Session 15

> *"Last session, you all managed to slip past a distant Crescent Empire watchtower into the Southern Anguis Mountains. From there, you had easy access to the railway, which took you smoothly through the mountain until the mid-checkpoint. You greeted some nearby miners – Garugar felt generous, and cast Cat's Grace on one of them – and continued on. Raymond told the group more about Anacrest, and his heritage. Garugar explained his experience with the ice hawk, which gave him his feather. As you pondered ways to save Riker from Anacrest and avoid angering Ryot's dad, you noticed a strage patch of ice in the rivers beside the track, seemingly following you. The cart stuttered to a stop, and the water revealed itself to be an ice creature of sorts, sent by Xaga. Raymond communed with the hawk, and it left. The cart continued without pause the rest of the way to Orsökheart Valley, where you were ambushed by Redivallian soldiers. They had recognized Garugar as a Glurthall, and believed he might be a spy. A conversation with two of Fuse's commanding officers and an associate sent things straight, however, and at the cost of Ryot and Raymond's identities as well, all three of you were offered asylum in Redivall with General Dorian as your host."*
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## "The Telios Coliseum"

This is the 15th session of the Lamanis Odyssey campaign. Fuse, Garugar, Raymond and Ryot were the PCs present; General Trinity, Leola Virmclank, and Fvien Raka appeared as NPCs. The entirety of the session took place in Orsökheart Valley, and featured the Orsöheart Valley Common House and the Telios Coliseum. Ryot's dad, Elbrus, Xaga, and Cyrus were all mentioned as background NPCs.

### Summary

At the start of session, General Trinity pulled Fuse aside and asked him to visit Trinity's house before leaving with the group, should he decide to. Trinity also gave Fuse a buisness card, and suggested visting Professor Virmclank to discuss the magical items they carry, and their destination.

The group takes the scenic route through the city to get to the Common House. Fuse leads them though a residential district, the noble market, and the gardens. They see magic being used freely around the city. At the Common House, one of the five secrataries directs them to the third floor to find Professor Virmclank's office. Upstairs, Ryot walks right in first, and greets Professor Virmclank enthusiastically. The group discusses the claws: Leola mentions their sentience, ability to transform, and access to the School of Existentialism's magic. She also tells the group that their final destination, the original School of Existential Magic, has been abandoned for about 1,500 years. After some puzzling, she also devises that the claw transforms to ensure the groups safety, but (as of observations so far) can only transform into magical, non-sentient items while being held. She also notices Raymond's aasimar mark, and identifies Garugar's as Elbrus's, the Solar of War.

The group heads upstairs to the Hall of Solars, which has its walls adorned with 24 tapestries of each of the Solars. Garugar finds the tapestry of Elbrus, which depicts him weilding a greatsword while standing a top a pile of dead, fiendish bodies. A few red-tailed hawks fly beneath him. Raymond is able to find Xaga's tapestry, and matches his symbol to hers. As the group leaves, Fuse notes a strange connection to a tapestry showing Zotiqua, the Solar of Life. The four thank Leola for her help and tour, and head out.

Then, an excited Fuse an Ryot lead the group to the Coliseum, where they sign up for a Level 4 Monstrosity Challenge that evening, their expected arrival time being 7:30 pm. The group recieved their asylum passports from General Trinity in order to participate. In the rest of their spare time before the fight, Ryot got new armor from General Trinity's wife's shop; Garugar ate at the restaurant recommended by Leola; and Raymond went shopping for new clothes (using the money he bartered from Ryot).

At 7:30pm, the group arrived at the Coliseum, were they were greeted by Lady Raka. She went through their processing with them, but discovered Garugar's illusion over Ryot's age on his asylum passport; she let them all in anyway. The group's fight began at 8:05pm -- they managed to best a corrupted Guardian Naga in comabt. As their prize from the bets placed against them, they won 457 gold (and 6 silver – but Kelpie held on to those).

## Trivia

1. This is the first session where Xaga's name is mentioned outloud.
2. The dark green tiefling with deer-like horns that greeted the group was Fvein Raka, a curator of the Coliseum and one of the sponsors for that night's events.
3. This session features the first canon (non-legend) appearance of Cyrus, Elbrus, and several other Solars.
4. 'Asmodieum' was mentioned again in this session, with Session 14 being the first.
5. Leola Virmclank was a PC that appeared in a previous campaign.
6. The 16 panthers summoned by Fuse during the Coliseum fight were decorated with flowers, the sign of a blessing from the Solar of Nature and Life, Zotiqua.
7. The painting on General Trinity's desk, covered with a thin black veil, was an image of his brother Melodor, who had died in the same explosion that Fuse had survived.
8. The Coliseum fight had not been the planned combat encounter for this session.