The Party
Corfu (Dwarf 1)
Mayfly (Magic-user 2.5)
Ianthi (Changling 1)
Grant (Fighter 1)
Sotar (Cleric 2)
At the Winsome Winch...
Recovering from a rainy midnight awaking and, for some, loss of arcane knowledge by giving birth (of sorts), the party scouts around the Hamlet of Vollage for rumors about the frogling bandit.
Ianthi strikes up a conversation with the bandit Benusch who has worked for the frog in question, knows his location, and drops that there are other bandit groups in the area who'd like to take the frogs down.
PIXIE MONGERS: Thanking the man for that information, the group decides to stick with the plan and investigate the ruined tower in this village. As they make their way there, the group runs across three local men selling "saint's bones". These turn out to be more fairie bones as Mayfly immediately identifies with a couple of dry heaves. A discussion ensues on the true power of said bones, how locally and humanely sourced they are, and why the men themselves weren't wearing them.
THE FALSE LEAPER: After arriving at the White Tower the party notices a group of leapers one of which seems suspeciously less afficted than the others. Ianthi learns, after striking up a conversation, his name is Jesko and he is trying to raise money to undertake a pilgramiage to a supposed lost shrine of St. Richard the Pryre. A lost shrine seems intresting to the party for the chance to maybe look over its contents before the rest of the pilgrims arrive.
THE FALSE PERSON: Off through the northern swamp the party goes. The first thing that raises some eyebrows is that Mayfly spots four stone deer legs sticking up in the swamp. Closer inspection reveals they were no trick of light or weird roots, but in fact petrified deer legs. The most likly culprite are-- basilisks.
Fortunately by mid-day, the party is drawn to a small camp by the sounding of a large bell and is greeted by a small group pilgrims. Collectively, the group pushes Sotar to the front being a cleric and all. After some back and forth, the source of the bell makes it self known.
A peculier bald person steps to the front. Its as if they are something else pretending to be human--close, but not enough to bridge the uncanny valley. Once this person opens their mouth a voice like a bell (!) anounces they are "The Master" of these pilgrams (!!)-- the angel (!!!) Malibek- a tertapheme.
This is an interesting moment for Mayfly because the non-clerical thinking of the whole matter is that the angels might be more beings who have constructed the idea of the God of Law for their own purposes. But that's not something Mayfly will say out loud too much.
AN AGREEMENT: Malibek, too, is looking for the Shrine of St. Richard however doesn't really know where it is (this makes Mayfly suspecious). But the party fully committing to a course of action aggress to scout ahead for the shrine while Malibek protects his flock from the horrors of the swamp. And provides and Angelic horn to blow once the shrine is found.
...the sun sets.
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