The Pantheon War Campaign/Session 5

In the valley:
*Refugees are as if someone imprinted a soul pattern on the refugees. Would have taken a lot of power to do this.
**Are there different
*Humboldt, ambassador of pleasure, tries to drug the refugees via smoke on their campfire. They say they don't want this, and ask what it does. He does it anyway, without answering, and starts telling them about good trips. The fire consumes the logs very quickly, appearing to have an accelerant effect. The ones near the fire are distracted from the light source. 
**They invite him to view the midday light with them, and he agrees. However, he doesn't want to wait. 
**They begin to steer him towards the fire
**They really like that he has sped up time, making the time between the lights almost instantaneous, putting them in almost a religious ecstasy.. 
***He has cultists now.
*Is the Light a god? 
**Gods are liars. The Light is truth.
*Elesett talks to the guard
**Guard asks about smoke rising at center of valley. Elesett says something was 'dropped' in the fire. Guard wants to see what is causing the smoke.
**Elesett asks the guard about the history of the valley. He says those who are afflicted become so almost instantaneously (i.e., overnight) and that he does not think Amaranthians are affected in any special way as distinct from Atarkians – no one is immune. Every Amaranthian who comes their way has been afflicted.
***Elesett conveys this information to Humboldt, who decides not to wait around until nightfall. He forcibly takes the censer with him.
*Advice on the journey? Don't look at the sky. The hill road is pretty trafficked, by merchants with mules/horses (there are good navigable roads, even for carts). Not sure about other roads. It seems there are not many Amaranthians left, and he doesn't trust those who remain because they all appear afflicted. Given their lack of interest in food, you should find foraging easy.
*Everyone waits around until nightfall to see what will happen. The refugees' perception of time is still accelerated, and they don't get their normal fix from the Light glimpse at nightfall. They are outraged, and mob up the the side of the valley with makeshift torches, etc.
*Fiery chokepoint + Haruspex-foraged mountainside fuel
*Elesett goes to tackle Humboldt, but is delayed by his swinging censer; Haruspex tries to knock him over, but is caught; 
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