You Should See Me in a Crown

The Acquaintances With Weapons end the war with the Merchant Princes by killing Highfather Zitembe.

## Major Plot Points

* Neuriel, Voloth, Stzu San, Vulveeta, Olivia, Dani, and Calypso met with Queen Maxima and her small council to devise a battle strategy against Highfather Zitembe.
* Diana and Roark sent the navy and Grung scouts to patrol the waters of the Isle of Ubtao where Highfather is hiding.
* Ivy gave the group a piece of a powerful fruit that heals 75 HP
* Queen Maxima kissed the foreheads of each of her honor guard members and wished them good fortune in the fight.
* AWW went to the Temple of Savras after dark to sneak in and use its teleportation circle to get to the Isle of Ubtao.
* Dani made Calypso, Olivia, Vulveeta, and herself invisible. Stzu San, Neuriel, and Voloth disguised themselves as Savras worshippers.
* Stzu San failed to pick the lock several times. Each failure made her get shocked with radiant energy. Voloth and Olivia didn’t fare any better.
* Voloth broke one of the temple’s stained glass windows to get inside. The broken glass reformed into a gargoyle and attacked the party. Stzu San, Voloth, and Neuriel killed it.
* Once inside the temple, AWW found wooden pews with their donation buckets emptied. A large stone eye hung from the ceiling over the temple’s dais. It shot out beams of radiant energy. AWW successfully destroyed it.
* Voloth, Stzu San, Vulveeta, and Olivia went into a small office. Stzu San figured out a magical candle trap and put it out before it could explode.
* Upstairs, the party found a master bedroom. Vulveeta opened a wardrobe and a cyclops jumped out of it. Voloth slayed the monster.
* In the basement, the party found a bunch of Bloodmoon crates and the temple’s vault. Voloth attempted to open a crate only to discover it was a mimic. Stzu San cut the beast in half.
* Stzu San picked the vault’s lock and discovered a teleportation rune on its floor. The rune brought AWW to the Isle of Ubtao.
* AWW found Highfather Zitembe surrounded by more than 20 minions in a large cavern. Zitembe unleashed vicious spells that heavily damaged and blinded half the party. Calypso cast storm sphere to eliminate a few ninjas. Voloth shot at them with his eldritch blasts. Stzu San shot her arrows and threw her shadowblade. Dani summoned a wall of fire to separate the party and Zitembe’s force. Olivia flew up to snipe at her enemies by throwing handaxes. Vuvleeta shot her arrows through the fire wall and struck true despite the disadvantage. Neuriel healed the party’s severe wounds. Stzu San decapitated Highfather Zitembe. His head rolled onto the ground and then shifted into a beholder. His eye rays slowed Olivia and made Vulveeta afraid. Dani landed a devastating disintegration ray at the multi-eyed creature.Voloth struck him with his maul and lit him aflame with his bonfire spell. Neuriel attacked with his flaming sword and spiritual weapon. Calypso summoned a bolt of lightning from her storm sphere and then unleashed a chain lightning spell to electrocute Highfather Zitembe to death.
* You recovered 20,000 gold from Highfather Zitembe’s lair.
* Queen Maxima arrived at the shore and thanked AWW for their service and securing Port Nyanzaru’s progressive future.
* You’re all level 13 now!