Session 4 - Who are the Ordained?

1493-03-23 - Hour 5:00 AM - Dawnlight Tower

Session Date: January 8th, 2022

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Elsewhere in the World ...

Nil continued to run down the dark alley despite her lungs burning like they were on fire. She rounded one corner after another hoping to lose her pursuers but she felt the poison from the arrow begin to affect the strength in her legs. She was coming to accept that her life would soon end. 

She looked around for the hiding place and finally found it. “Please work …” she thought and grabbed her journal, The one she wish she had never written, and shoved it behind a window flower box. Then she kept running. 

The air seemed to ripple momentarily as she was struck from behind. She hit the pavement and rolled. Every muscle now frozen solid. 

Her cheek on the ground she tried to see her assailant. The two assassins chasing her came into view along with a third man in black leather robes and a peculiar walk. She then realized he wasn't walking at all but gliding half a foot above the ground. His features were invisible in the dark but the outline of his deformed head was clearly seen. Knowing her fate she looked out over Baldur’s Gate one last time. 

But a pair of silver and gold boots stepped in to block her view. A woman with short white hair smirked down at her from her scared face. She let go of her shield only for it to float in place as if hanging from an invisible thread. Then, drawing her sword it erupted in flame and it was the last thing Nil saw.

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5:00 AM - Lv 4 of Dawnlight Tower - Throne Room

Party searches throne room for treasure and uncovers a dimensional door. It leads to a round room with alcoves filled with remains and an alter covered in treasure. The trap that would have animated the dead if the treasure was touched is deactivated. They find:

140000 gp

21 gems
- 3 blue-green turquoise - 10 gp ea
- 2 blue zircon - 50 gp ea
- 3 black coral - 100 gp ea
- 7 black jasper - 500 gp ea
- 4 olive green peridot - 1000 gp ea
- 1 deep green emerald - 5000 gp ea

8 art objects
- Velvet Choker threaded w/ Platinum (250 gp)
- Gold Chime engraved with a Distinguished Coat of Arms (250 gp)
- Coral Salt Cellar set with Fire Opal (250 gp)
- Gold Circlet engraved with Thorned Vines (750 gp)
- Fine Leather Vest tooled with Elven Script (750 gp)
- Platinum Ring engraved with Dragon Scales (2500 gp)
- Onyx Coffer engraved with Arcane Runes (2500 gp)
- Scroll of Masterwork Calligraphy in Silver Ink on Vellum (2500 gp)

7 trinkets

- A ring that gets warm when detecting radiant damage on an item or surface (glows white)

- A leaf from a Silveroak Tree that never wilts. While you hold the leaf you can speak Sylvan.

- A hat that keeps you magically dry in any rain.

- A pea sized crystal and a compass that always points toward the crystal.

- A horn that when blown can clearly be heard by everyone within 300 feet. After blowing the horn the users’ words are amplified for the next minute and can also be heard by everyone within 300 feet.

- A bell that awakens anyone within 30 feet when rung.

- An outfit of clothing that never gets dirty and magically mends any rips or tears.

Magic Items:

Ioun Stone (Absorption)
Iron Flask
Oil of Sharpness
Potion of Healing (Greater) x3
Potion of Speed
Potion of Stone Giant Strength
Ring of Spell Storing
Alchemist's Fire
Slippers of Spider Climbing
Stone of Good Luck (Luckstone)
Winged Boots
Devlin's Spellbook (wizard)

Claire attunes to the Ghost Lantern 

[Time spent: 30 min]

5:30 AM - Lv 4 of Dawnlight Tower - Party argues for 30 min

[Time spent: 30 min]

Rolen (Jonathan) - gets Wither’s Spellbook and Radiant ring trinket

Party uses scroll of plane shift to return to Chult. While in Feywild only a few hours, 3 days have passed in Faerun.

They arrive in a town square surrounded by people. Once in Chult the party is met by people who are stunned to see them. Most people believe that they left during a celebration in their honor for 3 solid days and they are not happy about it.

They walk to see Syndra Silvane

[Time spent: 1 hr]

1493-03-26 - Hour 7:00 AM - Syndra Silvane

Talking to Syndra reveals the following:

- It's getting more and more difficult to get information. People are disappearing including two major information brokers and a third one has gone underground. Some of her friends in the Harpers have suffered the same fate.

- She has only one lead and it comes with several problems - MP Zhanthi who said she heard of another similar cult who also cannibalizes their victims but couldn't recall the name. They are called the Bone Clan Clan. But they seem to have all but disappeared a couple years ago. 

- There’s a paladin who’s been trying to take down the Bone Clan for years. He took the Oath of Vengeance against them when they killed his adopted family.

- Here’s the problem - the trail ran cold. With the disappearance of the Bone Clan so did his leads. Along with his gold. He is still convinced they exist but can’t find anything and has crawled inside a bottle. He has turned to drink and self-destruction. Convincing him to help will hard.

- He’s located in Baldur’s Gate. Check anywhere there's alcohol or gambling. 

- With people disappearing if he has any connection to this he may be next. 

- Syndra gives them a stone and says report to her. She can call them too. 

- His name is Orrick Blackshield. QUEST: 3.1 - Find Orrick Blackshield & get his help

- Also, there has been more political unrest ⁃ several of the @Merchant Princes have used the party’s disappearance as a way to destabilize and discredit Queen M (Mwaxanare). Because of this many are upset with the PCs because it looks like they abandoned the people and the The Mark of Heritage

That evening Queen M goes before the people and assures them that the PCs were away on a quest of national importance will continue to look into it.

Early the next morning the PCs board a (very, very, very fast) ship for Baldur's gate.

[Time spent (including travel): 1 day & 21 hours]

1493-03-28 - Hour 5:00 AM - Baldur’s Gate

Upon landing the party find's a place to stay and attempts to do some investigating in the local library. They also learn the librarian is a member of the Harpers. Unfortunately they find nothing and, by afternoon, began their search for Orrick Blackshield.

[Time spent: 10 hrs]

1493-03-28 - Hour 3:00 PM - Baldur’s Gate

Orrick Blackshield is easy to find. He is in a local tavern and already drunk.
After some banter, a noble arrives with guards to arrest Orrick because he owes him money. Through magic the PCs are able to dissuade them.

Next Orrick tells them about Nil, her disappearance & the journal. They learn the journal is in Candlekeep.

Orrick shares the following:

- Orrick has been hunting the Bone Clan for years. They killed his adopted family.
- months ago they seemed to just disappear and he gave up hope
- Then he met Nil who while on a survey mission in Chult for the Flaming Fist met a group similar to the Bone Clan. They killed the entire team, including her father. 
- She believed they were close to their hideout. The coordinates are in the journal.