Session 29 11/27/22

Althalus, Elektrah, Lucia, Arden, Brottar

Jeff, Tasha, Megan, Michael, Bill

The party leaves the mines, turns over the captured cultists, and explains what happened to the gathered priests. The party receives some gold (5,000 GP total) from the grateful townsfolk. Arden, Brottar, and Althalus return some of the gold to help with rebuilding efforts (food, supplies, etc). After some discussion, the party decides to return to Baldur's Gate to clear their name. They reach the trees where they left the Tyrian Justice Collectors. The ropes they used to bind them were cut and there was a small amount of blood, but no other signs of a struggle. The party continues north until they reach the southern gates of Baldur's Gate. They are immediately detained by the guards. They're asked to turn over their weapons and allow themselves to be put in the local prison until they are ready to deal with them. The party acquiesces and end up in separate cells in the southern dungeon. Lucia scoffs at their attempts at security. "The cuffs aren't even locked properly!" she complains. "I could pick these locks with my fingernails!" Althalus is bored and starts to do a sexy dance in his cell, much to the annoyance of the rest of the party. Arden sends a message to the temple of Tyr asking to be seen to answer the charges levied against them. After several hours, he is taken to the temple. He is asked to remove all of his magical items and to strip down to verify there aren't any tattoos that could be used as a holy symbol. He's not surprised by this request and complies. It's not the first time he's been stripped naked in front of strangers. Satisfied that he's not hiding anything, the priestess hands him a robe and tells him to approach the Eye of Tyr (Zone of Truth). He's questioned about the Brass Dragon that they were involved with and the town they allegedly massacred. Satisfied that he was not trying to deceive the Zone of Truth, he is eventually released back to his cell. The priestess has a few words for the guards concerning the number of items the prisoner had on them, specifically his holy symbol. Arden is returned to his cell. After a few hours, the party is released. It's the middle of the night, so the party finds a local inn where they're able to find a few rooms. While most of the party beds down for the night, Althalus joins Lucia on some tasks she has. They are going to assault a man who is beating his children, vandalize a store that is price gouging, and delivering a bag of goods to a local orphanage. Good times were had and it was a great bonding moment between the two.

The next day, the party goes their separate ways to gather goods they may need for the next leg of their journey (the white dragon?). Althalus looks for some winter gear and a specific cloak ( a cloak of Elvenkind). Arden goes to the temple of Tyr to pay his respects and is told that all charges were dropped for lack of evidence against them. He also goes to his church to pay his respects. Brottar looks for some magic accouterments to ease their dragon battle. He gets a wand of Protect from Energy with 20 charges. He gets several flasks of Alchemist's Fire and adds a Scorching enchantment added to his war hammer. Elektrah looks for more information about the Dragon. She discovers that, while the dragon isn't attacking people, it is eating a large amount of livestock to the point that some farmers are in danger of starving.

The part notices a familiar symbol around town. They also notice some written graffiti underneath it. It doesn't look like any language the present party can read. Lucia looks at it and flips it over. it's in Abyssal and it's written backward. It reads "The Grey Lady is watching you". Arden wracks his brain but isn't able to find any deity that goes by the moniker of "The Grey Lady". It could be some raising power or some weird planar power. It definitely needs further investigation.

Lucia hears about a set of daggers handled by the church of Selune' called the Moon Daggers. Lucia decides to head to the Temple Row to inquire about them. All of the party, except for Althalus, follow along both to support her and gawk at her actually behaving herself. She first goes to the Temple of Ilmater. She hands over a donation to the poor box and relates her actions to one of the priests who, understandably, looks shocked at her interpretation of Ilmater's guidance. Next, she heads to the Temple of Selune. She makes a donation to the church and speaks with the priestess. Arden bows and nods to the priestess to show his respect and approval. Lucia spends several minutes in quiet talk with the priestess. She's eventually blessed and released back to her friends. She doesn't tell the party what was said but spends the rest of the afternoon deep in thought.

5,000 GP from the village total.

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