Best of Both Worlds, 20190101

This was an adventure in the Best of Both Worlds (BBW) "world-traveling campaign" ran on 2019 Jan. 1. 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.
== Game Master ==
* Miley Spears
== Main Characters ==
* Abelard d'Pésni: Naval Lieutenant of the Jasmine Moth
* Abigejla Leonière: Army Physician Centurion
* Adam Quincy: Navy Captain of the Jasmine Moth
* Damian Fiddler: Cabin boy of the Red Howl
* Dia Hadleys: Army Centurion, first wife of Abelard
* Hildireth d'Pésni: Navy Matelot, daughter of Abelard and Dia
* Father Ethan Mapplethorpe: Priest of the Temple of Edyleine of the Inner Riverside Ward of Trynser City
* Mistress Mojarósa: Mage of the Maestros Magos de Milspar de Millisymph
* Sara of Greenrock: Army Ranger Centurion
* Thanea the Tracer: Navy Mage Quartier-maître
* Willow Hadleys: Journeyman Mage, second wife of Abelard
* Yaritza la Abridora (Yaritza the Opener): Warrior-Priestess of Samorojia and member of Los Guardiáns de la puerta (Gate Guardians)
==Events==
=== 1737 ===
Damirin 9 (Restingday): On Edyleine, Mistress Magus Mojarósa de Maestros Magos de Milspar de Millisymph (Mistress Magus Mojarósa of the Master Mages of Milspar of Millisymph) traveled on the riverboat Ebola. She came with Yaritza la Abridora de la sacerdotisa de los Guardiáns de la puerta (Priestess Yaritza the Opener of the Gate Guardians) of the Goddess Samorojia, also of Millisymph.  They arrived at the Inner Riverside Ward of Trynser City in the Empire of Trynser.  Yaritza rode a white mare and the very short Mojarósa rode a male pony that was white with black markings similar to those of the Thalosian race.  They left their mounts outside, and entered the Temple of Edyleine, saying they were called to meet with Father Ethan Mapplethorpe.  He was related to a Father Mapplethorpe who had served at the church about 100 years before.
Mojarósa and Yaritza met privately with him, Sister Edyth Grey of the Sisters of Surrea, Priestess Jillian Breakwater of the Holy Order of the Sacred Heart, and Sir Donadi Ortilo of the Order of Oldonia.  Acolyte Darius Reynolds attended to their needs.  They discussed a major problem involving the Trynser-Zazimar War (locally called the Zazimar War) including its possible threat to the neutral Millisymph.  Following a major disagreement, Priestess Jillian left the meeting.  The rest made a plan.
Mistress Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza traveled and stayed at the Imperial Grand Hotel in the Golden Quarter Ward of Trynser City.  Both master chess players, they played a game in the parlor.  They announced their moves but did not touch the pieces which seemed to move by themselves.  While many were impressed with the game, one observer called it "a cheap mage's trick."  Yaritza, who was playing black, resigned after 25 moves.  (Best of Both Worlds adventure 2019 01 01)
Damirin 10 (Godsday): Leaving their mounts stabled at the Imperial Grand Hotel, Mistress Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza left.
Damirin 11, 1737 (Mustering)/May 29, Year 38 of Justin VII (Friday): Mistress Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza la Abridora were on Zamora in the Empire of Adania  They boarded the ship Jasmine Moth which sailed under Navy Captain Adam Quincy. Others on board included Navy Lieutenant Abelard d'Pésni, his first wife 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.  They searched for an island named Bobever Island.  There they hoped to find an item that was more-or-less a oval with a surface grooved into about 40 knobs.  It was about 4 1/2 in long and about 2 1/3 in wide at its widest point.  It was named the Globus Cruciger autem Dryas (the Cross Globe of Yellow Mountain).
Damarin 16, 1737 (Reckoning)/June 3, Year 38 of Justin VII (Wednesday): The crew and passengers discovered what they believed was Bobever Island; it appeared to be a pirate base.  It was.  They battled the pirate ship the Red Howl at sea.  Yaritza was hit by a lightning bolt cast by a pirate mage; Hildireth was shot by an arrow; both injuries were severe.  The pirates were hit worse, and those still able to surrendered.  While Abigejla and Mojarósa treated the injured, the rest of the group boarded the ship.  One of the pirates was a young teenager named Damian Fiddler who said he was captured by the pirates and was forced to work with them.  He helped them find various items about ship including coins and spices, but he said he had never seen nor did they find the globe.  However, he did say the island had a mountain that in most of the year was covered with yellow flowers with green leaves.
The group landed on the island.  As the day was getting late, they decided to head for the mountain the next day.  (Best of Both Worlds adventure 2019 01 01)
Damarin 17, 1737 (Lordsday)/June 4, Year 38 of Justin VII (Thursday): Leaving Adam, some of the crew, the pirates, and Abigejla, Hildreth, and Yaritza behind, the rest of the group and Damian headed for the mountain.  As they neared it, a rock hit Willow.  The group looked, but did not determine the source.  They continued on with Sara and Thanea leading them, and another rock hit Abelard.  They realized they were being thrown.  They soon were pelted with rocks, and discovered the source; they were thrown by a group of ape-like creatures.  They used magic to frighten them off.
They used magic, tracking, and other abilities to search for the globe. After a while, they found a cave.  They tried entering, but it was impassible.  They found an area they believed they could dig through.  They made a small entrance, and Mojarósa squeezed through.  She found a wooden box that was thoroughly locked.  It was too heavy for her to carry and too wide for the entrance, so Abelard and the others worked on making the entrance wider.
Meanwhile, on board ship Hildireth, even though injured, used her sex appeal to learn more about the pirate base.  She learned about the ape-creatures, and also heard a story that a hill covered with yellow flowers was both sacred and cursed.  Unfortunately, they thought of no way to warn the others on the island.
Those on the island began to feel slight trembles in the ground.  Then the area began to get hotter.  A stronger tremble caused dirt and rocks to fall, covering the dug opening and trapping Mojarósa inside.  Mojarósa yelled for the others to flee to save themselves--the mountain was a volcano about to erupt.  In spite of her words they tried to rescue her.  They then heard her cry out for them to run, and saw she was standing about 100 yards away from the cave.  The group ran, and the volcano erupted.  Willow tried protecting them magically, but Dia was burned.  The others helped her get out, and no one else suffered significant burns.  They learned when they saw Mojarósa crying out she had been standing on the wooden box that had been in the cave.  While Dia received treatment, the others looked for and found the box; it was lying on the ground untouched, but there was lava flowing on both sides as it had "avoided" the box.  The mages magically moved it, and they took it aboard ship.  They determined that the box contained the Globus Cruciger autem Dryas.  (Best of Both Worlds adventure 2019 01 01)
Damarin 18, 1737 (Restingday)/June 5, Year 38 of Justin VII (Friday): The Jasmine Moth with its crew, passengers, and prisoners sailed.  All of the injured who weren't pirates were healed.  Later, Mistress Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza la Abridora left the ship.  (Best of Both Worlds adventure 2019 01 01)
Damirin 19 (Godsday): Mistress Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza returned to the Inner Riverside War of Trynser City on Edyleine, both riding on their mounts.  They went to the Temple of Edyleine carrying a wooden box, and met with Father Ethan Mapplethorpe.  After being there for a while, Acolyte Darius Reynolds was secretly and quietly arrested as a spy of Zazimar.  "Acolyte Darius Reynolds" then made a report and would continue to make reports.  Later, Mojarósa and Priestess Yaritza stayed at the Imperial Grand Hotel.  (Best of Both Worlds adventure 2019 01 01)
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