12.06.2020 - Pey's Empire

Warder’s camp was a nice place to stay and I learned all about frogs because I caught a few and put them in my pockets to save for tasty snacks later. Warder continued to tell us more about this new place as we went on towards the town. He also told Marko his name was weird because normally the cat people choose their own names. We passed by a barricade that warned us about monsters that showed the way to a different road to take as we approached the town. I only have small memories of being here in Tanin, the town, from before there were bugs and frogs, but the whispers say that the walls weren’t there before and neither were the huge people with metal arms. They say these people are called the ‘Saurans.

   We were directed in the direction of the ‘Sauran district when we entered the town or that we should go to the Rainbow After Rain bar for free adventurers. Klaub decided we should go see the ‘Sauran’s because they might know where Shadow Mother went. As we headed that direction Warder disappeared somewhere, but that’s okay because we will just find him later.

   As we entered the ‘Sauran district, we could see that there was a big building that had a stained glass window that showed Shadow Mother! We were greeted by a person who said they were Peyson Verith and asked us what our interest was in Shadow Mother. Klaub asked some questions about how the church came to be and Mr. Verith said that there was a Peyson named Palo who was the first and who shared the teachings of Shadow Mother like not eating meat and being nice to nature. Then Klaub suggested to Mr. Verith that we could all go on a Peylgrimage to where Palo first met Pey and he seemed to like that idea and said he would put together a group so that many people could go to The Grand Temple of Shadow Mother.

   While Klaub continued talking to Mr. Verith, Jerome, Marko, and I went to talk to the blacksmith we had passed on the way to the temple. He was a yellow ‘Sauran who had really big arms and his shop sign was just a picture of the metal arms. Inside, there was a big fire and a bunch of arms that were being put together. Jerome tried to find out what it would take to get a metal arm made for him to have. At that, the ‘Sauran, Mr. Shooshrav he said his name was, said it would be pretty expensive because Jerome was so small, but that we could go find his mud-puppy in the sewers and he could make one for free. When we agreed to go find the mud-puppy, he warned us that there were some thieves in the sewers who only came out at night, and that it might be dangerous. We told him it would be nothing for us because we were great adventurers, but he still insisted that we take a Wand of Cauterization and a potion of restoration with us in case anything bad happened and we needed to use them. Then we went through the back of his shop to get to the sewers just behind his shop.

   Meanwhile, according to the whispers, Klaub learned about the changes to the world and the history of the church. He learned that one of Pey’s teachings was the Teaching of Peaches which said that small fuzzy creatures are to be respected. Also, that there was a “time of great sadness”, but that it ended when the ‘Saurans and the tabaxi worked together to beat Corvex who was a blue winged devil who had brought a desert. Mr. Verith said that is how the tabaxi got their land for their empire as payment for their help against Corvex.

   The whispers said that Klaub also went to the back gardens at the temple where he found a familiar water person who had memories of the desert time before the green and the bugs. He then settled into the pool for a nap while we were elsewhere.

   Jerome led the way into the sewers where he slipped and fell in while exploring and Marko fell in after him. I tried to pull them out with a rope, but not before they pulled me in after them and then none of us could get out until we found a grate that stopped us from moving. At that same grate, we found a dead body so we pulled that out too, but before we could check its pockets a bunch of grubs attacked us and tried to eat Jerome. It was a good thing that Klaub came around the corner a few minutes later because they almost ate Jerome until they were lit on fire and made into delicious snacks. Jerome noticed that the dead body had some nice boots so he put them on and they made no noise even when he stomped his feet.

It was then that we heard some people in a different part of the sewers and we followed them because we thought they might know where the mud-puppy was. When we found them, there were four rat people who said they had seen the mud-puppy, but that it was with the boss and they would be happy to take us to meet the boss. They said they would take us to get the mud-puppy from the boss and then get out of the sewers again if we helped take care of their boss. We agreed, so they took us to a warehouse that had a lot more rat people inside and they took us to a side door where we found the boss, who was not happy to see us, and the mud-puppy who was stuck in a cage. Somehow, the building came to be on fire while we were fighting to get the mud-puppy free and put an end to the boss for the rat people before he could run away; the whispers say my magic started the fire but that can’t be right. Marko and I easily took care of the boss, but by then there was a lot of fire, and we had to get out of there.