Session 5: The First Separation

We began our session back in the abandoned training grounds, mere moments after Tato was kidnapped. Let's review what happened this session:

* Our party ponder what it is that they encountered before returning to Parliament
	+ A brief meet-up with Flow and Ecath resulted in them explaining about what has just happened
	+ Ecath wishes to provide our heroes with more security as opposed to having people keep watch over in suspicion
	+ The group establishes a system of passwords to be able to identify that they each are who they say they are
	+ Marcus lingers behind and asks Ecath whether there are any temples or churches in town
	+ Ecath explains that while the temple to Lunari is open almost always, there are a few quieter groups who host worship to Sol every once in a while
* The party takes a long rest
	+ Morgan begins trying to make schematics for the Shots Gun
* In the morning, Morgan receives a call from Voldi
	+ She's finished about half of Suzanne in preparation for Morgan
	+ She hasn't been able to contact Entari or Chartreuse and she's beginning to get worried
	+ Morgan promises to contact her if he's able to speak to either of them
* Flow joins them all for breakfast
	+ There is brief bickering between Flow and Morgan that results in her getting up and walking away
* The group begin to split up for the day
* Morgan begins on his epic, misguided journey to find the library
	+ On the way, he meets someone struggling to carry his books to return
	+ In return for helping the stranger, Morgan is able to get shown to his destination without asking for help
	+ The first half of his time, he spends finishing up his draft of the Shots Gun
	+ The second half, he does a general (o7) investigation of the library and finds the following things:
		- DC 10- You find a lot of history books, explaining some of the timeline of how Petrador came to be. Originally a democracy, the people’s rebellion spread until democracy was enacted.
		- DC 13- Find some books on the noble families of the region. Including the Medfras family
		- DC 16- You re-find some of the scraps of bible that explains the origin of Sol, Lunari and the other banished deities
	+ The rest of the day, our gunslinger does some gambling back at the Biz, buys parts for his gun and bullets and then begins the process of building his new invention
* On the other end, our dynamic duo, Ramzi and Marcus, spend almost the entire day in the Lunari Temple
	+ Marcus gets a lot of reading done in that time
	+ When he finally builds the confidence, he approaches the priest
		- Imperion, an Aasimar man
		- The two speak about the story of Lunari, Sol and their relationship with the star signs
		- Imperion explains that he loves the quiet, gentile nature of Lunari and that she was always their protector from the earliest days
		- Marcus imparts that the Church of Sol is incredibly loud and righteous, and there's so much sweat
			* “No-one talks about the sweat” -Marcus
		- Marcus seems to find peace in what they speak about before returning to Ramzi
* As our group all separately begin on their way back to parliament, they each feel a horrific shriek through a previously unknown connection in their brains.
	+ Morgan, who had the best internal insight, was able to track down the source and our party quickly found a dying wood elf
	+ Heiric Stillfate was the name of the elf
	+ When found, his skin had a weird bark-like texture and his limbs seemed to be stiffening at odd angles
	+ Marcus used his blindsight and was able to identify someone standing roughly 30ft away in the woods, not making a move
		- His perception was not good enough to identify who it was
	+ Morgan immediately went on the hunt while Ramzi attempted a lesser restoration
	+ While not working, it did seem to ease the man's discomfort
	+ Heiric, emblazoned with the numbers 144, warned Ramzi and Marcus not to trust the stars above
	+ Explained he had also been taken by Elphira, though all but Eora from his time there were long since dead
	+ He could speak with the trees and was incredibly lucky, but not lucky enough for the mutation not to overcome him
	+ When he passes, his body turns into a might tree that towers over everything
	+ His number, however, stays burned into the bark
* Morgan stumbles across the Changeling in the forest
	+ He says he's got a job to do, offers to let Morgan shoot him but otherwise walks into the clearing to join everyone
	+ He looks oddly sad at the tree, going over to touch the tree and mourn his lost 'family member'
	+ When he waves a hand, the numbers on the bark disappear as he bids farewell to the fallen 'Child of the Harvest'
	+ “I’m sorry your mortal form could not handle the heavens”
* Introducing himself to the others as Sask, the Changeling moves to sit across from them all on a log
	+ He assures them all that Tato is safe, they just need some of their blood
	+ Sask assures them all that he willingly follows the Facility, not because he was broken but because he was completely accepted by them
	+ As a Changeling, he isn't looked at with prejudice or accused of crimes for simply existing
	+ He passes on a warning: stop trying to involve the Chaeran and Petradorian governments
		- Let them tear each other to pieces
		- The group are from separate nations, even if they want to stay together, there'll come a time when they'd need to choose a side
* As Sask antagonises Morgan, taking on the form of a younger version of him, he asks him repeatedly whose face it is that he's stolen
	+ Morgan attacks, nearly completely taking out the Changeling before failing a save and then is struck with Phantasmal Force
	+ For the minute it takes for Sask to walk away, Morgan is immobilised in a hug by a figure only he can see
* Upon snapping out of the spell, Morgan goes ballistic, screaming that he'd tear out Sask's throat and storming off
* The others follow far behind him and receive a call from Chartreuse along the way
	+ He'd been held up on business, was quickly letting everyone know he was okay
	+ Found out from him that Entari seems to be submitting to the Facility's whims in order to protect him since he's largely left alone
	+ Promises to try and meet them all soon but he needs to call Voldi before she kills him
* The gang all go to bed for the night and Morgan attempts to work on his gun again
* Upon waking, they find both Marcus with a beard full of feathers and the familiar smoke of Feywild coming out from under Tato's doors

Our journey continues 10th of November, 2021!