Ragnorra Session 49

Start: 6 pm, Tuesday, Flamerule (July) 27, 1396

The party decided to spend some downtime in Waterdeep and further beyond. Before briefly going their separate ways, they collected the proceeds from their auctions. Cassius planned a grand performance with Killian, and told him to gather important nobles and common folk alike for a Golden Leg show. Killian hastily agreed, eager for profit. The party booked rooms at Gondolim's, a run-down inn near the city of the dead in Waterdeep.

During the interim before the performance, Vix and Lilly collect bones in the nearby city of the dead under the cover of darkness for later use. They collect 12 semi-intact humanoid bodies and 19 skeletal remains.

Meanwhile, Cassius has several daggers fabricated for later.

Thursday, Cassius puts on a grand performance as golden leg at the Lightsinger Theater to promote his auction. Killian promotes his performance, around 150 people were in attendance. Jinx sings during the performance. The play is based on the life story of Ronja, portrayed by a character called Ronjius. Ronjius has a flying, singing lizard, who sings in a beautiful falsetto. Ronjius's friend is named Vinny, who is a golem-crafter, who makes men from mud. Vane and Ragnorra were mentioned by name and included in the performance. Of those 150 individuals present, intrigue was gained in Vane and Ragnorra. Based on the result of the performance, those present will fanatically investigate and oppose the efforts of Ragnorra and Vane, and will seek to learn more. Finally, Cassius had the fabricated daggers engraved with the names of the characters in the play, and sold at extreme markup due to its success. With the proceeds, the party purchased another genesis scroll.

After this, the party briefly parted ways once more. During the interim, Vix teleports to Sshamath, via the entry cavern, Zorr'bauth to investigate the worship of Jergal and the queen of Air and Darkness. Additionally, she purchased a minion coffin. She finds detailed descriptions of Glouras, and where to find them. She found the ONLY large cloister of Jergal clerics are situated on the Fugue Plane. They are called the Scriveners of Doom. Some Scriveners are mortals on the prime, found in isolation, collecting their names. The Queen of Air and Darkness is in the unseelie fey court in Pandaemonium. You must be invited in by her or one of her exarchs.

Cassius returns to the master alchemist Laoguai Yiping. He gave a box of isohedron shaped pills to him for his efforts, with the promise something greater would be available once all the reagents were provided. He claimed they give the gift of temporary perfection. Each pill gives +4 insight bonuses for 30 rounds on all attacks, damage rolls, dodge bonus to armor class, and skill checks. He claims 'disaster' would befall you if you take more than one at once, or three ever. The case contains 6 pills.

Additionally, Cassius checked in with the scribes he sent to work many moons ago. They did not find anything incredibly substantial, but they told him Ragnorra is an entity largely considered mythical. Some consider her to be a quasi-deity, or something equivalent of a deity's power. She roams between worlds and transforms them in her image. Many contend she is outside the power of the gods, or they would have crushed her, as she presents a threat to the natural order.

Furthermore, ascension, generally, comes from various sources. Rarely, powerful and exceptional individuals are recognized by Ao, the overgod, Other individuals, like Cyric, slew a god and took their powers for himself. Sometimes, but rarely, a deity dies and mortals can collect a scrap of their power. Alternatively, mortal petitioners can undergo transformations in outer planes and transform into an outsider over a long period of time, under the supervision of deities. On Abeir, The weave does not function normally on Abeir. Abeir was also inhabited by abominations and other aberrant creatures from the Far Realm, most of them the original inhabitants of Abeir-Toril. To travel to it, one must find a 'natural portal', none of which the researchers could find. If one does, the current atmosphere is dangerous, and the wilds are populated by corrupt, aberrant lifeforms. It is advised to avoid this place at all costs.

Jinx and Ronja took to Livio's gemworks to purchase a large quantity of gems. The jeweler seemed a bit frazzled by the request he was given, but he managed to fill the order requested by Jinx. Jinx purchased 25,000g worth of rubies, 25,000 worth of sapphires, 30,000 worth of emeralds, and 10,000 worth of jacinth.

The party proceeded to purchase many wish scrolls. Vix used them immediately, and granted herself a permanent +5 inherent bonus to charisma.

The party decamped to Espar, to check on their wagon. At Espar, they noticed a marked improvement in the quality of the town, including a stone wall being constructed inside the perimeter of the palisade. Several more crossbowmen were situated along the outer wall, and people seemed more plentiful and in better spirits. War wizards were ubiquitous, and the town seemed to be reinforced.

Leonard spoke with the party, and briefed them on the improvement of the town. He mentioned attacks were infrequent, and new infections were slight, although the plungepool was not anywhere nearly fully cleansed. It would be an ongoing process to purify the land, and would not be something that could be done overnight. He was keeping busy to this end, however, and was helping the guard and purifying the land to repay the debt he thinks he must repay. Additionally, he mentioned the cultist's base was collapsed by explosives.

Satisfied with this, the party decides to check on Waymoot, with the wagon in tow. Passing by the plungepool, Cassius decurses a patch of it to the best of his ability. He notices his decursing is effective, although the clean and dirty water quickly begin to meld with each other. If it is to be purified, it surely would be a lengthy process.

On the road, the party passes by an encamped construction crew and purple dragon checkpoint where the road to Minroe and the road between Espar and Waymoot meet. After some initial confusion, they identify themselves as the Sansara company, and are allowed to pass.

They make their way to Waymoot and camp for the rest of the night. In the morning, they talk with the high priest of Tymora in Waymoot, Roy Challand, and find out several pertinent tidbits about the town. The War wizards were deployed from Suzail, and are beginning to rebuild their college in Espar. Vague rumors about the death of Yannick Darstan are floating around, implicating the Darstans and the cult being in the same league. Trollkiller is missing, and the last time him and the rangers were seen, they were convening with a Darstan military detachment in Dhedluk. The man acting as regent of Waymoot is a war wizard named Perry Ulviar. A statue of Dorn is being constructed in Waymoot, and it was mentioned he is a famed shipwright, and he should have a belt with an anchor on it, which he always, totally wore. Furthermore, Roy went on to specify 'trolls' and 'monstrosities' are warring with bandit lords in the farsea swamp. It seemed a bit too far away, with a faction he did not particularly have love for, for him to care much more than to be bemused. Eveningstar was nearly decimated in the battle for the north shrine, but other communities are recovering. Darstan forces have been gone from Waymoot for about a week.

The party bade adieu to the cleric, and continued on the road to Suzail. Along the way, a large amount of foot traffic was seen on the road to Suzail. Once the party made it to Suzail, they noticed a large population of refugees and beggars at the gate. It would appear many of the disenfranchised population were corralled to the city, and perhaps not evacuated properly to their homes, like the cleric thought.

The party decided to check in on the Darstan and Rowanmantle estate. The Darstan estate was locked and guarded by purple dragons, and starmetal was still detected from below. Vix sent Mary to scout below, and she found the sewers connect to a great underground network of tunnels, one branch of which connects to the Darstan estate through new construction.

Moving on to the Rowanmantle estate, they found it guarded by unfamiliar guards to Hisbelda, who have evil auras. They asked Hisbelda to scry on someone who might be familiar to her, and she selected her maidservant, Isabel. She found her to be in one of the cult's tanks. On the outside, everything looks normal, but it appears to be a simple facade.

Hisbelda looked again through the ball, and had a troubling proclamation. The king of Cormyr is dead.

Demiplane is ready.
Omen and Montgomery must feed urgently.
XP: 555


End: 6 pm, Tuesday, Eleasis 2, 1396.