Days 46-47

Session 23 Session MVP: Temor

Day 46

• Percy submits 'Burlybeards Bawdy Ballads' into the libraries collection
• Scully finds an entry detailing a creature known as a steel predator - high ac, high hp, fast, stealth prof, resistant to normal damage cold lightning necrotic thunder, immune to poison, psychic and non magical attacks, cant be charmed exhausted poisoned paralyzed stunned,
• Percy find reference to a coven of hags in chultain lore - known as the sown sisters, widow grote has gold coins for eyes and ants nesting in her skull, peggy dead bells wears a string of childrens teeth and has a peg leg, Baggy Nana squirming leather sack sown over her head, appears in childrens stories not alongside any other known deities - acererak or raznesee
• On Acererak - not originally from faerun from oerth, has created several dungeons one known as tomb of horrors, notable presence in Undermountain, rivalry with vecna, magical items - staff of the forgotten one/
• On the subject of the soul sucking machine, the librarian wont share the information, says its forbidden, not hidden in the library but may still be located in Mesro, if it still exists
• Temor finds a bunch of maps and manages to clear the party's map of chult,
• On the subject of Omu, there is a palace in Omu, colosseum,
• On the Yaun-ti, they lived peacefully in hisari and ishau but ishau has now sunken into the sea, in lore it is said that Uptao imprisoned the yuan-ti god Dendar beneath chult which earned him guardianship of the land, there is mention of an idol matching the descripton of the one stolen by feran but it seems to be just standard religious stuff,
• Percy searches for mention of auntie arial, nothing specific mentioned, Jahaka bay has a mine nearby and a large sea cave, also mention of a temple to umberlee southern tip of Kobold Mountains,
• Nangalore - built to honor zalchoray a vain chultain queen, the builder was general and consort to the queen, it was originally called the hanging garden of dreams, a beautiful garden, unceasing flattery feastered to poisonous vanity, queen bargained with an eyrine to retain her beauty and youth forever and the queen was transformed into a medusa who was trapped in her garden, nangalore now means garden of lost dreams,

• Following the end of the questions, the party teleport to Nangalore, at the center of the gardens there is a large dome done, with two patches of smaller gardens leading up towards the main building, flowers within are called soporofics and are highly hallucinogenic,
• Around the area are messages written in old chultain, temor casts comprehend language, 1st message - worshiped by her people and thiru-taya (the general/consort) who (loves) betrayed her - great uptao free me - and may the gods themselves marvel at this humble reflection of her beauty,
• the party make their way towards the centre building, they push open the doors and see a large statue of a chultan male (thiru-taka?), next to statue is large urn and a statue frozen in a expression of fear, there is a message carved into the walls at the top of a staircase within - true love faithful general safe will you rest in nagalore eternal none will disturb you while i live such is my vow of penance and for my sins i cannot die, on the floor next to the urn is written -
• Harwin touches the urn and reveals there is powder within, scully immediately hears footsteps approaching, woman dressed in a flowing robe made of parrot feathers, her arms head and feet are covered in a veil of feathers, she speaks to us, she sees percy holding a mirror and takes offense, she casts a gust of wind spell on him and he reacts by casting one on her in retaliation, percys spell wins out and she is thrown backwards, the party persuade him to stop as it seems she comes in peace, she leads the party into one of the towers towards the back of the gardens,
• Percy asks about her lover and what happened to him and she flies into a rage, she attempts to cast fireball but temor counterspells her, she rips off her veil and attacks the party,
• She calls a fort help from Thiru-taka