Session 13

## Miryn Stop Being Dumb

Neffres with support from the party rework the deal Miryn planned to make with Jael so that he could serve her while also sticking around as a mortal (Though when he passes away, he will continue to serve her). Jael agreed to this revised deal and gave the party the updated prophecy

### The Updated Prophecy

> "Four young heroes will enter the fray
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> Four who have lost and felt mourning's weigh
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> To love and lose and fight til nigh
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> When the blood of thousands reach the sky.
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> Seven weapons they are to carry
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> Of gold and iron and ichor
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> Two kingdoms will fall and both to marry,
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> At the top of my prison defeat the tricker.
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> Brave heroes you may not do this alone
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> For now your family is not at home.
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> Turn to each other and those you find
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> Three more you need to seal the bind.
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> One: of royal blood who's heart is split in two
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> Two: of wilde borne who is to start anew
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> Three: a soul of fire bound to raise the hells
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> Four: the mage of heroes blood with pain in every spell
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> Then a man still mourning now, is crowned in victory
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> Now, the bard to sing you to a benedictory
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> Last, a woman dealt with death, who's love will heal you all.
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> It is with those that you will win and tear down this great wall.
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> But beware to all who come and try to answer this true call
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> Your sacrifice is not in vain, but all you know will fall.
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> Stay true to this destiny, oh those with starry eyes,
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> The shining city lays before you, and again, the sun will rise."
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## On The Coast

Jael transports the group out of the prison and onto a beach where they reunite with Keelan and Elexi. Everyone who was imprisoned appears generally cleaned up and Miryn is now dressed in a white cloak, holding a white oak staff. Neffres also has her quarterstaff and other belongings with her.

After Neffres and Miryn share a brief moment of relief, the party members reintroduce themselves because Neffres had forgotten all their names. Arna and Renfri introduce themselves normally. Ondainae reintroduces herself to Neffres as Bob while disguised as a yellow tiefling. Neffres believes her.

The group settled around the campfire Elexi and Keelan had set up while they were waiting for the other five to show up. As we notice a glowing ship on the horizon, Keelan points out that it's his wife Fallon's ship. The group discusses their options: entering the forest or getting on Fallon's ship. They agree to get on the ship, seeing as the forest isn't going anywhere and they could more easily return to an immobile target.

As the party breaks out peach rum, Neffres asks for any amount of context for the situation her brother just cemented her into. Arna starts, explaining that she's the princess of Kalengrad, that her husband passed away, and that her husband's passing had something to do with her best friend (and the princess of Ophelidan) Clove. The others mention that there's some sexual tension between Clove and Arna, which Arna dismisses. They go on to explain that they all met at Bob/Ondainae's bar in Laertesia, went to a party, were told the prophecy at some point, and have already lost people on their journey so far. They start to recall going into the prison, but Neffres stops them because she was indeed there for that part.

After getting some of that basic information, the group asks Miryn what information he has to share.

### What Miryn Knows

Miryn starts by explaining how he ended up in the prison to begin with. He'd been doing research into who his mother is and where his magic came from and wound up finding one of his and Neffres' dad, Tybros', old journals. The journal was written in thieves cant, which Miryn was able to translate with some time. By reading the journal, he found out that his mother is Queen Laerta, that Tybros stole him from her in the middle of the night, and that Tybros ran with him to Ophelidan, where he later struck a deal with Laerta. As long as he and his family stayed out of her business and stayed in Pago with each other, they would all be safe. The week before he disappeared, Miryn began to do research on Jael and her temples. He'd gotten to close to being into Laerta's business and wound up in the prison because of it.

While researching into Laerta, Miryn learned that she is an extremely powerful (very possibly the most powerful) necromancer. She was raised by Romulus, who taught her that she needed to take Ophelidan for herself, which she is currently trying to do. She also experiments on her own people, using the "leftovers" to make healing potions.

While in the prison, Miryn prayed to Jael often and learned about the prophecy through her, as well as some of her own backstory. Jael made a deal with the death god Haelel to keep her people healthy. Laerta and Ophelia are their children. Because of the failed spell at the end of the first arc, people have started getting sick in Laertesia when previously no one experienced any form of physical illness. As far as he is aware, there haven't been any deaths yet.

### Further Discussion

Elexi mentions that she's been working on building up the forces of the Resistance and that Vespirae and Voxa have recently recruited a group of new people into their ranks. Neffres questions about how big the group is and Elexi estimates around 50 individuals. Upon the group questioning why she'd asked, Neffres vaguely insinuates that she could know the group. She had stayed with a rebellious group around that size in Laertesia for a year, but left because of some sort of relationship complications she refuses to elaborate on.

### The Mushroom Trip

The party does shrooms. Well, Arna, Renfri, Ondainae, and Keelan do. Arna and Renfri shrink to 1/4 of their size, Ondainae grows to 3x her size, and Keelan is cloned. Arna swims in a wine bottle, Renfri hangs out on Elexi's shoulder, and Ondainae swims out into the ocean, attempting to swim to the ship (it's way too far).

### Reunion (cont.)

Neffres and Miryn split off from the group to talk and catch up more while the rest of the group does shrooms (Or babysits, in Elexi's case). Miryn has to leave mid-day the following day to go to Ophelidan on Jael's behalf and help Queen Ophelia. He mentions that they could go back home for a brief visit before they have to continue on their separate journeys. Neffres immediately agrees to this plan.

Miryn then asks about what Neffres was avoiding talking about earlier around the campfire. Neffres explains that she'd been close with someone named Saz and Miryn presses her with questions about the nature of their relationship. Neffres starts explaining that she did and still does have feelings for Saz, but that she left her the group they were a part of after an argument during which Saz questioned why Neffres was still looking for Miryn, who was most likely dead. It was after she left that she realized she had feelings for Saz. Miryn's grateful that Neffres didn't stop searching, obviously.

The Kaye siblings return to the party just as the shrooms have worn off and everyone is heading to bed.

## Pago Visit

The next morning, Miryn, Neffres, Ondainae, Arna, and Renfri all magically travel to Pago, the Kaye's hometown to go shopping/see family. Ondainae, Arna, and Renfri go shopping on their own to give the siblings some time to see their family before they also show up to greet them. Neffres gives Arna all of her money with instructions to buy the components necessary to cast find familiar. The group encounters Joey Knives and Nuts once again. Ondainae buys three bags of nuts and berries before the group goes into Blood of my Blood. Renfri buys an enchanted knife and healing potions, Arna gets the spell components for Neffres and an enchantment on her sword, and Ondainae buys a 30-second-duration fly potion.

Before going back to the Kaye household, Miryn leads Neffres to the edge of town, where they sit on a bench in the park. He points out a dark-skinned woman and her child leaving their house and confesses that the kid is his. His partner sent him a letter telling him she was pregnant a week before he went missing, so he never had the opportunity to support her or their child and even now he can't stay. He asks Neffres to promise that she'll take care of the child and her mother should anything happen to him and she immediately promises.

The siblings leave the park and make their way back home, where they see new flowers planted around the outside of the house and their mother Isabelle sitting outside on the porch. Neffres awkwardly calls out to her, not sure how best to get her attention. The moment she sees them, she drops the book and mug in her hands, letting the mug shatter as she runs to them and hugs them tightly, whispering "Real..." to herself. As they embrace, Tybros runs out asking if everything's okay.