1. Journals

Session 06: The Cistern

Session

Continued from Session 05: The Solari.

Not wanting to proceed further in the sewers without their companion Zarin, the others decided to send the injured Hammerfall member out to get him while they stayed behind.  In return, Amos was willing to look the other way on past transgressions.  So unfortunately for Zarin and Braelyn's date, they were loudly interrupted by a questionable man who smelled like the sewers.  Zarin apologized to Braelyn, but decided to head to the sewers, where he was quick to remind his fellows that he was the one that suggested waiting until the next day.

With Tor'in leading the way, the party was able to follow a trail that led them to a set of heavy metal doors.  They were trapped with acid, but fortunately only superficial damage was done to Meriel. Beyond the doors was a large cistern near an underground river. Amos's sense of the city told him that they were likely beneath the Wyvern Towers neighborhood, home to some of the elite members of the city.  The party carefully went inside.  The cistern consisted of a large underground chamber, with multiple metallic vessels to store water and an underground river.  On the other side of the river, above on the catwalk, were a pair of doors, one on each side.  Amos and Meriel carefully disengaged another acid trap on some metal doors near the entrance while Tor'in proceeded up a set of metal spiral stairs on to a catwalk.  Across the river, one of the doors opened and someone inside fired a crossbow bolt at Tor'in.  Worried about being exposed on open catwalk, he jumped to the floor below.

Calling upon the phantasms of the dream realm, Zarin created an illusion of a large Vigilant holy warrior and used it as a decoy while the others moved forward.  Tor'in used a hatch cover as an improvised shield, while Amos and Meriel crept carefully towards the catwalk.  On one side, Amos and Tor'in pushed through several Hammerfall gang members to get to the other side of the door.  Zarin and Meriel did not face any resistance, and Meriel was able to use her deft fingers to open a lock or two.  They opened a door to find Sana Eillar inside...

Continued in Session 07: The Culprit

Credits

Art from brewery photograph in TianTai BrewTech article. Modified by the author.