Session 4

Party talks to Cantor to try to get leads, Cantor says

Artifacts mentioned in Coronation Scroll scatter and go to where fit best in event of untimely death of the emperor
Sentient kinda

Party showed Cantor the Sigil of the Ashen Coven on JB Cantor says

JB is not an anchor
Anchor mark is NOT the ashen coven sigil,
- Ashen coven sigil on body is a sign of corruption
- Will Cause Visions
- Not time based, it’s event/circumstance based
He also said , “We all carry the scars on our backs” to JoyBoy.

Flame is like a parasite
- More corruption more powerful
One of the symbols from the ritual diagram in Lady Maeva Marrow's Papers is underneath church in catacombs
Need to take first anchor there
Also cantor has black voids where his eyes should be (neat)
- At some point he said he hadn’t seen the ashen coven magic in centuries (weird)

Party goes to the regency council

Talk to tharos to talk to Verena
Hear Verena discussing with some dude behind door
Talk to verena
She’s talking with a wizard robe dude
We ask about silver haired anchorwoman
- Silver haired woman is named Serene
- She’s probably at the tavern
Parsons sends a couple of dudes out

Talk to Parsons

Parsons is head mage
Parsons knows Gimbol and is uncomfortably friendly with him
- Gimbol hates that dude
JB is lies to Parsons to hide what we’re up to,
Lying made JB sweat a LOT
Parson is sus

On their way to the tavern the party hears a woman in the alley in trouble

Two men with dust swirling around their feet
They draw their swords and threaten the woman to go with them
- Shadows around her flash, a flame flickers in her eyes
- Attacker slashes at her
- before hits it stops
- Blade held in place metal heats glow red
Its serene
- In a voice that's not hers
- “She is not yours to harm”
- The attackers get hurled against the wall
  - Anchors are protected apparently
- Red and gold sparks burst as they hit the wall and disappear
- They were parsons two guys

Party takes takes serene back to church, she’s havin a bad time

Says saw a scepter in vision, fiery line around it
- Some dark place
- Stone room
- Glowing symbols on wall

She remembers she was in stormclan storm peak observatory

She felt like she was falling, pushed off observatory
stopped before hit ground
She has amulet used to have magical properties of protection, very little magic left
She's always had it, doesn't remember where why she has it
Maybe we need a relic related to the anchor in question

Party decides to go straight to the catacomb

Party peaced out cuz sleepy, JB stays at basement catacomb entrance

At shadowsong mansion

Sol and Vesper talk about her patron situation Get back to catacombs its kinda lit (literally)
First room

Enter next room

Party gets in place for ritual

Party starts the chant

1st paragraph Old relics levitating shoot out shards everyone hit
2nd paragraph column of flame
3rd prargraph' creature summoned shadow flame humanoid
- flame echo
  - Looks neat
We are getting thrashed
- Creature flames the floor, gimbal and vesper go down
They see vision
- “The anchors are mine, you can’t have them”
  - Oracle probably
Gimbal sees shadowy figure of dwarf
- Reaches out asks for help
- “Find me”
- Disappears
Vesper sees the carnival, sees themself as they remember it
- “You will remember again, save it.”
Gimbol saves vesper
- Vesper will remember this
  - My future emperor
- pulls vesper’s mask for potion, sees vesper’s face

JB bit the big one
RIP