Quartz 4

Session 003

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Session Notes

E leaves the servant’s stairwell, being seen by one servant man and makes it back outside. She puts armour on by herself - takes around 10 minutes

Heads to guards quarters to try to pick up on any gossip, lost opportunity to talk to Celethorn

Gnorman and Mac - Book is “History of Legends Index”, familiar title to him but not in this form. Series of works that’s divided into volumes, collection of studies by the Bard Ginsinger (was a lore hunter, traveled across Hollisen collecting tales and rumours, looking into them with factual accuracy, cap or no cap) G has come across Vol 2: Peoples before.

The Index lists different volumes like a key that goes with the other volumes, not as thick as the volume he’s come across before. Go to Tavern, The Broken Stallion.

Meet Ayana and Moss outside of the tavern, tells us about the Index - “it doesn’t tell you any information, just where to find it?”

Is the only copy of these volumes in the Arcanade? - there are copies, transcribed and sent all over the kingdom

Best plan seems to be to try to find the volume that discusses healing

Emmeline

Walks into guardhouse unnoticed, they have bigger fish to fry, very few people are just chilling. Most people are working, moving around, clerical work or accepting deliveries, she knows the Clerk, Terald

He has not noticed her, she walks up and asks what she can do to help, starts unloading a shipment

Terald apologizes for what happened to the prince, she tells him that she will be setting out at sunrise to try to fix this, “hard to know the person that did this is just sitting in the dungeon” kind of fishing for info

Terald “he deserves to sit in the dungeon, my punitive days are over” surprised that she’s going out

E tells him that she was sent out by ser edmund anyway to get on the ground experience, asks him about his experience with the dungeon

Terald “the dungeon isn’t a quiet or pleasant place, inquisitors will be involved given the high profile nature, would be good for you to follow your mentor’s orders rather that worry about your family here. Maybe you’ll find the healer or cure”

Finishes loading up. Emmeline, “if theres anything else. You know the prince is such a kind, just man. Do you think he will stay the execution of the poisoner if he wakes up?”

Gerald “given the knight’s high status, execution might not be on the table unless they want to declare war. Anyone else, it may be possible after a trial. The elf maintains his innocence so it could be someone else.”

E “in my heart i know rowan would not want us to execute anyone without us knowing the truth. Make sure that others don’t stoke this story” She leaves and listens for any conversations she can overhear about what they think of the circumstances

Hears all kinds of conjecture

  • Stories of prince being lanced through heart

  • Spell being cast

  • Ogre leapt out of the ground and was defended by the elf

Not sure if there is any truth to what she hears, stories are spreading like wildfire

We walk back to the carts, still waiting on emmeline, about half the carts are gone, muddy mess of yard

Colum is at a fire and making some sausages, I tell him that I want to go find the cure, with my friends, have to prove that Celethorn is innocent

He thinks it’s a great idea, he’s going to stay to try to help Celethorn. I don’t want to leave him alone - Colum always has us, has a tattoo of 5 pointed star on his chest over his heart.

Emmeline joins us, tells us that they are unlikely to make any moves until a formal inquisition is done, any punishment would essentially be a declaration of war. Seems public opinion is all over the place.

Took a small notebook from the princes quarters could have information about his relationship with my uncle

Gnorman has been taking notes on the book to try to glean info - 19 investigation

  • 5 printed volumes

  • 1: origins, origin of the world, lands, gods

  • 2: peoples, elves, humans, gnomes, halflings, dwarves, etc. legends of origin and great heroes

  • 3: wonders of the world, locations with energy and importance

  • 4: beasts, monsters and angels and demons and such

  • 5: artifacts, pulls info from previous volumes goes into validity of items of importance, 

  • Single page at the end that indicates something he’s unaware of and hasn’t heard anyone mention

  • Title of 6th volume: magic, no contents though, seems like a plan that never came to fruition

  • Few stories that jump out

  • Vol 2: order of Apagy Monks that are dedicated to Paelor in Holt

  • Vol 3: Story of Weeping wood, corrupted dryad in secreted copse of trees that has been lost to time

  • Vol 2: Wandering Witch, halfling witch woman that travels with migrating halflings called Tarri, is said to be benevolent and protective, blesses the Tarri

  • Vol 3: Tomb of lost Sehanite, has been warped over time, story of one of the first paladins dedicated to Sehanine, founder of the city of white branchriend there tomorrow, would have access to entire library while “working”

Moss senses that there is something lurking just outside the light from the fire, can see 3 humanoid figures, hear voice coming from other way

G sees glint of steel flashing against the firelight

Man with sandy blonde hair approaches from other direction, Foraiven Thomais, asking what happened here. 

INSIGHT/PERCEPTION CHECK : 2 dirty 20s, 23, 8, 15

Ayana and Mac: not making eye contact, smile doesn’t reach his eyes, his eyes scan area behind us

E: don’t like this guy, situation is weird, don’t hear anything, feels wrong

G: glint of dagger coming behind Emmeline

ROLL INITIATIVE

Moss’s eldritch blast is said in a language we don’t understand, draws a sigil in the air, black and white unstable undulating energy erupts and hurtles towards foraiven, and she’s pushed 5 feet back unprepared for the kickback

Colum is DOWNED

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