C1 Session 12

We have just been unlocked from our prison in time, the place where the tower once was is now overgrown and mossy. Everyone is confused except for [[Murfy]], he knows what has happened. Murfy runs over to grab the dagger, and as he picks it up there is a pause and everyone can feel the power emanating from it, and Murfy feels himself get stronger, he sheathes it, but can still feel the power. The walls of the tower are cracked and falling apart, it should be gone by now but it isn't for some reason. We hear [[Storme]] from downstairs, head down and see him struggling to get someone out from rubble. One hand is sticking out from the stones, it’s [[Pain]]’s. Storme angrily tries to keep picking the stones off of him but he’s not making any progress. Storme is very distraught at Pain’s death. We head outside of the tower, it is exactly how it was before, rubble and stones. Murfy notices that the onyx chests are still there, locked but overgrown. We start lifting up rocks trying to find the chests, and eventually gather them all up. The locks to all of them are quite ornate and intricate. We find out that there is a way to get keys by turning the dials on the keyholes, but each key dispensed from a chest is for a different chests. Inside each chest is a foot long, foot wide block of cement. Murfy sees that they are magical and are used by means to preserve items, when they are broken they reveal the item they are holding. [[Quinn]] picks one up and smashes it. As it hits the ground it shapes into a golden wand. It is long and golden, with a type of double helix shape at the top, it is called the Wand of Wonder. Murfy does the same and his shapes into a ring. It is a Ring of Regeneration. [[Arturim]] picks one up and smashes it, and as it smashes, the sun flickers for just a moment, and a deck of cards falls to the ground. It is a deck of many things. Quinn breaks another, it is a staff, it is a voyagers staff. Murfy does another, it is called the spellguard shield. Arturim does another, it is a rod of absorption. Quinn opens the last one, it is a sword of wounding. Arturim then draws a card from the deck after getting it from Murfy. His backpack and most of his belongings disappear. He kept the deck, his cloak, shortswords, etc. Quinn then pulls a card, and he gets a stat buff. Murfy pulls a card, and nothing that he notices happens. We’re fucking terrified, we don’t know what the hell is going to happen. Quinn takes another card, what a dumbass. Above him a cloud appears, and starts raining gemstones, he’s fucking rich. Arturim sees his fortune and draws another. A second shortsword appears in his hand, which is significantly better than the one I just got from the chest. Murfy pulls another as well and nothing happens again, WHAT THE FUCK. we decide that this is too spooky and we want to head back to the city. We head back downstairs, Storme and Pain are gone. Murfy teleports us to his room in our HQ. The windows are boarded up, cobwebs all around, the place is abandoned. We go into [[Raven]]’s room and there’s nothing there but an old drawing that Murfy recognizes. The gardens are dead, the ground is mush. There’s nothing here, so Murfy teleports us to [[The Ravens]] headquarters. There is a horrible smell of burn, we look around to see everything burned and charred, walls splintered and books burned. [[Hilda]]'s room is however in perfect condition besides dust and cobwebs. He looks at some of the books, they are mainly about the war happening when we left and various other things. Murfy learns about Syron and how it was built, finding information about the war, but after all the general information is very cryptic. Some stuff about dragon incarnate and oceans of red, beacons of light and reunion of woe. We also get some information about [[High King Dronos]]. He involved himself in the war, as well as something about [[Zandrien The Red]]. The war raged on for awhile, it talks about the death of The legion of revenants and [[Aidren]]. Dronos was getting false info from Arthur and steps out onto the frontlines, and Dronos stripped Arthur of his rank, which he took offense to, de-establishing all dragonborn camps outside of [[Onye Aloura]]. It talks about how the [[Midnight Mages]] were apparently involved in the war on the hobgoblins side, teleporting them to various advantageous points. In addition, a man claiming to be Zandrien’s son was slain, and when he was, Zandrien's spirit took over, and Dronos and him fought, but Dronos still won. Afterwards, the war was brought to an end, and peace was established, and an alliance was put into action. Murfy does some more searching in his mother’s room, but finds nothing. We exit The Raven’s HQ and see hobgoblins walking around and the city bustling. The giant gash where Aidren cast his power into the ground is now prospering with plants and buildings inside of it. We decide to head to the nearest tavern to gather some information on what’s been going on. The taverns are completely different now, operating as a normal tavern instead of a brothel. Murfy walks up and inquires about alcoholic beverages. We all get some drinks, and notice that the cups are significantly more ornate that before. Murfy asks about the latest news, the bartender says that towns to the south have been causing problems with [[Amulet]], as well as strange happenings in Amulet, which is now a city and the king, [[John]], is also on his deathbed. Dronos also hasn’t come out of his castle for about the last 2 years. We walk out of the tavern and I look for Tyrben but can’t find him. We walk around more, and notice that the entire city looks a lot more official and there doesn’t seem to be any scars from the burn of the dragons so long ago. Murfy gets a nice map of the city and marks a few places down. The city overall is now more of an orderly metropolis rather than a bustling diverse community. We go to visit the king and are confronted by the guards. Murfy reveals his illusion and insists that he needs to see the king. They don’t like his magic and tell us to leave. Murfy fucks up trying to convince them that he’s Murfy so we have to leave. We go to check out the carriage rental service. There is a building with a desk and stables to the side. There’s a new rental system so the clerks grandpa has to help us. Murfy inquires about the cost for a carriage. He says it’s very expensive and we have a private debt that’s been stacking for TEN FUCKING YEARS WHAT THE HELL WE FUCKING PAID OUR FINES WHY IS HE STILL CHARGING US!?!? We just give him all of zachs gems and go to an inn for the night. Kev projects himself into the astral plane. There is nothing, and then there is bagpipes. IT’S MY FUCKING BRITISH KOBOLD!!! YESSSSSSS
  He makes a smart remark in his usual snarky accent, then continues to infinitely play his bagpipes. Murfy brings him back into the real plane. He goes “Hey, this is pretty ni-” and fucking explodes. We all get our rest. We wake up and everything is normal. We go to a secluded area and teleport to the city of Amulet, specifically the black spot. The area is now a staircase leading up to a well, and we walk out into the city. They have definitely done some renovations. Murfy wants to speak to the dying king, but resists. We search around town for a bit to find a tavern and head on in. it is the singing swords tavern. It’s pretty casual, simple setup. Nothing much is happening around town, business is usual. Murfy puts down some coin and the bartender says that the towns down south have been acting a bit funny, and mentions the condition of the king. Quinn mentions our org, and the bartender instantly shushes him. He warns us not to be putzing around talking about the legion. We respect his warning and head out of the tavern to continue looking around. There doesn’t seem to be much to do here, as we can’t get to the king. Murfy suddenly notices a man ducking around trying to look at us. He guides us over and walks inconspicuously in his general direction. Kev uses his eye to look at the guy, he just looks like a normal scraggly man, trying to eavesdrop. Quinn also notices him, as he signals to me that someone is there before walking over behind the barrels. He gets over behind the barrels but finds nobody. Murfy starts running off down the alley and Arturim sprints in front of him to chase the mystery man. I AM ZOOOOMING. I make it to him, it’s goddamn [[Tyrben]]. We re-unite and converse, of course he doesn’t believe that we got trapped in time for ten years. He lets us know that [[The Legion of Revenants]] are still operating, at a tavern halfway between Amulet and Onye Aloura. Of course it would be that tavern, it Haddd to be THAT tavern. We walk in an ask for deadman’s ale and the spiky dude leads us into the headquarters. He’s very confused that we’re still alive, and maybe a bit afraid. He says that Raven is expecting Murfy. We go down the stairs and this shit is a whole ass facility under the diamond ass. As Murfy drops his disguise everyone stops and salutes him. Murfy asks someone where his office is and the dude fucking breaks down before eventually telling us where it is. Murfy walks into his office and sees a desk with 2 chairs in the front and one in the back. Sitting in the big chair is an unrecognizable figure. Murfy says hi and she says hey dad, and it suddenly clicks. Kev inquires about what happened 10 years ago, and she says that Aidren died. Me and zach are sitting outside the door and Murfy rounds the corner, but Murfy is in the room. The fake Murfy storms in the office to see Murfy.  Kev’s eye kicks in and he sees right through the illusion, and it’s his mother. Raven is very confused. Kev calls fake Murfy Hilda and she acts like Murfy still. Raven intervenes, and fake Murfy puts kev to sleep. Arturim and Quinn hear a bit of a struggle. We walk in and Raven recognizes us, but fake Murfy tries to silence her. She ties up all of us with a rope and closes the door, then asks what the fuck is going on. She is very strict but also very confused. Raven asks some questions but consistently tells us to shut up or not answer them. She charms us all and asks Murfy how they first met. She then grabs his bag of holding, rips it inside out, and thousands of books fall out, and the drawing. She picks it up and looks at us before saying that only the real murfy could’ve had it. Raven is distraught, she puts a stone on the ground, and makes Murfy do the little rock dance. She then puts it in front of Murfy’s mother, who has now dropped the illusion. She can’t do it. Raven starts tearing up and storms out of the room. Murfy and his mother talk, she is angry at him. She is disappointed that he couldn’t even kill Aidren. She continues to chew him out. Murfy tries to make his point that he was stuck in time for the past 10 years. She doesn’t care about any of it and inquires about the avatar, she asks what his plan is. He doesn’t know. She says he can have the legion, but she wants Raven, but Murfy wants the opposite. Hilda says that the ten years are due to him chasing power blindly just as Aidren does. She also admits to killing all of the ravens(as in the organization). She wants to use Raven as a weapon, as she has been. She says she has had things in motion since the beginning of time, that it’s not about being powerful, it’s about the uncontested strength. A legion of 10,000 men, untrifled. She says peace is not made just from agreement, it is made from order. She planned to make the legion of revenants the most powerful organization and take hold of Amulet. She says her eye tells her Raven will kill 10’s of thousands, exacting her justice. They talk back and forth, then she tells him that Murfy will leave this place, Raven, and the legion, and never speak of any of it again. As she says that, she puts her illusion back up, and she looks like Murfy again. All of a sudden, a man comes walking down the hall, it's the wack spear guy. He walks in the office, stabs his mother who looks like Murfy. Then he walks out. His mother is bleeding out and Murfy stops time. He walks over to her and says “terribly sorry”, and firebolts. It freezes after slightly moving. He then heats the metal on her body and removes her Raven Eyes. Time unfreezes, and fire splatters across her, her entire life essence courses through her, and the armor on her body starts melting, and her eyes are gone. He then offers the eyes to us, and Arturim and Quinn both take one, but we’ll put them in later. We walk out and try to find Raven, but instead we find a meeting hall. As we walk in everyone starts filing in. Arturim and Quinn notice that people are going somewhere, and we decide to follow. We see Murfy standing behind a podium, preparing to make a speech. He says that things will be a lot less strict and more freedom will be given. The people are not really taking his words as the truth. Murfy and Quinn use all of their spells for the day to put into the rod of absorption and cast a decent amount of greater restorations to cure the people of their fear. Murfy makes a formidable speech. As he’s speaking, the rod’s magic is flowing into everyone, and they are all cured. He establishes Aidren as a threat, Arturim gets up and starts a mass cheer and applause, everyone is happy.