Session 82 "Dutches & Dragons"

Session 82 Recap: Dutches and Dragons

Following the meeting with the Lord’s Alliance, you met with Professor Broom, and after running some errands around Waterdeep and collecting your companions, Dutch and Chadwick, Muffy teleported you all to the Citadel of Light. Mornmaster Gladwell told you you had just missed Rensig who had apparently teleported into the Citadel the day before with your horses and donkey and had headed towards St. Carwhale's Vale to try and catch up with you.

The Mornmaster also told you what information he knew of The Sleeper in the Tides and a little of what happened the last time the Sleeper had awakened. It was well over a millennia ago, during the reign of the worst power this region had ever known, Shoon VII Lord of The Shoon Imperium who was responsible for millions of deaths including supposedly the extermination of unicorns from these lands. Shoon VII was a devastatingly powerful mage, who had multiple clashes with the legendary dragon, the final one taking place in the skies above Amn (though the land was only know as part of the Shoon Imperium in those days). Thousands died from the destructive power that was unleashed. In the end, The Sleeper, who in those days was known simply as Sharp Fangs, was the victor, dismembering Shoon which opened the door for a slave rebellion lead by Prince Amnar for whom Amn is named after.

While at the Citadel, Dorn seemed intent on finding Diane, and asked her out on a date, while the rest of you all asked The Professor to look into a few matters if he was heading to Candlekeep. He said he was planning to for research on the entities that had attacked his brother’s school, but also to look in on a friend who he had asked to research the nature of the eggs and Tharizdun. The friend had apparently been deeply and negatively effected by what he found in his research and you all agreed that any investigation into these matters should be done with the utmost care. You left with the plan of heading to both Hazim’s summer palace and Athkatmon to potentially find both Begbee and if possible, The Sleeper.

It was on the journey south on the next day that Rhys shocked everyone by calling forth Grin into an embodied form to cross a river. For the first time The Lucky Seven have laid eyes on Grin as a dragon and for most of you, this was the first time you have heard his voice as well. With Grin able to carry both Rhys and Dorn aloft, and with Bucky’s new ability to transform into a fairy like form, Muffy transformed into an all black eagle, and together Grin and Muffy flew you all to Hazim’s palace in less than half the time it would have taken otherwise.

You told Hazim of Laeral Silverhand’s request, and with the caveat that he wanted to ensure he would be put up in appropriately extravagant style, and that he get a ride on Grin, he was ready to go. Muffy sent Hazim, Quora and several other guards to the northern city and you all spent the night at Hazim’s palace. The next morning when she tried teleporting the rest of you to Athkatmon, the spell failed. Instead she transformed back into an eagle, and along with Grin you all flew out over the ocean. Using a spell scroll, Bucky cast Water Breathing on the group, and you plunged into the ocean and made your way towards the mouth of the Alandor river which bisects Athkatmon. However as you approached you spotted entities guarding the mouth and we pick up in the heat of battle.