25th Olarune, 1000 YK
- They get off the train in Sharn.
- They discuss what to do first and where to stay, they need to renew their Clifftop Adventurer's Guild membership fee to stay there.
- Dax' Athla is meant to meet Drego Sarhain here, but they never discussed where exactly in Sharn to meet. Kalshana uses Sending and requests he meet them at Clifftop.
- They see some posters for Luca Syara's new play: "Lost in Mourning". Apparently Leonus hates plays.
- Leonus sends Moloch out of town to chill outside, rather than ride around on a skeleton horse.
- Dax can fly, and so can Kal. Leonus refuses to pay for a skycoach, so he flies on Zedd. Lozaal and Warden get a skycoach to Ambassador Towers to go to the Karrnathi Embassy.
- The Karrnathi Embassy stands out amongst the other embassies in the district, as it looks like a fortress, fortified to weather a siege and manned by White Lions of Korth.
- They go in and meet Syra ir’Tarrn. Leonus doesn't have an appointment with her, but Malen Torr enters and says he is here to see him. Malen leads Leonus out of the room.
- Dax tries to send Geck to follow but Malen notices and stops him.
- Malen asks Leonus a couple questions, probing how he feels about Kaius. He then gives Leonus some money, pay for his job in Graywall and some for his companions. (500gp for Leonus, 100 gp each for the others).
- Leonus explains he's here investigating a "war criminal". Malen informs him that there was a terror attack in High Walls, a necrotic blast disk was detonated.
- Malen also informs Leonus to ask around Grauwand, the Karrnathi district. They may know more, the Order of the Emerald Claw may even be hiding there.
- Syra is entertaining the others, and has made them all a cup of lightly spiced Karrnathi tea.
- Lozaal asks where to get more, and she tells him there is a tea house in Grauwand. It is expensive, but she values the comfort of home.
- Lozaal also asks about the beers and ales that Karrnath is famous for. Syra confirms that Grauwand has craft breweries.
- Lozaal pays for another skycoach for him and Warden to go up to Clifftop.
- They arrive at Clifftop, and pay their renewal fees and get Leonus a membership, and Lozaal goes to sell some stuff.
- Dax' Athla is approached in the street by a mysterious stranger, who introduces themselves as Darian Baluarte. He explains that he was like Dax, once, possessed, and he can help her. She doesn't trust him, so he provides some intel on what he believes is the issue in Fallen. He explains that he believes it's a Radiant Idol, a corrupted angel from Syrania. They have a tendency to form cults, likely the ravers in Fallen.
- Dax asks how to find him again, but he says he'll contact her if he feels she needs it. She asks how he's tracking her, and after a good Intimidation check, he reveals that they have access to a Couatl.
- Dax leaves, and forgets about him. She remembers a mysterious figure, and the information given about the Radiant Idol, and that he claimed to be able to help her, but that's it. Weird.
- The others are shouting for Dax, not knowing where she went, and she lets off a magical firework to alert them to her position. She explains that she knows things now that she didn't before! Weird.
- Drego Sarhain approaches, mentioning that he saw the firework. He explains he's been staying at the Church of the Cleansing Flame, who are on best behaviour with him around. He doesn't think they did anything about Fallen, as expected. He also mentions that Terfel Glas and Oargev ir'Wynarn got here okay, went to High Walls and got upset. There were newspapers talking about a Cyran extremist group in Stormreach, who called Oargev out.
- They discuss going down to Fallen now, but Leonus mentions that he has a bomb to check out. The others are all, understandably, like "WHAT!?" and concerned about him mentioning a bomb in a busy street. He explains that he was informed about a necrotic blast disk going off in High Walls, and the others are like "we know people in High Walls!" and Leonus is like "oops"
- Leonus is concerned about it, it's either the Order of the Emerald Claw or someone else has got their hands on necrotic blast disks. Very concerning, especially with them being used on civilians.
- They don't want to split the party. They're going to go down to High Walls first, as Fallen has been surviving for some time despite the situation. Leonus also mentions asking around Grauwand.
- They get a skycoach down to High Walls, which costs them 4gp each.
- Drego asks who the group's new friend is, as they didn't introduce him. They shake hands, and Leonus is appalled that Drego's facial hair is styled to look like flames. Drego says he likes him, cold and aloof, and Dax says "his horse is bones." Drego explains that Mabaran undead damage the world by existing, and they complain about him "Dregosplaining". Dax mentions that Leonus didn't mention they could die from being in a Mabar manifest zone, and Drego is very concerned about this. Leonus goes on a rant that people in Karrnath just know about this, it's like how you understand that a door is a door, Mabar manifest zones are death.
- Lozaal also mentions that Leonus lead them into the Valley of Blades, which isn't quite true and Leonus is very indignant about it. Lozaal expresses disastisfaction about the lack of danger pay, but Leonus argues they were never in danger and didn't earn it. There is a domestic incident.
- They also mention that Moloch has died over 400 times and Leonus doesn't care for him, which he thinks is unfair. He explains that the only death that matters is the first one, once you've lost the Divine Spark, it's gone.
- Kal compares it to a child talking, it's really significant the first time but the more they talk, the less special it gets.
- Drego expresses concern, and Leonus says "it's fine we're just having banter." Lozaal explains that banter is "like insulting people but they aren't offended".
- They talk about something the Karrnathi ambassadors said, about Karrns having sticks up their butts. They debate the logistics of this, are Karrnathi bowels bigger on the inside? Leonus laments that apparently metaphors are unique to Karrnath.
- They arrive in High Walls, and somebody throws a rock at Leonus. He debates leaving and going to Grauwand, worried that his presence will enflame something.
- While they debate, Dax goes to talk to people. They find out that a courier delivered a package for Greykell ir'Ryc, which contained the Blast Disk. The disk detonated in their hands, killing them and everyone around them, and reanimating the dead as zombies, which then made more zombies.
- The courier was from House Orien, which Lozaal is hopeful means that it was tracked.
- Kal asks if the courier looked dead, and the people say no. She then talks about zombies that don't look like zombies, which confuses them.
- Leonus wants to go to Grauwand, he feels he'll get useful information there.
Sending
Kal to Drego
"Hi Drego. It's me, Kal. Sharn is massive so Dax wants to meet you at the Clifftop Adventurers Guild. Narrows it down. Thanks, Kal x"
"Hi Kal, I'll make my way there soon."