If No One Remembered

**"If No One Remembered"** is the thirteenth episode of *Mountain of Mystery*, airing on May 16, 2023.

The session was DMed by TanisJr93 and hosted on his channel on Twitch.

## Summary

*...continued from session twelve*
Having procured rooms at The Hearth Inn, the party wakes the next morning and convenes for breakfast, during which Elowynn requests to speak with Cash and Trouble; the three retreat to a private room where she offers to answer any questions the two may have, and Cash reveals that his father has been magically visiting his dreams and erasing his memories of it. Trouble accuses her of trading one innocence for another, and Elowynn confesses that she regrets what happened, but is still glad that she expanded her family in a way she never expected. She tells Trouble and Cash that she is proud of them, and Trouble laughs, after which Elowynn leaves and Cash admits that this is the first time he's seen his mother in almost three years.

Cash tells Trouble about some of his childhood before the two return to the common room, where they find Pearce. Cash mentions his Cloak of Displacement, and Pearce agrees to check on its progress before heading for the door, where Kahlan hugs and thanks him again; he hugs her back for a moment before flinging a marble at Lazarus and hitting him in the head, then leaves. The party finishes breakfast and heads out into the city shortly after, finding the shop that Cash's father had directed them to and meeting the Firbolg proprietor, Pumat Sol, who reminds Trouble of a friend of hers.

Invoking the favor that Pumat owes his father, Cash secures the group a discount on supplies, and Kahlan purchases an herbalism kit and a bag of holding, while Lazarus learns that the shopkeeper has a Ring of Feather Falling in stock, and Trouble inquires what it would cost to have her scarf enchanted to shield her from detection; he explains that he can do so for 400 gold, and when she and Lazarus mention being unable to afford the items at the moment, Pumat recommends visiting the Adventurers Guildhall in the city for paying work. Prints also mentions her Uncle Phil, who Pumat knows, and though he hasn't seen him in years and doesn't know where he currently is, he assures her that he'll let her uncle know that she's looking for him if he happens to see him again.

Pumat directs Kahlan to the Grace of the Wilds for herbalism ingredients, and advises Sado to research information on the goliath herds of Wildemount at the Valley Archive of the Cobalt Soul; the monk ventures there on his own as the rest of the group accompanies Kahlan to Sparkhammer Smithing, where she sells her ordinary daggers and Aboukir buys a battle axe, after which they visit a culinary shop where Trouble purchases a chef's kit and Heward's Handy Spice Pouch for the Mammothari. At the Valley Archive, Sado learns about Grog Strongjaw and the Herd of Storms in Tal'Dorei, but finds no information about Clan Thuliaga. After leaving the Archive, he visits a gladiatorial arena and witnesses three fights: one between a human and a Displacer Beast that the human lost, one between a Half-orc and three humans that the humans lost, and one between the Half-orc and a Gnomish Cleric that the Cleric won. He meets with the fightmaster afterwards to learn that the arena will be hosting open fights in two days.

As evening settles, the party reconvenes at the inn, where Trouble pays for the party's lodging for the next three days. Pearce arrives shortly after and informs Cash that his Cloak of Displacement will be delivered the next day, mentioning to Lazarus that the item is being delivered by "both"; Lazarus tenses briefly before he and Pearce explain that the Rogue's parents will be visiting from Trostenwald. After a night of drinking, the group heads to bed, and Lazarus wakes early the next morning to find Pearce downstairs with his father and his mother; he then introduces the rest of the party as they arrive for breakfast, and his father briefly accosts Cash in a rage before Siobhan intervenes, reminding Shiloh that Cash is not his father. Siobhan gives Cash a package containing the Cloak of Displacement, which bears the symbol of Kord, and the two reveal that they were both part of the team that defeated the Abyssal monstrosity twenty years prior.

Prints's Mother arrives soon after, followed by Sado's adoptive mother Thava, at which point Kahlan sits with Pearce and Aboukir at a separate table while Siobhan explains that after their party shattered the being's power, Jean used part of it to erase the world's memories of the incident; the spell was incomplete, however, due to the magnitude of the task and Jean's unfamiliarity with the entity's power, and some people retained their knowledge of the being, continuing to follow and worship it. Thava explains that Cash's father is still negotiating with the mage he knows to find a way to disentangle Trouble from the shard she carries, after which she advises Cash's group to take some time to explore the city. Bells, Thava, Shiloh, and Pearce leave the inn, after which the party makes their way to the Adventurers Guildhall, where Prints locates three job posting boards; as she approaches, she notices the figure of Endless near the central board, and asks if her trial is one of the postings.

He looks to the board and disappears as Prints blinks, and she finds herself holding a flyer offering a reward of "15,000 GOLD: THE HEAD OF A DRAGON." The back of the flyer features a map leading to the Labenda Swamp northeast of the city.

*...continued in session fourteen*
## Notes

* The events of the session occurred on 24-25 Cuersaar 839 PD.
* Alternate titles for the episode include, but are not limited to:
	+ "Anything and Everything"
	+ "Some Serious Trouble"
	+ "An Embodiment of Fear"
	+ "More of the Same Shit"
	+ "Enough for This Task"

## Quotes

* "Your father is... well-known for being able to... get into people's heads, quite literally. In fact: there was a time when a great many people knew him for that. Going into people's dreams is one way that he has been able to keep in contact with some people covertly, so it doesn't surprise me that he did that with you. I'm a little angry, but... I understand." – Elowynn Goldcrest
* "There are many things in life that I regret, none more so than what I caused. So: no, and yes. No, because of what happened; yes, because I expanded my family in a way I didn't expect." – Elowynn Goldcrest
* "Your parents– well, your father sucks. Your mother's– I don't know how I feel about your mother." – Trouble
* "Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know which one's laced with arsenic." – Trouble
* "That sounds like a terrible idea if you are trying to sell rare and amazing things to the people of this town. You have no idea what, in particular, those items have seen. The provenience of them, in fact, are quite magical indeed. They have gone from here to there, across the lands, and *you* are passing on a fine storytelling piece there." – Aboukir Hogue
* "I'm Sorry: I'm not– I'm still not good at controlling this face. I don't know what to do with it." – Trouble
* "Sound of Beer– Sound of Beer. No that– that's– sorry, that's Shiloh. That's Shiloh. Sound of Beer. That's Laz's dad." – TanisJr93
* "Uh, us here, Jean, and Prints's father: that was our main group. We had friends – and frenemies – join us from time to time, such as Qhore and, um, your Uncle Phil has joined us before on a few excursions. Though he was less enthusiastic about it. We went from a very... small notoriety– small amount of notoriety, and we were quickly thrust into a situation when a– some sort of being– a being from another plane of existence attempted to destroy Exandria. Through an exorbitant amount of luck, lots of persuading, and no small amount of blood, we were able to find a way to defeat this being. The only way we were able to do so was to split its body from its power, and once that was done, the power then was split up and sealed into five separate dragon eggs. Those were items that we could procure that would be strong enough to hold this amount of godlike power. Once that was done, Jean tapped into that power and made the world forget. We figured it would be difficult for this thing to return if no one remembered it. Unfortunately, and to no one's surprise, it's not like you just suddenly know how to use godlike power, and the wipe was incomplete. There were pockets of people that knew what happened: some places were able to resist, and apparently, some of those people decided to continue following this being, and swore to bring it back. So: we divided the eggs and hid them in various places. Only the one who hid the egg knows where it is. None of us shared the location of each other's eggs." – Siobhan Oldman
* "The wheels of fate and time spin in ways that no one ever expects. Sometimes, it'll surprise you; other times, it'll scare you. But when you live as I do, you catch glimpses. You catch lights that shine, and the interesting thing about many of those lights is they don't see just how bright they are. I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes, Prints. You won't let me down." – Endless
* "Anyone wanna go kill a goddamn dragon?" – Fresh Prints

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