Loose threads None
Participants Vitis Disidia, Khirl Galesinger, Ninivit, Terrible-Fangs-Latching-Upon-and-Bringing-Slow-Death-to-Enemies & Aabria Hildegard
Locations Coalition Territories
Short summary:
The party was contacted by a merchant by the name of Laurent Philidor. The task sounded simple: bring him safely to a temple deep in Coalition lands. We made our journey through the Roanokae's and, after a quick encounter with some evil fey, arrived at Ryker's Crossing. The stay was pleasant enough, with time to visit the local church and some even went fishing! We heard rumors in the nearby tavern about corpses being discovered with missing limbs or cut to in half.
Aftere continued our trip north, until we finally came across our destination. In front of the ruined temple, we encountered a both a group of Coalition zealots and an orc scouting party. Soon enough, they were fighting each other, and us! We defended ourselves, trying to reach the temple's door, when another party showed up: goblins from the Republic. This chaos continued even as we pulled the doors open and ran inside. We left just to see a shadowy figure jumping into the fray and slaying everyone in sight; catfolk, orc and goblin alike.
In the temple proper we found illusions of demons, and an divine archon. This last one, posing as a judge, asked us to prove our righteousness. We battled with words, exposing our arguments and enduring its searing light, until they were satisfied with our answers.
Finally, just when our charge found his prize, it was revealed he was not the man he said he was. This Laurent was actually Hidetada, member of the Red Mantis Assassins. His quest was to retrieve a holy blade that could cure his friend of a mind affecting affliction. This friend of his was our pursuer: the Red Mantis that was trying to hunt us down. We managed to restrain them and use the blade to restore their senses. We witness their awkward reunion just before Recalling back.