Unmasking the Artisans Session 5
General Summary
The Party
| Name | Race | Profession |
|---|---|---|
| Cassius | Human | Noble |
| Daniel | Human | Scholar |
| Gloria | Dwarf | Soldier |
| John Wrench | Air Genoran | Entrepreneur |
Finishing up East Harrow
Meeting Mayor Edelson
Mayor Edelson was found shocked to see a Corderan military veteran after so long. The old dog was both happy to see someone from his old life but also irked that it was a Corderan. Regardless, the party found him trying to get Zerthos, the albino tiefling rebel, removed from the Town of East Harrow. With some negotiation, Mayor Edelson joins the party.
Mournival - The Consequences of Revolution
Once settled in your seats, the spotlight flashes on center stage. There, a portrait of Mayor Bertram sits on a stand posing quite regally.
The Critic speaks up, “Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the one who could not make it to tonight’s show! The star over the City of Lumencraft, Mayor Clarence Bertram! If he lacks consideration for us, think of everyone else he has disappointed!”
The stage begins to fill up with ragged and filthy commoners with coal stains and various injuries. They all glare at the portrait. The Sage then chimes in, “Oh certainly. It is a dying shame that there are more laborers than there are upstanding citizens aren’t there?”
The stage then gets a tense feeling as city commoners take the stage. Both of them eye the other suspiciously and with disgust.
You can hear the sneering in the Critic’s voice, “But what you’re thinking won’t be that easy. Though there are faithful Lumeners that occupy the city, I really must applaud the degree of scientific advancement that they have made.”
“Surely you refer to the trains, the clockwork assistants, and the breakthroughs in medical treatment? It makes you wonder what the next invention could be.”
The portrait of the Mayor becomes smashed and the crowd goes ballistic in tearing the other apart. When the dust settles, there is one Lumener and one laborer left as they climb on the pile of corpses trying to reach the other.
“Extinction,” the Critic simply states, “With so many people in the city, and with such tools, the pile of bodies from the carnage may as well allow you to reach the balcony of the Mayor’s Estate. It will not matter who reaches it first. There won’t be anyone to govern in the first place.”
A shadowy figure then walks on stage, darkening the light until it is only black.
The Sage’s voice is heard, “By that point, there is nothing.”
The lights flash back on to the stage, showing the two directors, ”That is all for today’s showing. Come again another time.”
Juniper Forest
The first thing the party stumbled on was a sign from the City of Lumencroft advertising the upcoming "Juniper Park" that is coming soon. Wrench notably blasted a hole through the image of Reginald Reeve's nose.
Along the trip, the party stumbled on wretches, hungry and keen to tear them apart. Remedying this, Wrench threw a whole chunk of rations into the woodlands and the cluster chased after it. Daniel investigated them and applied positive magic their way, allowing the feral creatures to actually relax and look to Daniel akin to a savior of sorts.
Juniper Enclave
The party is brought to the main area of the forest by Arbus, as a big walking tree, to finally meet with Cervatien, the Eminence of the Enclave. He was willing to join the party's revolution so long as it meant that Juniper Forest could be left in isolation and no further expectations of them getting involved. To at least solidify the alliance, he requested the party to head into the old catacombs where undead have been stirring.
Catacombs
The catacombs had a dark and constricting atmosphere as it swallowed a good portion of any lighting the party carried with them. First they dealt with a dark festering wraith that had been contorting some of the Juniper Enclave's members. Daniel managed to banish the dark spirit.
Further down the line, the party found a room containing a legendary weapon known as the Blade of Refined Radiance. A terrible guardian of the tomb, a scather, came barreling down toward them. After a difficult fight combating the creature, it was finished off with Gloria wrestling the dangerous creature which allowed Daniel to hurl a Paradise-infused stone at the creature's head, shattering some pieces off.
Victorious, the party heads out.
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