Honorbound: Episode 25

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==Recap==
Intro by Diego, video by Travis Gillespie
Recap by Layla and Chris Ellis
=== Vallark ===
The party starts out in the marketplace at Vallark, with a dead Desmond on the ground. Hamara is nowhere to be seen (missing player). Luceille disguises herself and puts the mysterious box in her backpack. She moves downstairs and sees the mess in front of her. She loots the bodies, finding 17 silver pieces and an emblem with an eye that has a small piece of amber in the middle of it. She doesn't recognize the emblem, and leaves it there. She also find 120 pieces of gold on Desmond's corpse. She moves to the western gate of town to find an inn and examines her loot. She examines the box and doesn't find a way to open it. She brings it in front of the window and the moonlight shines on the box. Luceille sees constellations on the box move and shift around in the moonlight. She admires the box but unable to figure out it's trick, and puts it back in her pack. She rests for the night. 
== Experience ==
1000 XP  - Luceille levels to 3. She gains 10 HP (19 Total).
==Recap==
=== Vallark ===
Luceille comes down in the morning to only see only one table with empty seats. The reason for this is there is a Lizardman sitting there, with furs draped around him and a clutch of spears on his back. He is wearing Hide armor. There is a trident leaning against the table. Luceille sits down and introduces herself. She finds that the Lizardman is named Kang, and that he is a mercenary. She hires him to protect her as they leave the city. His fee is 1 gold coin a day. They head west out of the city towards the city of Graal. As they travel, Luceille tries to disguise Kang, but Kang will have none of it. She also finds it very hard to disguise his 3-foot tail. 
=== Graal ===
The party reaches Graal without incident. They go to find a tailor, to get a large billowing robe for Kang. Luceille goes into the shop while Kang immediately takes a defensive stance in front of the door. The shopkeeper looks outside anxiously as Luceille shops around the store. Luceille buys a long purple robe and then they leave the store. Luceille does a moderately decent job of conceiling the lizardman. They find an inn for the night. Luceille gets a room for Kang, but he chooses to sleep by the river instead. They eat breakfast and leave, heading west for Fenbard. They travel through the night, and eventually come to a small campfire off the side of the road. They see a man in white robes being kicked by two thugs. Luceille yells at them to stop, and the thugs state that the man is a heretic and deserves it. The party prepares for a fight, and the thugs pull out maces and spit on the ground. Luceille and Kang hold their ground. The thugs slowly move forward and start circling, which prompts Kang to start attacking. Luceille slips behind one of the thugs and stabs him, and then moves off into the trees. The Thugs move forward and land two quick blows on Kang. Kang stabs one of the Thugs and knocks his weapon out of his hand, and then turns around to the injured Thug and knocks his weapon away as well. Luceille comes back out of the darkness and runs one through. The last Thug attempts to bolt and takes a few hits. Kang throws a spear into his back, and the Thug falls still. 
Luceille checks on the man as Kang searches the Thugs for valuables. There is a large brand across his face in the shape of an "H". He is just barely conscious. Luceille searches him and finds numerous items, taking a small iron triangle that he finds as well as some parchment, ink, and a quill. The man reaches out a hand and thanks Luceille. Kang finds 6 pieces of gold on the Thugs. Kang starts eating one of the Thugs. Luceille questions the man and finds that he is a priest of Martha. He is from Jade Run, and tells a story of how the Church of All Lights branded him for a crime he didn't commit. Kang suggests leaving him behind, and Luceille agrees. They continue on to Fenbard.
=== Fenbard ===
The party reaches Fenbard in the early morning. Kang moves off to the river to sleep while Luceille gets a room at the inn. Kang meets up with Luceille in the morning to receive his gold coin. Luceille finds out that Kang owes a debt to a human. The party moves on to Xenie that day. They encounter nothing that day and move on through the night. They see a wide dark shape moving on the road during the night. They approach closer and see a four legged creature with brown fur, and when it turns to look at them they see large tusks and a pig like snout. It stares them down for a moment, and then Kang attacks. His spear flies and hits the Giant Boar as Luceille hits it with an arrow. The Giant Boar charges close to Kang, who throws two more spears into it. The Giant Boar charges at Kang and gores him. The party can see several small boars behind the Giant one. Luceille closes in and stabs the boar with her shortsword and her dagger. Kang stabs the Giant Boar with his trident and pushes the creature back 15 feet. Kang retreats behind Luceille. The Giant Boar charges into Luceille and gores her, knocking her unconscious. Kang hurls his trident at the boar and kills it. Kang moves up to Luceille and stabilizes her. After an hour Luceille comes back to consciousness soaking wet as Kang is dunking her into a river to try and wake her up. They move back to the road where the boar still lays dead. Kang finds one of the piglets in the brush, kills it, and eats it. 
=== Xenie ===
The party reaches Xenie in the very early morning. Luceille finds a nice inn as Kang goes to sleep by the river. The next morning they see a commotion in the town square. There is someone giving a speech about class equality. As the crowd disperses, six guards with silver circle emblems on their lapels take the person that was speaking away as he screams in protest. The party sees around a dozen people in cloaks on the roofs of buildings that start firing arrows at the groups of guards. Two of the guards go down as people with cudgels rush out to beat the guards, and the speaker is dragged away. When the dust settles four guards are dead, 10 of the assailants lie dead on the ground, and the archers and speaker are nowhere to be seen. The party decides to completely avoid the situation, and moves around the outskirts of the city. 
=== Twinoak and Jade Run ===
The party moves west towards Twinoak. They encounter nothing, and reach the city at night. Kang once again goes to sleep by the river as Luceille goes into the city to find an inn. They move on to Jade Run in the morning, and encounter a few random people on the road. They reach Jade Run late at night and are stopped at the gates. The guards refuse entry to Kang. Luceille produces a signet ring and declares herself a Lady of the House Blithe, and demands that the guards find their liege lord and bring him to the gates. The guards relent, and allow them to pass. Kang finds Luceilles's inn, and then finds one of the city walls. Kang asks a random person how to get beyond the wall, and the person is scared and unhelpful. Kang then goes to a stable and curls up in some hay. Luceille gets up early, bathes, and puts on some fine clothes. They go to find a sage to identify their box. The sage lives at a small library. Kang waits outside as Luceille goes inside to meet with an old man with a pointy white beard. Luceille shows him the box and asks him to look at it. Luceille pays the man 50 gold to identify it, and finds out that the book can only be opened when the constellation on top of the box is present in the sky. The constellation shows up on every full moon. The sage tells him that the box was made before the Inquisition. The Inquisition was a movement long ago to suppress the use of magic in the land. 
As Luceille walks by the clerk, the clerk starts looking at the concealed box in Luceille's hands. Luceille threatens the clerk to keep his thoughts to himself, and they leave the library.
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