Michael's Report, 2022-08-14
General Summary
The session picked up after a fight against the scarecrow and fleshborn monstrosities that guarded the Reivan elder's tent in her absence. Searching the tent, we found alchemical supplies and tools, but no clear answer as to what the elder had been doing.
After waiting until nightfall, the Elder returned. Following a brief and distrustful attempt at dialogue, a fight ensued when she attempted to set her tent and its contents on fire. Things were not going great for us in the ensuing conflict, but the fight was not decisively decided. Instead, once the tent was aflame, the Elder offerred to stand down if the party would just let it burn - an offer that the party accepted.
Speaking on less confrontational, though still far from friendly terms, the mysterious elder revealed herself to be a powerful Reivan wizard named Lashan Valchek vas Koros - or rather, a Simulacrum thereof. She claimed that the simulacrum had been sent to the area to conduct research and experiments on what could be accomplished with flesh, and promised that she would leave the area and end this activity now that the evidence of her work had been destroyed.
Lashan seemed irritated that we were not already familiar with her place in history, but did explain that she had once created clones of herself to ensure her revival in the event of her death. In an unanticipated error, all of her clones activated upon her death. This led to a war between the clones, each vying to be the true and sole inheritor of the identity of Lashan Valchek vas Koros.
The elder would not give many other answers beyond vague riddles, but said she would answer more questions if we retrieve for her an item known as the Stone of Secrets from the Zonthosh Guild. She confirmed our suspicions that the guild's namesake, Zonthosh, is indeed a Beholder. She was also able to name several key members of the guild, and gave a suggestion that we could infiltrate them by attempting to work for them.
Lashan parted ways with us, but pointed us to Brunhild Morningfall as a contact that we should find in Brightridge should we succeed in finding the Stone. The party previously knew Brunhild as the duplicitious City Watch member that was involved with The Gilded Grim.
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World date: Tide Day, 18th of Flame, 1493, early evening (about 6PM or later)
Xev harvested some crafting materials from the bodies (took roughly 1 hour)
In the tent (Perception 17)
Vials of stuff, possibly able to make an alchemy kit
Noticed a set of tracks that are not ours, leading in the same direction as our tracks
11:30 PM - a hooded figure approached
Tried to start a friendly conversation, but she asked us to separate
She cast a fire bolt at the tent, which Wash jumped in front of
Wall of Force cast around Wash; Xev used Suggestion to convince her to remove the spell
Vathash had a mental break and went berserk when she set fire to the tent
She told us to let the tent burn and she would talk
Claims that she was just doing experiments on what could be done with flesh
Why did she leave the ashlands: "I did not like what they were doing."
"I am Lashan Valchek vas Koros"
Wash recognizes this as a famous wizard, who has presumably been away from the ashlands for a very long time
"I have wars named after me."
Personal wars
Have been out of the ashlands for decades
I left the ashlands quite a long time ago
As a way to keep myself, I created many many clones of myself throughout the world. When I died, I was supposed to wake up in one of them. I woke up in all of them. We have been killing each other ever since.
Revealed that she is a Simulacrum of the real one; that is who she sent a Sending message to
"Do another pilgrimage for me."
I want the Stone of Secrets
A small distinct stone, oval in shape, looks like it has three empty eye sockets the size of a small marble
There is an entity living within this stone that acquires and keeps secrets. She wants its knowledge.
"Last I heard, it was being kept in the hideout of these Zonthosh guild working within Brightridge."
A criminal network that is working within the city.
Confirms that it is led by a Beholder named Zonthosh
Suggests pretending to work for them
They aren't looking for the city's lost treasure, but trying to keep anyone from finding it
Have their tentacles deep into many parts of the city
Names of people in the Zonthosh guild (people to tail or ask around about)
Grum'larr (he's dead)
A spy named Stink something
A hit man named Daniel Turnbell
A thief named Varien Darkeyes
Otto Irontoe
Illithid named is the only one
There is a contact in the city named Brunhild Morningfall (an early 40's human fighter)
Report Date
14 Aug 2022
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