Session 12

## Introduction

The session picked up where it left off, with Meeran (Looking and sounding like Miryn) begging Neffres to trust and come with him. Neffres was conflicted, but didn't approach him.

## Combat: Shithead Meeran

Before anything else could happen, Ondainae attacked him and immediately did 41 damage. He was extremely damaged but just smiled at Neffres and attacked in return. Miryn takes 13 more damage from either Renfri or Elexi, but he stays up and hits Neffres for 6. Arna then whacks him for 49, leading to him changing into an inhuman skeletal form and ending the combat by collapsing the floor beneath the party, sending them deeper into the prison.

## Exploring the Prison

The party is successfully stealthy enough to move through the prison undetected thanks to Ondainae casting Pass Without Trace. They find soaked papers on the damp floor of a room. Ondainae recognizes the symbol (a walnut and an eighth note) on the paper and concludes that it's possible her mother was being kept in the prison. It is insinuated later that her mother escaped with a human man.

In the next room, the party finds a man who looks suspiciously like Renfri chained to the wall. His name is Keelan Morrigan, his wife's name is Fallon, and he was kidnapped in his sleep, waking up in the prison just like Neffres. Renfri asks if he's from a cult in the woods. He isn't but his wife was raised in one. He asks who they are and the Three Muskequeers introduce themselves by name. Keelan points out that there are five of them and Neffres immediately says they aren't with them and Ondainae insists that they will be. The party breaks his shackles and he joins them traveling through the prison.

The party approaches a door, fails to be sneaky and is invited into the room by guards. The guards close the door behind everyone. In the room is a pile of stuff taken from prisoners and a wall full of viewing portals into a bunch of different cells. Neffres looks over the pile of stuff and spots the top of Miryn's staff as combat ensues.

### Combat 2: Guard Shack

Neffres immediately runs to the pile of stuff and tries to pull Miryn's staff out. Initially he fails, but a familiar-feeling force helps him get the staff out of the pile. Elexi attacks one of the guards along with Neffres, who looks pretty awful after getting hit. Ondainae heals Neffres and Renfri attacks one of the guards who had hit Elexi previously (Renfri: "Not my girlfriend you bitch!"). With two of the three guards dead, Neffres holds a knife to the last guard's throat, demanding he tells him where Miryn's cell is. The guard points down a hallway and Neffres immediately rushes that way, leaving the last guard with the rest of the party.

### Reunion

As he rushes to the cell, Neffres hears Miryn call out for him. The party once again struggles to open a cell, but the moment it's opened, Neffres clings to his brother as the others free Miryn's wrists. The party informs Miryn that his name was being used by the changeling that runs the prison and he isn't surprised. He also recognizes Ondainae, Renfri, and Arna as prophecy-bearers and mentions that he's been locked up in the prison for all 9 years he's been missing. After talking for a little bit, Miryn reaches out to Jael, who summons him, Neffres, Arna, Ondainae, and Renfri into the white space.

## Meeting with Jael

Jael introduces herself to Neffres and greets everyone else. As Neffres processes the fact that gods are real, Miryn tries to make a deal with Jael, offering his life and service so that she will write Neffres into her prophecy as a form of protection for him, should he continue to travel with the Muskequeers. The entire party is like "Hey, no!"