The Nomads Session 3 - Rangea's Secrets

They meet and bargain with Alonso Bagpipes.

The party and Alonso's men attack the Dragon Purists and fight a baby dragon. Shikara, Slogar, and Morgar died.

Thiala has a vision of a dragon and the party finds a magic book written in old draconic.

### Places Visited

RangeaCerulean Cyclops

Dragon Purist Chapel

### Characters Introduced

Marrow SandersThe Legendary Nine (mentioned)

Keanen

Kristta

Feyren Grassroot

Morgar

Uuleg

Alonso Bagpipes

Shikara

### Next

MARS 4 - Beyond Dreams

The next morning outside of Rangea the party discussed laying low to avoid the attention of Alonso Bagpipes. Thiala then drew a card from the Deck of Many Magics and grew bunny ears, making flying under the radar considerably more difficult. She used the hood on her cloak to cover them the best she could. When they arrived in Rangea Akee suggested they should check in at the inn first, then do the shopping. The party then checked in with Marrow at the Cerulean Cyclops, so they could leave their horses and get keys to their rooms.

While there Gran makes small talk with Merrow and learns he's been working at thee inn for twenty years. Once he felt comfortable enough Gran asked about Cynthia Stalwort, a corrupt guard who they learn was killed a week before under mysterious circumstances. Rumor has it she crossed Alonso. After the conversation and Morta having a drink, the party headed downtown. They did some shopping and picked up new gear, Thiala investigated some statues and learned a little bit about the Legendary Nine, heroes from hundreds of years ago. Two of their members names stuck out to the group: Roran Slateforge and Lithia Nemmonis. Meanwhile Akee made most of the supply purchases on his own.

They didn't want to openly ask around about the other people on their list. So the party made multiple *unsuccessful* attempts to eavesdrop information about Alonso, but no one seemed to be openly talking about him. So they continued shopping. Aegon and Gran wanted a custom lock made in case they ever needed to restrain someone, so they found a blacksmith and spoke with their assistant. While there they asked Keanen about Alonso which made him very nervous and fidgety. Aegon and Morta tried pressing him for information, but the blacksmith Kristta showed up and kicked them all out for their rudeness.

Next they took a detour to the local library because Thiala and Gran wanted to know about the members of the Legendary Nine who shared their surnames. They spoke with the Head Librarian, Feyren Grassroot, who told them a little bit more lore about the Legendary Nine. They learned that Lithia Nemmonis was their leader and they once saved the city from undead. The party didn't hear the information they were looking for so they thanked him and quickly left.

Their next stop was a tavern on the shady side of town. They hoped to hear about Alonso, or at the very least about Edwardo, since they were both supposed to be in the area. Unbeknownst to them an agent of Alonso, Morgar, was eavesdropping on them while Morta was asking the bartender for information. Morgar quickly left the tavern and went to tell Alonso about the party. After the bartender hinted that he might know something, Morta intimidated him into revealing the location of Alonso's hideout.

Arriving at the hideout Aegon and Morta snuck up to the entrance and Gran and Thiala stayed back because of their lack of stealth skills. Morgar was waiting for them and snuck up behind Thiala with a crossbow and ordered the party to surrender. They did and were led inside to meet Alonso. Alonso revealed he knew about the group and had been keeping tabs on them. He also revealed that Slogar was one of his men and had been ordered to lure them to Rangea. Alonso asked why he shouldn't turn them over to the Dragon Purists and they negotiated for a while. Gran changed Alonso's mind when he revealed the burnt bounty notice that said the Dragon Purists were planning on betraying Alonso after they got their hands on Thiala. Alonso then declared war on the Dragon Purists. He demanded that in exchange for dropping the contract on the party that they help him take out Shikara, the Dragon Purist in charge of operations out of Rangea.

The party donned cloaks to disguise themselves as Alonso's men and put fake cuffs on Thiala. Slogar, Morgar, and Uuleg accompanied the party. They went to an old chapel that the Dragon Purists had been using as a base of operations. Morgar went inside with the party and Slogar and Uuleg stood watch outside. Shikara told them to leave Thiala and begone, so the group sprang their trap. Shikara quickly killed Morgar and took some of Thiala's blood with a ritual dagger. Gran and Morta finished off the cultists and Aegon and Thiala took out Shikara, but not before she dropped the bloody dagger into a green flame in the center of the room. Thiala felt her head pound and saw a vision of a giant red dragon struggling against chains. Before the group could catch their breath a young green dragon leapt out of the flame and attacked. Thiala tried to speak to it but was knocked unconscious. It took the combined effort of the other three to bring the dragon down. Uugar came inside and reported that the rest of the cultists were dead, but Slogar died as well.

The party briefly discussed their next move and Uuleg left to report back to Alonso. On Shikara's body Morta found an old book written in what looked like an old draconic script. None of them could read it despite speaking draconic so they took it with them to translate later. They then returned to the Cerulean Cyclops to get some rest after a very long day.