Session 38

CHALINOS

• Narinn and Da'ath, tearfully and immediately, leave the group and head back to Hallowed Inn to grieve and be alone
• T'nin pops up after spending the last day drinking at the Brothel, he is not as upset as the other's about Mak'Ti's death, though he acknowledges the loss is great (is also curious about what happened to Mak'Ti's money and items, all of which went back to the Hallowed Inn with Narinn)
• Vrae and Mark very sad, Mark declares if they find the spelljammer ship, they will name it "Marky Mak" in honor of Mak'Ti

• Make their way back to town, takes awhile
• Are found by a group of pixies who throw around some magic, they are spotted by Bord
• Most of their magic does not work, but they do manage to turn Mark into a HORSE using polymorph and T'nin rides him for over an hour

• Mark and Vrae drink, A LOT, and grieve very loudly, annoying Temas and the rest of the staff
• Vrae drinks VORO SCATCH, and expensive scatch from a far-away land
• Mark demands regular Whisky (annoyingly)

• T'nin heads here first looking for cool magic items, learns all the weapons and armor are standard
• Is reminded by very old Blacksmith Kreed Myttis (Half-Orc M from C1) and his son Donnie, that even after more than a century Chalinos still is not big on magic outside of approved areas and stores

• T'nin heads here to look for cool items
• Meets MIKLAM, the current owner, who is the descendant of VIKRAM from C1-C2
• T'nin wants a potion, but it unhappy the Potion of Invisibility is 5,000 GP, almost tries to rob Miklam after Bord's charm works, but then notices all the Chalinos guards in the square

• Mark cries in the shower, then (still nude) goes to the Glubglar Gym and hits a punching bag for hours while screaming and crying (at one point Bord stands at the door and watches him for awhile)
• Vrae has breakfast all alone, and adds some scatch to her tea

• Manage to talk their way past front guards by saying they were "friends" of the Tiefling commander (Bord managed to charm the guards)
• Made their way inside to the commissary, where they were eventually invited to Z Scroll's office in the back
• Learn from Z that he once dated one of the Eladrin elves of the desert, named VENAH, but it did not end well
• Warned that not to tell her he was giving away their secret location
• They trade him a MEDUSA HEAD (eye's closed) for the location of Llegosert, the Elvin Enclave in the desert, and Z adds to the Map for them (Roll20 Updated)
• Eventually MARK recognizes Z, for the Tiefling was DATING Neraban the Beheader at one point during his childhood (Mark claims Z was verbally abusive)
• Mark threatens to kill Z, but is warned by Z not to threaten him in the middle of the garrison surrounded by Guards
• They leave peacefully, Mark still wants to go back and kill Z

• Decide to hire an Airship to take them across the desert after a BIG (i.e. long) discussion between Bord and Vrae
• They head to the Airship Dock in the southeastern part of Chalinos, and meet Captain Vortex (Air Genasi M), who instantly bonds with T'nin
• The party hires Captain Vortex to take the Yaw Sand airship to the location Z marked on the map

NALIED DESERT

• 6 Day Journey (Counting 1st day)
• They meet the first mate named "Cruise" - surfer bro type, who also bonds with T'nin
• T'nin reveals to CRUISE that his real name is "Tornandothaniel."
• One of the Bosun's, a human snaggletoothed woman named BRIL becomes obsessed with Bord until he is mean to her, then Cruise warns Bord to stay away from her
• Mark meets the Mage in charge of the arcane engines, Quoparin (Human M Sorcerer) and speaks to him about his friend Mak'Ti
• On day 2 they hit a pocket of turbulence and T'nin and Vrae almost fall off, T'nin saves himself with the Kusa while Bord yells to Vrae to save herself by turning into a wereraven

Llegosert

• Arrive at the point on the map marked by Z, Bord scouts ahead and sees an oasis with what appears to be ruins, but might be a settlement hidden by Sand Dunes
• They ask Vortex to drop the airship as low as he can and drop anchor, and they exit and head toward the potential settlement
• Quickly they are met by a raiding party of Eladrin elves riding GIANT LIZARDS, led by one named Venah
• They tell her that Z gave them the location, and she demands to know why she would give them access
• They try to say they are here for the ship, and she pretends not to know what they are talking about
• Eventually they speak of Terus being a prison for some being and a coming apocalypse, and Venah is immensely interested and grants them entrance, taking them inside to meet her co-leader of the settlement

• On their way into the settlement, they pass roving bands of blink-dogs, stables for Giant Lizards, and a number of stores
• They are led into a limestone sand-structure in the middle of the settlement, which is much larger and more developed than it looked from the outside
• Inside, they are led to a massive conference room where Venah and Sayana hold court, meeting Sayana and learning more of the history of the Eladrin elves on Terus
• They came here over a thousand years ago to guard Terus against interlopers from The Far Realm, and keep the "Great Old One" trapped (however, they do NOT know where exactly the being is on Terus, and have been looking for it)
• Sayana explains that her people are also guarding a GATE in the Feywild that connects to the Far Realm
• They share info about what they have learned about Terus and the cults
• They explain that the ship, a spelljammer, crashed right outside their settlement, but the current surviving crewmembers may not be too happy about a group coming that wants to take the ship for themselves

• Venah leads them to the hidden Hangar, which from the outside just looks like another large sand dune, but inside is a massive hangar the ship is in (looks like they built the structure around the ship after it crashed)
• The ship, the Flayer's Bane, looks mostly repaired, but is clearly still being worked on
• As they approach, a Hadozee comes down the ramp and introduces himself as Captain Pancheem (was formerly the mechanic) and then introduces his current crew, the autognome chef named Flimp, and their muscle, the astral Elf monk named Elasfar.
• Bord immediately notices that Pancheem has a pistol IDENTICAL to the one he himself is wearing (though a bit older looking)