7.0 - Hanging Secrets Report
General Summary
Night Flora Cycle Day 8
Kilith sneaks out first, heading west to some brush by the river. He waits to make sure he was not seen, then he slips quietly into the water. Sil'Ferrous goes next, casting a mage hand to distract the nearest guard. Kilith and Sil'Ferrous work together to distract the guards and give Holg and Atani an opening to make it to the safe house. Kilith pulls two of the guards to the northwest bridge, where he avoids crossbow bolts while hiding in the water. Sil'Ferrous sets fire to some nearby brush, but the guards don't seem to care. Eventually, Sil'Ferrous draws their attention and has them chase him around, while he runs unnaturally fast. Kilith still keeps on guard busy by drawing attention and blocking attacks, all while trying to grapple the lithe half-elf. Both Kilith and Sil'Ferrous take slashes from the guards' blades, and feel more pain from the poison than from the cut itself. Sil'Ferrous gets the urge to attack after trying to start another fire distraction with a spell. He turns to fight, misses, and then quickly remembers he should probably be running as three guards close in on him. Meanwhile, Holg and Atani sneak by from the other direction. Holg stops to try and Kilith while Atani hoofs it to the safe house. When she opens the door, the front area is empty. She peeks into the back room and finds Valgyr lying motionless on the floor. The back wall is in flames, and standing over Valgyr is the same horned, winged monster from the lighthouse. Atani keeps quiet and hides in the front of the safe house while the creature makes its slow exit. Then the earth erupts through the floorboards, impaling the monster, and then it vanishes in a queasy puff of smoke. Back outside, the guards about to obliterate Sil'Ferrous are suddenly impaled and lifted off the ground by spikes of earth. The one attacking Holg and Kilith is impaled by 3 slender spires of earth. Just a reminder, that the earth being manipulated directly like this has never happened. Omdanne appears and reveals herself as an acquaintance of Valgyr, and the one responsible for killing the assailants. She encases Valgyr's body in crystal to lay him to rest. She offers a way to bring elemental "filters" back into the equation, so that people no longer go crazy and Paritet loses power. She offers 2 seeds, and reveals the third is in Kilith's care. The party doesn't seem to fully trust her, especially Kilith, who is upset the guards are dead. Omdanne brings the corpses to the group, asks the preferred burial method, then sinks their bodies into the earth. This—plus further explanation that Omdanne is connected to these 3 elements, and the earth—convinces the party to accept the seeds and set out on the mission to place them in their rightful places. These places are called "Riner" on maps, and Omdanne helps clarify that these 3 seeds go to Riner Ånd, Riner Ild, and Riner Nature—with Riner Ånd being the closest. Also, all the fires are put out by earth, curtesy of Omdanne. She departs, letting the group know that with the neutralization of the "guards" the party is probably safe for a couple days.safe house: Ci's Fish: Abroad- a small and defunct fishery, mainly looks like it sold fish rather than catching them. The sign is still hanging, but it's grimy and rotting. The inside has a counter and display areas, all empty and full of dust. Light barely filters through the filthy windows. The back room is only separated by a fraying curtain. It has a small, round, splintering table but no chairs. There's crates, but open and empty. In the corner is a wash basin full of clean water. Nature seed: A small mass of vines and ivy, with an undercoat of moss. It feels very light, like holding a single leaf. Yet when pressed or squeezed, it holds firm as stone and any flattened foliage pops back up. Though very hard to notice, the tiny leaves twitch rhythmically. Energy seed: A squat oval shape, almost flat, like a good skipping stone. But nothing about its appearance seems solid. Its a dark cloud of energy with flashes of radiant light that twirl with the stormy mass. It's heavier than expected, like the weight of a stone its size. the extremities of the fog fade and dissipate, slightly molding around what it rests on. It pulses slightly on occasion. Fire seed: A simple grey stone. When Omdanne activates it, fiery veins rise to the surface as it begins to give little pulses. As the veins of color emerge, the stone itself seems to melt into those veins, so that the veins look more like tiny rivers. It becomes very warm, but not quite uncomfortable. The heat and color pulsates gently.
Missions/Quests Completed
Arrive at the safehouse in the Lyston slums.
Character(s) interacted with
Omdanne
- Kilith
- Atani
- Sil'Ferrous
- Holg
Report Date
25 Sep 2020
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