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01/15/2022

Session 42: Wise Old Egil

by Cali Zendyr

We're all sitting in Egil's place. Wulf says it depends on what Egil thinks we've been doing, and Egil asks how we got caught up in raiding his caches. Quell tells him we took shelter in a lighthouse after our boat wrecked. "Not a very good shelter, there was a ghost in it," she says. She explains what happened and how we ended up meeting Tasha, and what Tasha told us to do. She starts recounting what has happened at each lighthouse before realizing she's said enough, and stops talking.
 
Egil asks if we have six or more, and we tell him that we have 4 so far. He tells us about some of the locations, two in Schild because he got nostalgic, but he says that the one he left in Nag disappeared. He says never should have left it anywhere near The Orchid Woman. Quell asks what he knows about T'kari, and he seems surprised we know that name. We tell him about Tasha's mirror, and he's a bit familiar with it but didn't ever go in. Cali tells him about T'kari making direct eye contact with them during the mirror test. Quell mentions the boy with her, Brynn. He seems shaken, and asks if she said anything to Cali. They say no and ask if he knew her.
 
Egil launches into the story of how he met her, trying to help her stop blood rites and such. She traveled with him for a time, until 52 years ago something happened and she told him and his son to run. She said he'd never see her again, and she was right. She always told him if she died it'd just be the beginning. He didn't think she was being literal, but he thinks now that maybe she was planning something bigger.
 
Egil tells us more about the Orchid Woman, that she still resides in Nag, a bit about their rivalry over the years. Quell asks how old she is, and he says "I wouldn't say ancient, but old in the way that elves get old." He confirms that she's venom blooded. He also tells us that she's T'kari's sister. We're all a bit speechless at this, and he grins, telling us that it's an old tale at this point. But T'kari always refused to say The Orchid Woman's name so he doesn't know it.
 
He says that 10 minutes ago he'd have thought it pointless to go to Nag to confront her, but now, hearing about T'kari, it might be worth a shot. He tells us about a cave on the way that's the only place we might be able to contact T'kari. He says he tried to send her messages time and again after they parted but none of them ever got a response. Quell says "so you never sent one that didn't go through? Because you know if they don't go through don't you?" This stumps him, because Anaka, the one sending the messages for him, always just said no response.
 
Cali asks what the crystals do and how to destroy them. Egil says he started hiding them to begin with just because The Orchid Woman was searching for them. He tried every method he could to destroy them, to no avail. Instead he hid them all over. He says he does know how now, though.
 
"To destroy them, the heart of ice must be reborn. Reunited, and all that power turned not to rule the world or raise the dead, but used on its own destruction."
 
He tells us it's related to a dead god called Irainu, one who no one seems to know of except ghosts. None of us recognize the name. She's older than even the other dead gods, killed before the rest fell. The whole crystal is rumored to be part of her, or hers, or... something. Egil is the one who started calling it the "heart of ice" and is excited that it's now catching on.
 
Quell brings up Egil's poems mentioning a shattered heart, and compliments his writing. Wulf asks how to put the crystals back together. Egil isn't quite sure.
 
Cali asks what the significance of six pieces is, and he says that that's the amount that was missing from his caches. Egil's son Stein found the one that Tasha threw in the ocean, which makes him think that even the shards have a mind of their own to some degree. Quell then brings up the "glacier womb" from when we found the people in the woods who thought we were sent by a Fairk. He doesn't recognize the name, but thanks us for the heads up.
 
Stein set off 20 years ago, lying that he'd come back, but instead he hasn't seen him since.
 
Egil tells us that the shards in the north haven't been touched yet so we should go there next, and that that's where Stein is, if he's anywhere to be found. He also requests that we tell him if we run into his son. Wulf tells Egil a bit about Stirk, and Cali promises to teach him more Elvish.
 
Egil can get us a ship to Schild, though it'll be a couple weeks of a journey. He has teleportation magic but suggests against it, as he once got half an assassin at the top of a hill. Wulf insists that ships are good and he is good on ships and does not want to try magic travel. He then concludes that he has seen enough of the world and can go back to Stirk now.
 
Jade asks if Egil has any kind of protection against The Orchid Woman, and when asked to elaborate, tells him that she was contracted against her will. He says he'll ask around for her, "but I'm afraid you might be facing some difficult choices".
 
EOS

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  1. Session 1: Scaling a Lighthouse
    08/?/19
  2. Session 2: Sleeping in the Lighthouse
    8/14/19
  3. Session 3: Finding Anaka's Apprentice
    8/21/19
  4. Session 4: Anaka and the Town Feast
    9/04/19
  5. Session 5: Fighting a Ghost in a Clearing
    9/18/19
  6. Session 6: Meeting the Revenant
    10/9/19
  7. Session 7: Tasha Bloodsail and Her Magic Mirror
    10/23/19
  8. Session 8: Killing a Gang
    12/04/19
  9. Session 9: Making Things Right
    1/22/2020
  10. Session 10: Getting Sappy on a Ship
    2/12/2020
  11. Session 11: A Raccoon Named Kama
    3/4/2020
  12. Session 12: Killing Lady Loaka
    4/11/2020
  13. Session 13: Lizards in the Desert
    4/29/2020
  14. Session 14: Jade
    5/20/2020
  15. Session 15: Diving Down a Magical Well
    6/12/2020
  16. Session 16: Himbo Rights
    7/17/2020
  17. Session 17: Liya Takes Our Blood, and Quell Explores Her Backstory
    8/17/2020
  18. Session 18: Nyala, 5-Star Travel Guide
    8/28/2020
  19. Session 19: Haunted Cairns and Rock Spiders
    9/19/2020
  20. Session 20: Stumbling Into Politics
    10/31/2020
  21. Session 21: Wulf Meets His Pup
    11/21/2020
  22. Session 22: Fighting Zombies in the Woods
    12/05/2020
  23. Session 23: Burying A Suicidal Dead Guy
    12/24/2020
  24. Session 24: Hey, Your Husband's Dead... Here's a Steak!! ...It's Not Your Husband... to be Clear...
    1/02/21
  25. Session 25: Ghostie Tirga da Narei Got That Drip
    1/23/21
  26. Session 26: This LEAF is a BOAT?! (oh and also we're being hunted)
    2/6/21
  27. Session 27: Jade Communes With the Fog
    2/27/21
  28. Session 28: Fighting Oozes In An Abandoned House
    3/20/21
  29. Session 29: Wulf Learns The Dangers Of Mishandling A Corpse
    4/17/21
  30. Session 30: Jailbreak
    5/01/21
  31. Session 31: Wanted, Inaccurately
    6/05/21
  32. Session 32: Ghosts and Mammoth Meat
    6/19/21
  33. Session 33: Jade Is A Monster Fucker
    7/10/21
  34. Session 34: Do Seagulls Have Fangs?
    8/07/21
  35. Session 35: Facetime With Tasha (oh, and Jade is a double agent)
    8/21/21
  36. Session 36: Wulf Dreams of Puppy Piles
    9/11/21
  37. Session 37: Wulf & Jade (separately) Bond With Tulan
    9/25/21
  38. Session 38: The Gang Sees A Psychic
    10/09/21
  39. Session 39: Exploring a Ghost Ship
  40. Session 40: Olav is... Not Dead?
    11/13/2021
  41. Session 41: CALI IS NOT POOR OKAY
    12/11/2021
  42. Session 42: Wise Old Egil
    01/15/2022
  43. Session 43: Christmas Morning, Via Egil
    02/05/2022
  44. Session 45: 44 didn't save
    3/12/22
  45. Session 46: fighting a waiver (that means dragon)
    04/03/22
  46. Session 47: Hole-ception, Donut Hole if you will
    4/30/22
  47. Session 48: Scry City, Bitch
    5/14/22
  48. Session 49:
    6/4/22
  49. Session 50: Sink or Wind
  50. Session 51: Scouting Our Meeting Place
    8/27/2022
  51. Session 52: Battle on the Beach
    10/01/22
  52. Session 53: Wulf Sneaks onto a Ship
    10/15/2022
  53. Session 54: Wulf Is Not Allowed Near Windows
    10/29/2022
  54. Session 55: THERES A TROLL (Beast) IN THE DUNGEON (outer fields)
    11/12/22
  55. Session 56:
    12/10/22
  56. Session 57:
    01/15/2023
  57. Session 58: Quell is Cali's Imaginary Friend
    01/28/2023
  58. Session 59: SECRET TUNNELLLLLL
    02/11/2023
  59. Session 60: I'm gonna dip you in butter
  60. Session 61: We're Looney, We're Tuney
    04/1/23
  61. Session 62: The Mother Herself Said She's Alive!
    4/8/23
  62. Session 63: Wulf DoorDashes Rats
    6/10/23
  63. Session 64: Are We Dead? Are We On A Boat? Will There Be Meat?
    7/1/23
  64. Session 65: Cali wants the Tea
  65. Session 66:

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