Session Recaps

## Session One

Introduced Illeus flying in from an airship from Epíneio to Kardiá. Voldar was traveling from from Prostasia to Kardiá via the bridge. Gunther met with his sorcery teacher and was told to go to the Trident to get directions to the Guild. Introduced Alasdair at the Trident. Alasdair and Gunther bumped into each other and went to the Guild together. Voldar ran into Illeus and told him he was meant to find him. Gunther and Alasdair tormented a magic shop owner. The group finally met at the Guild and signed up as a group. Had a tour of the Guild that ended in drinking contest with another party, which Alasdair won.

## Session Two

Group woke up in the Guild and had breakfast together. Elomi showed Gunther and Alasdair the Guild Database. The group took a delivery and an escort quest. They rented a horseless cart and started with the delivery quest. After learning the itemwas magical, Gunther pretended to be an inspector so he could take a look. He discovered the item was a gauntlet and convinced the lizard boys to pay him off. The group then met Galeg Cromelon at the Golden Teacup. As they were about to leave, the group was attacked by wolves with glowing golden eyes. After a battle where they killed the wolves, the group left with Galeg in their cart.

**~LEVEL 2~**

## Session Three

Suspicious of Galeg's intentions, the group interrogated Galeg in the back of the cart. When they reached the Guild, Illeus convinced Theo to give up the convict quest. Upon taking the quest, the group learned of Tybris Strutt, an escaped convict from the Department of Corruption Control's prison in Kardiá. The group traveled to the northern district. The group followed Galeg into what they discovered is the Underground Arena, led by Hermes himself. They saw Tybris Strutt as a fighter in the arena. During the fight, Alasdair and Voldar got Galeg drunk and took his bet money. The group then left him on the streets while they ended up settling in the Candelight tavern.

## Session Four

Illeus had a dream about his pendant. Blood bond. Back at the Guild, Illeus returned the convict quest and picked up a pest removal quest in Kutísu. Gunter learned that Jhindis Noro was teaching at a university in Ignósi. Alasdair learned that Astrovold Beni is researching artifacts in Kutísu. The group was then confronted by Galeg as he stormed in the guild, demanding payback. Aycra held a trial, paid off Galeg, and then gave the group a quest to go to Kutísu and deal with a dimour creature that’s terrorizing the city. On the airship to Kutísu, Alasdair had a dream where his patron tells him what she is looking for from Astrovold Beni–the location of a book in Ignósi, the Wisdom of War. Once in Kutísu, the group went to the contact for the quest in the Epiphany library. They were told of the caves to the north of the library and also checked out some books to do research. The group finished their evening by reading some of the books before bed.

## Session Five

After spending their first night in Kutísu, the group headed to the laboratory district to get answers. Initially barred from meeting Flore, a man named Linden that knew Gunther growing up invited them in to meet her. Flore talked to the group about her theories about dimour creatures and how there was pressure underground from zoiye that needed to be manually released. Illeus stole a vial of zoiye labeled ‘Memory’. The group then visited Rene’s lab where it became clear that she had been arrested by the Department of Corruption Control and is being held in the prison in Kardiá. There were signs of a fight in the lab and all of her research and equipment had been confiscated. Alasdair found a forgotten piece of paper that had notes on an experiment Rene had conducted. On the paper she had scribbled different amounts of a substance labeled ‘M’ and its reactions.

Most of the group traveled to complete their pest removal quest in northwest Kutísu. Illeus stayed behind, having a moment in solitude with his pendant and old memories. The group, meanwhile, were fighting mud creatures in a basement. Illeus eventually joined in battle and the group defeated the creatures, getting rewarded extra gold and some wine for their troubles.

## Session Six

The group goes shopping, heading first to Cora’s Corner, where there is a bit of a scuffle between Alasdair and the shopkeep, a young bugbear named Jyce. The group got their items and then headed to a nearby hotel for some rest. Illeus and Gunther had a vulnerable conversation about dreams and  their commitment to the group. Gunther, Alasdair, and Voldar had dreams filled with memories of the past, while Illeus had another volatile dream about the pendant.

The group woke up to screaming outside as the dimour elk was attacking the city. Following the aftermath of the elk’s destruction, they raced through the streets of Kutísu and ended up in an abandoned zoiye mine. After a tough fight with the elk, the creature was slain and harvested for parts. When Voldar heard some muffled shouts for help, the group helped some Guild members out of the collapsed mine. Leaving the mine, Illeus drummed up applause and awe for the group, titling them as the ‘Heroes of Kutisu’. The group dropped off Nayda, Botu, and Misi off at the hospital, and after receiving some healing themselves, headed out to Flore’s lab. Flore paid them for the horns and some of the blood Illeus had collected, offering both gold, two healing potions, and another potion she was going to craft for them. The group then headed up to northern Kutísu in search of Astrovold Beni.

Upon meeting Astro, the tortle shared the story of how he found the Wisdom of War in an old underground cavern by Athena’s temple. He said that he donated the books he found to the Historical Archive in Ignósi and offered to go with the group so that they could view the book. As Astro was packing to leave, Kalloi and her wife Nukalla came home, surprised to find the group there. Kalloi was especially surprised to find Illeus, and things were a bit tense between the two. The session ended as the group was preparing to leave for Ignósi.

**~LEVEL 3~**

## Session Seven

The group set out with Astro on an airship bound for Ignosi. On the airship, Alasdair had another vision where his patron gave him a tome with cantrips in it. With some prying, she said one of the names she is known by is Perseis. The group bought some snow globes and Illeus discovered he could manipulate zoiye. Upon arriving in Ignosi, the group went to the Historical Archive and requested to view the Wisdom of War. Reading it revealed the book was a recounting and dissecting of several different battles. With further inspection it was gleaned that this book was likely written by Athena. Illeus and Gunther translated and copied the book down, meanwhile Alasdair was beckoned outside by a mysterious figure. The woman said she had been planning on stealing something from the Archive already and that she could help them get the book if they joined her either that night or the next.

After leaving the Archive, the group headed to the wizardry school and spoke to Principal Tanmin of the recent vandalism, notably the destroyed observatory. After doing some questioning and meeting the illusion professor Qijuor, the group found the not-so-secret secret entrance for the Society of the Twin Gatekeepers. Further questioning revealed a boy’s name, Tristan. The group headed to the boys dorms and found Tristan, only to have him vanish with an invisibility spell.

## Session Eight

After Tristan went invisible, the group used spells to reveal and capture him. Tristan is an elf and said that he was bullied because of it, and that he wanted to prove himself, which is why he cast fireball and accidentally blew up the school’s observatory. The group then brought him to the principal. Alasdair had a conversation with the principal, suggesting resources or a group for those like him and Tristan.

Afterwards, the group met with Anipone, the woman who had staked out the Archive and requested their help getting into it. The group made their way into the Archive through the ceiling. Ani disabled traps and the others used their spells to get past the security systems and guards. Using the antimagic orb, the group got the Wisdom of War book and the golden fleece for Ani. However, they were spotted by several guards, and in the escape, Alasdair killed one of them, causing a rift between the group. Ani left with the fleece and the group traveled back to the Guild.

Back at the Guild, Alasdair was visited by his patron, who opened a rift and brought him to another plane. After he gave her the book, she opened a rift into the Underworld and let him see his daughter, Olivia.

## Session Nine

After spending a night at the Guild, the group woke up to the building full of adventurers, all murmuring about the closing of Ignosi and some mentioning the closing of the Underground a week ago. Flore messaged Illeus, asking for the group to go to Apodochi and kill the dimour scorpion before the Hunters do, as she needs its stinger. The group accepted two other quests in Apodochi. Then, there was a message from the Igete of Ignosi, Alias Ularan, stating that Ignosi has closed its borders until further notice and that they are conducting an investigation on the group that robbed and ransacked the Historical Archive. He mentions that the group left its signature, an ‘X’, on the floor of the entryway.

After the message, the group went to their meeting with Aycra, where they overheard her and Elomi having a worried conversation about something that was stolen at the Archive. Elomi mentioned going to the Oracle and then left. In their meeting with Aycra, the group persuaded her to let them investigate the ‘X’ group. Gunther recalled seeing that symbol as a tattoo on the lizard boys they gave the gauntlet to.

The group decided to rush over to west Kardia to interrogate Cassius Arell, the hadozee who gave them the gauntlet. After a brief interrogation, Cassius fled to the back of his shop and began burning evidence. The group stopped him, managing to recover several files and notes, as well as some artifacts. The session ended with them transporting the items and files as well as Cassius back to the Guild.

## Session Ten

The group met with Aycra to deposit Cassius and the information they got from his shop. She said she would take care of him and gave the group compensation for their troubles, also promising to talk to the Guild board about a higher position for them. Afterwards, the group traveled to Apodochi via boat, where Alasdair gave a lesson on captaining to Captain Dun of the Sea Strider. Tybris Strutt was spotted exiting from the boat. The group then traveled into the city, staying overnight at the Oasis, where they met a famous demigod, a bard named Amphion.

The next day, the group split up, getting camels and information from the healing tent. In the healing tent, the Hunters of Artemis were spotted talking to Apollo. After getting the information that the scorpion was spotted at some old ruins in the southern dunes, the group hunted down and killed the scorpion, retrieving its stinger and some zoiye.

## Session Eleven

Illeus left a note on the scorpion’s body to the Hunters saying ‘too slow, next time don’t rely on lesser gods that don’t do anything’ with a symbol of the X group. The group went back to the inner city and healed themselves at Apollo’s tent. Apollo had trouble healing Alasdair. Alasdair got angry that they let him be touched by a god. Tybris Strutt was spotted near the healing tent.

The group then went to the Theatre Olympia and met with the director. He gave them the ransom note that showed a meeting spot in the Dark District. One of the stagehands led them to that location, where the group attempted to fool the bandit leader with fake gold. After that plan failed, a fight ensued and the group narrowly survived. They saved Omiah Nevarr and returned to the theater via a portal made by Alasdair’s patron. Omiah was badly traumatized from the kidnapping, and Illeus offered to erase the memories with his potion.

## Session Twelve

The group headed to a bookstore, where Alasdair got a children’s book, Illeus got a book of war songs, and Gunther convinced the bookstore lady to sell him a book on ‘dark magic’. Voldar saw Apollo leave the healing tent angrily, then talked to the nymphs and they told him that Apollo had something taken from him. The healing tent was then taken down.

The group got a message from Flore saying that the stinger needed to be given to her now as more dimour creatures are popping up. She told them to meet her in Prostasia, where they will release the zoiye at a training area. When the group traveled there, they met her and Taegen, an officer at this training camp who was lending them the training area. Most of the soldiers were gone ‘fighting dimour creatures’, as he said. Flore crafted the zoiye staff and stuck it in the ground, releasing the zoiye underneath Atlantis. The group fought a dimour eagle, bear, and tiger. However, after they were defeated, the zoiye staff was still emitting dangerous zoiye. Flore tried to take it out, but the zoiye overpowered her, even though Illeus and Voldar tried to take some of it on themselves. Flore was consumed by the power and died.

**~LEVEL 4~**

## Session Thirteen

The group recovered after the fight and Flore’s death. Alasdair brought her body to Taegen, who mourned her death. Soldiers arrived back to the camp, having come back from Kardia. Leading them was Preon Alberos, the general of the Atlantis army who had trained with Voldar several years ago. He mentioned that the Guild is shut down temporarily and that there was a curfew put into place by Kardia’s Igete as they hunt down the leader of the Guild, who is charged with murder. The soldiers were seen taking boxes into the main building, which were recognized as the ones the group gave to Aycra Duunic.

The group headed into the main building, greeted at the door by Xenea, another previous war friend of Voldar’s. She lead them to Taegen’s office, where they talked to him and found out that he grew up with Flore. He handed them a key to her lab, asking them to bring back anything sentimental they find. The group ended the night by drinking in The Burly Dragon with Xenea, who challenged them to several show-downs.

That night, Illeus dreamt of black ichor mixing with zoiye that forms into the pattern on his necklace, while Alasdair had another meeting with his patron, who asked him to retrieve the mirror at the heart of the Garden of Kalloni. When he asked why she needs it, she told him he should understand, as they both would ‘do anything for family’.

In the morning, Gunther read the dark magic book, finding it written by multiple authors in multiple languages. Upon further investigation and help from Illeus, the group found the name of two of the authors: Circe, and Alecks. Alecks’s writing told of his experimentations with zoiye and meire as he tried to get them to interact. The last page showed the same pattern as his pendant.

The group briefly stopped at a blacksmith shop called the Molten Anvil, where Ada and Ava took their weapons to upgrade them and deliver them to Kutisu.

The group traveled to Kutisu and went to Flore’s lab. Voldar gathered potions while the others investigated Flore’s research. Alasdair found a journal of her personal notes, which included pages from an old book telling of a group of 13 ‘kidemónes’ that lived on Atlantis before the cities were created. These guardians were tasked with guarding the zoiye in Atlantis. One of the guardians mentioned was Von Oberlin, Gunther’s bloodline. A note from Flore on the side read, ‘We aren’t supposed to be here.’

## Session Fourteen

As the group was investigating Flore’s lab, Asta-We showed up looking to speak to Flore. She saw through Alasdair’s disguise and questioned them about her whereabouts. She was saddened by Flore’s death and was remorseful that she couldn’t help. Seeing that the dimour creatures were taken care of by the group, she offered them a quest to bring a Senik Saalsan to the Hunters, dead or alive. She claimed he assaulted one of the Huntresses and now is hiding in Aphrodite’s temple, where the Huntresses are forbidden to go. She offered 2,000 gold for this quest.

The group stayed the night at Kalloi’s house. As she and Illeus were making dinner, Illeus told her he is investigating Alecks’s death. They fought about the matter and Kalloi told him to leave. In the morning, the group headed to the Von Oberlin estate after Gunther revealed that his father is the Igete of Kardia. They had a meeting with Bismark, who showed them a hidden room in his study that contained information on the Kidemones. He revealed that they guard the zoiye of Atlantis. When asked about meire, he was cryptic, revealing only that not only is it illegal, but it is dangerous, and recommended they do not investigate further on it. He also said that he didn’t know anything about the ‘X’ group, but that the group was welcome to take a look at the crime scene where Cassius Arell died to see if they can find anything his detectives missed. Afterwards, he had a conversation with Gunther, stating that he is proud of all he’s achieved, but warned him that the family name is an important one and he does not want it slandered.

Back downstairs, Illeus and Alasdair talked to the kitchen staff, finding them seemingly addicted to zoiye potions that are given to them. They talked to the half-orc who gives the potions, and bribed him with zoiye as well. He offered to send a letter to his twin, who worked for the Igete in Kutisu, and got them a meeting.

## Session Fifteen

Bismark left to go to a meeting. Taking the opportunity, the group got the key to Bismark’s study and broke in looking for information. They found a few notes and a golden quill Bismark used to sign his papers. Illeus kept the quill. Gunther got the key back after Voldar distracted the guards. The group then went to investigate the crime scene, finding evidence of interrogation and a fight, along with a flier that states a gathering of the X group by the Fysi cliffs a week from now. As they were leaving, Elomi attacked Voldar, not recognizing him at first. She then asked for their help finding Aycra, stating she was innocent and not part of the X group. They agreed to meet her in five days in Fysi for the X group event. They ended the night at the Trident tavern where Illeus had a dream about his mom and Voldar had a meeting with his patron, reminding him to encourage Illeus to find his family.

The next day, Illeus forged a letter using Bismark’s quill stating that they had authorization to release Rene Elitsi. They went to the DCC prison and were allowed to take her out for one week. On the cart ride back, she started telling them about meire.

## Session Sixteen

The group let Rene buy some clothes and food and then took her to Flore’s lab to experiment on the necklace. She talked more about meire, revealing it to be made of titan blood. After looking at Alecks’s notes, she took control of the necklace and opened it, revealing meire on the inside. The meire filled the spiral made by the zoiye on the outside of the necklace. The spiral opened into a portal. Inside the portal, another realm was revealed, one made of stars and space and a bright light in the center that was swirling fast. Those who saw inside the portal saw the side of a demon-like creature made of shadow as it peered in the portal. Gunther triggered his anti-magic orb and shut the portal off. Illeus demanded that the portal be opened again, but Rene denied the request, stating it was too dangerous. Afterwards, she pulled Alasdair aside, asking him how he got meire and if he could show her. She warned him to be careful using his magic in public.

Leaving Rene at the lab to do more research on it, the group then made their way to Aphrodite’s temple region. As it was evening, they stopped at the Left Cheek Inn and stayed the night. Illeus tried to open the necklace to no avail, while Alasdair experimented with his blood. Gunther had a dream in the night, recalling a memory where his mother fought with his father, stating that she couldn’t stay knowing what would happen to him as Gunther grew older.

In the morning, the group went to the temple, finding Senik holed up with his lackeys in the inner sanctuary waiting to have a ‘night of pleasure’ with Aphrodite, according to an old saying that says she will give a night of pleasure to anyone who has loved the loveless. The group convinces him to get rid of his companions before leaving to do some planning. They come back in the evening, Alasdair disguised in his best impersonation of Aphrodite, while the others are stationed and ready for action.

## Session Seventeen

Disguised as Aphrodite, Alasdair charmed Senik, attempting to get him to lower his defenses. With the help of the rest of the group, Senik was given a sleeping potion. While the group decided what to do with him, Illeus grabbed his sword and stabbed Senik, who woke up in a rage and started attacking him. After a quick fight, Senik was killed and then brought back by a spell from Alasdair. The group took him to the Left Cheek for the night and contacted the Hunters, letting them know they’ve got Senik. Asta-We told them she’d meet them the next day. Illeus spent the evening with Raitha the minotaur and talked to her about how he killed Senik, worried that he had started down that path for good. She told him that he can always change his path. In the morning, the group headed to the park nearby and met Asta-We, who arrived through a tree. She invited them to the Hunter Camp to witness his punishment. The group accepted and entered into the camp, finding a thriving camp hidden in a large grove encircled by trees. They find that the aasimar that was assaulted by Senik is Kyri, someone Illeus grew up with. After Senik was executed, Kyri found the group and showed them around the camp. Voldar fought in the training pits and won against Tyron, earning some gold, while Kyri took Illeus to a separate part of the camp where they caught up on life since they left home and talked about identity.