Ragnorra Session 35

Start: 6 am, Thursday, Flamerule (July) 22, 1396

The party congregated in the early morning, and decided on the best way to proceed.

Vix instructed Lilly to keep Aziza and Zira company, and inform them her, Ronja, and Cassius would return.

The party resolved to break Njala out of the jail in Surthay.

Without wasting too much time, they found a spot down a secluded overgrown alleyway near the temple of Ubtao, and teleported to the location Ronja saw closely previously.

They teleported in, and noticed the metal of the cells were imbued with an abjuration, and the windows were affixed with a more powerful evocation. They noticed a few other captives, other than Njala. Most immediately, they noticed a tiny bat-man, who greeted them and requested their help.

Cassius wasted no time, and sneaked through the stone to collect Njala. He restored her somewhat, then began to collect the bat-man, introducing himself as Ash, when he was interrupted by an absentminded red wizard stumbling into their midst. The wizard practically ran into Omen and Monty. Isn't it nice when ambushes throw themselves at you?

The party made quick work of the wizard, stabilized him, and threw him and the rest of the captives into their bags. They teleported out with little hesitation.

They hastily made their way to a dockside inn in Mezro, called the Wheel and Deal. They emptied the captives from their bags. Obviously, this looked really weird and suspicious to the innkeeper, who informed them the lobby wasn't open yet. After throwing gold at him for his silence and discretion, the innkeeper hesitantly decided to make them breakfast instead, and accept the business.

Fortune dictated the large party was the only occupants of the Wheel and Deal's lobby.

They purchased a seven rooms, and pulled up a table to question everyone.

The bat-man, Ash, seemed the most forthcoming of the group. Cassius caught him up with the present situation, and Ash shared what he knew about Njala's situation and connection to Alina and Homen Odesseiron.

Ash beneficently offered a pearl Njala could slip under her tongue to speak common. She was able to speak now, and had much to say.

Njala mentioned how she and her brother both possessed "the blood of the jotun", and her brother is a man named Fylki Fylkisson, and leads "the Warband of the High Ice". She described their home as being a tribal village built far underneath the glacier. She described its thatched buildings, animal pens, and frigid, squalid conditions. She stated when Ronja questioned how the only path she knew to directly enter the village was a perilous trek down an ice stair from above.

Perhaps importantly and oddly, it may be noted that Njala is the first of the cult's important captives that have had siblings.

Njala does not know with certainty if her village is still where she remembered it, six years later.

Njala expressed a desire to return home, although noted the strangeness of the situation, and desired caution if possible.

A woman named Shevarra - a hathran witch from Rashemen, seemed to know a bit too much of the cult of Ragnorra's activities. She mentioned a fact the party hadn't yet known about - men styling themselves as "prophets". These men spoke of repentance, purity, and the end of days, and wandered the northern villages of Rashemen, picking up any unfortunate vagabonds or drifters persuaded to their cause. Those who went with the prophets were never seen again, and some local resistance has arisen. These men seem to be growing more reviled in those parts of Rashemen, if what Shevarra said was true.

Shevarra expressed a desire to be returned to Immilmar, the capitol of Rashemen.

Another of the captives was an old man named Shaumar. He served as an icebreaker largely, and supported some of Shevarra's claims. He did not have much else to offer in terms of enlightening conversation.

Shaumar expressed a desire to be returned to Immilmar as well.

Next was a bear of a man named Alaric. He openly confessed to being a raider of the Nath people. He described a history of pillaging Thayan and Rashemi alike, and seemed keen on the suffering of their Thayan captive. Alaric's ears perked up at the mention of Waterdeep. Some men are lured only by the glint of gold or promise of plunder.

Alaric expressed a desire to depart at Waterdeep to pursue mercenary work.

The final captive was a man named Thorold. He did not seem keen on conversation, and getting words out of him was like pulling teeth. The party gleaned he was from a village in Rashemen that was raided, and he was taken prisoner by the Thayans later. He seemed tired of war, and tired in general. He had been a prisoner for the longest out of the group. The party later learned he was imprisoned allegedly for dealing with "magics invoking the aid of lower planar creatures" - according to Dawid Jorai, their red wizard captive. Thorold gave no indication of this.

Thorold expressed a desire to be returned to Immilmar.

Vix, accompanied by Omen, Monty, and Ash, set off to one of the rooms they rented to interrogate the prisoner. He was revived, then dominated by Monty's vampiric abilities. Ash seemed to wish suffering on the Thayan, who was a bit dodgy with the answers before he was dominated.

They found out Njala was procured by a man named Orgin Ulmokina, out of Undermountain. It's a name that's growing more familiar nowadays. He went on to detail the treasure named the Codex Advocare on the ground level in the library in the prison-fort the party rescued the prisoners from. He described a nook with a false book leading into the chamber housing it in detail. It is in the library on the first floor. He mentions only the first floor is protected from scrying and teleportation, leading in, or exiting. He describes the second floor as a barrack, and describes it in great detail. In his opinion, masquerading as a scribe, who often come and go from a nearby town, would be the best way to gain entry covertly.

He went on to describe his annoyance at seeing Alina returned to her father. Evidently, he was part of a conspiracy to kidnap her, masterminded by a man named Natanos Gridal. He described the premise of the kidnapping as an internal political power struggle in the evocation circle.

Ash directed Omen to strip the man of his valuables, which he did with no orders from Vix, and they slew the Thayan and fed him to Monty and Omen.


Omen and Montgomery must feed in 72 hours.

End: 8 am, Thursday, Flamerule (July) 22, 1396