Paladirzt 8th, 951
- The Peas convened at the governor’s manor in the Hillwood of Hymathel in order to discuss the rewards for their prior heroism with Yutier Venas’vel, the Greenspeaker of Hymnethas.
- The Peas first tried to get Yutier to help with Seamus’ taxes, but learned that the governor was powerless against the STA and the Collector Knights.
- After some discussion, the group was content with gaining access to Rivellan Athenaeum and a free teleportation to Sanar, which Yutier was more than happy to oblige
- Additionally, the party agreed to participate in a ceremony of commendation, in which Yutier would publicly award the Peas with medals of Hymnethas
- Suddenly, a cold wind blew from the back of the room, and a hooded figure appeared behind the group, whisking the entire party away into a dimly lit stone room.
- The figure questioned the group’s interaction with the ley line energy from the temple
- Eventually, she introduced herself as Selathwin Muleyr, one of the Eyes of the Council of Dreamers
- She expressed worries about a demon capable of harnessing the ley line’s power, and then subjected the group to a series of inspections
- While she couldn’t fully examine Phaelnah or Murica, she came to the conclusion that the party wasn’t experiencing any ill effects, and warned them against involving themselves with any primordial beings that might prey on the residual ley energy they now contain
- Eventually, she brought the group back to the meeting hall, made Deowyn faint, pissed off Ryla, and made her exit, telling the group to contact her if they have any developments
- The group headed to the Fulyne to get various supplies at:
- Indria’s Tinctures
- Top for the Mourning
- Leadbelly bought a black bandanna, and Murica bought a scarf
- Weylin’s Wondrous Wares
- Journey purchased a potion of superior healing, Wander got a component pouch after a failed attempt to haggle, Phaelnah got some ruby dust, and Tyerjon got a scroll of Armor of Agathys and 5 whetstones
- Weylin attempted to convince Phaelnah to buy the bagpipe again, but she refused. Tyerjon, however, bought the bagpipe and began to play it in the streets until stopped by the Emerald Guard
- Leadbelly got his clothes fixed up for the ceremony, while everyone else was content to look like shit
- Bekra’s Reading Roulette
- Journey traded in her copies of How to be Appealing and 4 Foot High and 1 Foot Long for some store credit, buying a mystery book from Bekra
- Opening the wrapping, Journey got the book the Truth About Clouds
- The party attended Yutier’s commendation ceremony, receiving the medals of Hymnethas to polite applause from the audience
- Journey, accompanied by Tyerjon, rushed to the Silver Tear in order to lay low while Phaelnah, Leadbelly, Murica and Wander went to the Rivellan Athenaeum
- Father Falis attempted to have Phaelnah conduct a sermon as he spoke of demonic matters with Wander, mentioning Brother Jyle, who may still live in the capital
- Phaelnah researched the Nightblight, learning of some accounts of the Nightblight in the continent of Weysol, and one where they successfully starved the entity, but at the expense of their people and culture
- Leadbelly researched the War of Walls, learning of the ancient myths of the dwarven wars in Irdizar, aka the Farpath aka the Ethereal Plane. These ancestral dwarves fought against the entities of chaos that wandered into the Farpath from Adzeredish, the Old Land. They acted as guardians to the planar exits from the Farpath, establishing order from the calamity of the Era before Ages.
- Wander researched methods of dealing with demons, but couldn’t get much out of it other than some ways to deal with low-level threats
- Eventually, the group reconvened at the Silver Tear, paying a premium for the suite and enjoying the amenities of the rather opulent inn
- Wander took everyone’s clothes down for cleaning
- Wander finally convinced Phaelnah to cast Dispel Magic on the Mysterious Stone. Nothing seemed to change, but Wander suddenly found himself disinterested in the stone after investigating it again. Leadbelly, however, was still interested.
- The group got shitfaced on Telvery juice and Zuvedine wine.
- Tyerjon, Wander, Leadbelly and Murica, aka the Bath Boys, went to the big bath and ate a shitload of tarts given to them by a random human they just met
- Journey and Phaelnah took a bath in the room, but were interrupted by the sound of the balcony window opening, and then choking sounds
- The Rain Knight, who had been hanging out on the ceiling of the room, caught Vyloxen by the neck with a wire as the latter attempted to sneak in
- After being released, Vyloxen warned that from him spying on the party, he discovered that the Peas were being stalked by a group of humans
- Vyloxen received more “stop being weird” advice
- Everyone got more drunk, ate dinner, and made a complete and total mess of their room, tearing apart the walls (playing the popular game “go on the wall”), the ceiling (playing the popular game “cling to the ceiling”) and beds (playing the popular game “jump from the wall onto the bed”).
- Tyerjon made a shitload of noise with his bagpipe
- Wander attempted to summon Matilda, but spilled incense all over the carpet before finally barely managing to summon the owl, who began dancing on his head
- Phaelnah crawled onto the wall with her creepy talons and continued to incessantly smile like a weirdo elven insect, prompting the others to attempt to climb onto it
- Journey went downstairs to get more cookies, not terribly interested in “Peas on the Wall”
- Phaelnah drunk dialed Inglis, who didn’t quite know how to respond (love never dies), and Yoxxel, who responded to poetry with poetry.
Paladirzt 9th, 951
- In the morning, the group set off to the Northwest Tower to meet with Pheselyn Jylan after contacting Yutier as they didn’t know where he was
- The strange Emerald Guardsmen gave the group some trouble, but eventually let them in
- The group interrupted Pheselyn from his very important work
- The Rain Knight requested Phaelnah to speak to the Nightseeker on his behalf, instructing her to speak of how well he did, how helpful he was, his strength, his abs, his charisma, his deep blue eyes, his slickness, and his “suave masculinity”.
- Phaelnah attempted to communicate as much as she could remember, and the Rain Knight disappeared in a cloud of smoke as Zerist set on to find his crush.
- The teleported by Pheselyn, the group made it to the capital city of Sanar, and became lost in its enormity
- Phaelnah entered an establishment to ask for directions, and the group wandered into a eerily vacant city square
- Soon, the peas were surrounded by four humans, one being the human from the night previous as the Bath Boys began to get a bit of a gurgle in their stomachs
- Stepping around the corner, Journey recognized Karcius and Valx, with Karcius stepping forward, telling Journey to come home.