1.16 - A Revelation
General Summary
Coris regained his faculties; changed back into his normal form. Two days of travel ensued. On the first day (Day 3 in Lient’roc), the party found a hastily abandoned campsite, and found scraps of bloody cloth in the fire. The fabric appeared to be of Chelu-kaan make. Tristan used Scry to find the person whose blood was on the scraps, but only found a graveyard with a freshly dug grave without a headstone. The campsite appeared to be made by a Chelu-kaan, or at least someone who camped like one, although the way the camp was left without cleaning up was suspicious. The party brainstormed, thinking of Chelu-kaan elves they had met, and whether or not they were Cheloran. They eventually remembered Sulphier’s friend Rhotel, who had strongly hinted that he was Cheloran without outright saying it. They had not seen Rhotel since they interviewed him in the hours after Corker’s murder.
Captain Sultana and Cheni cleaned up the campsite, and when they were sure nothing of value was left, the party continued on their journey. Early the next morning (Night 3/Day 4), a procession of some kind disturbed the 4th watch; a Treant followed by all manner of Awakened plants steadily made its way North.
That morning, Tristan used Scry again to find the owner of the cloth, and he saw Rhotel hiking through the forest, off-trail. He seemed to have been moving for several hours at that point. The area surrounding him was of smaller trees closer together, and Cheni told everyone that would be expected if he was around Senot Tik and, by extension, Nehrlok's Cave.
With this new information, the party decides to ask a question of Coris’ patron, Meilikki (or of her servant).
“Among these three options, where is Rhotel headed: Nehrlok’s Cave, Senot Tik, or somewhere else?” “The servant of the stone will end his journey in the forge of dark iron. The veins and the heart of a body share a common path.”Interpreting this to mean that Rhotel is headed to Nehrlok’s Cave, but that Senot Tik is a part of that path, the party decides not to follow Rhotel specifically, but rather keep their original plan and head to Senot Tik first. When the party makes camp on Night 4, they are approached by tiny elementals called Chwinga which bestow gifts and are generally very cute. Everyone got some magical charms.
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