Session 24

### Summary

The Amber Order waits in line for two days then skips town without achieving their objective. Sorry, Anika.

## NPC Appearances

### Mentioned

Karayan, Margaret Frogbone

The dark stone path leading up to the pyramid was shaded by trees. There were sconces lit at the entrance, and the smell of death wafted up the path. The many, many people in line had wildly expensive, exotic, and gory spell components.

Gossamer messaged Eris, asking what she was doing there, and Eris told her to go away and that this place was dangerous. The group tried to come up with a plan to cut the line to the entrance. One of them could pretend to be dead, as some of the people in line were carrying dead bodies, then either Helio or Gossamer would cast pass without trace while Mavka distracted the crowd with a Dust Devil. On her way back, Gossamer was seen by both Eris and Tigney.

Eris, furious, made her way back to where the Amber Order was lurking in the shadows. She chased off some shadowy figure behind Mavka and Karaa, then told them off and tried to get them to leave, to no avail.

Based on the list of signatures that the Amber Order had seen in Uncle Fonzo's journal, it was reasonable to assume that Karayan would be the necromancer present at the pyramid. The Amber Order also assumed that Eris was there to talk with her dead husband, Zeke, and try to discover who betrayed the Ruby Ring.

The Amber Order joined the back of the line and waited overnight. At some point, three dragonborn joined the line behind them. They overheard the party talking about trying to beat everyone else to the front of the line and said they wanted in, otherwise they'd tell everyone that the party was planning on cutting. At some point during the night, Eris and the hag posing as Tigney entered the pyramid, and the line moved forward.

In the morning, Mavka used the Hags' Eyes to scry on the hag posing as Tigney Smith. She was able to see inside the pyramid; it appeared to be bigger on the inside. There were rivers of bright green sludge, and more signs of death and decay. A very bony person pulled a lever that led to the exit, and she left a different way than she came in.

Mavka then scried on Eris. The tiefling woman was sobbing as she ran through the forest, as quickly as she possibly could. Concerned, Gossamer used her amulet of Sending to message Eris and set up a rendezvous outside of Isaldul.

In an attempt to ditch the three dragonborn who were breathing down their necks, the party caused a distraction and misdirected them. They got rid of all but one, whom they eventually tricked into running back to the pyramid while the Amber Order intercepted the hag disguised as Tigney.

Turned out her name was Molly Frogbone; she and her sister had lived in peace in the forest until the rift had opened. The rift was to the underdark, and somehow the children and the giant toad were related to keeping whatever was inside appeased. Also, apparently killing the giant toad would have summoned an army of giant toads, with nothing between them and ToeShire.

After they let Molly go on her way, Travis said he'd be leaving the Amber Order to stay with his father for a while so that he could learn about his family. After a sad conversation with Caeli, he gave his Amber Order patch to Karaa and told her to be the group's new moral compass. As he left, walking away through the forest, it began to rain.