Loose threads Destruction of the guardians, weapon to destroy eldritch entities, teleportation trap, rampaging undead dragon
Participants Damin Saltric Tinkado Mushameri Reiko Amiri The Ashen Hawk Sukemoru Uzuto
Locations Northern Wastes
Start of Quest: https://discord.com/channels/762267438313504798/1040785723923632289/1445166454944043061
Short summary:
The group teleported to a wrecked series of islands that ensnared them in a teleportation trap that diverted all teleportation but the recallers. After some investigation into the history, the party learned that there was a massive battle attempting to trap and destroy the ancient ones, the trapping part of which was successful, but not so much the destroying part. The party learned of a potential follow up to destroy the golems guarding the weapon that could end the AOs once and for all.
Full Report
The party saw a magic aura that traps teleportation effects
A brine dragon with a missing face guarding that trap
An oni that speaks draconic and hates the scaleless to fight on sight mention how such folks are 'moon worshippers'
And a dangerous undead dragon guarding the northern part of the island
Rule and Council is a singular being split between 7 distinct spirits and personalities,
these 7 spirits are an amalgamation of souls stolen by Rule&Council. IE: the face cinder dragons you killed were a part of the Soul Struck Dragon spirit,
Rule & Council has a very harsh and pragmatic view of lives and souls as expendable tools to their mission, marking them as evil in the classical 3e sense,
Rule & Council are zealous champions of Sun-in-Shadow, which Ashen Hawk recognizes as a being not too different from the other Ancient Ones. Sun-in-Shadow is patron to shadow/negative energy beings, and preaches an 'eternal night' to snuff out the sun - something that Tinkado imagines wouldn't be great for life on this world.,
Rule and Council are adamantly dedicated to killing the Ancient Ones currently, and have been trapped in this island guarding the The Vitruvian seal studying how to do just that. They consider their research an closely guarded secret, and require a quid pro quo from the party to prove their trustworthiness before disclosing it fully,
Rule and Council worked with the Dragon Vanem to create a spirit ritual that would force the The Vitruvian to manifest into a physical avatar, with the hopes the dragons could kill the thing with tooth and claw. However the apotheosis of the Vitruvian caused an immediate calamity that shattered the island, whose very presence burned lesser dragons into pure quintessence.
Vanem and council were able to devise an emergency series of rituals and magics to 'seal' the Vitruvian avatar deep within the island. Rule and Council stayed behind to maintain the hastily put together seal, and suspects Vanem shared this magic with other dragons who went about sealing the other Ancient Ones in a similar fashion.