13.12.2025 - Scribe-5

(Seb is not here)

• We're in the dining room, with the bug on the table
• Scribes casts Rary's Telepathic Bond with just the party, not the Queen, child or Gus Barrelmug
• Sylword tells us about Gus Barrelmug and the spying device
• The bugs is a tiny 5cm purple creature with gold flecks
• it's more insect than spider, but with dozens of feet
• There are 6 small arms
• It has no eyes, but two holes in it's head that vibrates
• Scribes starts casting identify
• It's a living creature, not a construct
• I seems to navigate by sound, emminating a low hum/whisper burrowing doubt into our minds
• Almost like each specific person hears their doubts like rumours in the room
• Holding it down for the spell causes it to become agitated, increasing the intensity of the doubt
• It's keyword is "Rumor". you then tell it a short message, which it then feels compelled to deliver to it's master
• It has an intelligence of 1 or 2
• This is not a new spell, it was cast a while ago
• The power used to fuel the magic has some emotional undercurrent, like the creature itself produces magic energy that is feeding the spell
• Negative emotion energy
• Coty plugs it's ear-holes, like stopping a nosebleed
• We hear a crunching sound, as she jams the tissues in. Clear, foul-smelling liquid starts pooling out of it
• Coty casts cure wounds on it, healing it to full
• The rumours have dampened, and the liquid is corroding the table
• Sylword mends the table (including the stab wounds from the Queen)
• The Queen is frustrated to not be included in the conversation
• Sylword gets worried that Honey is also a spy, he runs and gets it, asking Scribes to identify it too
• It's magical. It's a fey creature that just looks like a dragonfly
• Sylword casts Zone of Truth, Scribes casts Detect Thoughts
• Gus is feeling dejected, guilty and shameful. He feels disgust when looking at the creature
• Scribes dives deeper into his mind
• He willingly fails the saves
• He first started spying on Sylword in Connla's Well
• He was in the harbor when Sylword arrives there
• Scribes sees the scene, feeling his stress and uncomfort as the bug was hidden in his beard spreading rumors
• He was first handed the bug in a black box with silver clasps
• The box was inscribed with old runes, containing the contents
• The runes were ancient religious dwarven runes
• He was not feeling unnaturally calm when receiving the box
• He doesn't remember where, but he hid the box somewhere
• Scribes sees him hide it in his small one-room apartment in Connla's well. Digging a hole in the corner for it
• It was gone when he checked back on it later
• Coty sends good vibes (Guidance) to help Scribes
• Scribes tries to gleam who gave him the box
• A hooded figure gave him the box. They emminated fear
• They were 3-4ft tall
• They seem to vanish from the memories as soon as they gave the box
• In Connla's Well the creature came back the same day in a few hours, here it takes days for it to return or longer
• He last sent a message yesterday, but it came back this morning, way faster than usual
• He's told it:
• Sylwords living situation, and daily schedule in Connla's well (Who he met, when he ate, slept etc, where he went)
• He left Connla's well with other meants than a ship, he's been tracking Sylword on and off for a while
• He reported on the bigger stuff happening in the group
• Changes in the roster etc.
• At some point, the bug didn't come back for a while. He thought it was over
------- He moved to Hugo-Sha because it was far from everthing that had happened ------- Then the bug appeared, telling him to apply to the Guild
• How to get in and out of Veilhearth
• Veilhearth was a temple, built on top of something big that The Veil is hiding
• Desa and the two dragon eggs
• That we have magical wards, though he doesn't understand them
• The Empress
• He talked to her, and is afraid of her
• He wasn't enthralled by her, since he was protected by the creature
• She was not happy about this, and stopped speaking to him
• Auren
• He hasn't told them about the teleportation circle yet
• Scribes sees that the bug asked him about the teleportation circle sigils when it came back today
• But he was so spooked by it returning so quickly that he hasn't told it yet
• Yesterday, he told it that:
• We have Queen Elenor
• He started working for them because he got in with a rought crowd
• Gambling, scamming
• He got caught by really bad people, that somehow knew everything about him
• Scribes memorizes their faces
• He was scamming a temple to steal their offerings, but got caught by the temple guards
• He had taken the least amount of risk possible
• The temple was known for being kindhearted, open to all, healing, soup kitchen etc.
• It was a temple for The Lady
• As he was talking to his target, everything was calm and kind, but there were suddenly no one in the temple, and the doors were shut
• Several people in white robes came out of the shadows, bringing him to a room where the fearsome 3-4ft figure from the earlier vision stood
• Though his robes are black, the inside of the is white. He has a medallion with the symbols of The Lady
• They told him very specific things about his life that no one should know, as well as future things he will do
• After telling him that they would be in touch, they let him go, and normal temple proceedings kept going as normal
• A few days later he was handed the box
• Their predictions were exactly right
• Scribes tells the party that his handlers are connected to The Lady
• Sylword goes to get Desa
• He tells her that a fly has breached security
• He asks her to ensure that no one leaves or enters Veilhearth
• Desa: "How violent?"
  Sylword: "No one leaves, alive"
• He tells her about the sealed entrances of the cave systems
• Toad, Selmyn and Thunder know about the caves
• Thunder knows a lot about the party in general
• Desa will alert us with sending if anything happens
• When Sylword asks Gus if he's heard any of the prohecy song, like "Mother Bossom", he connects the word "Mother" to The Lady, but hasn't heard anything about a prophecy
• Sylword gathers the Battlemaids
• He tells them that there's been a breach of security. No one leaves or enters, unless they want to die
• Someone asks if their families will be notified, and Sylword says no
• He then says they can each write on emessage that we will proof read and send for them
• He writes a note and puts it on the front door. "Do not enter. You will die"
• The butler assures us that they've prepared for this
• Scribes takes a short rest to prepare Guards and Wards
• She then casts it to change the password, hiding the front door with an illusion
• Meanwhile, Sylword crafts a cage for the fly
• We walk out of Veilheart, to hunt the hooded figure
• The scribe and guards there are confused by the sudden disappearence of the doors
• Selmyn Sends Scribes a message: "Scribe-5. I'm having a bit of a memory problem. It's strange. maybe you can help me figure things out. If you're not busy. There's like a gap, and I don't know why."
• We start heading towards her
• On the way, we're using Locate Creature (Bird Coty with the Locate Creature wand)
• Sylword ties a ribbon to Coty's foot, to be able to recognize her in the air
• Scribes shows everyone what the handler looked like in the telepathic bond
• After 10 minutes of flying, Coty gets a ping, towards the Academy
• Erin senses something foreboding and fearsome
• The insect is furiously trying to get in the direction of the Academy

Plan

• Figure out who's spying on Sylword (GELF?!?)
• Prepare for the trap(?) in the Academy
• Sylword wants to cast Warding Bond first
• Rescue Selmyn (memory issues)
• Teleport to Tidebreaker with Captain Queen Elenor Clover polymorphed
• Meet with Erivale in the Stormlord temple to hear about the current state of the Tidehaven politics, and how her father is doing
• Meet with the king in the Stormlord temple, to feel him out before revealing anything about The Queen

• Copy the elevator design for the hidden Pot room for Veilhearth
• We have to figure out if the sacrifices are permanent, or will go away
• Coty must protect the white dragon egg (it likes cold)
• Get the sibling dwarves home
• Get the two souls back to their bodies
• Coty might want to figure out how to deal with her two pokemon parents
• Sylword can cast Locate Object on the knife that was left on the other side of the Lorladon portal
• Scribes want's to save the last familiar
• We should turn Custodian Auren over to the Path of Hill, claiming that we held him while we investigated his crime of impersonating the Emperor
• Or whatever the party agrees to do

• Learn the new spells: Aquired but unlearned spells