1. Journals

Session 13: Ribbon and Glass

January 23, 2023

- After dinner at the Waterfront, the party splits.  In parting, Vic, reflecting on his response to the waitstaff, encourages Kas to give him an attitude check whenever necessary.  Harvey is intent on passing out after drinks and heads back to the Gooseberry’s stables while vic and Searos return to the room for a game of firesticks.

- Kas is interested in checking in on the ruins of the cobbler’s shop.  Paws intended to accompany her, but recieved a sending from Vic letting her know that a message awaited her at the Goosberry that sounded fairly urgent.  Paws diverts, finding a message written in elegant silver script and sealed with a signet bearing a four-pointed star.

    - A mutual acquaintance has passed to me notes of great detail. I am a humble scholar with modest proficiency in a related field. I will seek you out soon. Please remain in town, there are certain matters that you should be aware of.

- Kas returns to the cobbler’s shop to find the guard assignments disbanded and a foundation filled with rubble.  Burned planks and fragments of timber have been neatly stacked.  Upon Kas’s return, she and Vic brainstorm ideas for how to get on Harvey’s good side.

- Half asleep, an unusual visitor passes Harvey, pausing before entering the inn.  Kaharis Olovior, disguised as a beared human, knocks on the party’s door and drops his glamour. revealing himself as an elegantly attired drow, bejeweled with a gem-set circlet in the shape of a four-pointed star.  A leading Waterdhavian scholar of the Outer Planes and specializing in the Astral Sea, Kaharis is intensely interested in Paws’s opal and impresses upon her its signficiance, starting from “the beginning”:

    - Centuries ago, a group of different civilizations banded together to found a safe haven removed from their homelands.  They found safe harbor and built a cohesive society in a mass of rock pierced with a great crystal—a place called the Radiant Citadel.

    - The relationship the “founders” forged with the Citadel changed them. They were known to take on the quality of distinct gems, a physical manifestation of partnership with the Citadel.

    - Some of these founding civilizations are presumed lost. It is theorized the Netherese were one such founding civilization. Kaharis believes that Paws, through her parent Tys, is a descendant of one. In fact, it is likely that Tys and the opal are the same entity.

    - He uses Ashen’s spectacles to demonstrate, revealing a ribbon of wandering light that trails westward from the opal. He explains that this is an indication that the opal is calling to something.

- Kaharis makes his pitch:  the resources of the free scholarship of Waterdeep, his connections, and answers, in exchange for a first hand account or a front row seat to whatever lies beyond the Ribbon. He characterizes Candlekeep as a closed repository of cloistered scholars.

- After Kaharis departs, Paws fills in Harvey and confers with her friends. Waterdeep apears to be a viable, and closer, option than Candlekeep.

- Paws is awoken by a tapping and notices a glow from Kas’s mirror. Kas is awoken to the Client’s visage, and a question:  Will you help me? Kas’s emphatic “no” sends the Client into a rage, shattering the mirror, filling the air with minute shards of glass that pierce, slash, and burrow into the flesh of all who come near.

By Kasiana

  • Visit the basement? code to the teleportation circle? (prob gone)
  • Confirm Osveldt name can be used in front of the others.
  • PAWS silverware
  • get armor Chain Shirt. a little more padding. 
  • Ned?
  • Call the mirror backKasiana
      • Fragments of the Fallen (netheryes empire)
      • As Within and so Without:
      • Our Plane, those Beyond, and the Peoples Therein  (READ)
      • Around the Gem-studded Firmament
      • Chunk of section of herald information. labelled section of shelves.
      • The Heralds: Keepers of Faerun’s Legacy
      • The Roster
      • A Chronicle of Subterranean Threats (overlap with above)
      • Organizations of Influence within the Realms, T-Z (READ THE ZENTERIM AND RAVEN QUEEN PARTS)


vic mentioning readjusting the waiter's nose. Brought him back to a dark place.

TO KAS if you see that again, please calm me down. don't want to go into the hospital again. learned to paint there.

paws could be a good relief for training.

can't trust harvey. might get violent.

searos might burn it.


Kas wants to see the basement

Kas is not inviting but not not invinting. Paws will come with.

Kas is confused about calling and hanging.

Somatic Magical System -SMS. Call Vic and Kas have SMS.


Vic, harvey and searos will go play a game at the inn. (firesticks?)

harvey is drunk. goes to pass out with the mules.


When vic and searos walk in and when the innkeeper sees them and flags them down. you were with paws right? an urgent message for paws!! innkeeper will try to catch her but tell her there is an urgent message waiting. deliervy person insisted ASAP.


Vic uses a sending stone to let Paws know about the message.

hey, uh kas, your friend Vic here. me and searos got a message for paws. sounds urgent.

Oh no, thank you for letting us know. I'll send her back.


Kas tells paws to go back to the inn asap. Kas will continue.

7:18PMBen (GM):inspiration for deft metagaming avoidance kas (MWAHAHA)

Paws worries but runs back ASAP. Kas promises to scream really loud but also use the sending stone.


paws speeds back. a dark purple envelope with dark purple wax. signet dark purple star. from this morning. very fine silver ink. (copper plate hand). a mutual acquaintance has passed notes of great detail. please remain in town, there are certain matters you need to be aware of. not signed.

"A mutual acquaintance has passed to me notes of great detail. I am a humble scholar with modest proficiency in a related field. I will seek you out soon. Please remain in town, there are certain matters that you should be aware of."


well just me again. as i approach. quiet daggerford evening. an occasional guard. as ai approach closer. not guarded anymore. not interest from people. most of the timbers have been dismantled. effective closed constructions.

teleportation circle and mirror fully filled. giant filled in rectangle. the perimeter of the foundation is completely filled in.

That is all Kas wanted to do. returns to the inn.

searos is winning at fire sticks. new favorite game.

Kas and paws catch up on the opal. can talk to the person at the dinner! kaharas

word of warning about the banquet. Kas was looking forward to a nice night. kas is nervous.

one really shiny fancy set. kas gives the silverware set. 

You are my longest friend and I wouldn't be here without you.

we faced a lot togather. paws and kas bonding.

I can't believe I thought gundrin actually invited me!

through death and automatons and clones and barrels!!

dont' remind me about the part before the barrels.

Oh must sned another letter to droop


drunken sleeping harvey is not actually sleeping. just pretending to listen to hear to make sure that the mules are safe here. 10-15 minutes after he feels it it safe.

oh no Harvey failed an insight check at the stables.

felt comfortable and safe. bad alcohol.


The evneing continues on.

vic spends 30min or so making a rough painting. champion of the sword coast firesticks. searos winner. wins a canvas painitng.

vic wants a doubles team with searos against another group.

curling is a sport up north.


vic goes to Kas and says about what we were talking about earlier. Harvey really wanted to let loose. A little worried about him. i was hoping to have a little heart to heart. 

I will talk to him. why do you wanna kill people??? -VIC

worms, grains for harvey.

snacks for the mules will help soften him up.

I can help to because I do speak Auran.

but if you really want to talk to him.

last time i had a heart to heart, i died. he distracted me with a shocking comment


Harvey starts to have a weird dream where he is hyper aware and starts to really notice the footsteps.

figure with dark skin, white hair, star blazing on their forehead.

harvey pulls himself out of the dream and sees a hooded figure passing by. Can't tell if it was a dream or real. it's nice and warm here with krik and krak.


Sharp three knock knock knock on the door.

Vic: who is there?

i'm calling for paws. paws is in jammies.

paws opens the door to a figure with a hood partially up. fair faced man with brown beard and mustache. i left a message.

Is now an all right time?  somewhere private? other people here but i trust them? Paws insight checks. no reason to believe lying on who he is for now. eager to get behind a closed door.

ashen mentioned the banquet tomorrow. yes, will still be there but this conversation should be sooner rather than later.

this is all instense for a stone question.

the dinners can be enough to manage on their own. paws offers tea and wine. WINE! our own brand.

as he steps in, he pulls back his cloak and the glamour he was wearing dissolves. dark slate black skin, white hair, two long ears, silver jewerlry, bright blue gem, clear eyes.

kas will happily pour drinks for everyone. 

Paws introduces everyone. including stable sleeping harvey.

paws gives him the opal. sits there and looks at it while it sits in paws hands. Ashen took many detailed notes. and you found this in the woods? relic of a parent?

rasied in forest in neverwinter. been 10 years since she has seen her parent. wanted to get back in contact. found this opal in a handprint imprint in a rock. feels like the parent.

Ashen mentioned that you have done your own research. the plane book. my first language is abyssal. perhaps an efreet or fire elemental. Do you still have this book?

He takes one glance at the book and scoffs. It's certainly a jumping off point. 

glad i got here when I did so you don't go down misguided rabbit holes. Even lacks a bibliography. mostly folklore.

the catalog of creatures have some accuracy.

let me start back further. there is a place beyond this world that a collection of great civilationz came together to create. they discovered this place this floating mass. and  founded a city rhere. the city that they founded was a and maybe is a bustling metropolos and rests ont he bones of an enomours gem or crsytal of unknown power. this place is called the radiant citadel and the civilastions that worked together the create this home out of the place they found gave part of their being to make this place habitable and livalbel. the contract they made with this radiant citadel, they gave of themselves and it gave back. and it caused these civilazations to become linked. to become manifest as gemstones. I think that what you have in your hands that you wear around your neck. I think it IS your parent. and they are one of the founding members of the raidant citadel. 

he takes out a pair of glasses that ashen also had and offerst hem to paws to look through.

paws sees a warm glow surronding the gem and sees a tendril of this glow go out into the distrance that extends and goes through the wall of the inn. Paws cranes her body to see out and it just goes out and into the sky.

when ashen told me about the ribbon that is coming out of the opal, it indicates that the gem is being called to. Something is coming. Something has been woken up and my guess is, it's been calling for some time. When did you find this??

1 year ago? about?

whatever its been calling to, has been calling this entire time and if the ribbon is manifested this clearly through the glasses, whatever it is, is coming close and you should be prepared for whatever that may be. This is why he didn't want to wait until dinner to bring up this information. 

Paws yells at her parents. Why did you send me to the snow!! I'm gonna yell at you a lot. I love you.

Thanks for telling me. here are your glasses.

It is pointing Westish. (where is phandalin)

Karahas leans back and sips his wine and says field of study is other planes specific focus on astral sea. I belive that the radiant citadel floats in that sea. the ribbon indicates that the radiant citadel is growing close and looking for this opal and you. The city is your birthright?? I'm just a cat who is pretty good at punching things.

kas is pouring more wine for everyone. Not for Vic.

She is realyl good at punching _Vic. iof there was a competittion for punching, paws would win against the winner.

relief because there will be other more interested in this opal and they may not be friendly.  _karahas

Are there other founding members just sitting around in gemstones? other cats adopted by these??

the nethryese might have been founding members. but can't fully confirm. powerful ancient civilazation that crumbles to dust. lots of things point to that.


toril = the world, the planet.

Where is your base of operations? how do I contact you again?

here tomorrow at the dinner then be in town for several days at least. reserving the transportation circle in waterdeep. OOOO WE NEED TO SAVE THIS


We are heading to candlekeep. problably good info. they tend to keep locked down and secret. don't really let other circulate their collection.

Another option for whatever we may want in candlekeep.

I would be an interested research partner and waterdeep is mroe freeflowing in information.

I want you to think of waterdeep as a haven to you, as a base of operation. It's would be safe and as knowledageble for you as much as candlekeep perhaps. arcane arts. it might even be safer for everyone actually. 

It would be dangerous if SOMETHING arrived in candlekeep or here in daggerford. neither would be able to handle it. Waterdeep would be best. 

Paws asks about the shadowfell and the raven queen. brings Kas in:

we are looking for a friend, stuck in shadowfell. we need to contact them or free them.

-friends would can pass between planes. could call in a favor. they are secretive but he could maybe get them to help for a price.

-anything you can name as price to get us to shadowfell. Please

-give all information on the opal and it's informatinl. if we go, he wants to come with. paws watches him carefully for a scholar's interst. is this safe?? what is at the end of the ribbon. 

concession on his part to help me with shadowfell.

sit with the knowledge, think about it and tomrorow evening we could maybe chat or the days that follow. maybe WE can depart together. 

tomorrow evening, in more frivolous company.

gets up, casts glamour and walks out the door.


Vic wants to know the significance of the 4 pointed star. watching and listening. requesting a beam of sunlight for guidance. semi precious gem. traditional adornment of some kind. significant and deliberate someway.

Kas offers cuddles and scratches to paws who is probbaly in shock. Kas is also excited and in shock about maybe getting to shadowfell.

Vic says that anytime a party member says "WHAT THE FUCK", all party members should gather asap and get updated.

this is some pretty heavy stuff. 

paws is in the denial stage and confusion. Probably from all the wine kas was pouring.

Paws goes to get Harvey. teh bracing night air clears paws lungs and feels good. she finds the mules. thankfully harvey is not hiding.

Ahrvey, harvey, harvey, harvey pecker, harvey! paws waking up harvey.

harvey tells paws that he had a dream about a drow. paws brings harvey upstairs to get filled in on the detailed.

There has been a "what the fuck"

harvey gets all the details and wonders outloud why the drow was in his dream.

Kas insight natural 20!!!! 24. I CAN MAYBE FIND VALON!!!

I'm full of information. maybe he just walked by harvey in his sleep and he just walked by. what if it's just normal. harvey has very imrpessive perception and is used to being around Kas' disguise self. _Kas has a brain moment.

Have anyone spent time in waterdeep. we stopped by the meadery for just a bit.

arcane place with people who owe us a favor versus a library that doesn't share knowledge.

paws feels about filling the whole book and not suing it.

use the book for after information. see what waterdeep has and then use the book at candlekeep for more info.


Vic mentions paths and finding new purposes and new people. sometimes the people who you may think will be the ones to heal you and give you guidance might not actually have that.

haven't been to waterdeep. hear it is a hotbed of things people do that vic wouldn't do himself. who can you trust the most. scholar's aren't always the best at trust. sunpeak and the temple might have had something to do with scholars.

waterdeep is north of daggerford and candlekeep is soooo south

but waterdeep is a shorter journey. coudl go there, key the teleportaion cirlce then teleport to candelkeep. don't know how that works -kas

sounds maybe good? -party.


need to sleep on it. talk to kahras tomorrow.

harvey and searos thinks teleport good. sleep first.


quiet, comfortable sleep. 

kas sleeping with her mirror in the same spot.

paws isn't sleeping super well. hears a tapping on glass. looks at kas and the mirror is aglow through her shirt. little taps on the mirror.

Kas, Kas are you there? -mirror

Paws smacks my leg.

once again, teh creture. 


Kas rejects. no one deserves to the fate that i've seen.

paws tries to ask about languages. REALLY PAWS???

I won't let anyone else suffer that fate. (thinking of vippi)

"then you". deep rumble. the mirror vibrates with this creatures voice."then you fill suffer the same fate as those fools in that basement". the mirror rumbles and shatters in my hands. 

the four knots of living sliver mirror try to embed into KAS.

INITAITIVE.

shards of glass attacking.

paws tears some blanket to protect her paws from teh glass.

chunks of glass flying everywhere while paws attacks it. the shards that fall off do not stick back together.

Kas calls out to Vic. in shock.

kas didn't want to say anyone's names out loud in case the mirror was listening.

Vic runs out with barely no clothes.

Vic yells and wakes up everyone else.

searos wakes up and dashes over. UHHHH

it envolpes me a bit and i can feel slivers under my skin. may use my action to pick them out on my turn. will contnue to damage. 


once again, waking up to yelling sounds!!

harvey grapples to the window. amazing. climbs up. 




my point of inspiration can be used next game because I was hoenst about my staff not being on me.

GRAB STAFF next ROUND. BA?? armor of agasys!!!

Kas ice auto protect. valon connection.?? (As a reach down for my staff and try to dodge the flying glass, ice encompasses me and leaves a shimmering layer over me. HIGH LEVEL)

Hex!

it envelopes me a bit and i can feel slivers under my skin. may use my action to pick them out on my turn. will contnue to damage. 

  • Confirm Osveldt name can be used in front of the others.
  • get armor Chain Shirt. a little more padding. ESP AFTER this battle.
  • Ned?