Session 19

Kyrie wakes up, holding Vesper's hand, as he's still in his trance. Meanwhile, Kendell and Dev also wake up. As they're coming around, Dev remembers that Gert is mad at them, and goes off to find some flowers to apologize to her with.

Kendell finds Salix and checks in with her. He tells her he needs to get better at using the Sword of Kas, and Salix says she'll spar with him, showing him the whip that Atlas left her.

They find Vesper and Kyrie, holding hands, sitting at the base of a tree. As Dev is looking for flowers, they come across Sentinel's body, beaten, and not breathing. They quickly contact the others, telling them what they found.

Salix rushes to where Dev found Sentinel, and quickly heals him. He stirs, but doesn't open his eyes immediately. Eventually, they manage to help him sit up. Kyrie investigates the area, finding that Sentinel was dumped there magically. Kendell notes chafe marks on Sentinel's wrists like he was bound, and asks him who did this, but Sentinel refuses to talk about it.

Salix helps him to his feet, and hands him a walking staff. Sentinel tells them that all he can do is bring them trouble. Kendell makes excuses for everyone else to move off, leaving Salix to help Sentinel back to camp. He tells her that members of the Silence set him up for a trap, trying to get information about the Divine Covenant, about Fate's Chosen, and about the Divine Covenant.

Salix asks him if he plans to hurt her or Kendell in any way, and he says no, hurt by the question. She tells him that she needed to be sure before she could invest time and emotional energy on him.

Dev finds some flowers and goes finds Gert chatting unhappily with Vesper. When she's done, Dev hands her the flowers and she offers them a hug, which they accept. She asks them if they're coming to Azmarin, and whether they would like to get some drinks or something sometime, which they agree to.

As Kyrie and Kendell hunt down a deer, Kendell tells them that he's struggling with understanding why Kyrie told Salix that they would burn down their grove if they could. Kyrie points out that, after 100 years, Kendell doesn't know the purpose of the grove. They tell him that they read in the book that the druids of the grove are being drained of magic, to feed the Feywild. Kendell demands to know why Kyrie wants to destroy everything instead of finding a better solution than what happened in Grassgrave, and why they haven't said anything sooner. Kyrie tells him that they didn't know how to even begin to have that conversation.

As the camp is packing up, Salix and Sentinel apologize to each other, and hug. The group discusses going to Azmarin with the survivors of Grassgrave, and Kyrie suggests that they spend some time there once they get there. Over the next 5 days, they all make their way along to Azmarin. Along the way, Kendell and Salix find a moment to spar.

While Kendell is scouting ahead on his own, the sword speaks to him again. She tells him that, once he is better with the sword, more power will be unlocked within it. He asks her how long she was in the cave where he found her. She tells him that she was there for 100 years, and that she was made by the Raven Queen herself, the very first hexblade. They discuss what it's like, serving the Raven Queen, and what Kendell can expect from it.

On the third day, Sentinel rides up next to Salix and offers her an Iris which only blooms for a few days a year, for her crown. On the 5th day, they all arrive at the massive walls of Azmarin. They find that about half a dozen of the soldiers are armed with guns. One of the soldiers approaches and tells them that they heard about Grassgrave, and that the devils that wiped out Azamarin have been slain.

The group decides to head to an upscale bathhouse called The Sparkling Pearl, and Kyrie and Kendell invite Vesper and Sentinel to join them there. Salix gives Gert 100 gold to help the people of Grassgrave, and Dev asks her to find them later at the bathhouse.

As they head into the city, they pass a store which only sells cupcakes, and buys a bunch. They come to the Sparkling Pearl, and find that it's very fancy.