Session 41 (03. 07. 2019)

The day after Newmont's trial, representatives of the twelve noble houses of the Regency gathered to elect the next Regent. To everyone's surprise, Alexa Sinclair withdrew, leaving Damian as the sole candidate and Regent by default; he in turn chose her as his Vice Regent. For Telum Veritas, this was the beginning of a rare, peaceful but nevertheless busy period of time. They were given an old, rundown mansion (the old Shadow HQ) outside Highspire as their base of operations and the site of the planar portal they intended to build. Carthigan's days of adventuring were over, but he became Minister of Ablooneum. A team of engineers was gathered, led by Vincent and Nyx. They began their work in the spacious basement of the mansion; with some Regency investment courtesy of Carthigan, they were able to reverse-engineer the yuan-ti ablooneum refinement tech, which resulted in much more potent bloo. This would be used to fuel the portal. Six weeks of hard work followed. Things went reasonably smoothly, except for one case of theft, which was resolved by Kim's excellent persuasion skills. Soon, word spread about the project, to a positive response from Highspire society. Finally, the portal was complete. The first test runs went less than smoothly, culminating in an odd malfunction that deposited a hapless stranger in front of the party: Captain Penrose Stares, planar traveler. Thinking his expertise would be helpful on their journeys, they recruited him. Meanwhile, on the Plane of Air, Lia's training was progressing nicely. However, on the day the portal was finished, the monastery was attacked. A powerful magician riding an earth elemental demolished most of the building, and assaulted Lia's tutor, Sage Ghant; with her timely intervention, Ghant was saved and the mage banished to the Plane of Earth, where he'd come from. However, Lia and Ghant had to flee.