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
- 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
- goto basement
- Find stones that don't belong
- Church person found party and melted the stonework to let party in
Party peaced out cuz sleepy, JB stays at basement catacomb entrance
At shadowsong mansion
- Sol’s patron says she didn't get the clergy souls
- Scratches her face
- How rude
Next Day
Sol and Vesper talk about her patron situation
Get back to catacombs
its kinda lit (literally)
First room
- See creature probably a demon, seems chill, invites party in
- Nevermind he’s tryna kill us
- Prolly sent by sol’s patron
- Party beat a hellhound
- Talk-no-jutsu demon peaces out
Enter next room
- It’s where serene saw staff n’ stuff
- Glyphs around
- Magic circle on ground for ritual
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.”
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- Vesper will remember this
- My future emperor
JB bit the big one
RIP