We begin this week’s session back at the Grand Dome in time for dinner. It is September 3rd.
Tena is having dinner with Kalique Mulaam while the rest of
us sup together in the main featshall. where enjoy fine cuisine and inquisitive looks. Kalique, dressed to impress, was in typical Jann
fashion including fine jewelry, clothes and aromatic cologne. Zaigan is introduced to Kalique’s nephew who is no more than 12 years old.
The rest of us get a lot of looks during the various courses of meals. Eventually Barnacle comes out to Aevum who introduces the rest of the party. Things are tense because our hosts do not wish to break etiquette with the prince's unannounced visit. That is until Eabrossi breaks tension with a lyric.
Looking around Kron identifies the largest individual in the
room, a stone giant eating a simple sandwitch. Kron invites the giant over to our table. We learn that Frank is his name, Eabrossi introduces
the old stone giant first to the prince then to all of us. We invite him to sit
and dine with us.
Eabrossi invites the venerable giant to tell a tale.
About 20 years ago, North East of the rift is a pyramid- an
old giant relic Frank says. He claims to have traveled there once. He was there for a week looking for a
mechanical means of entrance to the pyramid. He unknowingly triggered something and in doing
so he was transported somewhere. He figures the trigger or whatever was made
for giants. All he knows he was gone for a number of days and that it was Aevum’s
mother who saved him. She had come to Frank about old giant lore and geography. All he could remember of the place he was transported was a cloudy realm of insubstantial land and confusing distance.
Kron asks if the old giant could render us a map to this pyramid north east of the Rift? Frank said he
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would do his best to make a map or work with a map maker.
He now inquires about our business in Four Winds. Aveum
admits to searching for new mechanical methods and new geometries.
Eabrossi would like to spend a day with Gwelldar before
having Frank join them in collaborating a map.
Q: Did you see Aevum’s mom while he was transported?
A: No
Q: did he find the mechanisms he was looking for?
A: no, it’s a large structure and overgown- some thought it
a pond. He realized there was a possibility of more features here- a body of
water and a structure. Frank was moving away vines when he identified a different material in the structure. He took a step toward the pond and was suddenly in a golden- pink/white void. An
impossible place where he felt small, the ground was mist.
His return was through the pond.
Meanwhile, at the table with Kalique Mulaam and Tena as well as Zaigan and
the nephew- Kalique is very intrigued with Tena and (us) her company.
Q: At first Tena asks Kalique about the exchange with Frank outside his business.
A: He explains Frank’s daughter has canceled her father’s orders with
Kalique. It is a difficult situation for him.
Kalique: are you a priestess?
A: yes Agamotto.
Kalique says he has heard of a blade of Agamotto. The blade
was in Cliff side and owned by a wizard/swordsman. A season tourney is held
there and that is where he last saw the blade.
They get to know each other in the usual first date way. Tena
controls the conversation well and only reveals general information to the
blacksmith.
Eventually Tena and Zaigan reunite with the rest of the
group around 10:30 that night. It is the first time Kalique has met Zaigan
however the blacksmith has encountered Zaigan’s magical mail in the past. Kalique coyly indicates
there is more to Zaigan’s armor that he knows. Originating from far east, Kalique believes it was made by a giant because it would expand to fit a giant.
Later in the night we move to the front of the Grand Dome where
Erabrossi performs oratory and eventually puts out an invitation to play. It is when the festivities begin in earnest.
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Kron gets an invite to the courtyard where he meets Farfaw, Franks daughter. She thanks Kron for showing her father friendship. Kron and Finlilly drink into the night...
Back at our room we find everything has been rifled through.
Tena and Aevum discover crudely drawn arcane wizard marks in two spots in the
townhouse. One on the first floor and one on the second, they are easily removed.
Aevum takes care to remember the glyph.
Kron returns in the middle of the night and the night passes
peacefully.
The next day (September 4th) breakfast at the
common house at our previous table.
Vailamore Goss- of the Rock Island clan, the owner of the
Grand Dome makes an appearance and asks if everything is in order. We at first
do not mention that our room was violated and searched.
Aevum asks Vailamore what he thinks he offers everyone and what he could improve on?
A: He does his best to provide his services to everyone and
he would improve by diversifying his clientele.
Aevum indicates displeasure at the security here. Vailamore
assures the prince all will be rectified with a full security detail.
The security detail are made up of black tar minotaurs.
Erabrossi spends the day with the Gwelldar.
The prince works on his clockwork designs.
Zaigan works with Kalique's nephew Danor Mulaam
Kron spends the day at the Stronmaus church and learns a prayer which is uttered before battle as well as a simple hymn to the giant deity. Kron is invited to a day worship. The whole process will take 3 days of downtime.
Tena goes to the Temple of the Lost, where there is a shrine to Agamotto. Here Tena tends to it, cleaning the shrine and giving it a woman’s touch (and eventually 50 gold for needed repairs.)
Here she see’s the most well tended shrine here is to the
Egyptian god of the sun Ra. Tena eventually meets an Egyptian priest of Ra
named Fazool who is helpful learning about the Temple. Tena asks for the location of a library. Fazool
mentions the magic district which has many private libraries.
The Portly Frog is also an option, though having a bard in one’s company would be helpful accessing the library there. He asks her to dinner but Tena picks up some negative vibes and declines the offer.
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Great job, thank you
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