2.12.22 - Tikulti’s Takeoff

We returned to our new friend’s to complete our end of the agreement. While there, Dagii traded some of the fire moss he had found for some spices. Then, we headed out to meet up with the Ketch Valar to inform them of our success before it was time to return to Greywall to meet up with our ship. (Brunhild informed me that “everything was fine” the last time I checked in with her, so I am a little worried about how they have been fairing in our absence.)

On our way back to the airship that belongs to the Ketch Valar, the Kordanga, we were greeted by the reanimated corpses of our foes whom we quickly dispatched. Their ship was damaged, but it was nothing Dagii and I could not repair as it was only meant to delay our travels. It seems that there were strings being pulled by Lady Demise so that she could make her way to Greywall and claim the piece there before we could.

As we approached the city, we could see that there was a great wall being built to surround the city since it was built on Deani Ruins ruins and needed better defenses from invading or attacking forces. We were told by the Ketch Valar that the next piece, the cord, is located under the city and the only way to access that was to go under The Roar, a statue of a great dragon, in the center of the goblin market. Oz told us that we were being watched as we moved throughout the market, trying to figure out the best way to go through the tunnel. Dagii pulled us aside to explain that based on his estimates as an archeological expert, there was most likely an ancient shrine beneath the market and that is where the cord would be.

We decided that we should set up our own stall to cover where we were going to dig our way down into the shrine. Yara and Tikulti, the Ketch Valar aiding us in Greywall, found a blood-red stone slab while digging and were able to remove it. At that point, we noticed that Yara and Ticulti were acting a little strange and it seemed that Tikulti was controlling Yara. Just then, Lady Demise appeared with some of her thugs, and fighting broke out around our stall. There was a lot of damage to the surrounding area; however, we were able to bring Demise to her demise (except she was actually a doppelganger). Tikulti had disappeared down the hole by the time we were able to regroup to follow him.

In the hole, we came out into an old shrine and were greeted by undead versions of the other Ketch Valar as we watched Tikulti disappear around a corner ahead of us with the cord in hand. We were almost able to catch him, but he completely disappeared from our radar. However, we did manage to find Yara’s journal, which told us how Tikulti had managed to deceive and betray the other Ketch Valar members. Dagii spoke to Yara’s spirit to find out more about Tikulti’s betrayal. Apparently, he had contacts everywhere, but she remembers he always spoke to them alone. They had just found the cord when he stabbed her. She had no idea where he would run to, but he had lots of little goblin knick-knacks from many goblin heroes that he sometimes used to help him. Then, she asked Dagii to ensure that she was placed in Asherta’s tomb to be laid to rest, which he promised to do for her.

We returned to their ship, and their crew was distraught that Yara had been killed. They offered to take us back whenever we wanted since our ship was stuck in Breland. When we made it to Breland, we found Tikulti waiting for us and he gave a long winded speech trying to intimidate us (which did not work) before he teleported himself to a circle that looks to lead to Sharn. On our way to catch up with him a blue dragon attacked! Oz managed to throw it off of the ship so that I could wrap it up in magical nets so it could not follow us. Now, we have Ozrus: Wrestler of Dragons.