Game 93

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*This is the seventh day without ra*in.

It is Noon. We take stock of the damage. Ereb is bothered that Rowan killed the DuPont guy.

* Ereb finds a note on his body that says: *“Zealot’s Corner. 2 pm; Be there."*

* Ereb also finds 2 Electrum daggers with sapphires in them which do have magical abilities.
* Otto loots a few things from the bodies.

Turns out that DuPont was the guy who framed Ereb for murder in Amn. We decided to go check on Runa and then try to rest. Runa is ok but not great. We decide to have Rowan turn invisible and carry Runa to the Aqueduct ruins using flight. When we leave the thieves’ den the rain has started.

We see a well which has a man in black robes wielding a katana. He’s a fucking samurai! [black-magister] Rowan turns himself and Runa invisible while Ereb and the rest go up to him. Samurai holds up curly blonde hair(Cirrine’s) and tells Otto to come to the Neverdeath Graveyard in one hour. Rowan takes Runa to the bedroom in the tower at the top while everyone else heads with Otto.

**Master Thiefcatcher - Waldrow Blackfoot**

Otto and the group arrive at the graveyard where the samurai and the blue swallows are waiting with a bound Cirrine.  Waldrow Blackfoot is talking with Otto with Cirrine bound beneath him. Waldrow threatens us and calls us rats which he has not killed yet. He pulls a dagger out to ‘make it interesting’ as he presses the knife into her hand and pulls out quickly, cutting her hand. Otto reaches for his war-hammer but Waldrow says not to or else they will put a bolt into he head. Otto asks what he wants. Waldrow kicks her and sends her towards Otto as the samurai takes two scimitars out and tosses the towards Cirrine. Cirrine looks confused and is holding her head. Otto walks forward and attempts to pass off the holy symbol to Cirrine.

Cirrine suddenly seems to realize what is happening she says:

*“Tomas, Temaria...Tuealeth...you killed them”* to Waldow as he bows with the dagger out, smiling.

*"You killed Otto..."* she says through clenched teeth.

Cirrine glances at the scimitars. Otto moves forward quickly taking her by the arm and presses the Holy symbol into her hand. Cirrine growls and then lunges forward to Waldrow. *‘No!’*

-several of the blue swallows fire off their crossbow bolts. Otto feels blinding score of burning pain and is grounded. He gingerly reaches up to feel the fletching of a bolt in his right eye. He heavily looks through the searing pain to see Cirrine with a bolt in her neck. She tried to forms words with her mouth, but only choked sounds come out, then collapses to the ground.

Otto feels something bubbling inside of him surging...roiling...then something inside him breaks. A storm rapidly begings to build. In the distance the group can hear people shouting. Otto lets out a tumultuous scream and violent arcs of red lightning shoot out of him into the sky as the storm surges forward violently erupting. He slowly begins lifting into the air as the Blue Swallows begin ducking for cover.

--the spell, "Storm of Vengeance" activates.

(Then Phil Walked in). Merius/Damien appears out of the tunnels underground and sees the scene before him. Otto is floating several feet above the ground with red lightning coils spinning around Otto. Lightning shatters those in the immediate area, deafening the majority of those close, Merius included. Otto continues rising up into the air as some of the Blue Swallows are killed and the majority run away, including the black magister and Waldrow. Multiple attempts to stop Otto and heal Cirrine take pace.

Meanwhile, Rowan drops Runa off at the tower and starts flying toward the storm where red lightning is crackling and striking all over the graveyard.

**The Death Card**

Damien takes out a box that he has and a key that was from Merric Zalatos and Weaves some somatic signs and inserts the key into the box. The box begins to move and the eye on the outside oves. Inside the box is a deck of cards which Damien removes and looks at. Damien then draws a card which is the Death Card. A sphere of death essence and black flames. Damien ends up counterspelling his own spell and backs away from Otto as it seemingly makes things worse. Otto then blasts everyone left including himself and falls unconscious. The red lightning in the storm then fades back into a normal lightning color. Damien and Ereb stabilize Otto noticing tendrils of magical lightning burns not healing his damaged eye.

**Regroup**

The group heads to Zeelia’s Magical Bakery at Merius’ request. They get Otto and Cirrine on tables and much healing happens as Zeelia steps out to go get more healing potions. Otto wakes up shortly after Zeelia leaves and Otto feels serious pain in his right eye. He asks about Cirrine and Damien tells him to go easy as Otto sits up looking for Cirrine. Otto begins to examine Cirrine. Otto blames himself for this situation and Damien attempts to dissuade him from thinking this way. Otto asks about Blackfoot, the halfling and Damien explains that he ran away. Damien asks if we were following him and everyone is confused. We tell him about being summoned by the Magister Samurai. Damien tells how he both left and did not leave Neverwinter. They talk about how Cirrine followed Merius but Merius says she could not have followed him for very long. Otto sas he has business with Blackfoot that he will need to resolve before leaving.

Rowan arrives and attempts to get an explanation of what happened but nobody explained very well what happened but Rowan understands that Otto became a ‘lightning man’ and almost killed everyone. Otto is still talking about being alone from us since he almost killed everyone but we talk him down and say that we need his help for whatever. Next, Merius conducts an investigation in order to find out who took his Whiskey. Later We end up taking a short rest. Zeelia asks us to leave because we are not necessarily in the good graces of the law. We take a short rest and then head to the tower in order to go to sleep.

**Cards of Mithas and the Primordial**

At the tower Merius begins to tell us of the different types of Blight. Merius was summoned by his master into the graveyard at the Tomb of Erliza Darressin Which then led him into the Tower of Pavel Therantis. Merius’ teacher found Merius and opened a door which led him into studying the Thay. Otto and Merius talk about Merius’ attempt to get answers and Otto believing that tonight was not him being a willing follower of Lathander. Merius decides not to finish his tale so as not to scare everyone. Ereb commences eye rolls. Otto tells us about his relationship with Waldroe Blackfoot. Blackfoot took care of them and then betrayed Otto and Cirrine to the thief catchers. Otto says he has never wanted anyone dead as much as Blackfoot. Otto feels hypocritical about professing morality to the rest of us when he wants someone dead. There are some kind words to assuage Otto. Ereb has the Daggers from DuPont identified by Merius. Ereb confronts Damien about disappearing from the group for a while and that Merius does ot want to tell us where he got the cards from. The Primordial that he stole the cards from was betrayed by Grumush(Talos, Tyr). Malar is apparently one of the entity’s siblings. Rather than barter, Merius tricked the creature by distracting it and taking the box and running.

Ereb asks Malar about the box and the deck of cards. Malar replies that the “Cards are not one of ours. To my knowledge the cards were a gift. Long ago, We were worshiped. We were prized and strong. My siblings and I. But then they came across the stars and distance and stole what was ours. Mortals and ortal lives. They are liars and clever. We wanted natural balance. Being closer to mortals respects that balance. They did not. Upon their insurrection they gave man tools to ensnare my siblings, but I care not as I only desire the chase, the hunt. Myska the Wolf Spider, Dendar the Night Serpent, ….. Nehushta the Immortal. Be wary, Erek Hus whispers. And Koza, Sire of Rage, Lord of Storms, whisper of chaos. The mortals would never have gotten the upper hand without him. I took the wilds and Kohza took the seas. Divided we all fall. I am left shattered begging for scraps. Erek Hus would seek to enslave us all.“

Merius uses an illusion to show us the entity and the location where he met this entity. Merius says this is Nashuta, The immortal and is a figure in red robes with no face. Malar tells Ereb that the faces are the price they pay. Merius says that he met some mechanical creatures.

Ereb hears the voice in his mind, *“He uses his own kind for food. I will tear out his heart. We will tear out his heart.”*

Merius then says Pavel Tharantis is possibly killed Trelor.

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