Session 50

VISIONS

You find yourself walking along a crumbling pathway, an endless dark void below you, but you turn your gaze upwards to see stars shining above you. You forget which way was forward, and the stone at your feet shatters. You fall into smoke and shadow... instinctively you take flight in wereraven form, as you spot a golden tome before you, shimmering blue energy emanting from it. Next to it is a platinum Halberd which seems to transform into one of the towering spires of the Cathedral to Eldath. For a moment the image seems to glitch to a dark tower.

Then it shifts, and you see a waft-like Goddess, elf-like in appearance whom you recognize as your own source of power. Eldath. She stands facing a sleek and supple catlike beast with blood-spattered ebony fur, a dark entity bent on her destruction, the two titans dueling above the ruins of of alien city you do not recognize. Except a moment later it shifts again, and you realize it is Eldath, and it is burning.

You are thrown backwards, falling out of the wereraven body. You look down to see you are back in your own body. The wereraven turns to you, and you see it's feathers are tinged with blue, and it has a patch across one of it's eyes. The vision of the gods and the burning city has disappeared, and you realized you were seeing due to it's power.

You hear the flapping of massive wings, and a deep female voice speaks.

"When one eye closes, others will open. The fate of this world is not yet set, but the powers are converging. To save your home, you must find your way back."

You flash to a memory of lying wounded on a wooden bed in a white marble room, a female aasimar standing over you, mumuring incantations as she holds her hands around her head. In a panic you realize you're unable to move, or speak.

In a calm voice the woman intones "Don't worry, it's just a mild paralytic. You're going to feel a little pain, then you won't even remember this even happened. Or what happened with Renard..."

You feel pressure, almost the beginnings of a headache, and then you begin to mentally scream in agony. Before you black out, you spot a badge on her robe with a name on it: THE MIND PALACE.

And then you awake

You find yourself in a beautiful city beneath a massive flowing waterful, the air seems to shimmer when you look up, as though some magic force is hovering above the buildings. Your turn your attention to some sort of white marble cathedral immediately before you, where you see what looks like a number of half-man/ half animal creatures, (tigers, bears, rats, wolfs) fighting grey skinned woman with Halberds, many of whom have already fallen, the dark blood a stark contrast to the pristine city streets.

The attackers are joined by a number of humanoid mercenaries in dark brown cloaks, many of whom seem to drawing their own blood to activate arcane abilities.

You hear a cry of victory as a half-man/ half-bat flies out of an upper window of the Cathedral, holding a shining holy relic, a Carafe of some kind, along with an smaller artifact you do not recognize. Their prize in hand, the creatures flee the scene, and you awake.

On a lonely clifftop you see a lone, green-skinned alien woman, not unlike Da'aath. There is a determined glint in her eye. She has nerves of steel, and still looks ready to fight. You spot a glaive on her back, as well as a number of other weapons on her person. On the ground before her is a closed satchel, a large round object within. She looks up as she is approached by another humanoid, a hulking red abishae.

"Do you have it?" he demands in draconic, not bothering with pleasantries.

"It is here," she replies, also in draconic, nodding at the satchel.

The abishae grabs the bag and turns to leave.

"The bargain? Vla’akith told me to ensure I asked."

The abishae slowly turns back. "Tiamat does not break her word. Which is more than can be said for your feckless offspring"

She looks down in shame. "Lykalada'ath is a weakling and a fool, like his father. When I heard of his return, I had hoped for better. All I can offer is my continued service to both Tiamat and Vla’akith."

The abishae laughed, hooking his mace onto his belt and pulling out a massive greataxe from his back. "Oh, they both have better plans for you than that."

She pales for a moment, then her eyes narrow as she pulls out her glaive. "I brought you the artifact. Killing me won't hurt Lykalada'ath. He cares nothing for me."

Behind her appears 2 more black abishai and a blue abishai, with a small pouch hanging from his belt that turns your stomach for some reason.

"Giving us Vla’akith's piece of the Orrery settles the Githyanki debt for your son's betrayal of Tiamat. ..This," he raises the axe, "This is a bonus."

As his axe comes down, the vision flashes to white and you awake, your left eye throbbing.

WORM CAVERN

• Battle Purple Worm plus TWO Purple Wormlings
• Gorazzar briefly went down
• Elasfar also was swallowed and briefly taken out by one of the wormlings
• Gael got the final blow agains the Purple Worm

• HARVESTING TABLE https://www.thievesguild.cc/harvest/creature.php?id=310
• PURPLE WORM has a VERY ORNATE War Gong inside - INV 16 reveals Arcane Runes for Teleportation Circle to Khor Turum Royal Palace - INV 18 Undercommon Writing (tiny dissolved mostly - "The Queen's Hidden Circle"
• PURPLE WORM BLOOD (9 vials, need containers, 50 GP each) - can be harvested MED or NAT check DC 5
• PURPLE WORM TOOTH (6 teeth, 50 GP each) - can be harvested MED or NAT check DC 10
• PURPLE WORM STOMACH ACID (3 vials, need containers, 50 GP each) - can be harvested MED or NAT check DC 15
• PURPLE WORM STINGER - see Harvesting TABLE - DC 20
• PURPLE WORM PEARL - DC 25 (Advantage if they look near digestive track)
• WAND OF VISCID GLOBS - Black Wand, gnarled with a bulbous top DC 20 https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/5548-wand-of-viscid-globs
• 4 Diamonds DC 15
• 6 Rubies DC 13
• RING OF SPELL STORING DC 20 https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4730-ring-of-spell-storing

• Dreams and visions (see above)
• Da'ath and Gorazzar begin training each other in martial arts during shared watches

• Approach stealthily
• Spotted as Da'ath triggers boulder trap
• approached by Kobolds
• Da'ath and Vrae represent party to Kobolds, others hide
• PSYCHIC Voice reaches out to both (first Vrae, then Da'ath after he uses Mind Fortress on her), demanding to know their intentions
• Da'ath makes deal with the voice, who tells them how to find Mind Flayer colony, offering safe passage if they rid the Underdark of the Mind-Flayer threat
• Also warns them of the YOUNG ELDER BRAIN within the COLONY which worries Da'ath
• Learn the voice is known to the Kobolds as their GOD, ZETUNTOSZ

DREMGRON

• Run by Tudro
• Buys rations

• The bartender at The Frightened Lute is a young adult F Kobold (Gubla) who is ugly. She is often profoundly affable in disposition.
• Buy shots of ACIDIC SUCCUBUS WHISKEY

• Run by Zott (inventor) and Ikbo (tinkerer) Kobold-inventor CR 1/4 (similar to artificer) Kobold-tinkerer CR 1/4B
• Are shown MINDGUARD CROWN
• Given Potion of Draconic Majesty (gift from ZETUNTOSZ)

DRAGON PATH

• Exit Dremgron on this path
• Road to Mindflayer Colony (2 days)
• As they exit a Kobold bumps into BORD and places two VIALS of DRAGONS BLOOD in his pocket 
• Bord suspects it is a PHARMEKIAN AGENT
• ZETUNTOSZ tells them they will know when they arrive,  it is underground

• LEVEL UP to Level 10