Session 12: Dark Tunnels and Shadow Masters: Ssech from the 10th House
General Summary
It is 9pm on the 16th day of the month of Light, 697, and the group finds themselves hiding in the tunnels of Stryke's creation, hiding from a city confused and angry. They reflect back to finding Adira's body on Eros' bed early this morning, the strife and emotional turmoil heightens only with each tear and goodbye. The others attempt to interrogate Cotton and the children for answers, but little is given other than the ghouls arrived out of nowhere, and more came; they were outnumbered.
Nonetheless, as they finally rest after not just that turmoil but many others, noises of voices arguing distract them as echoes through the tunnels in under the city. A human man, Ssech Draod , with two putori scouts (Taki and Tuki) from the 10th House, has joined the manhunt for Aengiliiz Altopar but also to find Eros so his master Piorvani, Binder-Lord of the 10th House: Drunken Master can finally understand what Eros sent him that drunken night. Nonetheless, their noise, as well as Birdman's mimicry, awaken some mutated phase spiders, and that confusion allows for Ssech and the others to begin communicating about goals, despite hidden ferrets, dark grips by Mel, and carnage from Stryke and Birdman against those phase spiders.
Once the spiders are destroyed, Cotton and Birdman work together to harvest poison from these arachnids. The others discuss with Ssech what they will do, and eventually this noise brings more dwarves in nearby tunnels. Ssech offers to distract them, and the others to help him with his investigations; they agree. Here they have a flashback to this morning of the Severing, this morning, and the ghoulish undead that erupted around the city, killing many and taking hours for the city to quell. Ssech goes to the dwarves, and easily convinces the Stokeley brothers of not gaining more work, and the dwarvish brothers offer information that the 12th House is also looking for Stryke for his murdering of drow, and also that this manhunt is partially a guise for destroying the remaining ghouls.
Mel and Ssech head back up to the city, having their alibis and covers still in tact. Ssech checks in with the putori of the 10th, at least on the manhunt, and he confirms that the Stokeley's have given the proper information: ignore the caves and tunnels Stryke now calls home.
Nonetheless, as they finally rest after not just that turmoil but many others, noises of voices arguing distract them as echoes through the tunnels in under the city. A human man, Ssech Draod , with two putori scouts (Taki and Tuki) from the 10th House, has joined the manhunt for Aengiliiz Altopar but also to find Eros so his master Piorvani, Binder-Lord of the 10th House: Drunken Master can finally understand what Eros sent him that drunken night. Nonetheless, their noise, as well as Birdman's mimicry, awaken some mutated phase spiders, and that confusion allows for Ssech and the others to begin communicating about goals, despite hidden ferrets, dark grips by Mel, and carnage from Stryke and Birdman against those phase spiders.
Once the spiders are destroyed, Cotton and Birdman work together to harvest poison from these arachnids. The others discuss with Ssech what they will do, and eventually this noise brings more dwarves in nearby tunnels. Ssech offers to distract them, and the others to help him with his investigations; they agree. Here they have a flashback to this morning of the Severing, this morning, and the ghoulish undead that erupted around the city, killing many and taking hours for the city to quell. Ssech goes to the dwarves, and easily convinces the Stokeley brothers of not gaining more work, and the dwarvish brothers offer information that the 12th House is also looking for Stryke for his murdering of drow, and also that this manhunt is partially a guise for destroying the remaining ghouls.
Mel and Ssech head back up to the city, having their alibis and covers still in tact. Ssech checks in with the putori of the 10th, at least on the manhunt, and he confirms that the Stokeley's have given the proper information: ignore the caves and tunnels Stryke now calls home.
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15 Oct 2022
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