Saving Scipio

*Hired by*: Azurax the Arcane, Cobalt Lord of the Raging Skies

*Mission Request*: Retrieve map of Pinioned Tomb from Navigant Verne

*Rewards/Loot*: (Pending)

*Discovered Places*: N/A

*Caravan Allies*: Gromlo (antiquarian), Caliban (cook), "Bob" (alarm gnome)

*Monsters Encountered*: Crystal lizard mama

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## Summary

Beebo finally reunited with the party after having been accidentally trapped in one of Foxwell Dint's menagerie cages a couple weeks ago when reboarding the Syzygy. The party spent the week in Uqhesh to rest and to wait for Aster's new sword before journeying to the City of Mirrors. Burke spent the time creating some new items, including a bag of holding and gyroscopic cart pots for Aster's growing collection of plants. Aster commissioned a magic item from Ophelia at The Lapis Ambry as a belated birthday present for Eira: a pair of goggles that can see the last 24 hours of visual data collected from a crystal pendant. The hope was Aster's flight could aid Eira in her map creation. Beebo made a deal with Aster to be allowed to wear the necklace whenever he wanted in return for generously paying for the gift (8,900gp!), which she happily agreed. Aster spent the rest of the week training Zephyra in combat and making some money on the side doing aerial tricks together above bars and taverns. She received her new sword, the Bronze Scimitar of Constellations on the last day of their break, and was very impressed with its make. Eira used the week to read her new magical atlas to research planar nexuses for the Feywild, Fire Plane (requested by Aster), Earth Plane, Water Plane, and Shadowfell on the material plane. She couldn't decipher Navigant Verne's writing initially so was unable to find any planar entrances for the Feywild or the Shadowfell, but she found a few different nexuses for the other three elemental planes. Luckily the party had already found one Feywild portal in the Crystal Forest to get to the City of Mirrors - the "New Quartz City" portal (see C3Ep23). Arco used the week to teach his followers the new visions he received from Onema while simultaneously using his new ability to learn new languages through touch.

The party teleported to the Temple of Verity and was making their way toward the New Quartz City portal when the found an abandoned campsite and crystal lizard tracks leading into the Crystal Forest. Being the kind adventurers they are, they followed the trail to find an unconscious man being held captive by a crystal lizard mother. Aster's new ranger training told her the mother was planning to feed the person to her three soon-to-hatch babies. The party was able to make quick work of the lizard momma. They harvested her purple head gem and gave Caliban the three eggs so he could make crystal lizard stew. After hacking away at the crystal cage, the party freed the weak mirage elf named, Scipio. Beebo fed a health potion to Scipio, and they learned he was a resident of the City of Mirrors. He frequents the material plane to collect novel trinkets and baubles to sell back home. They also helped him find his dropped bag of brass wind-up frog toys. He guilted Aster into paying him 2gp for a toy despite the fact that the party saved him. Beebo suddenly ate one of the toys with surprising ease. Scipio answer the party's questions about the City of Mirrors and explained how it is split into three factions called "Blocs":

* Argent - the representation of metal. Known for their strength and constitution. They make up the city's military.
* Prismatine - the representation of cyrstal. Known for their intelligence and wisdom. They care about laws, truth, and the arcane.
* Shimmerflow - the representation of liquid. Known for their dexterity and charisma. They range from spies to messengers.

Scipio shared that he is registered to Shimmerflow and that each party member will need to connect themselves to one of the three Blocs to be allowed into the city. Also they should not be alarmed by the locals, known as Mirai, who are more innately connected to the different Blocs. Aster asked him about the district of Silvercross - she was told by Azurax to go there to seek out the leader of the Jasper Order, a bloodhunter order dedicated to finding peace with lycanthropy. Scipio explained that Silvercross was an Argent district lead by Peritas, Saint of Platinum who is the head of the religious group: the Blade Saints. While Scipio was still distrusting of the party, he agreed to be their tour guide for the City of Mirrors since they party saved him.

#### *Bloc Sorting Quiz*

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https://www.opinionstage.com/a0rosenthal/welcome-to-the-city-of-mirrors-what-bloc-do-you-belong-to

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*Optional*: Take the Bloc quiz as your character to figure out what Bloc you belong to! :D