Game 40

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**Farwell Brohain**

Brohain and Darruk depart on a raft back to Sundabar to try and sort out the political turmoil there.

\*Otto finds his armor and talks with Cirrine.

Stellock is still alive with a contingent to the north. Man at One Stone says that Bjorkas should tell the Earth Mother what they have done.

*"Tell them that we are earning our honor back."* Bjorkus replies

**Visions of David (Ereb)**

\*Dameon contacts David again. David comes to consciousness.

He is in rafters. Sees man choking, foaming at the mouth. The suddenness of his surroundings causes David to fall, disoriented by his surroundings. The man reaches for him. Dies. *“Everything all right in there, my Lord?”* A voice outside the room.

*“\*Ehem\* Yes. \*cough\*”* says David.

He looks over and he sees 6 ravens on a windowsill. Appears to be the only way out, other than through the door with the guard. The guard begins to come in. He is dressed in Cormyrian attire. David decides to go out the window, which is when he starts to key into Dameon’s voice in his head.

Looking out, David sees ruined buildings and scaffolding. He reaches for a rope that doesn’t hold his weight, and crashes down 3 stories.

*“They’ve killed him! They’ve killed Emon Ressa!”*

Landing, David sees some workers take notice as a guard stands in the window shouting down at him. Cue epic chase scene! After collapsing a building, he loses the guards when he is flagged down by a halfling. As he slows, David notices a deep base rumbling through the city. He passes him a business card. On the card is a spiral. On it is cursive lettering

“The New Place”. David puts it in his pocket.

*“If you need a place to stay, we can hide you.”* says the halfling.

*“I want to get out of the city.”* says David.

*“There are several gates.”*

*“Ok. Gates. I will follow.”*

And at that, a fog overtakes his mind, and David is not himself.

—

Dameon runs up to Rowan and Aziola. *“It’s David. \*gasp\* He’s alive.”*

Aziola *“You should really exercise more.”*

The group is skeptical when Damian explains that David did not respond. Damian contemplates cutting his wrist to amplify the spell.

Cirrine tries to pilfer the book off of Otto. She succeeds, but Aziola notices and chastises her. She hands the book back.

Dameon tries to contact David again. This time he just hears a raven. It seems to be taunting him. In the background is a deep, pulsating base. The message ends.

*“Something has him. Something is in the way.”*

**Meeting With the Enclave**

\*The group packs up and heads to the Circle of Druids.

\*we arrive, we see a young druid girl who goes to fetch an Earth Mother. It’s at that time that Bierdtdun steps out. Bierdtdun and Aziloa make awkward conversation. The girl returns and admits us to the inner grove. Inside we once again spot the Netherese armor. Also, there is a heavily overgrown elven man, and a wizened old woman.

*“Your mission went well, then, daughter of the forest?*” she says

“*Your mission? Did you bring a piece of the corrupt tree?”* adds the gnarled wood elf.

*“Yes. Ummm. Yes, I did. I think Damian could do a better job describing it.”* Aziola.

*“Ok. Thewitchoffireandwood has been spreading these trees throughout the land! The first of which grows from the remains of her body. She was killed sometime ago!”* Damian rapid fires.

The Earthmother blinks.

*“This...is a dark omen indeed.”* The elven man says after a pause.

*“Yes. Umm. Her dying words were a curse. She, spoke the name Kazagorath.”*

The older woman’s breath catches in her throat. *“Please. Elaborate, child!”*

*“It is my understanding that this name is synonymous with the one called Mallar. On our way to the tree we encountered several statues of this being. It appears that the witch had allied herself with this creature. She has been turning folk with black blood. We encountered quite a few of them.”*

-Otto proffers the Black Blood (Red Tiger) staff to the elven man. A root outstretched to take it.

*“Interesting. It seems to be made of a sort of corruptted fel magic; a contruct of selunite magic; simalar to the shattered moon,"* he considers.

\*Otto explains the temple where they chased the witch. Dameon describes the image of the serpentine figure.

*“Tell me. What do you know of the primordial?”* inquires the old mother.

*“A little. I’ve been seeking knowledge in tablets.”* Damian strains.

*“Tell me. Have you been to the Netherlese ruins? That’s where I’d look. Have you found the key?”* forwards the old man.

*“Which key?”*

*“We granted the Netherlese access to our home. They wanted our minerals to power their cities. Selunite. Mythalars. It’s been some time since I’ve been back to the Cerulean Citadel...It’s been some time.”*

Damian shows him a sketch of the eclipse.

*“Ah. What did they call him? The prophet of some such? Of the sun god? Pelor? Ah yes. Until they had a falling-out of some kind.”*

\*Damian talks about the well in the fortress. The old elf tells us that these wells are tied to incarnum magic. That it’s what souls use to pass through.

\*The old elf man reveals himself to be a tiny, very old, creature. (gnome like but not a gnome)

\*Damian tells him of Brohain’s vision. About the girl and the pool and the shadowy creature. Rowan pulls out the witch’s letters and hand it to the “gnome”.

*“Ah. It is as I feared. The cult of the dragon are trying to release the primordials back into the world. We’ve been working with the harpers and the lord’s alliance. The dragon aspects were split. You may know them as Bahamat and Tiamat. We know them as Selune and Shar. There is speculation of ancient mages and what their purpose is. What happens when the keys are assembled. But truthfully, I don’t know.”*

Rowan asks *“What can you tell me of this?” He hands over a soul stone.*

*“AH. That is sharite. It is said that there was a time that Ao split the world; we saved ours.”*

Damian *“Are you familiar with the Witch of Iraleth? The daughter of Karsus.”*

Later, when we are asking about David, the older woman tells Dameon that he is a diviner by blood. That if we have some effect of David’s then we can find him that way.

“The Cerulean Citadel is where Queen of the Fey recedes. There is a bit of a disagreement over who gets what, you see. That sort of thing. But things are different in the Fey. You’ll see.” the old man trails off as he looks past them as if seeing into ages past.

*“It is said that the Prophet was an Avatar of Pelor. But there was a bit of a disagreement. The emperor accused him of being a false avatar. He went over to the Cormyrian side. Many rumors of where this man came from. Before the selenite. Its said he came from the desert. Before there were Mytahlars. If you wish to know more, there are answers in the Feywild.”*

"-do you know anyone named Merric?" Rowan asks abruptly.

The puck's ears wisp up as Rowan suddenly has his attention. He leans in.

*“There is such a place in the Feywild called the Darkwood, formally the seat of the Court of Twilight; The Court of Stars. Part of some of the tensions is that the courts of become unified in the Citadel. There are dark creatures in this wood. Before they acted mindless of their own volition. It is said that they are travelers...fades without dream. These Nightmen, previously, seem to be ununified without purpose, but there ARE whispers of a man. The name, Merric."*

The puck seats himself leaning back diffusing the tension in his body, then resumes as if considering...

*" Don’t think that the Fey will take kindly to any of you. Invaders have always brought ruin. The Nethrelese before that. Their conflict was brought to the Feywild. And before them, those displaced by the Vizra,”* he muses as he scrunches his nose as if in recoiling from the memory of a bad smell.

The Vizra. Something in the back of Dameon’s mind. A memory that is not his own. The Vizra, from a story that Aeidun told Rowan. On their travels he sang a song about a lost group of people looking for a home. Traveling between realms and creating a vast empire. An empire that was absconded by the gods. They are the villains of the story.)

Riley: "...wat?" -\_-'

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**Merius Contacts Trelor**

*“Merius, Your close to following the path. How is your search going? Have you learned many things?”* Trelor questions.

*“I have found many answers, and many more questions.”*

*“Questions are the fabric of our reality. I heard a familiar word. Incarnum. You are a hungry, young pupil. Know this. The line between truth and reality blends in matters of incarnum. It is the nature of what we seek. Being an illusion. But if your mind is sharp, your will can become truth. So I ask you again, to understand the nature of your illusion, what do you seek?” (Fire crackles, and seek sounds like the singing embers igniting in your mind.)*

Damian *“It seems that to properly have an illusion, you first have to have truth. So that must be what I seek.”*

*“There is truth in the Feywild. Waiting for you. There is the truth not found in schools or towers. Raw and alive. You will open your eyes. And the eyes. So many of them will see you for what you are. Merius, beware those eyes.”*

Merius *“And what of the thing inside of me. The part that was Viradin’s. Will they see that as well?”*

As he waits, you see the fire continue to flicker.

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