Session x 143 "Estor's Escape Plan"

Session 143: Estor’s Escape Plan

As the fight in Calypso was concluded, the opposing wizard switched to a very genial demeanor and offered Tomisson a potential to come work for him. He said to look him up if she was ever in Waterdeep, he was Halistur Blackoak, the Mad Mage of the mega dungeon beneath the city.

Meanwhile, Bucky and Ruby Heart joined the arena as Halistar and his drow colleague disappeared with a snap of Halistar’s fingers. Bucky said she saw Gram teleport out of the arena. Bob theorized there were only a few places on The Plane of Air Gram would have gone. Muffy then reached out to Gram via sending and received a suspicious response. Ruby, very thankful for your win in the arena, offered to scry on Gram to which Rhys produced Gram’s thumb to help, seriously weirding out Tomisson.

Ruby saw Gram in battle aboard an airship with many ghosts involved battling a crew. You knew it was The Charm and together came to the conclusion that this was Estor, the ghost pirate captain and former Dragonlord who now inhabited Gram.

Rejoining your crew members, the Demi-gods Kyrah and Pythor, the out of retirement adventurers Father Thaddeus Dawnhunter and Helena Barterman and the Shadar-Kai warrior, Silohque, Rhys activated The Time Piece of Travel and teleported you all. Aiming for the deck of The Charm, his Spell did not quite get you there and you found yourselves once again free falling through the infinite sky of The Plane of Air. Bucky who was still able to fly thanks to The Machine of Lum the Mad, flew over to Ruby Heart who was giving a quick tutorial on how you could somewhat change your direction of falling on this plane based on your perception of “down”. Bucky showed Ruby the sigil for Balistar’s and asked if she could get you all there. You linked up and Ruby was able to. Bucky immediately flew towards the Charm while Muffy and Rhys dimension doored themselves, Kyrah and Silique to the deck of the ship.

Estor was making a break for below deck. Bucky had requested her Elephant friend to intercept, another oddity from The Machine of Lum the Mad, but the elephant only being a few hours old and never knowing anything but below deck was having trouble. Finally it was Mrs. Brunkle who subdued Estor.

Bucky grabbed some ropes which again, thanks to the machine of Lum the Mad, turned into poisonous snakes, and though she had hoped to tie Gram up she now found herself having to knock out a snake. Tomisson and the others arrived in time to see this.

Gram is now back. Bucky has come up with an idea while everyone catches their breath. Primus might well be beyond a direct confrontation, and after reading through the notes from Candlekeep she has theorized that something else might be able to power Primus' Orrery, allowing you to potentially bargain for The Heart of Mechanus. When she inquired with Balistar he mentioned one potential item. He did not know a great deal about it, but the power and structure of it made him think it might be a potential option. The item is known as a Luxon Beacon. It is a powerful item. He believed it was crafted by the Chronorgist Mage's of the Kyrnn Dynasty on a continent on your world far to the north and west of your home. When asked whether you might be able to purchase one, he mentioned he had tried himself, but such a thing seemed quite impossible. If you did want to get your hands on one, you would likely have to steal it.