Best of Both Worlds, 20200408

This Best of Both Worlds (BBW) "world-traveling campaign" was run on 8 April 2020. While BBW actually overlapped and included parts of many other campaigns; only those with events on Edyleine are listed here. Note that by design the game sessions do not show the distinction between PCs and NPCs.
This account also includes a short session played on 28 July 2019, This is done to keep the timeline in game-world chronological order on the wiki.
==Game Master==
*Miley Spears
== Main Characters ==
* Haifa Hahn: priestess of Samorojia
* Mojarósa: mistress mage of Milspar, Millisymph
* Tawnia of the Twin Towers: journeyman mage
* Titiana of the Twin Towers: journeyman mage
* Yaritza la Abridora: warrior-priestess of Samorojia
=== Personnel of the Dream Lady ===
* Abelard d'Pésni: Navy Capitaine
* Simon Rousseau: Lieutenant and First Mate
* Dia Hadleys: Army Centurion, Abelard's second wife
* Willow Hadleys: Journeyman Mage, Abelard's wife, Dia's sister
* Hildireth d'Pésni: Navy Matelot, Abelard and Dia's daughter
* Thanea the Tracer: Navy Mage Quartier-maître
* Sara of Greenrock: Army ranger Centurion
* Abigejla Leonière: Army physician Centurion
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 25 (Reckoning): A dining demon had disappeared as Mistress Magus Mojarósa de Maestros Magos de Milspar de Millisymph was finishing a meal with Colleen A. Sarn, dean at Hexadane Academy.  They were at the newly-opened "Felroe's Bitchen' Kitchen" in Kasteban.  It was literally newly-opened; Felroe Marterilin had opened a briefcase that day and the restaurant had appeared.
Something about the demon had led Mojarósa to comment about "the legendary demonic red dragon Thiazolin of Aborea."  Suddenly, she thought she knew why.  She wanted to follow it, but could not.  She said goodbye to those in the restaurant, and left.
She met Priestess Yaritza la Abridora, and they disappeared....and appeared in Mojarósa's home, La casa de Mojarósa. in Milspar, Millisymph.  After speaking with her household staff and the staff of El laboratorio alquímico de Mojarósa, the two of them traveled with Tawnia of the Twin Towers and Titiana of the Twin Towers to La Biblioteca Subterránea de Milspar (The Underground Library of Milspar) where they performed research.  They stayed in the area, researching for three days.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 04 08)
Heris 26 (Lordsday)/Scotís 26 (Odía)/April 29, Year 43 of Justin VII (Wednesday): The Dream Lady, which had been sent from the Barony of Skulas of the Empire of Adania on Zamora to investigate Seagate, arrived there. The ship traveled under Navy Capitaine Abelard d'Pésni, with his personnel including new First Mate Lieutenant Simon Rousseau, Army Centurion Dia Hadleys, his second wife and Dia's sister Journeyman Mage Willow Hadleys, Abelard and Dia's daughter Navy Matelot Hildireth d'Pésni, Navy Mage Quartier-maître Thanea the Tracer, Army Ranger Centurion Sara of Greenrock, and Army physician Centurion Abigejla Leonière.
As reported, the ship found that Seagate, which should have been closed, was opened.  The ship passed through to investigate.  Deciding to contact Mistress Magus Mojarósa and Warrior-Priestess Yaritza la Abridora, experts on Gate spells who had assisted them before, they traveled to Milspar.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 07 26)
Heris 28 (Godsday): Mistress Magus Mojarósa, Tawnia of the Twin Towers, Titiana of the Twin Towers, Priestess Yaritza la Abridora, and others attended religious services in Milspar.  They also discussed plans.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 04 08)
Heris 29 (Mustering): Mistress Magus Mojarósa, Tawnia of the Twin Towers, Titiana of the Twin Towers, and Priestess Yaritza la Abridora  rode on horseback to the gate of Milspar.  They paid tribute to the statue of Samorojia there, performed a ceremony with assistance from others, went through the gate, and disappeared.
Mojarósa, Tawnia, Titiana, Yaritza, and their mounts appeared in Aborea.  Strangely, Mojarósa noticed a slight impression, a heavily veiled image of where they had come from than lingered and then faded away.  They traveled, and arrived at the castle of Prince Lucretius Valarius.  They were granted audience to speak with him the next day.   They met with with Samorojia Priestess Haifa Hahn, and spent the night at her temple, Temple Gate.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 04 08)
Heris 30 (Landsday): Priestess Haifa Hahn, Mistress Magus Mojarósa, Priestess Yaritza la Abridora, Tawnia of the Twin Towers, and Titiana of the Twin Towers met with Prince Lucretius Valarius.  Mojarósa, Haifa, and Yaritza expressed concerns about the magical gate in the Labryinth of Prince Lucretius Valarius.  It had been resealed in Flowering after having been long sealed, and was a gateway to the realm of the legendary demonic red dragon Thiazolin.  Several dangerous beings had come through, and Draotameia aka Edyth Grey, a  hermana de Surrea (Sister of Surrea), had been lost through the gate.  Prince Lucretius gave them permission to enter the labryinth.
They showed guards of the labyrith their permission from the prince, lit their lanterns, and entered.  Some of them soon felt something was wrong.  Even the air didn't seem quite right.  They encounterd some minor malignant spirits which they dealt with quickly, but nothing more significant.
They then saw an average sized short haired man wearing a long sleeved shirt, vest, pants and sandals, all in shades of brown. He said he was relieved to see them, and had important information for them. They listened.
The man, who did not say his name, said, "You are about to enter the realm of the great, the powerful, the legendary demonic red dragon Thiazolin."  He then quickly faded away.
Haifa, who had been with the party that checked the gate on Flowering 41, said it was an exact repeat of what had happened then.  The group continued on.
They saw a very faint reddish glow in the dark labyrinth glow a deep red which grew slightly greater as they continued.  Haifa said that was similar to what had happened before, except that this time the glow was much less pronounced.  She said that before the cool dungeon had become increasingly warm, but there seemed to be little difference this time.  However, it started becoming brighter and warmer.
Finally, they reached where the gate had been sealed.  There was bright red light shining through very warm air as if coming through the top of an invisible edge of an invisible gate or veil.  They heard a voice which sounded like that of a young girl which said, "Have you come to play with me?"  Haifa said on the previous expedition they had seen a very young girl with light skin and long blonde hair with bangs. She had looked very innocent, but there was something eerie about her. She had asked then if the group had come to play with her.  She had then held hands with the group, and they had passed through the veil into a dangerous series of gates, which had trapped Draotameia.
They quickly discussed the situation, and feared they knew what was happening.  Magical gates ordinarily were either opened or closed.  But they feared this one was opened just a crack.  As it might lead to a series of gates, some thing or things in any one of them might open it.  Anything could come through to Edyleine, including the legendary demonic red dragon Thiazolin of Aborea.  Combining their power, they tried closing the gate, but failed.
The group left, and reported to Prince Lucretius.  The prince granted them more assistance, and said that he would call on others to join them.  Haifa also reported to her temple.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 04 08)
Heris 31 (Hammering): Priestess Haifa Hahn, Mistress Magus Mojarósa, Priestess Yaritza la Abridora, Tawnia of the Twin Towers, and Titiana of the Twin Towers returned with others to the Labryinth of Prince Lucretius Valarius.  Things were as they had been the previous day; the air seemed slightly wrong, there was a slight reddish glow, and there were minor spirit beings.  As before, they saw a man who told them they were about to enter the realm of the demonic red dragon Thiazolin and then quickly faded away.
They came again to where the barely opened gate was, with a red glow around the top edges.  Once again, they heard the voice of a very young girl saying, "Have you come to play with me?"
The group worked in concert to try to fully close the gate.  With a great effort, the red glow around the edge began to fade then, finally, disappear.  The gate was fully closed.
But then, a very young girl with light skin and long blonde hair with bangs appeared.  She was the one they had heard, and that Haifa had seen on the previous expedition.  She seemed very innocent but also somehow eeire.  She said, "You really should play with me.  Everyone should play with me.  Seeing in a looking glass is not the same as holding hands."  She then disappeared.
The group believed that was a sign that something still had to be done.  But they didn't know what.  (Best of Both Worlds 2019 04 08)
Category:Demon Gate