Save or Die: Outcasts: Episode 17

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==Synopsis==
Renatus returns to the party and needs to save his wife. The party head to Autumn's tower for help. Autumn gives the party a quest to do and she will help Renatus. The party is to find 5 clerics of specific gods and send them to Autumns tower. The party decide to head to Holy City Ember Stone to hire these Clerics. On the road the party encounter a group of 4 fired solders who they hire into their party.
==Recap==
===Meeting Back Up===
September 1, 1523. Tavern in Swampside. Arachis and Auguste debate over who truly killed the hydra. Auguste got the killing blow with his sword, but Arachis claims his spell demoralised it.
Renatus then returns, he calls the debate over the hydra pointless and explains he found his wife Fausta, and explains her circumstances of being married to the King of Vantis against her will.
Renatus explains Magistrate Zerrah's offer. If they party hand over another member of The Fireflies, she will summon Fausta back to Valebrook for Renatus. Grau isn't happy with this idea. Auguste suggestst they visit with Autumn first to get more options.
While the party were separated from Renatus, 3 weeks ago, and they were still guarding the swamp, they saw a procession of 6 Draconians being led by a human guard. Behind them were 3 humans, 1 halfling, 1 dwarf, two different types of gnomes, 1 half-elf, 1 half-orc, 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 and 1 . They were traveling in the direction of Autumn's Tower.
===Gremlin Encounter in the Devouring Marsh===
The party decide to travel to Autumn's Tower. 7 days later they are in Swampside, then travel back into the Devouring Marsh. One of the mornings Auguste captures a Swamp Gremlin and puts it into a bag. The party talk with the gremlin, who they find amusing except Auguste. Arachis casts to carry the gremlin. The gremlin explains they are from The Pit and claims to be a prince.
The gremlin, calling itself Vos, calls Grau very ugly.
Auguste is offended and stabs the gremlin with the magical shadow dagger, Knight Blood. The gremlin is wounded and escapes.
15 minutes later the Gremlin throws some poop at Arachis. Arachis swears vengence. 
===Autumn's Tower===
Later in the day the party arrive at Autumn's tower. At the tower, in the outside guarden, is the group of demihumans the party saw weeks earlier in the swamp. The party keep an eye out for the aarakocra since that will allow Arachis to fly by taking the shape of one. Auguste asks if the aarakocra is around, and the Orc has no idea, and jokes that they are here for a "sex thing".
The party head inside and see more demihumans sitting at the table, but there is no sign of the aarakocra or Autumn. The party is told that Autumn is upstairs. 
Arachis speaks with the half-ogre at the table and offers him work when he is free in the future. 
Auguste knocks on the door to her stairway and Autumn comes down to answer it. Autumn is unusually frazzled and not composed. Autumn however is happy to see the party and they all go to talk with her upstairs. This is the first time the party has been allowed upstairs.
Autumn says she needs five clerics. A clerics of Martha, Nerual, Nadinis, Reluna and Chis. Autumn doesn't need them to come at the same time, but does need them to come visit her. She will need to speak with a cleric for 2 days in the tower. She needs clerics with experience and not new. She wishes to ask them about their deities and how they impact & shape the world. Autumn explains her studies in how nature of creation, life and natural world. How it is that this mule is able to have children. Autumn assures the party that the clerics will come to no harm. She gives the party a small (250 lbs/50 cubic feet capacity) to carry the funds for this quest, 10,000 gp.
Renatus brings up the situation with his wife, and Autumn says she will help him be reunited with his wife after this mission is done. 
Arachis wishes to meet with the aarakocra, and finds out he is called Tony in common. Autumn can arrange this.
The party camp outside the tower for the night since space is very limited at the moment. In the evening Tony visits Arachis. Arachis learns enough to be able to turn into an aarakocra in the future with .
===Journey to Holy City Ember Stone===
September 10, 1523. The party decide to head to Holy City Ember Stone in search of the clerics for Autumn. It is the hometown of the wizard that Arachis accidently killed, Thallus Whisperwood. There are probably still wanted posters of Arachis there.
The party will take the west road from Pipari and follow the road beside the Thordin River, then cross the bridge to the Holy City.
The party leave with all their followers and start their journey.
As the party get towards the exit to the swamp (12 September), they run into a band of seven Draconians. Arachis suggests the party avoids engaging at all with the Draconians, who are known to have been created by the Army of Voraci from corrupted metallic dragon eggs. The party leave the road and wait for the Baaz Draconians to pass.
After the Draconians are gone the party continue out of the swamp. Once at Pipari they take the trail westward. ~18-20 day trip from Pipari to Ember Stone is expected.
A few days on the trail after Pipari they encounter a group listening to a cleric of goddess Voraci, fund-raising for the war effort of the Army of Voraci. The cleric is earing a face-mask with horns plated in silver. Renatus donates 3 silver, Auguste throws 25 copper from his location on top of Schnickelfritz II his horse.
The party grow suspicious of the cleric as their demand higher donations and implies that compliance is the only way to survive. The man speaks of the importance of defeating the Longborn Empire in the east. Beyond the Longborn Empire is the sands then the great plains then the Central Valley.
Auguste tells the cleric to just take his copper and piss off beggar. The party then leave. 
==Village of Birk==
September 17, 1523. The party arrive at the Village of Birk, that sits beside the Thordin River. To cross the bridge at Birk across the river is a silver per head.
While in Birk Arachis finds a cleric of Martha (Larry) and a cleric of Nadinis (Cabal). Arachis invites the 2 clerics to join the party for dinner at the tavern.
During dinner Arachis asks about the powerful clerics in Holy City Ember Stone. The Head Cleric of Martha is named Father Gregor. The Head Cleric of Nadinis is named Father Timtim.
Grau speaks with the clerics on how to properly pray to their gods, with the cover story that Grau is an untrained cleric.
Grau is given advice specific to worshiping Nadinis while in the Devouring Marsh near swampside. The cleric then offers to give Grau a spare amulet of Nadinis worth 10 gp. Auguste gives a 2 gp donation at the alter to Chis. 
The Cleric is worried that Grau may be with the party under duress and talks to Grau alone. Satisfied that Grau is there of his own free will, advises Grau about hiding is clerical nature in larger cities as there are those who will target clerics who are not of Voraci. The Cleric is hopeful that this storm will soon pass.
The next day the party leave Birk and head north up the road.
==Back on the road==
September 20, 1523. The party meet a group of 4 dejected former solders on the road. The part speak with the group and find out their story. Lord Gilbert lives up ahead in Fetter Hot Springs and has dismissed the solders. They were made to run the gauntlet as punishment before being allowed to leave. The 2 who fell during the gauntlet were beaten to death, only these 4 survived.
The party make camp and offer the former solders a place to rest and share their food. The hear the story of why they were punished. They were guarding Lord Gilbert's wife & daughter in the noble's hotspring. The daughter slip and fell and a guard (Brandon) turned around and went into the water to save her, the other guards turned and looked. For this they were punished. Brandon was one of the two who died in the gauntlet.
The party talk for a little and decide to hire the four guards temporary for their quest to get and escort the clerics to Autumn from Holy City Ember Stone. The guards join the party for this trip. Nilis, Sirin, Digi, Dave.
==Experience==
No experience given this session.
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