Sx18 - Reunited and It Feels So Good

***It's Helio-Time*** is the 18th session of the campaign*.* It is preceded by Sx17 — It's Helio-Time , and followed by Sx19 - I Wouldn't Call it a Massive Success

This session takes place over the period of 9 days when Oto and Khantos are still stuck in the labyrinth: from Kiriaki, the 7th of Akamantes, to Theftera, the 15th of Akamantes. Notable moments of this session are the group reuniting, Oto seeing another warforged, meeting the first people from the Cult of Dionysus and Leoven's Birthday.

> ***Side note about this session:** This is the period of time in which George lost his notebook and so the notes are all from memory. That means they are formatted in bullet points.*
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## Oto & Khantos Travel to Oval Pastures

* Oto and Khantos leave Green Oasis after receiving an iris message from the rest of the group and planning to meet at Oval Pastures in the north of Heliotym
* They get a Camel (Kay-Mel) named Eyelash for the journey
* They travelled through the deserts of Athens.
	+ On this journey they came across the corpse of a warforged (the first warforged that Oto had ever come across)
	+ On it's person was a journal that recounted everything that had happened to it.
		- Was travelling with an adventuring party to find a lost treasure
		- The party betrayed them and threw them into the desert where they were lost and slowly filled with sand which killed them
* Oto kept the notes on their person and left a drachma on them where it couldn't be pulled away into the storm.
* The pair arrived at Oval Pastures.

## Adrasteia, Leoven & Theobald Travel to Oval Pastures

* Adrasteia, Leoven and Theobald woke up at Posttown and called Oto and Khantos who finally picked up
* The group arranged to meet at Oval Pastures in Heliotym, which was a middle point for the group.
* They travel through Wingate and along the eastern road that goes directly to Dexicos.
* On the night watch, on this road, Adrasteia saw a hunter hiding in the woods and Theobald saw a small sect of the Cult of Dionysus.
* The next morning when they walk back they find out the hunter killed a member of the cult
* They skirt the outside of The Grand City Dexicos, and Leoven makes extra efforts to keep her identity hidden
* The group arrives at Oval Pastures and reunites with the group.

## Back Together and Heading South

* The group catches up, filling each other in on what had happened.
* Travelling south, Oto catches up with the Cult of Dionysus and they say that the last they heard was that the cult proper were in Hecate's Ravine
* Leoven continues to remain hidden as we pass through the country
* We quickly go into Dexicos to trade Eyelash for a horse named Brutus
* As we were walking down the orb that directed us to Orym Omara's belongings begins to point directly east into the mountains. - We lodged our horses in a small village and bought climbing gear.
* We started to travel towards the mountain and made camp at the base.
* That night Theobald read aloud small parts from his book on the Faen.
	+ The Faen, in turn, is the dominant organisation for the training of those with arcane or artistic talents (predominantly bards, wizards and sorcerers - though clerics and druids are not rare) within the city of Dexicos. It has historically been guarded and monitored by the Vallotis to balance both the light/truth and art/music focus of Apollo. The Upper Classes of Dexicos tend to be the largest demographic of people who make up the officials of the Faen as studying there grants a level of prestige and recognition of great artistic and/or magical talents. As such, many families aspire to send their children to the Faen to add to the status of the family name — unlike the Vallotis, who compromise mainly of those without magical talents and are largely regarded as not being blessed by Apollo.
	+ There are three main pillars of the Faen:
		- **Art:** This faction acts as the superficial face of the Faen, being a place of learning and cultivation of art as a form of worship. There is a range of activities studied here, all accompanied by the teaching and cultivating of magic ability, that includes and are not limited to: physical art, music, poetry, entertainment sports, dance and divination.
		- **Magic:** The most powerful casters gather in this faction. They practice magic with the aim to preserve and protect light and particularly focus on healing magic. They also have interests in the generation and protection of prophecy. -
		- **Experimentation:** Nothing is known about this pillar.
* Leoven and Oto had a conversation about their relationship and how they are close. Leoven says that it is her birthday and Oto gives her a pen (because he didn't have time to buy anything)
* Leoven suggested Oto should choose a birthday for himself - he has chosen one now.
* The next morning they begin to travel up the mountain

### Across the Mountain

* Climbed across the mountain all tied together, Oto had Feather Fall prepared.
* They fall at one point - Oto casts Feather Fall.
* They arrive at a cliffside looking over at a small stone box. This is the Snowbrook facility.