Eye Spy With My Beholder's Eye

30th June 2021

## Adventurers Attending

* Sharian Naetris
* Aljostion
* Rain
* Cassidious "Cassidy" Naïlo

## Mission Notes

Wanting to further his progress in his Anti-Gith Spell, Cass spoke with Blaze regarding the location of any beholders or portals to the Astral sea, in order to gather more of the spells components. With the assistance of Blaze's Great Great Grand Niece, Blazing Sky, the party were directed to an old temple in the mountains south of the black swamp.

Finding the Gith had beaten them there and were laying in wait, along with multiple large insect-like aberrations, the group were quickly forced into combat, though were able to defeat their enemies with relative ease. Taking their time to ensure this level of the temple was clear, they investigated, discovering the temple was one belonging to the God Celestian, a god known as a traveller of the astral sea.

Heading deeper into the temple, the group moved into a cavernous chamber, a huge portal to the astral sea at the far end, but several gith and more of the insectiods between it and them. As combat started, one of the Gith approached the portal, summoning something from beyond, which was quickly revealed to be a purple worm, likely the one banished there by Cassidy in the past, but now changed by prolonged exposure to the energies of the astral sea.

Despite both Rain and Aljostion being swallowed by the astral purple worm during the fight, the party emerged victorious, deciding to take a short rest before travelling any further.

Whilst resting, they searched the bodies and supplies of the Gith, finding 2 peculiar rods of different materials, one silver and one quartz.
Saving them for later, they chose to enter the portal to the astral sea, believing a beholder to be nearby within, a belief they were correct in.

The battle with the Beholder was short and brutal, each member of the party taking hits from the it's eye beams, with Aljostion unfortunately taking a fatal shot from a disintegration ray. Once the beholder had been killed, the party collected up what they could off Aljostions remains, binding some to a conjured star which was released to travel the astral seas forever, before returning to the material plane and sealing the entrance to the cavern wherein lay the portal.

Sharian ended up writing a successful kids book based on the Purple Worm trapped in the Astral Sea

## Loot

* 2100 EXP
* Gold 600gp each from the sale of the various gems and jewellery found on the gith bodies
* Sharian - 1 x quartz tuning fork (Astral Sea)
* Sharian - 1 x silver tuning fork (Mechanus)
* Sharian - 1 x partial map of the astral sea (Gives a +1 to checks made to navigate the astral sea)
* 1 x Beholders Eyeball (plus a smaller one for Rain)
* 1 x Holy Symbol of Celestian (+2 Holy Symbol, containing the following gems; Amethyst, Diamond, Emerald, Jacinth, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz. Sale prices for gems available upon request)
* 1 x Partial blueprints for a strange boat/ship not designed for sea faring travel.

## Rumours

* Completing the blueprints - Sharian
* Find a worthy follower of Celestian to show them the temple and give them the holy symbol - Sharian