Arc 3: Knights of the Word

## Session 15: A Friend in Need

Named NPCs met: The Great Salvio, Ozimandias, Tyresse Segal (in a Scry), Karush Dolamon (in a Scry), Ingrid the Incorruptible (in a Scry)

Session started with Sterling getting a message from Hans, officially inviting him to join the Knights of the Word (Sterling happily accepted). The party tried to figure out what to do with the dragon (Trey and Sterling agreed that Ice Knife was the best option). They freed Alphonso and he (reluctantly) agreed to help them. Miriam started rebuilding Waypoint with the help of the Kobolds, and gave the Fire Fellas a small tavern.

Gwen and Sterling were walking together when he tried to attack her, but felt his powers momentarily dim. She escaped, and tried to convince him that the Knights of the Word burned down the hotel. He wasn't convinced but agreed not to hurt her.

Bumble said goodbye to her parents, who were leaving with the Crimson Fang. Her dad gave her his magical dagger, the Bloodletter.

The Fire Fellas spent some time Scrying with their new crystal ball. They Scryed on Brad (sitting at the top of Niceman tower, staring vacantly into space and under a charm spell), Ozimandias (with his wife, and way younger in the present) Angela (training with Karush, another member of the Knights of the word. She seemed unsure about was to do as leader), Giovanni (weeping in total, magical silence, mourning his partner Adelaide), Sildar (nervously taking notes at a Knights of the word meeting), Ingrid the Incorruptible (sitting on a throne in a stone room, surrounded by multicolored water), Tyresse (getting the news about Bad Naddie. He was enraged, having thought that that Bad Naddie was his real son) and Howard Morrison (in Oar's Rest, planning to try and take back Waypoint).

Meanwhile, Sterling found some flaws in the Knights of the Word's story about the fire and started to doubt them.

They left town to rescue Brad. Alphonso said he'd keep the dragon asleep until they got back. On the road, they fought a Medusa named the Great Salvio. They killed him, but Sterling's feet got turned to stone. Naddie found a lil statue that turned into a giant snake.

That night, Ozimandias showed up while the party was in the vase. He knocked Trey out and flew off with the vase (leaving Trey behind). He threatened to drop the vase off a cliff if John didn't come out. When John left the vase Ozimandias tried to execute him for time crimes, but John escaped and turned into a giant shark. He took the vase and they ended up on a beach nearish to Chronia. Session ended with everyone falling asleep.

## Session 16: A Worthy Addition

Named NPCs met: Orion

Session started with a scene back in Waypoint. The dragon woke up in the middle of the night, and Alphonso was barely able to put it back to sleep. That morning on the beach, Vedan sent a message to Trey, who confirmed that he was alright and he would meet them in Chronia. Miriam sent them a message about the Dragon. To get to Chronia faster, they turned Sterling into a Giant Eagle and had him carry the vase there. After they ran out of Polymorphs they found a bunch of Gricks attacking a ship that has somehow landed in the trees. They killed the Gricks, but the crew of the ship stole the vase. The Fire Fellas were able to catch them, and found out that they were working for the Unsinkable Few, and that the cult wanted the vase to stop Vedan from destroying the deck. They got to Chronia, where there were banners everywhere proclaiming Brad's return as prince. Also, they were wanted for Arson. Sterling let them stay in his apartment. They went to rescue Trey, who was in a Thieves Den in the sewers, being forced into a fighting pit. In the Thieves' den Gwen met the magic item salesman Orion and stole a luckstone from him. John turned Gwen invisible and she rescued Trey. Sterling called the city guards to clear out the Thieves' den, and as the rest of the party were making their escape they saw that Winston Ramsay was the head of the place. When they got back, they found Sildar waiting at Sterling's apartment. Session ended with Sildar saying that they didn't have much time until Brad was lost forever.

## Session 17: The Candle That Burns Brightest

Named NPCS met: Karush Dolamon, Cedric Caldera

Session started with Sterling in the Thieves Den. He shut it down and killed Ramsay. Karush asked to meet him before the Knights of the Word meeting that night. Meanwhile, Sildar met with the group at Sterling's apartment. He told them that he thought Brad was Charmed, and if they didn't save him before his recoronation that week it could be permanent. That night, Sterling met with Karush, who warned him about burning out too quickly and basically told him to give up all his dreams.

Sterling was shaken but still went to the meeting. After the meeting, Angela asked him about meeting the Fire Fellas in Waypoint. She found out they helped him with Bad Naddie and blew up at him. She said that they'd continue with the knighting, but he'd never really be a part of the team.

Sterling went back to his apartment, forgot to get Hans to un petrify his feet, went back to the church, then went back to his apartment. He talked to the rest of the group and agreed to help them rescue Brad and take down the Knights of the Word.

The next day, they investigated Niceman tower, almost got caught by a Glyph of Warding (Reverse Gravity) on a rock, but put the rock in a box so it was ok. They went back to Sterling's apartment and made a plan to rescue Brad at Sterling's Knighting ceremony after trapping Ezry and Ayla in the vase. Vedan sent a message to Alya asking to meet her. When her and Ezry showed up, Naddie tricked them into going into the vase, then picked it up, trapping them in there. Vedan fought Ezry and Alya to stop them from escaping, while the rest of the group rushed to the cathedral to rescue Brad. On the way, the vase went dark, like it had been dispelled from the inside. They got to the cathedral, and Gwen put Brad in the Bag of Holding and almost escaped but got Counterspelled at the last moment.

The Knights of the Word intercepted the Fire Fellas before they left. Angela rushed to attack Gwen, but Sterling grappled her before she could.

Session ended with Sterling officially breaking his Paladin Oath.

## Session 18: The Final Word

Named NPCs met: Driz'zt (in a vision), Zariel (in a vision)

Session started with a fight breaking out in the cathedral. Naddie immediately summoned a demon inside a church. During the fight, Brad escaped the bag and Sterling barely managed to get the crown off him before he was charmed permanently. As he was freed from the void he had a choice between allying wuth a devil woman (Zariel), an angel, and demon person (Driz'zt). He chose Driz'zt. Together, the Fire Fellas took down most of the Knights of the word (Sildar killed Hans, we're all very proud of him). Once Angela was the only one left, she threatened to kill Bumble while she was unconscious. She made Gwen give her the bag, but thanks to a lucky roll Naddie managed to knock Angela out. Gwen looked in the bag and found the Tome of Ultimate Good, which she had been unknowingly carrying this whole time. They captured Angela instead of killing her. Session ended with the Fire Fellas escaping the church of Tyr.

## Session 19: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire

Named NPCs met: none

Session started with the group running through Chronia. They managed to escape Howard Morrison and left through the sewers, heading back to Waypoint. On the way, Vedan communicated (through filling up the vase with wine) that he was mostly ok. Brad realized he had a new ukulele that read "for the true king of Chronia". They also found out that no one could touch the Tome of Ultimate Good since it needed a chosen one.

They got to Waypoint and put Angela in jail. She refused to speak to anyone. Miriam told them that Chronia was planning to try and take back Waypoint, but they figured out that they could get Waypoint designated as a religious site because it held the Tome of Ultimate Good. Sterling started putting together a team to protect the artifact. Sildar, Alphonso, Klance, Klang, and Arlo joined. When Sterling met Arlo, he recognized him from when he was a kid. He regained his childhood memories of his parents, and Alya Niceman attacking his village and kidnapping him. Arlo and Sterling reunited.

The Fire Fellas started preparing to finally fight the dragon. Gwen tried to convince Angela to help them, but she was still non responsive. Brad cast Charm Person on her to get her to cooperate. When she was charmed, Angela was immediately apologetic, saying that she cared about Gwen and was sorry.

They woke up the dragon, and during the fight Miriam and Angela were killed. Sterling slayed the dragon, and they Revivified Angela and Miriam. Despite the charm being broken, Angela was still apologetic, and she and Gwen reunited. Angela broke her Paladin Oath. Sterling asked her to join his new team, and she accepted. Sterling named the team the Oathbreakers.

That night, Vedan contacted Gwen telling her that Alya, and Ezry and him were in the Astral plane.

Session ended with everyone having a party before they left for Ghor Dahrim :)