Adventure 54

**Real World Date: 2/16/2020**

**In Game Dates: December 29th, 5001 M.E. - December 30th, 5001 M.E.**

**XP: 21,067 (Total: 242,418)**

## Summary

### Coming Home

The party determine they wouldn’t be able to hold Telvoria so they kill her, removing at least one member of the **Sisterhood**. They return with the loot and the unconscious body of Theadrus Norstone. Aust goes about casting a Forebiddance spell on Fort Ostoril and the party gets some rest. They next day, the party go about their business.

Cassandra Darkstar is yelling at Dhamon about how the Rakshasa doesn’t actually die if its not killed on its home plane. It will regenerate and come back to fight Dhamon again. Ithrel is discussing emergency procedures for the NBC branches in the event Talis Hightower does decide to seize all their assets. The branch managers have been made aware of this plan just in case. Wrax is signing off expense reports with Hearthking, who recommends that they appoint Deputy Ministers so they can sign off on trivial expenses like this and the staff don’t have to wait for compensation for purchases.

### Something Amiss

Maris enters the office of Ithrel and presents a timer. Aust must give her complete freedom in seconds or something bad will happen. Aust agrees and she warns him that an attack is imminent. She was forced to leave certain doors open and make certain guards look the other way. And the key is they wanted them all separate and for them all to have their guard down. She tells him to message Dhamon as he can teleport and they need to get to the Baron immediately.

Ashkandi Darkstar approaches Dhamon and Cassandra and ask about any construction in the tower, as some doors have been left open. Dhamon is suspicious, but he is alarmed when he receives a message in his Diplomat’s Pouch from Aust that the Baron is under attack. He tells them to lock the place down and he quickly heads towards Fort Ostoril.

### Ambush

Aust and Maris rush into the office to warn Wrax. As they do, Dhamon dimension doors inside. Then the whole room explodes. The outer wall of the office is gone, open to the outside air as elite skeletons climb into the room. Followers of the **Cult of the First** and **Followers of Korbeth** swarm inside and attack. Hearthking is revealed to be the cultist known as **Quill** in disguise. The one known as **Blade** transforms into a tentacled horror.

The fight spreads out into the hallway. Occasionally Maris helps when she can, but mostly she hides. They manage to fight them off as their guard and **The Choir of Bladesingers** led by Ashkandi Darkstar come to the assist. They defeat and kill the attackers, with Maris bandaging Gregoire Tallis, the anti-paladin, eye-patch wearing member of the **Followers of Korbeth**, for interrogation.

### Escalation

They interrogate Gregoire and discover that the rest of the cult is dead. He is literally the only surviving member. Their headquarters where they were storing all the artifacts was attacked by forces under the command of Talis Hightower. They presumed that Wrax and Aust were to blame for giving them up and attacked them for their betrayal. They inform him they didn’t even know the location and they are enemies of Talis Hightower.

Dhamon receives a letter from General Cornelius who informs him that Zorna has been arrested for distribution of this drug, **Dragon’s Blood**, the very thing she was trying to stop. He is positive that she has been framed and requests that Dhamon and his companions come investigate as he can’t be in the city and run their military campaign in Seldarindor.

Ithrel charges into the room and says that Talis Hightower has moved up the meet, stating he has all the **Armor of the First** and he will to wait for this meeting. They now have five days until he seizes all the banks and comes for them.

After discussing, the party decides they should rest then head to Almonte first and hopefully return within five days for their meeting with Hightower...