Session 6: The Trial and the Carnival of Masks
Rumor Recap
Skirmishes along the
Regency/Marrow
line.
Joyboy
’s
body is on the way to the
Peaks
.
The Trial
Solara
pays an official to buy
Jin
.
The Trial
:
Jin
is hit with fabricated/exaggerated charges.
Solara
speaks up to reduce the sentence, but
Jin
is found guilty.
Parsons
is spotted smiling in the corner.
Jin
is handed a death sentence.
Prisoners are dragged off;
Jin
is taken in a different direction.
The Rescue
Jin
is dragged to an abandoned house; the party follows in secret.
One guard betrays the others, getting “stabby” to help
Jin
.
“What are you doing?” / “Helping a friend.”
Revealed to be
Solara
's
acquaintance (“booty call”).
Guards are killed;
Jin
is acquired.
The party escapes in a carriage;
Solara
notices a pouch on
Jin
and gets her money back.
The Carnival of Masks
Stopped at
Thrushwood
(Trade Town).:
Thin fog on the ground.
No people in sight.
A
Carnival of Masks
flyer blows across the path.
Follow the music to a collapsed tent:
Faceless bodies and masks litter the ground.
Some masks resemble
Vesper
's
mask.
Encounter: The Collector
Encounter a large clown surrounded by floating masks (
The Collector
).
The Collector
gives
Solara
a beard (epic).
The Fight
:
High stakes; many party members go down.
Masks approach, presumably to take faces.
The Collector
removes
Solara
’s
beard and calls her by name.
Jin
is downed and dragged into a tent.
The Collector’s Tent
Inside the tent:
Glowing statues with masks and nameplates.
A glowing well (reminiscent of
*
Vesper
’s
* vision).
Both
Moss
and
The Collector
are defeated in the fray.
One of the statues is
Moss
wearing a frog mask.
The Soul Shard Puzzle
Each statue has a place for a shard.
The Mechanics
:
14 broken shards of masks with “soul whispers.”
2 shards for each mask (one True, one False).
Match the right shards to the right statue to release the soul.
The party takes psychic damage on a wrong answer.
Outcome
:
Moss
is revived after matching his mask correctly.
Jin
bites the big one (RIP) after a wrong match.
Note: He had large hands.
Conclusion
:
The party matches all the masks.
The floor spins and opens; souls are released, the fog dissipates, and the hole vanishes.
session