30.06.2020 - Thunder - The Rockwater Mansion

Seb is playing with us now

• The king leaves after requesting an audience
• S and M knows where his chambers are
• Can reach it through the Throneroom, so we head there
• We run into Anya in the entrance, as if she's awaiting
• She is arrogant as ever
• The throneroom is assosiated with more primal, powerful symbols than the gods
• Two statues of Selune, holding fire, flanks the throne
• C finds out the water is electrecuted
• Originstory of Tritonia, was Selunes gift of fire to the first man that washed ashore in Tidehaven (Valkur gave him to Selune?)
• The king is waiting at the throne
• There is a single log for each pillar, that seems to be emitting the fire pillar
• We approach the king
• Anya was the one that insisted on these "theatrics"
• He thanks us, and points out that Rockwater needs to die, as well as her followers needs to be rooted out
• S talking about how the Green Eagle soldiers seems possessed
• S reveals that Rockwater shouted "The mountain remembers"
• All royal branches are of the Mountains
• The former king was of the Mountain, and this king disposed of him (?)
• Unclear whether she could have meant the former kings former royal line, or the blackmountains etc.
• A noble bursts into the room, shouting that he requires an audience
• He is dragging with him a gnome
• Lots of tools, staff, mechanical/metal stuff
• White hair, long ears
• Ferriz Arnini - Gnome tinkerer (Sebs PC)
• Preference to fire
• "He blew up my ship!"
• Gnome insisting it wasn't on purpose
• He wasted more that 10 000 gold, "Off with his head"
• King asks: "What did you do now tinkerer?"
• Offers the noble that he will be compensated, and that the gnome will be given proper punishment
• Asks the noble to leave, but leave the gnome here
• Apparently the gnome has been useful. Will have to owe him for this
• Asks us to take this gnome as a new member of our group
• Needs to have a precaution to keep him safe from the noble
• We will get rewarded for saving Erivale twice
• The king will knight all of us, by his own sword this time (and not knighted by the lady in his name (like M and S was))
• He requires an oath for him
• Knighting will mean we are his vassals
• If he needs our help, he will ask us
• It is up to the vassal how strong they looks at this
• And up to the king how strict about this he is
• It will mean we are now nobles (by blood)
• "I promise on my faith that I will in the future, be faithful to the lord, never cause him harm, and will observe my homage to him completely against(?) all persons. In good faith and without deceit"
• Places his sword on S's shoulder etc.: "For loyalty, for heart, for the King"
• When he does it to M: "I look forward to your service once again"
• For T: "A tabaxi swearing an oath is a rare thing(?)", T: "A Tritonian knighting a tabaxi, likewise"
• "Rise knights of Clover"
• Will give us some land
• Asks his page(?) to give us any land, somewhere in the north (so that we will not be landless nobles
•  Is given the farm that we bought the cart from
• Asks for names, is given:
• Coty
• Left-handed hummingbird, of the Bright Cliff Clan
• Manath Wildwarrior
• Sylword of Sadina(?)
• Is put down as the order: "Knights of the Clover", but we can easily change it later
• We will take the gnome under our protection
• Is also given:
• 3,107 gp total:
• 700 cp
• 3,000 sp
• 2,100 gp
• 70 pp
• 100 gp gemstones (×12):
• Amber (transparent watery gold to rich gold), ×2
• Amethyst (transparent deep purple), ×2
• Garnet (transparent red, brown-green, or violet), ×2
• Jet (opaque deep black)
• Pearl (opaque lustrous white, yellow, or pink)
• Spinel (transparent red, red-brown, or deep green), ×2
• Tourmaline (transparent pale green, blue, brown , or red), ×2
• Magic Item :
• Hat of Disguise 
• The hat allows us to cast disguise self
• Asks us to go to Rockwater's mansion, she will probably not hide there for long
• If we wait for morning, he will get his spies to give us info about the layout etc.
• Coty asks a really important question:
• Can she get one of the burning logs? Is denied.
• S says he will get her something cooler
• The king informs S that Arnini can be trusted, but has to be taught control, balance etc.
• S would like to talk to the king about what happened in Bricot
• "Apparently the war isn't over"
• King: "The war is over, just some factions that are dissatisfied"
• We mention that Rockwater has a songsteel vein. S thinks it is the island we found Eri at
• Mentions that the Lady was on the island too
• King wonders what we did so far north.
• M mentions asking the Red Hand (?)
• The tribesmen call themselves The First Folk
• We go to rest
• S talks to T privately
• Thanks her for saving him alongside M
• Apologises about not telling her about the interrogation
• "You of all people should know that everyone keeps secrets"
• Arnini talks to C
• He's from the Academy, famous there
• Knows the twins
• C plans to go there tomorrow, maybe finding Orthun
• Tries to tell her about a letter he got, with her name on it
• It's about some missing runes
• When he opens it to show her, the letters starts burning up
• C hitches up her dress to show him the runes
• Talking about how she doesn't remember anything before waking up in the ice
• (Seb trekker linjen til Avatar =O)
• S identifying the bracelet
• 1 Conjure Air Elemental each day (5. level spell)
• Has to attune to it
• S asks C what she can remember
• Smell of fresh baked bread in the morning
• Gives her the bracelet
• Assigning the Hat of Disguise
• T picks it up and starts looking at it
• She gets it
• C starts talking about the name of the Order
• Wants Order de fleur (?)
• T brings up referring to ourselves as The Luck earlier
• Arnini stays in C's room (sharing a bed… Arnini is Gay tho, and C does not seem interested)
• We all get an early breakfast, except for S
• C and A gets T  and M to join them at the academy
• Leaves a note for S: "We Academy Now. Good luck. Coty <3" (??)
• At the academy
• Lots of random explosions
• Heavy metal doors (?)
• Lots of sounds etc.
• As if the building itself can barely contain all the magic inside of it
• Lots of familiars
• A leads the way to the twins
• In the highest towers
• A burning gnome runs towards us yelling "The greatest power" (??)
• Coty uses Hold Person, then Fog Cloud, then Shape Water, to put him out (Gir 1 dl vann hun kan manipulere…)
• He starts moving in slow motion. "What are you doing? You're ruining the experiment."
• C then casts Longstrider on him
• The rest of us takes the time to move out of the way
• He is going to fast, so he can't turn the corner, and goes unconscious
• A female gnome checks on him. "Well, partially successfull"
• The twins room is bigger on the inside
• Maxina is waiting for us
• She really wants to do some soul experiments based on a tome she found
• Asks C to stand 'over there'. Warns others that we shouldn't be in the vicinity, as it was dangerous
• A gives us some metal helmets with goggles
• Maxina: "Just let me know if it hurts to much"
• Does a ritual, dips her hand into C's skull
• Slaps her, then whacks her with the tome
• C is now remembering a bit
• S discovers two notes slipped under the door
• The note from Coty
• A crude drawing of the layout of the mansion
• Uses Sending to message M, asks how we are doing, and if he should come over to where we are
• M answers kinda confused, but tells S to come if he wants to
• S gets a lot of breakfast, then heads over to the academy later
• Notices someone following him
• A woman wearing a sailor hats
• He starts following her instead??
• She darts into an alley
• S casts locate creature to find her
• Then continues to the academy
• Asks for directions from a random guy
• He starts reading his palm, then directs S up to the tower we're in
• S insight: The person was reading S's future through his palm
• Enters right as the experiment is over
• Maxina starts talking about everythin making sense now: 5 runes, 5 party members
• Who is the party member with the unknown element, and what element is it?
• S informs us of the map
• Maxina asks us to come back for more experiments if we doesn't die
• Asks C what she remembered
• She got some visions about her mom and dad
• They were wearing fine clothes, then blurry
• Then she is talking with someone, that tells her to go gather the elements
• Then is stops, and she's where we found her (?)
• Recollection of another diety "Nu Wha" / "Nüwa" (alternate spelling)
• (Mother god, that shields the human world from the god world. Using pillars of elements, stops gods form directly interfering with mortals)
• S has heard of her
• We take a look at the layout
• A wall covering the area
• Some guards at the main entrance
• T tries the Hat of Disguise, looks like Lady Rockwater, dressed like at the banquet
• Takes it off to avoid attention from passerbys
• Plan:
• C and T sneak in, prevent Rockwater from escaping
• Windows on the first floor are borded up, so we'll both go through there
• C is a butterfly and T will turn into Rockwater once inside
• We will try to find Rockwater, to prevent her escape. After 10 min (?) S will send a message to T, to check if we're ready for them to start breaking in
• No basement on the map
• We begin
• T is seen (only tail?), manages to distract with a thrown rock, and can get inside
• In a bedroom that hasn't been used in a long time
• T hears pacing in the hallway
• C is small enough to crawl through keyholes
• T picks a chest, find 70 gp, 20 sp
• Then goes into the room C is trying to get her into
• 2 chests
• 1st full of letters
• Many seem to be sealed, or have broken seals
• Some correspondence between Rockwater and the Green Eagles
• Also to dignitaries, nobels etc.
• Shoves them into her bag
• 2nd is trapped
• T is paralyzed, falls to the floor, making some noise
• C hears it, goes out of wild shape, Lesser Restoration, warns about a heavily armored guard outside, then back into Butterfly
• Inside chest is a bony child sized hand inscription on them. One letter, and a red potion
• Letter says: "We found the spawn" Signed "For the Lady"
• Takes everything
• S messages. T asks them to wait, tells them the situation. Warns that they might be working with the Lady. Ends with "Creepy child hand".
• S has ritual cast Detect Magic, wants to circle the mansion
• A makes him invisible with some high tech cloak
• He then walks inside the fence, and starts circling the mansion
• There is conjuration magic underneath the house (This one is very strong compared to the others)
• Enchantment magic on first floor
• Some divination from the second floor, Illusion from the same place
• He then returns to the others
• C is flying around the 2nd floor
• Hunting room with suit of armour standing in it
• Another room has a fireplace that's been recently lit
• In another room she finds Lady Rockwater and a guard
• Flies back to T and tries to signal
• T manages to get past the guard
• C is hovering over the keyhole of the door to Rockwater
• T sees who's inside
• T Disguise Self to look like the guy in the hallway
• Tries to signal the others through a window…. While disguised as a guard
• They eventually understand something is going on in the Rockwater room (maybe that T was captured)
• The outside crew starts planning how to get in
• Using a clockwork noise device to cause a distraction
• They still get noticed when they're in the middle of the garden. The alarm goes up
• S Hold Person one of the guards
• Rockwater and guard notices the alarm, and starts running out of the room
• C casts slow on them, Rockwater fails

We level up to lvl 9! ^^

Plan: Rush into the room, pretending to be a guard, and tell her that the intruders are in the stairs, and that it would be better to go out the balcony (?)