Esterson Session 5

General Summary

That Inquisitor you met earlier, Arnsley Dorian, has come to us for a request strangely enough. He says that one of the caels within their facility mentions that a holy site on the small Rested Isle has been fading and needs assistance. Because it's an overseas voyage, I know full well he gets seasickness and can't hide that fact. So he's come to us to be his substitution.

Your task is to escort the cael named Tiltren. You will first meet Inquisitor Dorian in the City of Ridgewater where he will transfer the duty to you. From there, keep Tiltren safe and let the cael restore the site. Should be easy enough. At least I hope...

— Remus Starner

Preparations

Before heading out, Antharine and Maedhros had a sparring match, as she had hoped to determine his combat prowess. She had won and gave her feedback to him.

The party then headed south for the City of Ridgewater. There, Inquisitor Arnsley Dorian reluctantly placed responsibility over Tiltren's safety into the hands of the party, dearly missing the cael.

Along the way there, Tiltren sought most of the party members, hoping to inspire hope within either the Reverie or faith in the caels at least. At least with Antharine, those two kept their disagreements.

Rested Isle

What the party discovered on arrival were that only fishing boats were out on the waters and hardly far away. Any other larger vessel was docked at port. The Civil Guard there were nervous and the island town had a new governor that displaced the previous one through a quick and violent means. A local tavern owner, Jerum, brought them to the sidelines to explain even more of the big picture, for the new Viscount wanted to keep the outside world shut off, hence why boats were docked and anyone who did leave would have their boats swarmed by the drowned.

Turns out the Viscount had taken notice through an invisible imp that watched the encounter in the docks and Nicodeme took interest. He sent some of his drowned dead to take the party to the chapel. There, Nicodeme and the party meet.

Nicodeme, the Maledian Vamprie

Nicodeme explained that he planned on using Rested Isle as a staging ground to get acquire enough power to get revenge against Maledict. For vicians had forced the curse of vampirism on him and he hoped to potentially climb those ranks and combat Sidresk. He hoped to choke the chapel's light rather than snuffing it out, as he knew the caels would be upon him for removing it outright.

After a tense negotiation, a peaceful resolution was found through Tiltren restoring the light and beckoning to his celestial kin to help remove Nicodeme's vampirism. Johan was still highly skeptical of Nicodeme's intentions, leaving a tough atmosphere for the group, especially on return.

Resolution

Arnsley was happy to see Tiltren's safe return and provided the party his sword of office (a silvered rapier) as a reward along with 20 sums. He then took in Nicodeme for questioning and possible recruitment within the Inquisition.

Rewards Granted

• Silvered Rapier
• 20 sums

Character(s) interacted with

• Antharine
• Arnsley Dorian
• Tiltren
• Nicodeme