Chapter 5: Halo's Past, Vaerath’s Deal, and the Hidden Portal
General Summary
- Halo and Gnifty had a heart-throbbing reunion, although Gnifty was confused as he only knew Halo as a common house cat he had once saved from being run over by a house and carriage.
- Halo had somehow become a tabaxi with no memory of his transformation.
- Since gaining consciousness, Halo had been searching for Gnifty. Inspired by his act of kindness, he had tried to follow in his footsteps by fighting against Malakar's cult. He had uncovered their soul-trapping operations under the city and was captured during this mission.
- Halo’s knowledge provided emotional stakes for Gnifty and crucial insights about the cult’s activities.
- After exiting the prison, the party met an imprisoned dragon who informed them that Malakar was a chaotic dragon deity who had been cast into another realm. He also told them the dragon cult worshipped Malakar.
- The party, uninterested in the full lore, asked the dragon to get to the point.
- The dragon, Vaerath, said he would help them bring down the dragon cult if they blew his horn when they found the cult’s headquarters.
- Vaerath also gave them a secret code to activate a portal: darastrix kathar.
- The party used the portal and returned to Veloria, arriving in an abandoned home with a homeless man.
- The party had no issues with the man and left him alone.
- Whiskers was attacked by a gang member over money she owed. She beat him up, hogtied him, and threw him in front of the gang HQ.
- The party visited a library to search for clues, but the DM was off and nothing of substance was found.
- They then made their way to an inn and rested for the night.
- All except Grabby, who was visited again by the demonic idol he had taken from Balfazar’s tower.
- The idol threatened to expose his dark past and explode, killing the party, unless he followed its orders. It commanded him to kill the homeless man from the abandoned house.
- Grabby reluctantly followed through, making the kill swift and quiet.
- The next morning, Halo led the party to follow a lead about the cult at a local bank.
- At the bank, the party asked for a tour. The lead banker was suspicious and refused to let them through one of the doors.
- Inferno pressured the banker persistently and humorously until a fight broke out.
- The party won and hogtied the two bankers. Inside the forbidden room, they found a pentagram teleportation device like the one they had used in the prison.
- Whiskers remembered the code and said “darastrix kathar” before jumping into the portal with an impressive acrobatic flourish.
- The party followed with various strange gestures.
- The bankers, extremely confused, could only watch as they vanished.
Report Date
20 Dec 2025
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