SOTDL CAMPAIGN DIARY: SESSION 8 - FINDING CALISTA
The Cast:
· Brother Aron: Human priest/cleric of the New God
· Calista: Ferren rogue/thief
· Perry Flaxseed: Halfing Hunter/Fighter
· Nikolai Petrechko: Human Veteran/Fighter
The heroes return to Ronson the Artificer and give him the plate from his clockwork titan and claim Unit One as their reward. They depart and spend the next few weeks pursing their own interests.
Nikolai Petrechko intended to spend his downtime practicing with his weapon, but was inadvertently drawn into a near revolt that occurred outside of the Artificer's Guild where a large group of clockworks protested the rumored destruction of one of their own, the clockwork that called itself "the Emancipator." Rumors of the Emancipator's demise spread after a group was spotted going into the Bowels to hunt him, and a massive explosion rocked the area shortly after. The clockworks believed the Emancipator to be an activist working to gain freedom for its people. Nikolai intervened between the clockwork mob and the city's Sentinels mediated a truce. This bold act gained Nikolai the key to the city from the Autarch and allowed him to use Sentinel facilities for training. Nikolai knew it was only a matter of time before the truth, that he and his companions were responsible for the Emancipator's destruction, would come out ,so his actions bought them some time.
Perry Flaxseed got a job to earn a few extra coins while in town. After work, he would wander the city and picked up news from around Rul. He learns that the huge monsters that he and his friends witnessed emerging from sinkholes is happening all over the continent and that these monster, which the news called "Gargantua" were wreaking death and destruction throughout the empire. People from around the empire have called for the emperor to cease hostilities against the surrounding kingdoms to address the threat, but the emperor has not stopped the mobilization of the orc army against the Kingdom of God and Tear. In local news, he spots Calista getting married to a noble and takes this news to his companions.
Brother Aron spends his time at the Grand Cathedral of the New God, studying from the church's vast libraries. While there, the priest is assaulted by violent dreams of a "living cave" where a holy weapon is to be found. This vision originally came to him in Caecras, but he had not had another since escaping the city, but the vision returned and the intensity of it physically injured Brother Aron to the point where the priests of the cathedral had to administer healing to him. Aron believed the visions to be forcing him to find this holy weapon and that if he did not do so soon he would perish.
These three eventually met up and discussed Calista's sudden and unexpected nuptials, which did not explain why she left all of her belongings behind. They decided to find her to get her story and Unit One led them to the upper parts of Lij to where the honeymooners were reportedly staying. They were denied entrance to the lodgings, however, and were forced to wait in the lobby for Calista to show.
Calista called for Blaine Dovian to meet her in Lij to continue their discussion on a business arrangement for her and her allies. But when Dovian arrived, he seemed only to be interested in spending time with her. Calista found herself in a whirlwind romance that ended in a wedding to Dovian. During their honeymoon in the towers of Lij, she awoke and recovered her senses, realizing that she had been drugged and she found papers that indicated Blaine was an assassin working for the Black Hand and that he had been hired to kill her. Why he married her she did not know, but she realized that she was in danger. Blaine left town for business, but would be back in a few days, so Calista knew that she would need to leave before his return. But before she could do so, she heard the approach of several men to her honeymoon suite and decided to leave the room through the window. She changes into her cat form and uses the drain spouts to travel to the lower levels of the tower. She makes it to the lobby level and spots her friends there, so she approaches them and has them follow her out.
Once in a safe place, she explains what had happened to her and the group agrees that it would be wise to depart Lij for various reasons. They go to Nikolai's lodgings to secure her things but find a group of thugs waiting there for her. They kill the thugs and the monstrous two-headed snake they had hid in a chest, gather their belongings, and leave the city in hopes of helping Brother Aron with his violent nightmares and escape the Emancipator death investigation.
End of Session.
Nikolai Petrechko intended to spend his downtime practicing with his weapon, but was inadvertently drawn into a near revolt that occurred outside of the Artificer's Guild where a large group of clockworks protested the rumored destruction of one of their own, the clockwork that called itself "the Emancipator." Rumors of the Emancipator's demise spread after a group was spotted going into the Bowels to hunt him, and a massive explosion rocked the area shortly after. The clockworks believed the Emancipator to be an activist working to gain freedom for its people. Nikolai intervened between the clockwork mob and the city's Sentinels mediated a truce. This bold act gained Nikolai the key to the city from the Autarch and allowed him to use Sentinel facilities for training. Nikolai knew it was only a matter of time before the truth, that he and his companions were responsible for the Emancipator's destruction, would come out ,so his actions bought them some time.
Perry Flaxseed got a job to earn a few extra coins while in town. After work, he would wander the city and picked up news from around Rul. He learns that the huge monsters that he and his friends witnessed emerging from sinkholes is happening all over the continent and that these monster, which the news called "Gargantua" were wreaking death and destruction throughout the empire. People from around the empire have called for the emperor to cease hostilities against the surrounding kingdoms to address the threat, but the emperor has not stopped the mobilization of the orc army against the Kingdom of God and Tear. In local news, he spots Calista getting married to a noble and takes this news to his companions.
Brother Aron spends his time at the Grand Cathedral of the New God, studying from the church's vast libraries. While there, the priest is assaulted by violent dreams of a "living cave" where a holy weapon is to be found. This vision originally came to him in Caecras, but he had not had another since escaping the city, but the vision returned and the intensity of it physically injured Brother Aron to the point where the priests of the cathedral had to administer healing to him. Aron believed the visions to be forcing him to find this holy weapon and that if he did not do so soon he would perish.
These three eventually met up and discussed Calista's sudden and unexpected nuptials, which did not explain why she left all of her belongings behind. They decided to find her to get her story and Unit One led them to the upper parts of Lij to where the honeymooners were reportedly staying. They were denied entrance to the lodgings, however, and were forced to wait in the lobby for Calista to show.
Calista called for Blaine Dovian to meet her in Lij to continue their discussion on a business arrangement for her and her allies. But when Dovian arrived, he seemed only to be interested in spending time with her. Calista found herself in a whirlwind romance that ended in a wedding to Dovian. During their honeymoon in the towers of Lij, she awoke and recovered her senses, realizing that she had been drugged and she found papers that indicated Blaine was an assassin working for the Black Hand and that he had been hired to kill her. Why he married her she did not know, but she realized that she was in danger. Blaine left town for business, but would be back in a few days, so Calista knew that she would need to leave before his return. But before she could do so, she heard the approach of several men to her honeymoon suite and decided to leave the room through the window. She changes into her cat form and uses the drain spouts to travel to the lower levels of the tower. She makes it to the lobby level and spots her friends there, so she approaches them and has them follow her out.
Once in a safe place, she explains what had happened to her and the group agrees that it would be wise to depart Lij for various reasons. They go to Nikolai's lodgings to secure her things but find a group of thugs waiting there for her. They kill the thugs and the monstrous two-headed snake they had hid in a chest, gather their belongings, and leave the city in hopes of helping Brother Aron with his violent nightmares and escape the Emancipator death investigation.
End of Session.
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