Session 62

The party returns to Rama va Arel after purifying Harbinger and his warforged followers. The consequences of leaving the ancient sky elf weapon facility unattended in such a questionable time are revealed.
== Summary ==
With the Raquesval being repaired, the party found themselves with a fair bit of down time. Kiono did some sparring with Harbinger and Teer before attempting to explain to Renn how ritual magic works. This went poorly, so Kiono returned to working on the magic to be used against the asteroid.
After the failed lesson, Renn decided to use the silver bells she had purchased earlier, Ephemera at her side in case anything went horribly wrong. She rang the first of the three bells, which caused a bolt of lightning to strike in front of her, leaving behind a merchant stall. A small, anthropomorphic tanuki was manning the stall and offered her his wares. Renn sold a few of the magical items the party had not found a use for previously and purchased a Ring of Blinking from him. Their business concluded, he left and Renn rang the second bell. The same occurs, the tanuki a different, though similar, one. From this merchant, she purchased a scroll of Wild Surge, a tavern dart, and a Wand of the War Mage +2. Upon ringing the third bell, the sky grew dark and a 100-foot-tall tanuki appeared. For ten thousand gold pieces, he sold Renn the deed to an island, as well as providing them with the teleportation runes for the sigil there. 
Sors asked Akaros where his hoard was, as they knew it was in the Dragonlands. He said vaguely that it was reasonably nearby. He then admitted that he wanted to visit it anyway, so would tell them the specifics later, which excited Sors immensely. The two then went to visit with Harbinger. Sors apologized to him for using her echo sight on him without permission, for which he forgave her. The pair then settled in to watch the tablet with the warforged in the cargo hold. 
Teer carved a small figure of Melarue, then used the Nightmare Catcher to cast the Dream spell to visit Evelynn in one of her dreams. He molded Rama va Arel around her and told her everything that they had been doing. He explained that the AI that was a scan of her mother and the admin privileges Kethryllia had given him before the Calamity struck. He also asked her if she would be willing to speak with Harbinger, to allow him the chance to get to know the sky elves and for amends to be made. She agreed to meet him in Wolis, as taking him to Falenas so early seemed dangerous. Teer then went on to explain that he had found Keth's corpse, which he would make sure to give to her to lay to rest properly. He also informed her of the relationship Keth had apparently had with Vayduin Tal'Zergeiros, which left Evelynn unsure how to react. As the two continued to talk, she realized that in her younger years, she had nearly stumbled upon Rama va Arel while she had been adventuring in the Dragonlands. 
Later, Harbinger led the party to something that they found on the garrison. When the warforged had taken the outpost, they had left it locked in one of the storerooms. The party opened the door, finding it to be filled with fungus which covered every surface and then some. In the corner of the room was a humanoid who was also covered in mushrooms. Renn offered it food and friendship. The fungal person, introducing itself as FOUR, the person offered Renn some of its mushrooms. Teer and Ephemera remained behind to inspect the room while the rest of the party took FOUR to see Seresh. The two found that the room had previously been an alchemical lab, potentially to study the mushrooms, though their presence might have been a coincidence. They retrieve a book from the fungus with "S.IV" written on the side, then joined the others on the airship. 
FOUR was offered clean clothes, which he did not accept. Seresh determined that it was not cursed, but also that the body was not alive. They realized that FOUR was in fact the mushroom, possessing the corpse of a scientist who had once worked in the laboratory. Sors, using her echo sight, confirmed this. A human scientist had been doing research on several specimens when the Calamity had struck. The man had died in the room, and the fungi were able to spread beyond their petri dishes. As a colony, they took over the man's body, though still trapped in the room. Sors attempted to cast Turn Undead on FOUR, but it did nothing, as the body was indeed not alive, but nor was it undead; the mushrooms were using the corpse as a means of locomotion. FOUR explained that it only wished to explore, learn, and consume. The mushroomed it had given them earlier were once a part of them, and now apart of those who ate those mushrooms. Not entirely sure what to do about this creature, the party decided to let them travel with them for a time, at least until they could figure out what to do with FOUR. 
Though lacking its cloaking ability and most of its weapons systems, the Raquesval was back online. Harbinger remains on the outpost to pilot it back to Rama va Arel as the party went ahead on the airship. Along the way, they passed a huge, rusted sword embedded in the ground, once belonging to a titan Akaros found millennia ago. They soon after spotted a campsite. Curious about who was in the wilderness of the Dragonlands, Mingal descended on Burben to investigate. He found a party of adventurers who, after stopping them from attacking him, discovered that they were looking for the floating structure that had appeared earlier in the previous days. Mingal gave them a general explanation of what was happening at Rama va Arel and that it wasn't a danger, then gave them directions to the city before leaving. As they returned to the airship, Burben demonstrated that he had learned the name Mingal, for which the goblin was very proud of him. 
Upon arriving in Rama va Arel, Goon took Corbin aboard so he could continue with the repairs of the ship. They also informed Gnareelda that the warforged threat was no longer a problem, and that their next goal was to figure out what to do about Elizrae. They next found Dort and Veggrek to also fill them in. After checking that the two hadn't been controlled by Gnareelda, the two goblins agreed to keep an eye on her. 
The party then departed for Elizrae's cave, hoping to learn directly from her what it was she was after. They sent a note in via Kiono's tressym requesting to speak with her. She emerged and was willing to explain that she needed the power supply within Rama va Arel, though she would not explain what she needed it for. She also refused to guarantee that there wouldn't be bloodshed if they provided her the power she desired. Unable to agree to her terms, the party claimed they needed time to discuss the matter, and that they would get back to her later. 
== NPCs ==
=== Introduced ===
* Timmy Nook
* Tommy Nook
* Tom Nook
* FOUR
* Meredith (dwarven paladin, twin of Mercedes)
* Mercedes (dwarven barbarian, twin of Meredith)
* Avara (tiefling)
* Johnny Tsunami (half-elf bard)
* Nice (elven rogue)
=== Returning ===
* Harbinger
* Saresh
* Evelynn
* Goon
* Corbin
* Gnareelda
* Veggrek
* Dort
* Elizrae
=== Mentioned ===
* Vidh Zadh
* Kethryllia
* "Cool Keth"
== Items ==
* Ring of Blinking
* Scroll of Wild Surge
* Tavern Dart
* Wand of the War Mage +2
* Deed to Nemrtvá Želva
* Fungus-infused book labeled S.IV
* Mushroom samples (Kiono)