WIL Episode 8: The Hierophant, The Entrepreneur, and The One in the Shadows

## The Hierophant, The Entrepreneur, and The One in the Shadows

Thacreus

## Statistics

### Natural 20s

* Pit does an Arcana check on Tealo’s sword in an attempt to learn how to remove the mark (1:35:23)

### Natural 1s

* Tealo attempts to talk to people in the tavern… (negated due to ADV) (3:20:32)

### Cookie Mentions

* Evelyn uses cookies as a metaphor for Anya (48:54)
* Evelyn gives cookies to the ruffians of the city in exchange for information (3:16:47)

### Walks From the Table

* Upon hearing that Fortune is in Nagura, and seeing Rachel’s reaction, Liv decides to find comfort in the warmth of her bed (2:47:36)
* Not 100% sure why she left the table, but I believe Alan was making theories about Diana being the Dandelion (3:11:50)
* Evelyn learns about Fortune Ships being in town and Myles needs a comfort blanket (3:12:25)
* Adrienne provides Tealo with advantage while talking in the tavern and the poor thing still rolls shit (3:20:30)

### Shakespeare Quotes

* “Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt” - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 (50:52)
* “Sea of troubles” - Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 The Moon Wisp
* “Words, words, words” - Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 (1:33:40)
* “Sore labor’s bath, balm of hurt minds” - Macbeth Act 2, Scene 2 (1:34:20)

## Scenes

* The evening of January 23rd (the night before *The Moon Wisp* is slated to reach Nagura), Pit is practicing sparing with his quarterstaff with Preston
	+ Tealo finds them and waits until they’re done to speak with Pit about possibly making the Sword of Lumis invisible
	+ Pit uses “detect magic” and “identify” and divines that it’s more of a conduit than a magical item itself
	+ While looking, he notices an auditory tracking spell on his own wrist; he shows Tealo.
	+ Understanding the new threat, Pit suggests a bag of holding for the sword for security
* Evelyn gets a frantic and roughed up Triss at her door
	+ Triss informs her that there was a black shadow, possibly an Order of Secret member near Tealo’s bunk that hit her and seemed to teleport away
	+ She sends Triss to search the ship
* Pit sends Tealo to collect the party; Pit heads straight to the Captain’s quarters
	+ Pit rushes in and checks Evelyn’s wrists and find the same mark as on his own wrists
	+ Pit explains and Evelyn has them use writing for the next while
	+ Casting “see invisibility”, Pit sees a hidden portal in the corner of the room; He writes this to Evelyn, who immediately tosses a dagger into it. They hear a yelp.
	+ Pit peeks into the portal, taking damage as a result; All he sees is a magically dark place
	+ As he’s pulled out, the portal begins to close
* Tealo finds Hamlet praying, in futility, in his quarters
	+ Tealo tells him to go to the Captain and also that he wants a talk with them afterward
* Tealo and Hamlet find Anya wandering the ship thinking on her dreams
	+ They tell her to find the Captain
* In the Captain’s quarters, everyone is brought up to speed on these events and speaking using pen and paper
	+ Pit checks all their wrists, the mark is only on Evelyn and Pit
	+ Pit asks Hamlet for healing, but Hamlet makes an excuse
	+ Hamlet goes to get the healer’s kit, Tealo stops him and lets everyone know they need torches
* They all search the ship with torches
	+ Tealo disguises himself to look like Preston
	+ They don’t find anyone on the ship, but they see in the middle deck ropes strewn about in “impossible” ways along the ceiling and tied into a hangman’s noose over Tealo’s bunk
	+ Pit, every once in a while sees visions of black rose petals drifting by
	+ Evelyn clutches her necklace and hears the soul of the ship frantically tell her how there was a dark entity downstairs that they tried to grab but failed. They also noticed someone last night watching Evelyn as she slept, a masculine figure that stayed there for hours.
	+ Evelyn checks for her map, chest, and pistol. They are all undisturbed.
* Everyone reconvenes back at the Captain's quarters and discuss what they found
	+ Pit and Evelyn try to reach out to those who are listening with intimidation, to no avail
	+ Hamlet tends to Pit’s wounds
	+ Pit and Evelyn submerge their marks in water while speaking
	+ Tealo and Pit deduce it was probably an Order of Secret member in Wellspring that started tracking them through the marks when they fled.
	+ Tealo speaks through Evelyn’s mark and intimidates them and informs them that it was his master that burned the Order in Faulton and that he is looking for his master.
	+ As a result, Pit’s mark fades, not Evelyn
* Hamlet tries to go bed, Tealo reminds him he wants a talk
	+ Hamlet, confronted, begins lashing out angrily
	+ Tealo tries to help Hamlet but they keep asking to leave
	+ Hamlet, exasperated, leaves
* Pit figures out how to get rid of Evelyn’s marks with the Sword of Lumis
* Evelyn gathers the crew and informs them of how to conduct themselves in Nagura
	+ Preston will be acting captain
	+ Evelyn will take on the name “Ava McQue”
	+ The ship will be called “*The Willflower*”
	+ The crew will wear laymen clothes and fly a Faulton flag
* All head to bed except Tealo, who seeks out Jeth to give him tea
	+ Tealo asks him if it was ok to sleep up in the mast in Jeth’s space
	+ Jeth obliges cheerfully
* The morning of Jan 24th, they arrive at Nagura
	+ The city is similar to Athens. Outside the colosseum, there is an adamantium statue of a gladiator woman with a pale crystal in her forehead; people leave offerings at the feet of this statue
	+ The ship arrives without being detected as a pirate ship
	+ The crew decides what they’ll do in town:
		- Pit and Tealo will go searching for information on magics, the anomaly and the Orders
		- Hamlet intends to go alone with Ophelia to get a new sword but when Anya offers to join them
		- Evelyn goes under the pseudonym “Ava McQue” intending to
		- They agree to meet at a tavern at the end of the day
* Hamlet and Anya meet a blacksmith
	+ Hamlet exchanges their sword and lance for 35 gold
	+ The dwarf woman agrees to give 40 gold and lower the price of a sword in exchange for watching the dwarf champion, Thacreus, and bringing back his merchandise
	+ Picking between two swords, the Ishtar, an edgier sword, and the Vedel, a more stately blade, Hamlet feels they’re obligated to get the Vedel. Anya suggests they pick the blade that fits who they are. Hamlet asks if she is still picking between her two swords, she answers she “made that decision a while ago”
	+ Hamlet leaves without purchasing a sword yet
* Lora notices Evelyn sneak away from Tealo and Pit
	+ Lora goes with Evelyn
	+ Tealo debates where and when to get food; They pay 5 silver for some food
	+ They reach the Order of Lumis headquarters and are treated as honored guests
	+ Within the walls of the Order, they meet Master Galio in an outdoor botanical garden
	+ They debate the ethics of surprise parties
	+ Tealo requests more information on the tenets of Lumis
	+ He also asks about if the Sword of Lumis itself can be tracked and how to keep it safe
		- Tealo suggests maybe a replica of the sword to be made, Galio says he cannot help in that endeavor;
		- Galio will supply a bag of holding, but Tealo must procure a decoy himself
	+ They ask for information about the city
	+ Pit asks about anomalies in the other countries where the Order exists
	+ Galio offers to find out more about them in other countries for the next three days
	+ They learn about King Azadea; Galio offers to bring Tealo and Pit to his personal box at the tournament to meet Azadea
	+ Tealo notes one of the anomalies is in Nagura; Pit hands the compass to Tealo; the Taurus on the compass turns into a Leviathan being taken down by a champion woman (looking like the statue)
	+ Galio, bemoaning the situation, tells the story of a champion named Elysian who took down the Leviathan. Every year they hold a tournament to defeat the Leviathan.
	+ Pit asks about the Abnos anomaly and Galio talks of how the embargos began and how Miss Fortune is friends with and invited to the tournament by King Azadea
	+ Pit explains Miss Fortune’s use of dunamancy in her weapons
	+ Pit name drops “Adrienne” and is warned of the dangers by Galio
	+ Galio lets them know that two Omnan pirate ships, *The Raven* and *The Scorcher*, were obliterated with time canons from a privately-contracted bounty hunter hired by the Fortune Ships Trading Company
	+ Tealo asks about the Blood Moon; Galio talks of how the Blue Moon is about the goddess Selûne, the Blood Moon is about the evil sea witch goddess Umberlee; He finds out to give a blood sacrifice on the Blue Moon would be a great insult to Umberlee
* Evelyn walks around looking for venders and help for ship reinforcement
	+ Oddly, there are no Omnan pirates around that she can recognize
	+ She will need to spend 800 gold to navigate arctic waters around Kurcoza
	+ She spends time at a tavern and listens to the conversations around
		- She hears about the Gladiators and the Rhinos, two teams that will fight in the colosseum; she also hears about Thacreus and Dandelion, who is getting many votes though they’ve no sponsors
		- She learns that the Dandelion is a woman who came from a wealthy family who fled her home and learned to fight, handily, in the tournaments
		- She learns about how fighters can get sponsors, especially how Fortune Ships is a sponsor and hasn’t picked anyone to sponsor as of yet
	+ While looking around, Evelyn spots Miss Fortune; by the grace of the goddess, she walks away
	+ She finds some “ruffian children” and offers food in exchange for information while she is in town
* The crew meets up at a tavern
	+ Tealo tries to connect with some locals, but has difficulty acclimating
	+ Anya spots a couple Kurcozan accents in the crowd;
	+ Pit is sparse with info and tells the others Tealo and he will be at a box in the colosseum
	+ Evelyn lets them know that she spotted Miss Fortune; they argue over how to handle her presence and their involvement in the tournament
	+ Hamlet apologizes for their behavior earlier that day; they reach to the chess piece on their rosary they feel a sense of power surge from this piece to the stolen fish piece form Diana; they spill their drink
	+ Evelyn has a reading done from a mute fortune teller; a bird on her shoulder speaks the outcome of her readings
		- Judgment (Reversed)
		- The World (Upright)
		- The Hermit (Reversed)
		- The Tower (Reversed)
		- The readings suggests she is close to her quests, but there is a warning of great failure in that endeavor without forethought; she pays 5 silver
	+ Anya has a reading done
		- Four of Wands (Reversed)
		- Nine of Swords (Upright)
		- Ace of Cups (Reversed)
		- The Hierophant (Upright)
		- The fortune teller, through the parrot, merely says “whoever he is, he may not be able to do it” and the great use to the Hierophant; she pays 5 silver
	+ Tealo has a reading done; he pays one gold
		- Ten of Swords (Upright)
		- Nine of Cups (Reversed)
		- Five of Swords (Upright)
		- Two of Cups (Upright)
		- The fortune teller commends him on his time of prosperity and friendship, possibly more ;)
* In the evening, Diana flies into Nagura of her own powers and offers aid to a homeless woman. She is covered in the symbol of Thane.