Session 22: City of Chaos
General Summary
Nakor and Jeanne found themselves in the bar room of the Crusty Crab where Dormaruk's mother had brought his father, still tied up, into the inn for some breakfast. Kazagal had left during the night, to seek out a temple of Torag down in Deeptown. Nakor decided to sit down with the pair and get to know them a bit better. Meanwhile, Jeanne managed to spot a Frankonian tiefling sitting by the bar. She approached and after some friendly conversation, she learned that he was working for the Clandestane family, who recently got a new business partner, whom the tiefling didn't like. He described the man as a handsome human, with long brown hair and a strange coat with different embroideries. A description that Jeanne recognized as Gorick. At this point, Dormaruk barged into the inn with the pastor at his heel. The minotaur was still covered in dried, coagulated blood. The two walked over to Nakor and the captain's parents. Nakor magically cleaned the minotaur whilst the pastor examined his father. After he had finished the albino birdman told them that they didn't have much time to save Dormaruk's father. As they rose to leave, Jeanne joined them. She had warned the tiefling about the devilish man and hoped to catch him again before he travelled back to Ponvarus. The group went back to the ship to get the golden rod. After clearing the desk in the captain's quarters, Dormaruk laid his father on it and bound him. His mother stood in the corner and observed. ¨ The pastor was given the rod and a diamond, given to them by the dragon Vurvayssun, so that he could attempt the revivification spell. The pastor was still unsure if he could make it work, but was willing to try. A debate broke out on how they were going to kill the minotaur as painlessly as possible. It was decided that Dormaruk would do the deed by breaking his neck. The plan was then for Jeanne, who had the most knowledge on medicinal matters, to perform an impromptu surgery on the corpse. Aided by Nakor, she would open the mans skull, find the parasite, remove it, and then close the head as best as she could. This would have to be done in 1 minute's time if the spell was to work. The spell would heal most of the postmortem wounds as well, but the surgical opening would have to be closed. The process began, as Dormaruk broke his father's neck. Everyone got into place and Jeanne began her surgery. All went according to plan, even if the parasite was difficult to catch. When it had been removed, Dormaruk finished it off. The Pastor then got to work and tried to activate the spell, aided by Nakor. But as the diamond melted into shimmering light, something went wrong and the spell failed. Panicked, Dormaruk threw the last of Vurvayssun's diamonds at the pastor who tried again. This time he succeeded and Dormaruks father drew breath again. After the captain had embraced his father and mother, finally reunited, they headed off towards the Temple of Sarenrae. Recovering from death is a difficult ordeal and the captain's father needed tending to, which the temple offered. After leaving the minotaurs at the temple, the party went back to the Crusty Crab to rest.
