2/8/2025

BEGIN SESSION
 
We take a short rest, then I offer to help Melfine dispose of the body of the peregrine, but she isn't interested in a new set of cement shoes. After the cremation ceremony, we get back in the air and head to see Charring. Druss tells us about the dream he had wherein he told Amberfern to basically fuck off. Amberfern wanted Druss to represent them in the conquest of the world, and it sounded like they're going to do it whether or not Druss participates. Sylvio now has a rune on his back right flank, which provides an ability I've added to the notes on his character. The rune can be moved from construct to construct but will be lost if I lose the Steel Defender. Melfine thinks that her transformation caused Asmodeus to switch his focus from Marda to her Aasimar sister, which explains the dead falcon and feathers found in the tent. Her sister was redeemed by helping her, changed her from an Erinyes back to an Aasimar. This was exactly what Asmodeus needed. Melfine casts Sending to Garnet for help, and they tell her to still get the stone, since we still need to trap Asmodeus.
 
On the way into the volcano, Melfine implores Solvene for intervention (critical success - 1 on a d100). Charring isn't there, but Ms. Grey is. She hands me a palm-sized, rough-hewn stone (the soul-stone). It seems really pretty, but that might just be the lighting inside the volcano. We're going to head back to Valorant City now. In the air, the wraith touches Melfine's glowing third eye and changes forever, and is now a poltergeist. Bedtime! (CON save - nat 20 for 29 - I dream of eating hot foods and sweat a lot).
 
In the morning, Melfine shouts that we need to get to Cherwood, now. Something happened in her dreams, and she's pretty frantic about it. We are going to use Sending to call any allies we can to address the riots in Cherwood and to stop the ritual that will allow Asmodeus to be born into the Material Plane through Melfine's sister.
 
Aurane is accosted by a grating voice in his head. It's Melfine, and she warns him of the cause of the riots and the need for help to stop the ritual of Asmodeus.
 
(PER - 12 - fail to see an old man on the barge, who definitely wasn't here before. Yun spots him though.) The old man has been staring at Druss for hours, but no one noticed him until now. It's Amberfern in human form. He's tired of Druss dodging his calls, and has come in person to make his offer of help. His initial cost had been for Druss to serve as his champion, which Druss adamantly refused. The new offer is for Cherwood to be made safe for casters, so that Amberfern can offload excess population from Dragon Island. Druss accepts the new deal. Amberfern isn't coming, but his mate is - Mad Meriwynd (Great Wurm mercury dragon). She's unpredictable and likes to snatch unattended sheep. Getting her to leave may also be a problem. Amberfern vanishes after a prolonged verbal assault by Petunia.
 
END SESSION
 
INSP Inventory: INSP, INSP,+d6, +d6, +d6, +d8 (V8 joke)