Sx08 — Are You Hurt...

***Are You Hurt...*** is the 8th session of the campaign*.* It is preceded by Sx07 — A Sudden Departure, and followed by Sx09 — Carban's No Good Very Bad Day.

This session takes place a single day, Kiriaki the 14th of Leontes. Notable moments of this session are Leoven talking to Quintus in the tower, being taken to the prison, Oto finding the corpse pit, and our first real encounter with the Myth Enders.

## Breaking into the Temple of Athena

The group (Leoven, Khantos, Oto and Carban) collect outside the Temple of Athena and quickly recognise that Adrasteia is not out of the building and probably stuck inside. Carban then approaches the temple guard and tells him that "my cat is missing". He attempts to trick the guards into letting him into the temple to look around because his cat is somewhere inside. This doesn't work and the rejection causes Carban to break into a rage and attack the guard. In response the other guard touches a rune on the wall and summons some cloaked individuals (The Myth Enders) who use a metal band ball which springs out to wrap him up as a way to capture him and quickly capture him and teleport him away.

Leoven then uses \*Command\* "leave" to momentarily get the guard away from the door (none of us think about the fact that it only lasts 6 seconds) and then I gets a Nat 20 to pick the lock on the door. The group (minus Carban) sneak down the corridor looking for Adrasteia and find a corridor with a series of sealed doors. - Behind one door we can hear the sound of animals crying for help - The doors are sealed with padlocks that use a celestial language. On the door to the animal room the most commonly used numbers are 0-3-7-8, but the code is likely not in that order. - Behind the final door we hear the sound of Adrasteia's voice

Khantos uses his paints to create a hole in the wall - this is clearly a powerful artefact - to allow Adrasteia to leave the room. There is a grate to a sewer but we decide to come back the way we came, causing us to come into contact with the Myth Enders again, who had been summoned and were waiting for us on the other side of the door. Khantos runs away, leaving via the sewers, whilst Adrasteia and Oto are unconscious, while Leoven makes a deal to rescue herself. Both Adrasteia roll a Nat 20 returning to 1HP, and play dead. While playing dead Oto observes about the Myth Enders: - every inch of skin is covered - they show no sign of emotion or personality - below the hood around the mouths are scars - their mouths have been stitched shut to maintain their silence - they likely communicate through telepathy or a hive mind. The group is then dragged out of the building and teleported away.

## Carban in Jail

While the rest of the group within the temple Carban does many things within the jail:

* The Jail he is in is 10 ft in height, intended for a much larger creature.
* Learnt that the ball used to capture him is re-usable
* He attacks the door many times which leads to the breaking of one of his horns.
* Talks to a creature that is able to mimic his voice and he can see it only has one eye - a cyclops
* Prays to Ares for a fight and a warden comes to the door and beats Carban up (this gave the rest of the group advantage on death saves)

He makes multiple attempts to escape but is unsuccessful

## The Corpse Pit

Believing him to be dead, the The Myth Enders take Oto to a shoot after confiscating most of his things and throwing him down it into a pit full of corpses. In the pit there are many corpses of commoners (likely people who learnt too much) but among them are also the bodies of some members of The Owl and Spear Sect/Myth Enders. After inspecting their bodies Oto learns: - (after ripping open their bound mouths we learnt that) their bodies do have their tongues allowing them to perform somatic components of spells - though we have never seen them perform any spells - however it is likely that they are in constant pain. - they have the beginnings of arcane script tattooed onto their bodies - these tattoos appear to be making them stronger (improved STR, CON, DEX) - these are the bodies of people who have died under the operations - the people dressed in their uniform (blue and grey) are in the minority.

Oto searches for an arcane focus and finds a body with an amulet of an owl's head. After inspecting the body of the old man I learnt:

* he was \*literally\* stabbed in the back
* he was placed down here with some semblance of respect
* had two drachma in his eyes to help him pass into his next life, and was able to keep his wedding ring
* he wears the symbol of The Owl and Spear
* he is a human man

Oto stole the wedding ring but left the drachma This also appears to be the place where the Bullettes were taking the bodies - there are bullette tunnels leading in and out of the pit. Oto was able to dig himself out of the bit, but it took 8+ hours to get out. Oto then immediately went to Heroes Rest to find his friends.

## Leoven, Carban and Adrasteia Escape the Jail

Following the deal to spare her life, Leoven is taken by the group of Myth Enders to a tower just off the west wing of the Royal Palace inside the Zeus District. At the top of the tower, she meets a man (would later learn this to be a man named Quintus Pterygas) who offers, in exchange for Leoven agreeing to steal an 'item of great value' from Khantos, arrange a situation where she, Adrasteia and Carban would be freed from the prison. He tells Leoven that Oto is dead. Leoven soon after agrees to his terms and signs a contract — one she does not take time to read. She is then escorted to the prison and locked in.

A figure who identifies themselves as Miteus frees them and helps them to escape the prison and collect theirs and Oto's stuff (even though they all believe him to be dead). They go to Heroes Rest to try and find Khantos.

## Back at Heroes Rest

The group reconnects and learns that Oto is still alive. They also learn that Miteus was arrested for following various clues he found in Artemis Sentry about The Myth Enders, and learnt about some experiments that they are doing on people. These experiments seem to be linked to the tattoos that Oto learnt about. When stressed, Miteus seems to touch the scar on his neck.