13. Into Avelis (Part 4)

==Intro==
Hannah reads the descriptions she wrote of the Guardians voices. Noel makes it all about herself.
==Fran Has Trust Issues and It’s Probably Not A Good Idea to Leave Corbin Unsupervised==
The Guardians are still collapsed on the ground and ecstatic to see one another. Maeri throws herself into the hug pile, but Fran moves away from her.
After Sha is introduced to Fran and Corbin, Fran takes Laika away to speak in private. Corbin, left unsupervised, immediately blows Maeri’s cover as the Goddess and also convinces Sha that he himself is a god by turning into a crow.
Meanwhile, Fran discusses her distrust of the Goddess with Laika. Fran says that they don’t know anything about her and that she could be lying to them. Laika is able to talk her down, saying that she feels they should protect Maeri until they know more. Then she tells Fran about the ocean and Fran calls her her best friend. Laika is super cool and normal about it. It’s at this point that they realise they left Corbin alone with a stranger who can speak their language and rush back.
==The Vapours!==
Fran and Laika unsuccessfully attempt to convince Sha that everything that Corbin said was false. A commotion at the orc caravan has the group heading back over.
With Sha’s translating help they figure out the conflict: most of the orcs wish to sell the books but the white-haired orc, whose name is Nadona, values the knowledge of books too much to allow them to be sold to people who won’t study them.
Sha is very interested in the books and convinces Nadona to transport them to his colleagues from The University of Madrea who are currently located in the city of Danmar. After establishing that Danmar is north— the same direction as Torva’s Jaw— and also close to the sea, the Guardian’s agree to accompany Nadona.
==The Merchant==
The group decides to re-supply for the journey and eventually Sha, Maeri and the wolves split up from the Guardians.
Then, a stall appears out of nowhere. It is fronted by a beautiful halfling man with a beautiful donkey. He is very fancy and dramatic and introduces himself as Dashing Dawson. Corbin immediately animal handles the donkey. On the table in front of Dawson is a line up of magical items. Laika buys a pair of braces, but not before Dawson offers her another deal.
He gives the Guardians the locations of two magical items: The Protectors Blade at Fang Lake and the Bracers of the Bull at the Long Castle. He tells them that if they retrieve one of these items for him, he will give them the location of the Tower of Wivvil. Wivvil, being a god and the child of Certus, can grant them the ability to understand New Common. The Guardians accept the deal.
Fran is then charmed into paying full price for a Bag of Holding and Corbin steals a collar with unknown magical properties. They leave, and when they look back for the stall, it is gone.
==Goodbyes==
===Money and Sha===
Corbin quickly discovers that his entire money purse is empty and that the collar is imbued with a one time use of the spell ‘Expeditious retreat.’ While momentarily pissed off, he does concede that the collar is a cool accessory nevertheless. The Guardians come to the conclusion that Dashing Dawson was probably a god.
The Guardians meet back up with Maeri and Sha and Maeri leaves to get changed into her new travelling gear. When she comes back, she has shaved her head. They say their farewells to Sha and then head back to the orc caravan.
===Luelle and the Orcs===
When the Guardians return to the caravan, Dokella directs them to a pyre that the orcs have built for Luelle’s body. After placing her body on the pyre, several orcs stand in around it in respect and Dokella motions for the Guardians to say something.
After Fran and Corbin explain who they’re burning to Laika, the Guardians give a very underwhelming eulogy. Nodrig steps forward and lights the pyre. They stand in vigil as it burns.
When it is time for the Guardians to leave, Nodrig performs the orc head-touch gesture on Fran and Corbin. Dokella also does, although considerably more gently. Nadona clears a space for the party to sit on the book sled and they head off.
==Yikes==
On the sled, Corbin explains his entire encounter with the little girl and Vioni. Although the Guardian’s aren’t totally sold on helping Vioni get her vessel back, they do agree it’s best to get the cloak to prevent Maeri from being tracked.
In the late afternoon of their first day of travel, the Guardians spot the ancient skeletal remains of a dragon further out into the desert. As the slavirs begin to panic, the ground starts to shake and the skull of the dragon shrieks.
==A Message to Chantel==
Noel: Todays message to Chantel is: Jay. Rhymes with way, rhymes with nay. 
Kat: The sleeper agent is active. Go!
==Featured Characters==
===PCs===
*Fran
*Corbin
*Laika
*Sha
===NPCs===
*Maeri
*Zarun
*Gingie
*Nodrig	
*Nadona
*Dawson
*Delilah
*Dokella
==Featured Locations==
*The Oasis Market
*Desert at the Southern end of Rok
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Category:Arc 2: Into Avelis