Mist and Frost

Monana

Ena

Minty Pineapple

Leora

Picking up after the previous session, the group discussed their plan of action. It was decided that Yunet and Eero would stay behind to recover while the rest of the party headed north into the Skolzem Mountains to meet with the leader of the Quedem people. He warned that their current leader was a man named Eben Hastumol, a zealous man who wanted to bring the fight to the Gurruptoi. But he had recently been calmed by a man named Zahir Wala’Ilmari, who pulled all Arafel troops back. It was he who was in charge of the coup, and with him pulling all troops back, Eero suspects he may have been planning on joining forces with the Gurruptoi.

The group left the wagon and one horse with Eero and Yunet while everyone else headed north. It was decided the best course of action was to take the main road to avoid seeming suspicious. The road north was an odd one indeed as the mountains to the west of the road, inside the lands of the Quedem, were verdant and green, while the mountains to the east of the road, in the territory of the Gurruptoi, were snow capped and barren.

At around midday, the party was traveling along a steep cliff, and after failing a group perception were ambushed by a group of five goliath barbarians, presumably of the Gurruptoi tribes who dropped rocks on them and attacked from both sides. During the fight Modokus was enlarged and Leora was thrown off the cliff by their war chief. Luckily Edric was there to cast feather fall on her. The fight was long as the Gururptoi goliaths were difficult to put down, but Monana, using her gauntlets of ogre power managed to shove their leader off the cliff, and Minty finished him with a guiding bolt.

After the ordeal, the group found a place to take a short rest, and Modokus noticed a large collection of campfires off in the distance several peaks away. Possibly a burned town, or a large collection of campfires, it was impossible to say at this distance.

The group continued onward until sundown when they were getting close to the city of Aigne, the southerbnmost city of the Quedem people, the city where they had planned to spend the night on the way to the sacred citadel where Eben and Zahir were.

Suddenly, the group was approached by two mistwalkers who approached the group in blue and red mist. They introduced themselves as Rayan and Yahir. They asked the party who they were and they didn’t seem to recognize Edric’s credentials. They said they couldn’t guarantee an audience with the council, but they could escort the party to the city. Edric agreed but both sides were still wary and as they walked both sides tried lightly to pry for information.

Once the party reached the gates they met with captain Malik, who gave them a list of laws they needed to follow. One rule was that the group needed to avoid sacred sites that held the symbol of Zaquen. The party asked about the smoke they saw and Malik told them a large Gurruptoi war camp was set up outside the city and was making everyone nervous.

They were shown to a tavern and everyone got meals and rooms and bedded down for the night. Modokus noticed two men dressed like they had been in the coal mines all day were watching the party closely.

Ena went into the dream as she had no ring of protection after giving hers to Yunet. Ena woke in the dream and saw a mountain in the distance. She approached it and was attacked by a tabaxi mistwalker. His misty disappearances and her mantle of (What was it called again?) they had a fight of hide and seek. He had the advantage at first, but she eventually got a critical hit and turned the tide in her own favor, vanquishing him with an arrow through his shin and banishing him from the dream.

She approached the mountain in the dream, but found nothing special about it. Already wounded, Ena ran for the forest to try to reach the crystal, but immediately she was set upon by the masked horseman. He peeled his mask down and screamed out of the void inside his helmet. The blast hit her so hard that she thought she would be obliterated on the spot.

In the morning Modokus woke and saw Ena in her psychic stasis field. He woke her and called Minty to help restore her some health. The Barron used detect magic and noticed two magic weapons on the roof above the party. Modokus detected the thoughts of the people on the roof and confirmed the people were indeed thinking about the party.

Edric existed the building and used the jump spell to reach the roof to confront the men. They were two mistwalkers who requested he go back to the street to talk. He agreed and told those two and the other four Mistwalker's who had been watching the party overnight. Edric explained he was looking for a mistwalking tabaxi who might be responsible for some dreams they had been having and that Ena was hurt by the dreams.

They had no information on a mistwalking tabaxi, but they did recommend the party see a woman named Judith at this city’s citadel. She is a healer who usually works for free. The party agreed and headed to see her. Once inside the citadel they med Judith in her greenhouse. She was an adult human woman with black hair and dark eyes.

Judith examined Ena and Modokus’ eyes and offered to make a potion for them to help with the nightmares. She used an onyx heart-shaped stone as a spellcasting focus to make her potion before giving it to Ena. Ena downed it with a healing potion and avoided vomiting it on the floor. It made her eyes sting and Edric, still with detect magic activated noticed magic seeping into Ena’s eyes, something odd for a potion to do. Edric asked what the potion would do. Judith said it would slow illusions entering her eyes and allow her to see through them better. Edric asked if he could get one of these potions, but she said she could only make this potion once per day.

The party asked for healing potions, but she said they were needed in case the war camp came to attack. Edric insisted on paying her and accidentally paid her more than she asked for, and she fixed the mistake. The party all packed up and left, ready to be escorted to the Quedem sacred citadel.

## Loot

* 200 foot of rope
* 2 Pitons
* 3 Bear skins