Session 29: The magic school hidden in the Shadowplane

Weve rearranged al of our rooms in our new place. Rose Manor.
We go furniture shopping. the furniture shop keep misses his sheep whom he lost years ago on his way to Eldoria. His name is Balkie Barholemule
We discuss payment options, and he would like materials like wood, which we cannot get.
We learn that he has heard of us. The Rosy Thorns. Apparently folks want to hire us to be their personal warriors
However, Elias's uncle has put a stop to anyone placing any bids on us. He heard this from a pretty lady who works at The Squeeky Wheel. It's the bartender. We know her.
We offer to help him keep his money safe in exchange for his services. We offer to protect for him and give him a writ for the amount. We plan to bury it in the courtyard and put a room over it.
 
Apparently the council is planning to collect everyone's money, and he wants his money protected. He wants us to hold a total of $80,000GP
 
We decide to really up security in Rose Manor. We go meet a blacksmith named Johnathan whom is friends Andromeda. We learn Andromeda was really into chains and whips at one time.
 
Franz hands over a sketch of a fancy lock design to the blacksmith. He can do it, but he does not accept money. He says he needs a permanent ice box. Franz has some leads on how we might be able to accomplish this. WE could go talk to the transmutation teacher in at the school for advice on how to accomplish this.
 
When we get to the school, we see it encased in a large black dome, which is abnormal. Elias is able to tell that this magic is not from the weave, but possibly the shadow weave. This will make it not very easily dispelled.
 
A student walks by disappointed that he missed entry before this was cast. His name is Saajun.
 
The council is fighting about what to do with the money. Wizards are fighting about taking over and ruling everything themselves. Passin is leading everything.
 
We ask the student how he would make an icebox. He tells about etching spells into the weave to create new spells. We learn this dome thing is a mithil, but he has no idea how Passin would cast this?
 
Maybe it's something that has always been there? He's not sure.
 
We learn about a magic box that no wizard has ever been able to open. Not even with a wish spell. It's somewhere in the school.
 
Elias gets a weird feeling about the dome, like there may be SOME way for him to go through it. He's not sure, but he feels almost like the memory of mission that he can't remember holds the solution of how to get through it. Elias then reaches for the box he got from Shar and studies it a little bit. Elias disappears in front of our eyes with the box. (he got up to pee)
 
Elias looks up from the box and no longer sees his friends nor the dome. He has a view of the city, but it's different with different patrons? The wizard school is there though. He approaches a tiefling near by, and they have a conversation. Elias asks where he is at and he is informed Drackonheim. Elias confusedly asks, "We aren't in Eldoria?" The tiefling takes the box from his hand and pockets it. He laughs as if he may understand what is going on. The tiefling begins to run with the box.
 
Elias chases him and he ends up surrounded by a few guys. Elias insists he doesn't want any trouble, he just wants the box. The tiefling has 2 ogreish looking humanoids with him, and Elias threatens to kick their ass. He is able to use his invisible mage hand to get the box back and he immediately runs away. He gets away, but has made note of the tiefling's face.
 
Elias goes and checks out the school. The school feels a little like he's walking through some kind of barrier or webs. When he does this, the box starts to shine seeming to let him through. There is no darkness anymore and he is now inside the school. He can see the black dome on the outside now.
 
Students are very curious about how he got in through the barrier, and he are able to conclude that he may have gotten through via the shadowfell. Elias is holding the box and the student sees the symbol of shar on it and gives a knowing nod. Elias admits he got in, because he did it on purpose.
 
The student says "We're meeting tonight" Elias is able to trick him into finding out that they are meeting in the basement. The student gives him directions. Go to the statue of the fish, and head towards the abandoned tower. Elias flips him a coin and tells him good job for giving the accurate information. He learns they are meeting at 9pm tonight.
 
Elias ends up being overly suspicious, and tells the guy his name is Hawke Byrd. I guess it works?
 
He tries to send a magical message to his friends, but ends up messaging the Tiefling who stole his box instead. It seems he's messaging through the shadow fell. However, the box is now open for Elias. It has a holy symbol of shar which allows him to plane shift into the shadowfell and back.
 
Elias is able walk back through the barrier and is in the shadowfell again, and and then is able to shift back to the material plane where we are at. He tells us what happened, and he tries to get all of us in. It only gets the student in though. Elias comes back and tells us that we likely need to be a follower of shar to get through.
 
Ashe turns into a mole and is able to dig under the barrier. She's in the school, but it's NOT the school and there are different humanoids. She hears them talking about how they are trapped here and how he plans to leave tonight using a scroll and a tuning fork.
 
Passin made a deal with Loadagraph and shifted the planes of the school. When they are done, they plan to have complete control over the city and an open portal back and forth. They have brought the shadowfell here and put hte school in the shadowfell where this place was.
 
We are in a place that used to be in the shadowfell that was brought to the material plane. Everyone here can't leave yet. It's not the school, BUT Elias was able to get to the school because he's a worshipper of Shar.
 
As Joe determines that we are in trouble, they cast meld earth and Franz and Elias are able to join us. An argument about icebox making breaks out and everyone is confused.
 
We introduce Franz and Elias to Lodar the tiefling and Toagfar the elf. Elias convinces them that we are cool. Loadar has a hot date with someone named Elizabeth and he wants to get to it
 
We learn he's planning to plane shift to the shadowfell to get into the school tonight, and if Franz casts it, he will take us with him. I guess Passin didn't think this whole dome thing through, because we just dug under.
 
We talk about going to check out the "basement" area in this place.
 
WE agree to meet back here at 8pm to planeshift out.
 
in the basement area here, there are dark wizards summoning. We get to the dias like in our world. Elias says "Something" and that opens the portal. There are symbols of Selune here. There is a large statue with the sword in the middle of the room as well.
 
Ashe touches the sword and it just falls over. It is definitely the same Shaaran sword. When thd sword fell over, the room transformed back to the shaaran room. Elias believes that in the shadowfell, this place was a temple to Shar. Passin came into the place, was somehow between places, stabbed the sword in and swapped the temple, bringing the sharran temple into the material plane and selunean temple into the shadowfell.
 
MOving the sword seems to have swapped these temples back.
 
Elias takes the sword, planeshifts with his amulet, and is in the temple of selune in teh school now. He tries to stab the sword into the crack here. This pleases Shar. This swaps the temples back.
 
As we argue about whether or not to take Selune's temple back to where it belongs or not, we hear giggling coming from the portal. It's Lodar making out with JEssica which is Toagfar's girl oooooohhhhhhhhh. tsk tsk tsk.
 
We agree to leave the sword for now and come back for it after we've settled things whatever that means.
 
We hear our friend Lodar the wizard through the portal getting roughed up by some wizards. Because he's part of our ticket out of here, we decide to help him.
 
A fight breaks out. Andromeda puts 2 of the wizards to sleep. and Franz proceeds to Thunderwave and they splatter on the wall. This causes Jessica to freak the fuck out.
 
I guess we are cold blooded murderers now. But we claim self defense and to be fair they were trying to kill Elias.
 
We go back through the portal and close it to get away from the murdered people.
 
We get back outside, and there is a group of people gathering because of the loud thunderous sound. WE tell them 2 wizards faught to the death and exploded themselves. Elias tells everyone we are here for Passin and reporting to him to decide when the walls are to go down.
 
Apparently they only just met Passin, so they don't know much about him, so Elias convinces them that Passin would not want us to dilly daddle and that we cannot be late for our report. These guys think we should go see Loadagraph. We convince him that Passin wants the wall to come down in 15 minutes.
 
As they run off to tell their leader to do this, we learn that the plan is when the wall comes down, everyone here is to attack the city of Eldoria.
 
Realizing what we've done, Ashe goes after one guy. Glum goes after another, Elias, Joe and Franz after another.
 
We end starting our pursuit after these guys to stop them from telling Loadagraph to take the wall down.