The party approaches Daine, Lei and Pierce. Terfel catches up with them and finds out what's going on.
Lei's earliest letter was in Dravago 997 YK, and her last was in Zarantyr 998 YK (3 months ago). Jode has been dead for 3 months.
They've been working for a Zil gnome named Alina Lorridan Lyrris. They've been looking for an AWOL employee of hers who she believed stole off with some Khyber dragonshards.
Rasial turned up dead in the same pile as Jode, they have no leads.
One of the refugees that attacked Daine, Lei and Jode is still alive. A changeling named Monan, who is still in a coma. They had psionics, which they used to put Daine in a coma. He'd still be out if not for a Kalashtar named Lakashtai.
Daine informed Kalshana that there is a community of Kalashtar in Sharn.
While talking, they were approached by an old man, Councilor Teral ir'Soras. He was a royal advisor of Queen Dannel of Cyre before the Mourning.
He invited them to dine with him in his tent, he likes to dine with new people every night, better to hear the needs of the community.
After some more chat with Terfel's old squad, they went to dine with Teral.
Conversation was primarily centered on the Mourning. Teral was in Metrol on the Day of Mourning.
All in all, Teral managed to find about 100 survivors, whom he led out of the Mournland.
One of those survivors, Olalia, was serving the party. At Teral's signal, she showed the group her petrified teeth and inner mouth.
At some point during the discussions, Warden put his hands on his gatekeeper stone and felt they were cold, indicating the presence of Xoriat's influence.
Further discussion of the Mourning and it's effects. It's possible the attacks by refugees mentioned in Lei's Letters are further mutations from that exposure to the Mourning, only just manifesting.
This is worrying, it implies that Terfel's exposure may have effects that have yet to be apparent.
The changeling Monan had a twin brother named Hugal, who hasn't been seen since Monan attacked Daine.
After dinner with Teral, Terfel set up his tent next to Daine's. Dax' Athla, Kalshana and Warden rested "outside".
It "rained", despite the sky not being visible. Pierce explained that Lei had told them that the "rain" is a combination of condensation and run off from the higher levels.
In the morning, they traveled to Clifftop to inquire about joining the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild. They met with Guild Handler Lhara who explained the benefits and costs of joining. They accepted.
Lhara took them to a bridge in Clifftop, Upper Dura, where a crowd was gathering. An announcer announced that this would be the site of a contest of guts between the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild and the Deathsgate Explorers' Club.
They were going to play a game called Sharn Chicken. They were each given a Feather Token and the rules were explained. They jump, and the last ones to activate their feather tokens win.
Dax' Athla's resolve breaks after she narrowly avoids a washing line spread between two towers and she activates her token. Warden plows into the line and gains a bedsheet.
A flock of dirty pigeons is disturbed and flies into their paths. Kalshana takes a face full of sky rat, but the other PC's avoid. A couple of their rivals also get face fulls of pigeon.
Dax' Athla spots a couple of magewrights carefully levitating a pane of glass between two towers, right in the falling adventurer's paths! She yells a warning.
Kalshana plows through the glass, shattering it and turning the obstacle from an unassuming pane of glass to a cloud of spinning, sharp glass shards. Her resolve breaks and she uses her feather token.
Warden manages to avoid the glass despite being tangled in a bedsheet.
Both Aena and Gor'aashta suffer the glass, and their resolves break.
As they fall, they're all momentarily blinded by a flash of multicoloured light on a nearby bridge, which causes a crowd to disperse, screaming, around a central figure.
Terfel, Warden and Ferrin make it to the bottom, activating their tokens at the last second.
As more of the Clifftoppers made it to the end, the Clifftop Adventurer's win!
Lhara congratulates them, and gives them a couple options for their first job. A bounty for a Q'barran lizardfolk named K'zzal, and a delivery in Blackbones.
They take the bounty because it pays better. Lhara hands them the bounty poster.
Bounty Poster
Wanted: K'zzal 200 GP Dead or AliveGuilty of a string of armed robberies on the road to Sharn from Zilspar, and the murder of several members of the Sharn Watch.Considered armed and dangerous. Known to roam the depths of Khyber's Gate.
