1. Journals

51 - Song of Rest

Session
Ardenian Heritage 2019-01-02

Goal

Set up a recap on what happened during the last year and everyone's goals.

Recap

Thanks to the courage and determination of the heroes, Lex White was brought back to life, not without difficulties and a final fight against a mysterious giant.

Players

Hildegard Rosenberg

  • Spend time in Arburg, recover from the adventure. Spend time with Lex.
  • Go on mission to Owlchester to fix the issue at the end.

Auron

  • work on the temple: find a good location for 150 gold and start building a stone temple. Total cost 2k, 1.5k out of pocket, 500 from working during the year as a blacksmith for the ardenian arm.
  • RP: Visits the Sisterhood of Grim Forest to ask about his visions (Dion twin, curse, woman?)

Lex

  • find the relics of Pelor, or find a legendary weapon/sword. Investigation DC
  • RP: Dion tells him about sending the two tieflings to the coven, offers a small flask of his blood as their payment, and tells him "It's time they learnt the truth"
  • Visits temples of Pelor in Sollas, Rosen, Drunnah.
    • Travel with Hilde to Drunnah and visit brother Garreth.
    • RP: Vision with Pelor
      • My child, my beacon, my vessel. You are now closer by my side than ever, but you are still you. Do not sacrifice who you were to please me, for who you were brought you to this place. As I recover my strengths, so shall you become stronger. An evil darker than you've ever faced is growing in the shadows, and you will need help to defeat that evil. These relics you seek will help you in the coming battle.

Levin

  • RP: away party for Norik.
  • Info about the parents, learn a skill.
  • Send love letters to Daelar (Daelar might visit him in arburg)
  • Will ask Dion about it. Dion sends them the coven, and contacts the coven to concentrate on the mother.

Ramos Vino

  • set up his empire in arcastle and then Arden.
  • Travel to owlchester with disguise to set up the things with his local managers. Henrie Wrenne
  • Trains in the temple of light by the clerics and monks to understand the limits of his power, and now ready to fulfil his patrons desire to kill to become stronger. Trains with a monk named Áki. Introduced to train with Quinn in the grim forest.
  • RP (maybe): While setting up some contacts in Rosen, meets with Bjorn Yronfoot who is so impressed with his wine "a thousand times better than the piss that we grow here", offers Ramos a decanter of endless water that is switched to produce a wine similar to the one he has. Will take a while to attune to the correct taste but should get better the more he uses it. "Spread the love of this delicious wine"

Cadman

  • Finally time to visit other things again.
  • Sent by the temple to take care of some rookie necromancer that was causing issues in Sollas by Hilde's uncle Otto von Rosenberg.

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  • understand more the nature of magic. Continue researching in the Library under Aaron Bahr. Worked more on his vision while visiting the feywild.
  • His studies lead him to require studying the following. If he can study these creatures, he will feel more confident about his unifying theory.
    • Dragons
    • Pit Fiends in the nine hells
    • Solars
    • Liches
    • and if possible, Demi Gods or even Gods

Scenes

  • Norik goodbye party at the end of the year mark, 1 year his brother is back
    • Levin organized the party
    • Gwyny also in town
    • Everyone involved
      • Dion / King speech?
      • Dion gives an insigna related to thieve's cant "i have some connections, if you're ever in trouble use this."
    • In the evening, if Levin goes home, Daelar Dartheos will be waiting inside with two whiskey glasses ready "I couldn't resist to try a bit, I see why you like this stuff". Next morning when Levin wakes up Daelar is gone with a replica of Daelar's knife (it can't be used for combat, but sentimental value) as a gift. 
    • Next morning: Norik's boat back to Frynia is there with a last goodbye. But Hilde is missing. Gwyny appears.
    • Hilde, Clementing, Balthasar are traveling to Owlchester as a token of peace for a small while. Hilde will work at the Dawnfather Hospital and Balthasar at the Dragoon Academy. Clementine will help Hilde stay fashionable.
  • Ritual in the Sisterhood of Grim Forest coven a few days later
    • Quinn Lemon sent to get Auron and Levin, they can bring a few friends with them (the whole party).
    • The party goes to the forest, fog sets in, torches blown out without wind and Quinn whispering in Levin/Auron's ear.
    • Travel through an overgrown path and on the other side the coven of wooden huts and green flame torches. 
      • Sister Imelda asks for the payment "a bit on a small side, but it shall do"
      • Auron: What is it that you seek? Sister Imelda will take some blood from Auron and throw it in a fire, when her eyes turn white
      • Sees the vision auron mentioned (Akmenos)
      • Akmenos has bound Auron to a powerful ritual. The stronger Auron gets, the stronger the ritual. The fire turns green, blue, red, black and white before coming back to normal.
      • Levin: What is is that you seek? Sister Imelda will mention that he has the same aura as his mother. Take some blood from Levin (oh, you've been fighting) and throw it in a fire, when her eyes turn white.
      • There is a thread linking Levin to someone in Malden
      • Quinn will help Levin locate this thread, and should travel with the party. Look for Laida Asllani