23.06.2020 - Thunder - Banquet fight

• T and the Treasurer is talking
• Talking about stories
• Telling him about The Watch in Bricot
• Gives him the location of the alleyway entrance
• He is not surprised by this
• He tells her that Lady Blackmountain is pregnant
• He is not opposed to the new religion spreading
• Creates balance
• He would take the side of stability
• The kings wife disappeared
• It would create stability to marry
• Coty and the wizards
• Talking about ways to kidnap Orthun
• Teleporting him when they exit from the event
• Would require a teleportation circle
• One of them would have to leave early and create it
• The others will not like it if they just leave
• But the wizards doesn't really care
• Orthun is sitting next to Coty and hears everything
• C asks him what it would take for him to go with them
• "Why would I go anywhere with a wizard"
• Doesn't want gold
• The wizards are suggesting to "Rope him", like the ruffians do
• Keep talking about how to abduct him
• Then asks him what if they could create something to stop magic in Yin
• "What, like the Fields of Towers that we already have?"
• Orthun keeps mentioning the path
• "The path of self-improvement"
• "There is no place for chaotic magic on the path"
• C asks him to teach her about the path after they're done here
• He agrees, tells her to come to his quarters
• She wants it to be right outside
• He agrees, and says that they can walk together to his quarters
• The wizards are impressed. Wonders if Coty was a spy before she lost her memories
• They have a device that could help with the memories, but she'd have to trust them
• Coty does
• The high table (S, M and Eri)
• S sits beside Anya
• She welcomes him, but he says he's not supposed to talk to strangers, and starts chatting with the king, calling him by his first name (Gillian)
• He responds well, but then sees Anya's reaction and calls S by his title
• They talk about S's 'Vacation'
• Anya is very frustrated by both of them
• S says there was a lot of bad people attacking Connla's well
• Fanatics, working with undeads
• The king hasn't heard about the ___ employing undead soldiers
• S talking about the spreading of a plague. Asking if there's been any outbreaks after the refugees started arriving
• King recommends talking to the Treasurer
• They have a lot of refugees, not only from Connla's well
• They all seem to be picking up this new religion
• Anya tries to bring the game back, the king gets visibly annoyed, but she doesn't notice
• S plays along
• Mentions that she doesn't seem to be matching the clover colours
• She brings up that she's with child
• The king clenches a fist on the table when she brings it up
• Anya puts her hand on his and he relaxes
• They met at a ball here
• S reveals that he is on a first name basis with Ezekiel Blackmountain (the Lord)
• S brings up that someone is now single
• Lady Rockwater
• S asks for an audience with the King
• He says they can talk after
• The king orders a toast for the fallen
• Everyone  stands up
• Redkent drinks to drinks at once
• S tries to subtly have a toast towards M and T
• The king gets sombre, and lifts his glass a second time
• "For my wife, wherever she might be"
• Anya takes the smallest of sips possible
• He then slumps down in his throne
• Erivale reassures M that he'll be back to normal soon
• "Notice he didn't say deceased"
• She went missing before the war, S and M has never met her
• There is a rumour that a message was found in her room
• A songsteel necklace
• A Necklace of Control
• Often used to control magic wielding slaves, put on the slave to prevent them from using magic if the owner didn't want to
• Controlled through an armband
• The master could deal punishment through the necklace
• The Queen had some affinity for magic
• The necklace might have left it as a taunt to the king
• Is possibly a big reason why the King is so against magic
• (Veins of songsteel are rare)
• Eri suspects the king wants to marry
• She needs to prove herself
• Among other things in court
• They succeeded
• If they could find out who kidnapped the Queen…
• Not that many veins of songsteel in Tritonia
• Eri has been trying to track songsteel, and the suppliers
• Nobles aren't very forthcoming
• This might be how she gets to power
• "I will rely on your help, when the time comes" - Eri
• "I will help you however I can" - M
• The King starts talking to M about adventure(?) like an old friend
• "I tire of these games" - King
• "Now, what are you doing here? Why did you come so early?"
• He wanted them back, because politics are stupid
• S brings up that Eri was missing
• King gets sombre
• "Did you find out who did it?"
• Anya chimes in to remind him of formality
• S overly formal answers that we did
• The king stats putting weight on words like 'wife', 'firstborn', 'heir' (Referring to Eri)
• (He is a bit drunk)
• To types of guards: Royal, and pirate looking guards
• All of them are wearing the clover colours (Green and white)
• T
• Lady Rockwater shows the treasurer and T an armband that she had crafted
• An armband of songsteel
• She hands it to Thunder
• It is very new, no wear and tear
• Rockwater starts talking about how the masters used to use these to control magical slaves (using the word 'us')
• Says she doesn't have the necklace, only had the armband made
• The Lady chimes in:
• There are sad rumours that a master kidnapped the queen
• Might not be good to show of such an item
• Rockwater flustered
• Rockwater has a songsteel mine
• Planning to make a lot more necklaces, for a good price
• C
• Egil notices Rockwater talking to T
• Says he wouldn't be surprised if it was the Rockwaters who kidnapped the queen
• He is very fixated on T
• Says people with malicious intent is trying to infect someone pure
• Says Rockwater has always been against the Clovers
• Red Kent shouts "Down with the Rockwaters!"
• The pirate guards cheers
• The wizards cheer too, just a bit too late
• Some nobles cheer without having heard what was said
• Others disagree "Down with the enemies!"
• Things get loud, fist-fighting at the lower tables
• Red Kent throws the table "Down with them all!" and starts storming the table of Lady Rockwater
• The king is bemused, not going to stop it
• Anya is worried, but doesn't dare say anything
• Kent reaches Rockwater
• She is unconcerned because of the Lady's aura
• The Lady, unconcerned steps aside
• Rockwater grabs the necklace, puts it on, slams it on the table and creates a tornado, throwing everyone aside
• Treasurer is unconscious
• Lady on her knees
• She then tries to summon an air elemental
• C starts to summon her own (1 min casting time): An Ice elemental
• T notices Orthun is gripping his disk, but staying as still as possible
• Roll initiative:
• Tornado hurls Kent (now half conscious)
• Then flies up to C
• C drops her summon spell, and tries to dispel the air elemental, fails
• She tries to learn about the element wind, by breathing in as much of the elemental as possible
• S shouts to C, asking where his hammer is
• T sneaks up to steal the armband (crit fails)
• Notices an airstream heading towards the high table
• Shouts out "Your majesty! Invisible enemy!" while pointing it out (now on the platform)
• The King grabs his ceremonial sword, some guards heads towards him
• Some nobles notice S grabbing weapons, and starts grabbing for them too
• Warns them not to touch the hammer, but they do it anyway
• T manages to steal the armband, disengages, and rushes up to the platform
• Rockwater "Wait, you have to have them under control!"
• The elemental gets diminished as it passes by Orthun
• C tries to dispel it, but the magic passes by Orthun, so is affected, but is still successful
• The invisible thing attacks Erivale knocking her unconscious
•  M manages to grapple it
• It is very big
• S comes out from under the table and throws a sword to M (Who can't catch it, as he's holding on to the creature)
• He then goes after the minor noble who has his hammer
• T fails to use the armband, and goes to flank with M
• M unable to keep grappling it (it is made of air), then manages to catch his sword
• Does dmg to it, but it hurt him back (on his turn)
• Rockwater looks around and tries to walk away (None of us notices this)
• The king and guards tries to slash at it, but misses. Goes to cover Erivale, to protect her. Some are trying to get her out of the way
• S crit fails grappling the hammer thief
• T stabs it, dealing 25 dmg, halved to 12
• C teleports up to the platform, then shapes water to pour wine on the creature, making it visible (The top at least)
• M heals, but gets knocked back to 1 hp
• S notices Rockwater running away
• The guards drag Eri away
• S finally gets his hammer
• The bards are still playing btw
• The Lady joins the guards and the King to escort Erivale out of the room
• T throws the armband to C: "She used this to control it. Make it stop"
• C catches it, doesn't understand it, and throws it to S. "You fix it!"
• Both crit, and it clasps onto his wrist immediately
• M goes unconscious, it turns on T
• Blackwater casts Darkness behind her, blocking our view of her
• S uses Wall of Fire to block the exit. Making it only hot on our side, so it doesn't burn the wall
• T learns its movements and would have killed it if the dmg wasn't halved
• C heals M
• He gets up and kills the elemental
• Blackmountain is stopped by the wall of fire. Shouts at some royal guards "The mountain remember" + something about oath, and to kill the cleric
• 2 guards rush towards S, and reveals the symbol of the Green Eagle
• An opportunity atk makes S lose concentration on the wall
• T rushes through the room (120 ft in one turn!) to get to the escort
• Anya escapes through a hidden exit
• Coty casts Longstrider on herself and M
• Eri's escort leaves through another hidden exit
• T notices Eri is breathing, and the magical creature is sitting on the shoulder of the Lady
• She can still feel the calm aura, even though she has the creature on her shoulder
• The King shouts for the wizards to help, they cooperate to quickly cast Wall of Wind, heal guards and casts Calm Emotion on people to reduce the chaos
• S shouts through the main exit "Wait, this is yours!" and throws Auberons signet ring towards Rockwater
• Her face goes stony cold, and she walk away after kicking the ring at S
• T and M run up to help S
• The King joins the fray once he knows Eri is safe
• C heals Eri, she's still unconscious
• M deals the final blow on one of the green eagle guards
• As T stabs one of the guards, he doesn't really care. Single-mindedly focusing on S
• T deals 41 dmg (crit with dagger), and kills the last enemy
• The aftermath
• T tells the King that Rockwater controlled the creatures with the armband
• S tells him that he will identify it, given 10 mins
• "Do so. This will be the end of the Rockwaters"
• The King wants us to accompany us to his chambers

Plan: say T took both the dagger and armband from Rockwater.

Tell him about the Rockwater songsteel vein