TAK 5 Report - Dusk and Dawn
General Summary
At the start of the session, I caught up with Goldie who had been staying the the Church of Zycie. She had aquired a balaclava that she used as a facemask and was tending to the patients before eventually returning to the Old Deer Bar and Inn.
The party reconviened in the inn, where they found the Calendar with Assasination Plan and asked the barkeep about it, who told them that it was probably left by a group who had the Talon Hunters tattoo:
They decided to visit the church of Zabich, the Withering to attempt to send a message.
When they arrived they found the priest, Guie, and asked him to deliver they message. He instructed them that their best chance would be if they prayed with him, before kneeling down and starting to flog himself while chanting. The party generally joined in, but only some of them actually flogged themselves. Wipfaarr instead decided to perform a dance with the flogging whip, and Adran silently prayed to Zabel, who Sleeps to stave off the feeling of dread from entering a heretic church.
At the end of the chant, Guie shouted 'Now, speak your message!' and Wipfaar said something along the lines of 'We're here to ask for your help to cure the illness and to find a way to return your dagger, the Catastrophe Needle'. Then, there was a thunderclap and all the candles in the room extinguished. Guie thanked them and offered to help them in any way possible. Goldie informed him they they know about the missing Catastrophe Needle but otherwise there wasn't anything to be done.
After sending the message, the magic in the area caused the Calendar with Assassination Plan to reveal the marked date.
As they left he coughed into his elbow (my indication that he has Heartfire Boon) which, along with his general glum vibe and the way that the flames seemed to leap from his fingers to the wicks of candles he was relighting, led to the players suspecting him of vbeing a servant of the Bartomuth, the Ashen King. While they were absolutely right (lol) they felt that their evidence was very circumstantial and so decided to leave without pursing this further. The party returned to the inn and enquired further about the Calendar with Assassination Plan. They talked to an old dragonborn in the tavern who told them that the tattoos were those of the Talon Hunters Concalve. He warns that they are a dangerous group who have been killing dragonborn for hunfreds of years, but likely have no connection to The Ashen King. Soon after, Maya came up to them (Alex specifically, I believe) and asked for directions to the Church of Zycie.
They gave her directions but deemed her suspicious and so Wipfaarr and Goldie tailed her while the others rested at the inn.
They arrived at the church moments after Maya and saw her standing in stupor at the sight of the entire building ablaze. Both Maya and Wipfaar ran in to help people escape the smoke and fire while Goldie tended to those already outside.
This went on for a while before fire started to fill the corridor and it became too dangerous to continue.
We then flashed forward about an hour until the blaze was finally put out. The police started to section off the area, but let some people in to look for loved ones. Wipfaar took this opportunity to look for Ricky, the Green Fire, but didn't find him. Maya is also there looking for Rex, but fails to find him as well. Seeing her clearly distraught, Wipfaar and Goldie invite her back to stay with them at the inn. While this was happening, Boxx came around to the rooms that the rest of the party were staying in and informed them that there was a sighting of Tłaƶmi, the Voracious heading towards the city. He says that they should stay indoors tomorrow, or else risk being eaten. When the others return to the inn, they are also informed about Tłaƶmi (but Maya isn't) and they all head to bed. In the morning, Maya is missing. She leaves a note in Deltanese saying "Thanks for looking after me. I'll be sure to return the favour if we meet again". They come out from their rooms and meet Boxx at the counter. They expess their interest in going to look for Maya and Ricky but he fills them in a bit more on the dangers of Tłaƶmi and they see they, on top of it starting to drizzle outside, the streets are completetly empty. They decide to hunker down for the day.
When they arrived they found the priest, Guie, and asked him to deliver they message. He instructed them that their best chance would be if they prayed with him, before kneeling down and starting to flog himself while chanting. The party generally joined in, but only some of them actually flogged themselves. Wipfaarr instead decided to perform a dance with the flogging whip, and Adran silently prayed to Zabel, who Sleeps to stave off the feeling of dread from entering a heretic church.
At the end of the chant, Guie shouted 'Now, speak your message!' and Wipfaar said something along the lines of 'We're here to ask for your help to cure the illness and to find a way to return your dagger, the Catastrophe Needle'. Then, there was a thunderclap and all the candles in the room extinguished. Guie thanked them and offered to help them in any way possible. Goldie informed him they they know about the missing Catastrophe Needle but otherwise there wasn't anything to be done.
After sending the message, the magic in the area caused the Calendar with Assassination Plan to reveal the marked date.
As they left he coughed into his elbow (my indication that he has Heartfire Boon) which, along with his general glum vibe and the way that the flames seemed to leap from his fingers to the wicks of candles he was relighting, led to the players suspecting him of vbeing a servant of the Bartomuth, the Ashen King. While they were absolutely right (lol) they felt that their evidence was very circumstantial and so decided to leave without pursing this further. The party returned to the inn and enquired further about the Calendar with Assassination Plan. They talked to an old dragonborn in the tavern who told them that the tattoos were those of the Talon Hunters Concalve. He warns that they are a dangerous group who have been killing dragonborn for hunfreds of years, but likely have no connection to The Ashen King. Soon after, Maya came up to them (Alex specifically, I believe) and asked for directions to the Church of Zycie.
They gave her directions but deemed her suspicious and so Wipfaarr and Goldie tailed her while the others rested at the inn.
They arrived at the church moments after Maya and saw her standing in stupor at the sight of the entire building ablaze. Both Maya and Wipfaar ran in to help people escape the smoke and fire while Goldie tended to those already outside.
This went on for a while before fire started to fill the corridor and it became too dangerous to continue.
We then flashed forward about an hour until the blaze was finally put out. The police started to section off the area, but let some people in to look for loved ones. Wipfaar took this opportunity to look for Ricky, the Green Fire, but didn't find him. Maya is also there looking for Rex, but fails to find him as well. Seeing her clearly distraught, Wipfaar and Goldie invite her back to stay with them at the inn. While this was happening, Boxx came around to the rooms that the rest of the party were staying in and informed them that there was a sighting of Tłaƶmi, the Voracious heading towards the city. He says that they should stay indoors tomorrow, or else risk being eaten. When the others return to the inn, they are also informed about Tłaƶmi (but Maya isn't) and they all head to bed. In the morning, Maya is missing. She leaves a note in Deltanese saying "Thanks for looking after me. I'll be sure to return the favour if we meet again". They come out from their rooms and meet Boxx at the counter. They expess their interest in going to look for Maya and Ricky but he fills them in a bit more on the dangers of Tłaƶmi and they see they, on top of it starting to drizzle outside, the streets are completetly empty. They decide to hunker down for the day.
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