Session 28

**Session 28 of the Eden campaign** will take place in the near future (will begin early morning of 25 August 120 3A).

## Sessions 24-28 Recap

So… in the last session the party learned that Aldenburgh, the location to which Logarius directed the Suspects, isn't buried in the depths of the Drowned Land, but located within a large demiplane that can only be accessed through a Phylactery in the Royal Palace of Laurence the Second, King in Aldia, and leader of the New Monarchy.

Dynachus Thornblood, the Hellborn that has graciously shared such vital information with the party, now considers his debt to the Suspects paid, and he will soon return to the world to collect the artifacts of his people with which to challenge Uddreth, the tyrant of the Netherworld. But not before he asks the Suspects for a small favor...

Meanwhile, JoJo seems to be the only person in the party that is making friends instead of enemies in the city -- with the Crimson Cobras, who helped him find the party after it got separated. He's contractually pressed to retrieve the amphora of the ancient Dragonborn Bond, the Gallentrum bond, by Vallovar, a Red Dragonborn of the same Bond, and one of the leaders of the Crimson Cobras. In so doing, he might gain a valuable contact in the Roulan underworld.

Diero continues to act friendly, although he has yet to reveal his true leanings. Based on what he says, Asutali is to testify for the Suspects to the Aetherial Council, a group of mortal mages and magical users who claim to represent the best interests of the Planars. If her testimony does not convince this skeptical audience that the Suspects are not Vessels, which they are, the Council may try to 'terminate' them.

The Council is not the only organization that has grown wary of the Suspects: Iago and Huron recently staged a massive escape from the Covenant's prisons, and although the fire of the daring escape has long since been extinguished, the anger of the Cathedral at this embarrassing incident continues to blaze.

The Provost has not been seen by the party yet, although she is sure to try to cash in on the gamble she made with their lives in the very near future…

Although they had earlier been wary of Logarius's mysterious disappearance (it's only been about three weeks since he left), the real powers in control of Erideon and the world are now warily coming out into the light.

With the White Dragon now mysteriously vanished, the stage is now open for Planars and Extraplanars to battle to gain a controlling stake in the Nexus.

If the Suspects don't develop a game plan soon, they might be caught in the crossfire between dozens of factions that share no commonalities -- except for a shared fear and hatred of Dragonkind.

## Summary

The party meets at the Poor Bird Pub. Shump is possessed, and attacks Dynachus Thornblood, succeeding in killing him. However, Dynachus is revived, and separated from Shump by Asutali. The party goes drinking, where they meet some Gnomish Gwent players. The Gnomes work with Master Curioll Nirmarth, a famous Gnomish Artificer and inventor. The Gnomes hire the party to discredit the White Covenant, to attempt to cover their financial interests and protect themselves from further theft by the Covenant's clergymen. The party then aids JoJo in paying the debt owed to the Crimson Cobras, with interesting results. Krispin van ter Haar is found to be alive again under mysterious circumstances, although not for long -- the Covenant has passed judgement upon him and found him wanting in what amounts to a flagrant attack upon the Aetherial Council.

## Quests

### New

* **Plaster Saints (Everyone):** Help the students of Nirmarth with their ambition to discredit the White Covenant.
* **A Dragon among Men (Iago):** Help the Crimson Cobras heal the escaped Dragonborn.
* **The Dead among the Living (Everyone):** Help Krispin van ter Haar escape his grisly demise under the hands of the White Covenant, OR find some other way to discern what exactly happened to the Seal in Heaven's Reach.

### Ongoing

* **Devil's Advocate (Asutali and possibly others):** Prepare to testify before the Aetherial Council.

### Completed

* **The Forgotten People (Everyone):** Learn more of Dynachus's people.

* **One, Two, Three (JoJo):** Retrieve the stolen Amphora for the Crimson Cobras.

* **The Penitent Sinner (Everyone):** Help Ivar Gaustend find a new home.

* **A Gambling Man (Everyone):** Help Beran de Gaelst return to his family.

* **The Child of Hell (Iago/Huron):** Help Dynachus with a 'small favor'.