Session 26

• NOTE - new TCS in Warrenstone "soft opening" - owner is giving out a free TCS Tablet to every party that enters, but not yet ready to sell more (unless strongarmed)
• Teleportation Circles on Terus

WARRENSTONE

• Figure out whether or not Mark should go in, give him a simple disguise from Bord (not very good, NAT 1) just in case. Mark decides to stay behind
• As they approach town, see harengon kid announcing new TCS HQ and TCS Tablets, telling them about new prices and locations

• Da'ath and Narinn drop off petrified Aarakocra and Harengon to Captain Berramak, who pays them and hopes Farneiros - Harengon F Cleric - Head of Temple to Arawai in Warrenstone at the Cathedral can heal them.

• T'nin goes in to send letter to Takstor about them keeping Bag of Holding and contents for now, meets Nullebben who runs the place, and agrees to jot down T'nin's words for the letter
• 'TAKSTOR - BORROWING YOUR ITEM. WE WILL RETURN AS SOON AS ABLE. XXOXO THE R" (*also sent 150gp to keep him happy)

• Mak'Ti and others buy FOUR TCS Tablets, Gimloth (spent later), Cloudscape, Surfton, and Chalinos
• Blue (Kazramath) uses DISGUISE SELF to look like lowly robed Dragonborn Acolyte and gives Mak'Ti a letter before disappearing "Farneiros has heard of your return and wishes to speak to you. Please return to the temple as soon as you can."
• Mak'Ti decides to go, Da'ath and Vrae accompany him, the rest go back to camp to keep Mark company

• Xannol (red abishai) leads Blue Abishai Kazmaroth and 3 black abishai to punish Da'ath and Mak'Ti for what they have done to Tiamat, and ensure they still fulfill the task she gave them
• Battle ensures, they use ARCANE LOCK to seal the group in the chapel
• Mak'Ti manages to send Nuri for help
• Vrae fights Black Abishai, learns they do not intend to kill them, just knock them down
• Xannol battles a frightened Da'ath, eventually taking his GLAIVE and snapping it in half with the help of one of the black abishai
• Kazramath battle Mak'Ti in arcane combat, eventually using a ROPE OF ENTRAPMENT to bind Mak'Ti and teleporting him to the back CHAPEL, where Mak'Ti and the others exorcised Tiamat from Mark Bastardson
• Farneiros is DEAD on the floor, and Mak'Ti cannot escape as Kazramoth rips out his LEFT EYE
• The abishai summon Aldrynn the white who crashes through the roof of the Cathedral and they escape, no casualties
• Vrae frees Mak'Ti, who rips off a piece of his displacement cloak to wear over his missing eye
• They exit as the Warrenstone Scouts arrive, telling them what happened and of Farneiro's death
• Captain Berramak lets them leave, trusting them after their successful mission to save the mother and child Harengon
• Tnin searches battlefield and find a SCROLL written in INFERNAL

• Quick sells carriage and horses, not needed anymore that they are using tablets
• 75gp for each horse, 250gp for the carriage

• Bord continues to play DIRGE of "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"
• Group makes their plans, vows vengenace on Tiamat and the Abishai
• Translates Scroll T'nin found and learn about the missing components:

Intelligence from the Cult of Lolth in Zyn lays out the following likely holders of the missing components:

• The chronolometer - Efreeti? (if time, inquire at Fugore)
• The dimensional loop - Terus (Judai'aruk hunting)
• The far gear - Plane of Water? (Thorman investigating)
• The rotor of return - Dao? (if time, inquire at Oreton)
• The timepiece of travel - SPEER? (have agent within investigating)
• The wheel of stars - Vlaakith suspected to have found

• Mak'Ti recognizes pieces of ORRERY OF THE WANDERER, formerly of Lumengrad, and tells the group what he knows

GIMLOTH

• After arriving and interrogating a local dwarf for directions and "juice" (Vrae), decide to split up
• Mak'Ti accosted by a Raven acting like a familiar, who sends him telepathic instructions to meet in the Maimed Owlbear Inn
• Da'ath and Narinn first go to the MISSION BOARD to get some new missions
• VENGEANCE! Thievery! War pillaging! Get it back for us! Inquire at the castle!
• MONSTERS! Mine shut down due to dangerous creature! Inquire at the castle
• PERFORMERS NEEDED Inquire at The Meading Place Bar
• A QUEST FOR THE VAUNTED AXEBREAKER CLAN Prisoner 13 Contact Varrin Axebreaker in the Gimloth Castle to see if he would be interested in your services

• Narinn and Bord visit blacksmith DWARVEN FORGE and meet Ingvia, the only known seller of pistols and bullets on Oroccid
• Learn she procured blueprints and hired an artificer to make them, cannot innovate them at all (very interested in Narinn's rifle)
• Realize there is some connection to Bord's Cult and LORD TILL
• Both buy bullets and Bord buys a SECOND pistol
• Hire her to fix Glaive, want to stay and watch and help

• Meet owner Marnia, very excited for them to be there
• Helps Mak'Ti find Lorehold Primer, rare find brought to them by planewalker who visited Faerun and procured it
• Vrae bought the rest of the Dick James books to go with the one she had (more needed!), and got some free porn as well

• Head inside to find Tibac, told by Bartender Gardus to head to back room #2
• Told to close the door by Tibac who does not move
• Mak'Ti senses illusory magic, asks if he is lying
• KEYRTH drops the illusion as they close the door, and introduces himself "I AM KEYRTH"

• Da'ath and Mark want to visit Arena and get details
• Full Keyrth talk
• Narinn and Bord still in Dwarven Forge fixing glave, need to get THAT QUEST!