Trouble Sleeping?

Modokus

Monana

Ena

Minty Pineapple

Leora

Yunet

Immediately picking up after the previous session, Edric asked Modokus to explain the presence of the Blood Shepherd. Lykus used his telepathy to translate for Modokus. Modokus explained that the mark on his back was known as the mark of the sun devourers. Several years ago there was a day when the eclipse from the moon crossed the eternal eclipse of Kvalik’s body. Every child born in that area during that time was born with the mark of the sun eaters on them.

Modokus then explained that an oracle from that area, known as Hasmur the Oracle, made a prophecy. His prophecy said:

*“When the children of Kvalik gather and lift their voices as one, the sky will darken with the wings of war, the moon and stars shall be lost, and a new convergence will dawn. A convergence of blood.”*

Many in the area suspect those with the mark of the sun devourers are the children of Kvalik referred to in this prophecy, and this is why Modokus has sworn a vow of silence.

On the contract, Ena noticed that there was a symbol of an arrow with a hawk’s talon instead of an arrowhead. This symbol was the symbol of the Hawkstalkers Guild, a guild of assassins who she has done work for previously. They hand out contracts liberally and likely have given this contract on Modokus to half a dozen assassins at least.

In the same conversation, it was revealed that Leora was so old because she was once a gnome. She was killed in a Thri-kreen attack. Her body and the body of the prince were both so mangled when the druid assigned there tried to bring the prince back, he brought Leora back by mistake via reincarnation.

The group decided to retire for the night and sleep. Eero wore his ring to keep from entering the dream. However, Modokus and Ena entered the dream again, and Lykus used his psionics to follow them in. They spotted a fourth person, a woman with a spear and shield approaching the woods. They were wary of each other at first, but eventually the woman came with them. The forest seemed a little more hazy at this distance, and upon getting closer, they found the woods were now covered in spiderwebs.

The group approached the crystal and began to hear another song/chant being drowned out by the crystal’s singing. It was impossible to hear it at this distance though. Modokus suggested they try to move the crystal without touching it, and Lykus attempted to do so with his magic, but was unable to. However, moments later the group heard hoofbeats as they found three horse riders closing in around them in the woods, and above them, in the trees, a massive spider and his rider sat above them.

Modokus asked the rider who he was, and the Rider said he should go first. Modokus introduced himself and the Rider said his name was Nyle. Nyle asked how Modokus got here and Modokus said it was a dream. Nyla did not believe him. Nyle told him to leave and that it was his job to protect this crystal. At this point the three other horsemen arrived, one with his head missing and embedded in his shield, one with no eyes, just glowing red sockets and runes covering his skin, and one in full armor with a plain bone mask nailed to his helmet into his head.

A shadow appeared over the rune rider’s shoulder and the woman who had appeared in the dream with the party, called Yunet, reacted to the shadow and attacked. The party put up a good fight, but were overpowered as Ena and Yunet were both downed and knocked out of the dream. Modokus dove and touched the crystal to escape.

Immediately upon waking, Modokus approached Ena and dispelled a psionic barrier around her and Lykus came and helped heal her. The group discussed the dream and decided finding Yunet in real life was their paramount goal. She too was downed in the dream and Ena had been trapped in a psionic barrier after she was downed, indicating the same had probably happened to Yunet. The group rushed northward, the way Yunet in the dream had said she was in relation to them, allowing those injured in the dream to rest in the cart as they traveled. That night they all went into the dream again, this time with Eero joining as well.

As soon as everyone was in, Edric cast detect magic and saw a ripple of misty magic emanate from Eero that almost infected the other primal casters, pulling them into the dreams as well. Edric then cast identify on Eero and found that he was under the effects of a dream spell, but one that was somehow amplified and unstable, affecting him differently as a mistwalker.

Inside the dream Eero could sense another mistwalker nearby, but couldn’t pinpoint him. The group met up with Yunet, who had no memory of waking between this dream and the last. Lykus suggested they skirt the perimeter of the woods to find others, but no one else seemed to be present. While on the opposite side of the woods, Modokus was able to hear the second chanting song better that was being drowned out by the main ¾ song. It was an ugly chant/scream in a language he didn’t know. But he managed to memorize the first two phrases in the song. “*Yo yo sko’olace. Mi-thre-deh Asag-ya.”*

The party attempted to return to the crystal only to find the three horsemen were patrolling the woods and the crystal was defended by Nyle and his mount inside a bubble of darkness. The party charged in while Lykus held off the masked rider. However, the entire party was stopped dead in their tracks by a sweeping attack when they got close. Only Eero managed to touch the crystal.

Everyone agreed going in was getting more and more dangerous, and Edric used the magical pendant from the Blood Shepherd to create two more rings of mind shielding, using up the party’s gold in the process. The group sped north to Yunet’s location, which she had given them inside the dream. It took two days, but the group managed to get to her where she was hiding in a barn attic to sleep. Eero dispelled her psionic barrier and Monana helped heal her.

She was exhausted as dying in the dream world prevents one from getting a night’s rest. Yunet introduced herself and revealed that she was looking for a necromancer in the Skolzheim mountains named Kel’Rizarr, who had been killed by her ancestor, King Brengr during the Time of Troubles. She felt that Kel’Rizarr was alive again and she had dreamed that she was Brengr one night and found herself able to wield his favored weapons again. She knew she needed to destroy Kel’Rizarr, and the shadow that appeared next to the runed Horseman was, in some way, connected to Kel’Rizarr. She also suspected the masked horseman was a king from long ago who had died.

Eero and Edric knew that King Brengr was the man who united the Gurruptoi tribes during the time of troubles six centuries ago, though they are no longer united.

The party still wishes to find the location of the force that is blocking divination magic, to find out why the Webweavers are controlling the Thri-kreen, and where they got such powerful psionic aether. Edric suggested he seek an audience with Zahir, the current leader of the Arafel Shomer, the mistwalker military. But since Eero is wanted by them, the group decided to leave both him and Yunet, who was still not recovered from her time in the dream, behind while the rest of the party traveled into the lands of the Quedem to meet with the Arafel. To hide his symbol of Be’Torn during the meeting, Lykus finally put on his sweater.

## Loot

* 2 rings of mind shielding (Forged by Edric)
* Upon casting identify, the silver longsword found last session was revealed to be +1.