Session 25

— 12th of Octyavr, 735

Entry 25. After putting on that impressive spectacle of the sun managing to at least distract the incited Vallakians, Dragex and his companions were proclaimed by the baron as a blessing sent from the Morninglord in front of the confused Vallakians and attempted to take benefit of the situation and reinstate his motto after which he ushered the heroes ro dine with him and have a discussion. Following him to his mansion they met up with the Baron's off-putting henchman, Izek who seemed fixated on Ireena from the moment he saw her, and was ushered to escorts the 'witch' to the stacks.

Inside the large but not well preserved mansion they met with Lydia, the baroness who after serving them tea and pastries urged the characters to speak with her brother, the priest of the local church under the pretense that he'd be excited to hear about them. Upon conversing with the seemingly Machiavellian baron who attempted to recruit them as peacekeepers during his festival, the group began to doubt Vargas's motives. It was later revealed to Dragex through means of his mind reading spells that the baron had no benevolent intentions for the people of Vallaki as a ruler and instead wished solely for power. Having enough of the conversation, the troupe complied to the baroness and went to the local church. There they met father Lucian who seemed rather doubtful of their allegiance to the Morninglord, adding that their little spectacle during the festival had not fooled anyone.

Nevertheless he invited them to the sanctioned space of the church and made mention of the sermon that was coming up to Valyra who seemed so willful to learn more about the Morninglord. Leaving the church the sorceress asked of her rogue friend to guide them to the place of that man who courted her in the Blue Water Inn. Following the road East to the Arasek Stockyard and walking south along it's many locked sheds they arrived at a warehouse with a parked sturdy colorful wagon on the inside, the writing on its side "Rictavio's Carnival of Wonders" betraying the fact that it belongs to the half-elf bard. Brando lead them to the door and proceeded to break in. The only thing worthy of notice was the metallic construction of sorts loosely resembling a crossbow over a journal where Rictavio detailed his experiences as a carnival master. The group left to  reconvene in the center of the town around the crowd facing the stage where a performance was taking place. Watching from a reserved space was Rictavio who was preparing for his own performance as well. Valyra went on to inquire about his knowledge of vampires and whether they had any weaknesses but he could only offer her superstitions of the commoners and various myths. Dragex was enthusiastic about meeting another bard and asked to be part of his performance. Rictavio hesitantly agreed, not sure of the skill of the dragonborn but was not disappointed. Their performance was something that the town of Vallaki had never experienced, enchanting the crowd with their music and the theatrics of his monkey along the dancers brought nothing short of rapture to the commoners watching. Hearing the cheering crowd for the first time in years, the Baron came to congratulate once again the blue dragonborn and proclaiming his performance once again as a sign from the Morninglord ensuring that he would bring peace and happiness to the people.

Valyra this time asked to have an audience with the Baron who was more than compliant to do so. He inquired if they had decided to work with him or not but Valyra steered the conversation towards the motives behind his festivals and his purposes as a ruler. His ardent fixation on striking down any opposition to his rule and incessantly trying to convince them that “all will be well” despite doing nothing to ensure that as a ruler, adding a hint of arrogance and threatening the group with imprisonment for defying him served as the cherry on top that drove Valyra to execute the baron in front of his guards, who immediately proceeded to attack the group. Although outnumbered, the newly self-named Renegades eradicated the rest of the guards and proceeded to leave the throne room, coming to face the shocked baroness who witnessed the slaughter and began to scream after her dead husband.

"Someone has to stain their hands with blood."

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