19. Into Avelis (Part 10)

==Intro==
Noel hates the fact that the high-five was invented in the 70’s. Kaitlin suggests that her parents just grew up in an anti-high-five culture, as facing the reality of the fact that the high-five was, in fact, invented in the 70’s is just too much for them.
==Farah’s Mountain==
===Waterfall===
The Guardian’s manage to save everyone from being swept over the edge of the cliff by the waterfall. In the process, however, Fran turns Salm into a fart with Gaseous Form and refuses to turn him back in case it might be useful. The rest of the party is reasonably disgusted with her. At Palo’s questioning of their magic, Maeri tells him that the Guardian’s are the chosen of Telliah.
As the party continues to travel up the path, Corbin spots several large black birds circling overhead. After an hour passes, Gaseous Form is released. Palo is very relieved to have his husband back.
===The Temple of Iol===
The party reaches the Temple at the peak of Farah’s Mountain at sunset. The very top of the mountain has been carved in the image of Farah herself, with her hands cradling the door to the temple. They are led inside the hollow mountain by a tiefling man with large, leathery wings named Marcus. The center of the main floor is lit by a fire pit, with rope bridges leading off and up to other levels of the mountain.
Laika attempts to speak Infernal to Marcus, but he dissuades her from it, calling it a ‘language of an evil past.’ Marcus tells her that if she were to visit the library, she would be able to find books on the history of their people.
==The Library==
The Guardians leave Maeri to take care of the wolves as they head towards the library, as the wolves dislike crossing the rope bridges. The library itself is very little and an incredibly old man sitting at a desk in the middle of the room; presumably the librarian. Corbin and Laika decide to spook him, as Fran wanders off to peruse the shelves.
Corbin sneaks up and gives the old man a very creepy backrub and his resulting surprise means that he throws himself and his chair back onto the floor. After they apologise, the old man asks what he can assist them with. They ask for history books, but the old man demands that they bring him a woman Clarissa with his tea before he helps them.
Clarissa turns out to be the apprentice librarian. She apologises for the head librarian, who she calls ‘Master Farlan’. She explains that he can be difficult to please and kind of rude. In an effort to help the Guardians, Clarissa puts Farlan to bed prematurely. She confides that being head librarian is a lifetime position and that she is waiting for him to die so that she can take over. She refuses the Guardian’s suggestion of killing him.
Clarissa gives the Guardian’s a brief history of the world of Avelis, including tiefling history. Laika is unsettled by the fact that tieflings were made as a gift to Torva. Laika asks Clarissa how she can get wings, but Clarissa has no idea. Fran finds a book in the library that details how tieflings made it to Estra.
==Dashing Dawson Has No Respect For Small Businesses==
Once the Guardian’s leave the library, they hear a familiar infuriating voice echo through the cavernous mountain. Dashing Dawson has arrived, and he is ready to make some deals. They follow him towards the general store, which he promptly takes over from its owner, Dwight.
The Guardian’s end up buying a magical compass which will point in the direction of a named item that is located on the same plane as it. The Guardian’s figure that it will be useful as they search for Vioni’s Vessel and the cloak for Maeri.
==A Funeral==
The Guardian’s emerge from the general store to hear melodic chanting coming from the main hall. They are a floor above the main platform and as they look down they see Palo and Salm surrounded by other pilgrims as a tiefling hovers just over the edge of the platform while holding Palo’s brother’s body.
The tiefling begins to recite the sermon, asking Iol to allow the dead man into their grace. And then she begins to fly large, descending circles down the mountain as the other tieflings continue to sing. When the ceremony comes to an end, Maeri ventures up toward Salm. She takes Palo’s hand and speaks softly to him, although the Guaridan’s cannot hear what she says. Palo begins to cry and hug her and the Guardian’s make a wise decision to stay on the platform above so that they do not ruin the moment. They too, get emotional.
==A Message To Chantel==
Noel: And now for a message to Chantel.
Kat: Chantel. The code word is: fry-curious. Go!
==Featued Characters==
===PCs===
*Fran
*Corbin
*Laika
===NPCs===
*Maeri
*Gingie
*Zarun
*Salm
*Palo	
*Marcus
*Farlan
*Clarissa
*Dawson
*Dwight
==Featured Locations==
*The Farah Mountains
*Farah's Mountain
**The Pilgrim’s Path
**The Temple of Iol
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