Session 25

The group discusses what's next for them. They decide to head to Rai'Sharr, and Kyuu tells them that it's a holy city, and that it's rumored that there is another secret city underneath the city. She Plane Shifts them there, and then bounds off into the desert.

They head into the city, with Kendell buying some apples to munch on on the way in. They find their way to an inn called The Three Sails. Dev arranges for a room and some food with the Gnome owner, who introduces himself as Rusty. Vesper soon says that he's going to bed early, and Kyrie follows him up.

Kyrie and Vesper chat a bit, discussing the long day they've had. Kyrie asks him if he's ok after the kiss in the hut, and Vesper says he thinks so. They discuss the recent happenings, and Vesper tells Kyrie that he worries they're going to take off at any moment. They both take their trance.

Back downstairs, the others are eating, and Salix notices a man in robes sitting in the corner, watching them all. She points him out to the others, and Dev goes over and chats with the man, introducing himself as Jake. He tells Dev his name is Reginald, and he enjoys coming there to relax. Dev asks Reginald about himself, and he says that he does many things, including running a library, and being a family man.

Reginald tells Dev that he's looking for a group to hire as escorts. He tells them that, because of his position, his daughters are in danger, and they wish to go out to the desert, to an antiquities site. He tells Dev that he has many enemies, and that he is a member of the clergy for Ioun. He suggests he could give them 700 gold pieces each, and Dev says that it might be better if he were to give them information as payment instead, and heads back to the the others.

They fill in the others about the possible job, and Salix points out that clerics of Ioun would typically want to give information away. The group decides that they want to go visit some temples, as planned, before taking this job. They head up to the room for the night.

Salix decides to wait up while Kyrie and Vesper are trancing, and does some praying to Kord as she does, telling him that she just keeps accumulating more questions, and doesn't know what their group is becoming. She and Kendell discuss the goal that he's been given by the Raven Queen, and she tells him she wishes she had a goal from Kord.

During Salix' trance, she has a vision. She sees decay, rot, and corruption. She remembers the corpse flower, and the skeletons. She sees a deer in the forest, with half its face missing, and follows it to a clearing. She finds a mass grave, hundreds of druids at the bottom of a pit, which all start trying to climb out of the pit. She tries to grow plants over the pit, but they attack her, instead, being undead.

She comes out of her trance with a scream, sobbing incoherently. Eventually, she calms enough to tell the others about her dream. They decide they can ask advice from the temple of Kord, and wake up Dev. After breakfast, Salix fills in Dev about the dream.

Kyrie and Vesper head off to explore the city. On their way to the temple of Kord, Kas speaks to Kendell, asking him why he's not going to the temple of Kord. Kyrie and Vesper stop in at a temple of Corellon, where there is an offering bowl into which many people are casting spells as an offering. Kyrie casts Lesser Restoration into it, telling Vesper they are curious about Corellon, considering that the moonblade came from their originally, supposedly.

Dev finds their way to a temple of Avandra, which is a large free market. Looking for a clergy member, they run into a woman who introduces herself as Sarah Beth. She takes them to a large statue in the center of the market. It depicts Avandra looking down at another statue, that of a halfling. Dev asks Sarah Beth about who the halfling is, and she tells them that they need to meet "Lady E", who can tell them the story of how Avandra became the patron saint of halflings.

Sarah Beth rushes off, and Dev takes the opportunity to pray for a moment, including a prayer for their dad, asking her to forgive him for being kind of a jerk. Afterwards, he is met by an incredibly old woman, who introduces herself as Lady E. Their personality clashes with the halfling woman, though, and Dev quickly leaves. Sarah Beth catches them on their way and tells them not to come back after having disrespected the high priestess.

On their way to the temple, Salix notices a lot of people watching her and Kendell. As they enter the temple, it looks like a gladiatorial ring, with a sand pit full of people training. Kendell leaves her there, and heads very quickly to the temple of Raven Queen.