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38 Navara 3479

The Hazard that was 37 Navara

by Zinzyra Faer

After the morning's minor calamity and then a few hours' waiting, we set off again. For the record, my charred flesh does not appreciate anything touching it, and it is low-level agony every time it is jostled. At least Roscoe loaned me his boots that allow movement a bit unnaturally along surfaces, so hopefully I won’t become an absolute burden, and Tara mended my original boots, too. Also, that practical joke I played on Rue came in handy, because now the quarterstaff in my quiver is my charred hobo shepherd cripple walking stick.
 
We didn't get as far as we wanted into the trek before we came upon a group of Lost, sorrow-filled creatures from the Shadowfell. I doubt the seriousness of the encounter resonated with all of the party, but we nearly lost Fern, Blackthorne, and Tara. It was by some misplaced grace of the gods that we ultimately made it out, but I can't undersell the value of Roscoe befriending those pixies earlier and summoning them to aid when it was most dire. It was especially bad because as a result of the chaos of the first few seconds of that encounter, an antimagic field of some kind was triggered, which significantly impacted our ability to defend ourselves and, more importantly, to heal. (Margin Note: That effect lasted about 24 hours, all told.)
 
At some point along the way, we actually found the hot springs Blackthorne has been on about for weeks, and most of the group indulged, but I refused both on principle and because I cannot think of anything that sounds worse with my foot the way it is. Roscoe and I ended up slowly carrying out a perimeter watch, which we failed at, because the forest manifested portals—one to the plane of fire, one to the Shadowfell, and weirdly, one to my home carved out of Oghma's domain. Obviously I had to take advantage of that, but it took way too long to get Roscoe to see the doorway. Maybe his force of imagination is too weak?
 
We obviously went to my place, but it didn’t work like I remembered. I don’t know if it’s because the forest’s magic brought us there or because Roscoe was an issue or what, but the room that can summon anything didn’t work for him. Also the trapdoor to the best part of the place apparently tried to chop off his head, so there’s that. I should talk to Oghma about that before I can purposefully bring anyone there…
 
Roscoe being Roscoe, he tried to use the horn to bring Myri to the HoZ, but that’s way more complicated of a request than any normal thing he could have asked for, and it turned out… special. It seemed to use the mirrors’ connections with people to—and stick with me for this wild conjecture—project their likeness into the space? And yes, I used a plural pronoun there because in addition to getting a version of Myri, Roscoe also brought mid-hot springs Blackthorne and Seksgar into the place. I can probably never look at that common room the same again. (At that point, I was glad the HoZ hadn’t let Roscoe up to the top part.) Roscoe was pretty put off by this turn of events, but I’m still trying to figure out what even happened. He could touch Myri, but my hand passed through the projections like they weren’t there.
 
Anyway, we spent a day of Veldorn time in HoZ, because I had reading to do, and the salve the horn gave me was such welcome relief from the constant pain of my foot. Keenor and Theodora are a strange combo now, flying around together and talking freely in that room that lifts Keenor’s curse. I read a lot, guided by some suggestions Percy made about our new research project, but now it is time to depart.
 


 
Surprisingly, I managed to bring a book with me. I didn’t think that was possible.
 
We finished the day with a bit more travel before setting up camp. We didn't make it through the night, though, because partway through resting, a half dozen will-o-wisps appeared. Without the ability to use magic or enchanted items, which several people only remembered after trying to do so, and with the will-o-wisps slowly working their way to the force dome's weakness (the ground), it didn't look great. Tara took a chance and shattered a crystal by striking it, which led to an explosion of sorts. It also had some kind of transportation property to it. Apparently it affected me differently, because everyone else was thrown about, but it felt like a long, leisurely stroll for me.
 
Tara got impaled by a shard of crystal, and the horrifying thing was that it seems to have drawn some of her life force out and captured it within the fragile crystal. Her sacrifice was a hugely beneficial to the party, though, because she took us from a Shadowfell-adjacent part of the forest into a Feywild one. It was a little surreal, honestly, how much it felt like the Feywild. (There was even a suitable tree for leaf surfing, but no one seemed interested.)
 

 
Duraz.
 
Has.
 
Been.
 
Able.
 
To.
 
Summon.
 
Mounts.
 
This.
 
Entire.
 
Time.
 

 
Now that I’ve had time to process the asininity of it all, it is worth noting that both times he summoned creatures, it went strangely. One was always made of stone (which seems fitting), and both times the other knew me. I was incredibly bummed when he sent away my feline fey friend, but a close unicorn friend from childhood feels like a good option, too. Does this mean when a magic user summons creatures, the spell is just… asking fey creatures to accept the call?

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  2. So It Begins (Crystal Forest)
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  4. Memories & A New Acquaintance (Crystal Forest)
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  5. 10 Days, 9 Creatures, 1 Cave (Crystal Forest)
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  7. The Hazard that was 37 Navara
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  21. ⁠—
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    27 Gaiztoak 3479 PA
  26. Back into the World
    30 Gaiztoak 3479 PA
  27. No Rest for the Weary
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  30. Zin's Emotional Journey Upon Being Confronted with Her Exes
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  31. Through the Wall
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  32. Is Anything as It Seems?
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