Session 46

**Session 46 of the Eden campaign** took place September 5 (In Erideon morning of 16 September).

## Summary

Ulfgar and Hjartarson defend Roulan and the Frostview from the Red Realms, but are both badly wounded. Huron and Kyrie Vareauna regroup, but Kyrie is forced to swear loyalty to the Lord Passinault, the highest-ranking Aldian soldier now that the Lord Lautrec is believed to be killed. Passinault wishes to establish a military dictatorship to replace the Aldian Monarchy following Laurence's death. Huron meets Romulus, the strongest warlord of the Red Realms, who offers him the Lord Glessech along with an ultimatum. Asutali meets with Diero, who has scoured through the rubble of the Royal Palace with the Phylactery required to access the ruin of Aldenburgh. The party finally meets Neia, who elaborates on the history of the universe and the roles of the Suspects as Vessels, and they converse for many hours before she surrenders the final two Purple Eyestone shards, thus giving the Suspects mastery over the Primordial Soul of Freedom.

## Synopsis

### A vision of the future

The party returns to Roulan and gains the following ability:

***Soul of a Primordial Dragon:*** You are the inheritor of the soul of a primordial dragon, and the product of an infinite number of reincarnations destined to resolve the fate of the universe. Your attacks against Dragons have advantage, and crit on 19s or 20s. Dragons have disadvantage against your saves, and you have advantage on saves against dragons. When targeting you with attacks, dragons suffer critical failures on natural 1s and 2s. All damage you deal to dragons is doubled for the remainder of the campaign.

* As the party begins to gain mastery over the Primordial souls, this ability becomes stronger for all members of the Party.
* This effect is triggered on a roll of a 4 on a 1d4 by the one producing an effect that would be modified by the above. If multiple effects apply simultaneously (e.g. blinding smite dealing damage and causing a save against status effect), only 1d4 will be rolled and that result will govern if all abilities are triggered or not.
* Every Primordial Soul that the party completes will reduce the requirement by 1. For example, mastery of two souls will grant this ability on a roll of a 3 or 4.

## Quests

### Ongoing

* **The Soul of Freedom (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Chaotic eyestones (purple). The Chaotic eyestones were scattered in the Nexus after Logarius, their original wielder, vanished. The last two shards were recovered by the Suspects after meeting the final remnants of Neia.
* **The Soul of Order (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Lawful eyestones (platinum). The Lawful eyestones were scattered in the Nexus after Logarius, their original wielder, vanished. The last two shards are wielded by Moradin, the master of the Promise.
* **The Soul of Altruism (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Good eyestones (green). The Green eyestones are possessed by: Taroverulus, of the Halls of Mandalos, Radovius, of the Overworld, and possibly Cassida, of the Hunting Grounds.
* **The Soul of Solipsism (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Evil eyestones (red). The Red eyestones are possessed by: Friede, of the Ashen Queendom, Vidine, of the Netherworld, and by Romulus, of the Red Realms.

### Character

* **Blood and Mead (Ulfgar & Co.):** Investigate the Frostview. Join the Iceball tourney with the Thunderbeards, possibly recruiting other Suspects to that end.
* **The Frequent Suspects II (Huron):** Await further instructions from Kyrie Vareauna, who will be made general on Sept 3. In the meantime, gather the resources you will require to infiltrate the Royal Palace. Quest is temporarily suspended.

### Completed

* **The City of Tears (Everyone):** Find and explore the mysterious city of Aldenburgh, now known to be the ancient Serpentfolk city of Shihen Ahen, where ancient lore claims that the Great Conqueror first stepped foot into the "unknown." Now known to be a demiplane, only accessed via the phylactery in the Royal Palace. Shihen Ahen is one of the locations where many important events in history transpired, and may be critical to understanding what exactly the Vessels are. All the Serpentfolk of Shihen Ahen were found to have already been corrupted, but Neia did elaborate on the matter.
* **The Legacy of the Great Ones (Everyone):** Find information of Neia's whereabouts from the Hellborn in the Netherworld. Two phylacteries can be used to access this plane: one in the Royal Palace, and one somewhere in Freienthal. Neia might be able to help you glean more information about your status as a vessel for a draconic soul. The Suspects now know of the work that has been cut out for them.