We return to the Agate Seekers as they wake up in the Liwilai Adventurer's Guild safehouse in the woods, Dareth Lion'el Griffmane looks like he had no sleep and the air around Mikhail has become much cooler. Nonetheless, Volk Lesnoy was able to sense Philomena Snapdragon further south, noticing that she returned to The Material Plane.
The party then went south, finally stumbling upon her; with a lampshade on her hand and a bottle of wine in her hand. Turns out she found a fey party that partially was held in the Feywild, and even was able to snatch a magical backpack from someone. However, due to the time dilation, the few hours she was gone turned into two days. Volk, annoyed, once more tried a bow around her.
Two days of rather uneventful travel later, the party was able to make their way to Svantmiirik. On their way through the Temple District however, Volk noticed... a young black dragon, flying up, before being hit by a beam of light, and crashing down. The rest of the party then noticed that there were some screams coming from the area, and quickly went on to investigate. There, they found a human woman, wearing the armor of a Paladin and proudly wearing the city's crest, a Kobold priest of Bahamut, as well as a Dragonborn bard, fighting against what appeared to be a cultist of Tiamat, as well as two white and one black Abishai; also known as Dragon Devils, and Tiamat's servants in The Nine Hells. The Black Dragon meanwhile was lying in the rubble of a rooftop, dead.
The party immediately intervened, helping the paladin and her crew fight back against the cultist and her devilish minions, beating them back. The Paladin, introducing herself as Regina of the Cobalt Knights, thanked the party for their help. Sooty immediately took the opportunity to talk to the cleric, who introduced himself as Okro Skyscale, and ask him about Bahamut and the canary feather he found at the Festival a few months ago, which turned into a big, golden, draconic scale.
The cleric answered that for an actual meeting with Bahamut, he'd need to seek him out on Mount Celestia, but that he sometimes randomly appears in the material plane in humanoid form, is said to have a sweet tooth and that the scale was likely either a gift or lost accidentally; either way it's quite valuable. He recommended to Sooty that, if he wanted to get closer to Bahamut and maybe worship him, maybe give tribute in a temple; which Sooty considered. Upon leaving Regina, Okro and the Bard, Mikhail and Dareth couldn't help but overhear that this is the second attack of Tiamat-Cultists since the festival; likely a coincidence, but they'd need to inform Cumulonimbus Cobaltshine, and perhaps increase Cobalt Knight patrols in the city.
Upon returning to the Charcoal & Kimchi, the party sought out Pak and his Dokkaebi-friend, Seo to return Seo's club. Pak was overjoyed, because they were slowly running out of exotic ingredients. Seo immediately offered the party a sub-100-Gold wish, and Sooty eventually decided on a scroll of Scorching Ray. The party was also awarded with 800 Gold for each party member, as well as a magical skillet called the Battlechef's Heated Skillet, which the party decided to gift to Kilbi Leaftooth and Galto.
The party then decided to head to the Svantmiirik Bard's College. On their way there, Philomena overheard the conversation between a merchant and a wizard; The wizard's spell scroll of Scorching Ray disappeared. The merchant nodded, saying that, going through this city, he's always missing some of the exotic spices and ingredients that he's transporting. Philomena smiled to herself.
Upon arriving at the Bard's College, the party sought out Nax Skyscale to tell him about the fate of his apparent clanmate Riggu, when the Kumiho-attack happened. Nax was a bit surprised to see the party, first thinking they were visiting because of his letter that he answered, but then realized this was not the case. He was a bit saddened about what happened, especially since Riggu was only a recent graduate of the Bard's College, and quite young, and he wanted to give him an easy job by giving him this safehouse. His corpse's lack of a heart and liver also prevents a Raise Dead spell, so, after ruminating on it for a bit, Nax eventually decides to ask Cumulonimbus for access to his hoard, so that he can revive him with a Resurrection spell.
With that solved, however, Nax's attention went to Philomena, noticing her sword. After asking her where she got it, putting 2 and 2 together, realizing that she stole it from his old friend Ione Plutarch, Nax nervously asked the party if they possibly have a way to covertly return it to her, worried for the party's safety. He admitted that, while they're old friends, Ione secretly worships Tiamat and can be quite greedy, and he's worried that she'll kill Philomena if she sees her. Philomena decided that, for the time being, they'd stash away the sword, and should they see her, attempt to lie to her by omission, that they took it off the body of a thief. The Party however also noticed something in the conversation, and asked Nax if Ione may be responsible for the attacks on the city of Svantmiirik lately. Nax denied that this could be possible, since they're such old friends, but... he definitely had a worried expression on his face when this possibility was mentioned. Either way, Nax thanked them for their help with Riggu's body and bid them adieu.
The party then made to the local Guildhouse, and found that helping the city fight of this Tiamat-incursion awarded them with additional Guild Credits for their restaurant. They then teleported back to Argentis and returned back to the A Taste of Home, finding Prioz Bronzefield and Punchy at the front. After greeting their guards, the party found that the restaurant was pretty packed, and instead went to meet Bodvi Ducasse and Mikhail, Philomena, Volk and Zora decided to try out their new spa, having baths or trying out the Saunas.
Afterwards, the party met Kilbi and Galto, who are now back to normal after their little incident 3 weeks ago. After having a short talk, the party gifted them the magical skillet, as well as the Battlechef Beater that Mikhail got a while ago. Dareth then returned to his quarters, while Volk went into the Pseudogriffon-Den, cuddling with the griffons and seeing that one of them has Nax's letter.
Volk then had some Heart-to-Hearts with his teammates; first with Mikhail, sitting on the roof, regarding his current emotional state, then with Zora, Sooty and Philomena about please being more careful in the future, as well as a conversation with Dareth; first about not overfeeding the pseudogriffon Sir Roundsalot, but then about his situation with Mikhail. This inspired Dareth to seek Mikhail out, and they proceeded to have a pretty somber, but surprisingly hopeful heart-to-heart. Mikhail then left the roof to go to bed, leaving Dareth looking at the stars.
SESSION END