Session 4: The Ashen Coven, The Catacombs

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

• 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

• Vesper voice

  • Sol nest
    * Gimbol sight
    * JB will

  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

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