Ragnorra Session 44

Start: 11 pm, Sunday, Flamerule (July) 25, 1396

The party searches the camp for a source of lead, and finds a lead mallet. They enlist the help of the only blacksmith in the camp, a raggedy elder orc, to line a container with lead and enclose it with padding. The orc sufficiently performs his task and is paid.

Meanwhile, the party instructs the orcs to load the remainder of the crates with the leftover valuables to haul away. They begrudgingly agree and perform the task.

The party retreats into the cave to rest. Joaquin, Kamal, Njala, and the tribespeople leave, with the pearl of speech in the night. Jinx stands guard in the cave while Ronja and Cassius sleep.

Upon waking, the party questions their captive, the gnoll 'prophet', named Jargaal. Under domination, he describes two nearby prophets he knows about, a gray orc named Ologmi, and a frost troll named Bo. Ologmi is to the northeast, and Bo is to the north. Jargaal described Vane approaching his tribe, proselytizing. He tasked them to lead the 'faithful' to healing shrines, and are offered power after Ragnorra's arrival. Jargaal seemed to have some knowledge that Ragnorra's coming would mean bad things for many people, and did not care, as long as he received the power he was promised. He only knew of one healing shrine, in Cormanthor, so presumably this is where he led his faithful. It is likely he was aided by the portals found sporadically, given the great distance, although this hints as the shrine in Cormanthor being very large. Jargaal admits all prophets are shadow weave users, as is Vane. The party knocked him out again and went on their way.

The party brought the orb within the chest along with them, and demolished the statue of Ragnorra within the shrine. The statue they demolished appeared to be exactly similar, down to minor details, to previous statues they have encountered, as if created with a fabricate spell.

The party decided to get some business done separately. Jazmine and Vix stayed at the orc stronghold. Vix took this time to chat with Montgomery, and teach the puppies a trick. Cassius took off, attending to the promise he made to Shevarra, the Wychlaran. Jinx and Ronja traveled to Mulptan to shop.

There, Jinx and Ronja found a shop named the Emerald Phial and spoke with a stopped, fat old Shou man named Peng. He beckoned them inside the shop, and Ronja and Jinx spoke with his master, a man named Laoguai Yiping. He is an alchemist from Shou, and a follower of the dao of alchemy. They spoke with him at length, and promised a second of Cassius's offerings at a later time, in exchange for a great reward. For now, the man offered them some mysterious pills, which they reluctantly kept.

After this, Ronja and Jinx went on their way, collecting the gems Vix required and a new bag of holding. They returned, and Jinx closed up the tunnel with an earth elemental, blocking the way for any interlopers unable to teleport. The barricade was slightly vented, allowing for air to pass through. Omen stripped the corpse of the 'executioner' Asabi, and returned the bones to Vix to store for later.

The party departed, with Jazmine carrying the orb in the chest and Jargaal the Gnoll. The loot was taken with in the new bag of holding.

The party reconvened with Cassius outside of Urling. There, they met a nervous man named Hamgar, who seemed to quite obviously be spying on them. He briefed them on how the village was closed for the time, and to make their way to the Green Chapel, an inn tailored to foreigners, and the only place foreigners could stay in the area for the moment.

The party did so. Upon entering the inn, Cassius described the nature of Laoguai Yiping's pills, and distributed them to the party. The party indulged him, and immediately received the boon of the pills.

Inside the inn, there appears to be an innkeeper, an annoyed looking half-elf, a woodsman, and an elderly woman loudly complaining about aches and pains.

Jinx offered the old woman a goodberry which she reluctantly accepted and ate. This seemed to do little to ease her distrust, however.


Demiplane ETA in hours: 140
Omen must feed in 71 hours, Montgomery must feed in 49 hours.
XP: 500 xp

End: 4 pm, Monday, Flamerule (July) 26, 1396