Four Fates Under the Southern Sun, 3.5, Session 32

Start: 8 pm, Foreautumn 26, 401 GA

The party continue to ask Yolrud pertinent questions.

Ryardynin asks Yolrud if the wild magic can stop. He clarifies he cannot cease the wild magic in the area until the ritual is complete.

They questioned Yolrud as to the nature of which god or force they represented. Yolrud clarified as follows:
Alasdair - Vollûr
Pan - Zhir
Emilia - Syr Liandria
Holow - Ulior
Yolrud - Isha

And for Ryardynin, he was quiet, other than his mutterings on a 'dark seed' and a fate which must be 'overcome'.

Yolrud clarified the 90 foot obelisk would crumble once the ritual was complete. He estimated he could hold off the invasion force from the Yawning Chasm in the beyond for at least one to two weeks. He seemed to operate under the assumption he would not die, and he fully admitted this.

Yolrud claimed Holow is an archon, like the rest, and her relic, the Heartstone of the Broodmother lies deep below Sandhole Isle. Turning to Pan, he specified his relic would be equal in power to the rest once hers is collected.

Before the party left, Yolrud mused they may be able to secure an unlikely ally in the duergar of Kor or the Cult of the Unseen Eye.

The party realized the duergar of Kor are isolationist psions, and the Cult of the Unseen Eye serve a timeless creature known as the Unseen Eye, which Yolrud specified was a contemporary with the previous Archons. Additionally, they are a messianic eugenicist cult, and are responsible for several monstrosities, including the Driders.

In Emilia's attempts to heal Dianna, she managed to transmute one of her eyes into a sapphire, thanks to the wild magic of Monolith.

Dianna took it in stride, more or less, and Emilia promised to correct her error.

As the party left, Yolrud pulled a guardian from the beyond to serve Ryardynin. He called it Nightshade. The creature appeared to be a Tressym, and seemed relatively benign, given its background.

The party ventured back to Monduath. Gilbert awaited them there, and he requested the location of their home not to be revealed to the forces they rally to the island. He seemed perplexed by the revelations, but to be taking things mostly in stride, considering the circumstances. He obviously feared for his people if armies were to be stationed and battling in his home. He agreed to inform his people and rally troops for the assault.

Gilbert clarified he is the illusionist of Monduath. Ryardynin shared several spells with him, including Major Image, Mirage Arcana, Shadow Walk, and Seeming. Gilbert shared a bottle of Monolith Effervescence, a plum pyment with Ryardynin, and Emilia gave him a quiver of ectoplasmic arrows, which he assured would go to a skilled archer. Emilia also gave her father a wand of cure light wounds.

The party bid their farewells to Gilbert and continued to the coast. In transit, Dianna mentioned her half-shipwrecked stolen Fortisskari boat is near the 'fighting on the north side of the island'. They decided against this plan, instead electing to use one of Emilia's boat tokens to return to Ramos and his crew.

On the boat, they explained the situation to Ramos. Ramos recounted the state of Sandhole Isle, and a 'contact' he had there. Emilia contacted the Fortisskari, who agreed to make good on their arrangement, sending two legions, 4,800 troops, to the island. Alasdair contacted Jucika and Malthuzar, who agreed to send 400-600 elite braves to the island's defense.

Emilia made good on her promise to restore Dianna's eye.

After some deliberation, the party decided to visit Ramos's lady friend.

They teleported there, much to her, and everyone else's shock. They cordially depart the business, and briefly explore the dead-end town of Russet.

They speak with Scrapmaster Wym, which Pan flatters. He seems to enjoy this perceived prestige, and tells the party about his mine and the state of the place, giving them directions, and telling them to not mind the crew.

They depart to the mine, somewhat puzzled by the exchange.

Duration of Yolrud's holdout on Monolith Isle: 0 weeks, 0 hours, 0 days
XP: 1400
End: 6 am