and to search for quested allies to help in this task, namely Saduakas Yermek, Erbol Aidos and Ongar Sarsen.
And on to session seventeen...
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