# [[002_20230101 Mnemosyne remembered]] ![[memoria-002.png]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[002_20230101 Mnemosyne remembered]] > As the ghastly creature attacked the party, Eda was struck by a vision of what must be the past. In the vision, she saw herself as a woman that looked like a very much corporeal and alive version of the specter they were fighting. Her name was Nevena, and she was convincing another woman, one with a crown, that they should all make sacrifices to tether their ancestors to this world. She talked about wanting to make "goodbye" temporary. > > After they killed Nevena, the party found some scrolls in the library and then went into a room full of magical darkness, but the Light of Memoria was able to penetrate it. There, they battled two shadows that sapped the strength from Eda and Van Healsing, but ultimately fell to the party's attacks. Before they could get a chance to take a rest, the risen corpse of Nevena attacked them again. This time, thanks to Tymon's protests, Head Banger said her name in an attempt to remind her of who she was. As the specter paused, she seemed to have a brief moment of lucidity when she asked the party to "mend the damage" that she and the other Memorians had caused. Then, she went into the Light of Memoria, and the gems on one of its sides began to light up. > > The party went into a Well of Shadows, where Eda was briefly tempted to grab treasure and defeat more shadows, but Head Banger pulled her back. After a short rest, the party continued to the ruins of a courtyard, where they found another body with another amulet around his neck as they saw the dying moments of a man named Ivon. In his memories, Nevena mentioned that someone named Gellert had sabotaged the ritual they'd planned. ^summary --- ## Housekeeping ## Recap ![[001_20221224 Can we sacrifice the healer#^summary]] ## Strong start Roll for initiative! ```encounter name: Spectral Memory party: Memoria creatures: - 1 Spectral memory ``` > [!quote]+ On her turn, Eda sees > The shadowy library vanishes, replaced by an intact room surrounded by bookshelves laden with knowledge. A woman wearing a gold diadem looks at you in concern. Looking down, you see hands that are not your own pressed onto a table covered in books and charts. Near you is a carved stone you recognize as the _Light of Memoria_, and you feel a twinge of great pride for what is, ultimately, your creation. > > The woman tells you, “Sacrifice? Nevena, no! Then the Krynn, the Luxonborn, they’ll have been right about us all along.” You shake your head at your friend’s narrow-mindedness. “Sacrifice can take many forms, Stefanya. The ley line provides the power, but the life energy to activate it need not be from one source. Couldn’t we all make a small sacrifice, give a little of all our lives to tether our ancestors here?” > > Stefanya puts a hand over her mouth in consideration, and you turn your gaze to the relic, touching it with quiet reverence. “Imagine what we’ll learn!” you say. “A world where ‘goodbye’ is temporary. We could change everything—and perhaps be pariahs no more.” ## Scenes - [x] Battle with [[Nevena]]. - [x] Understanding how to restore Memorians. - [x] Finding [[Ivon]]. - [ ] Finding [[Stefanya]]. - [ ] The battle with [[The Forgotten]]. ## Secrets and Clues - [x] If they defeat one of [[The Memorians]], the specter will just reform later. The party must restore the memorians by mentioning one aspect of the memory vision. - [ ] [[The Forgotten]] lurks within [[The Oubliette#10 The Well of Shadows|The Well of Shadows]], but he doesn't want to *kill* the party... at least, not until they open the gate so he can go back to [[Exandria]] with them. - [x] It was [[Nevena]]'s idea to use their own life forces to act as a tether for their ancestors. - [ ] The Memorians sealed themselves into [[The Oubliette]] along with the haunted creatures they'd inadvertently summoned, so that nobody would be harmed by their mistake. - [x] The Memorians think [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Luxon|The Luxon]]'s cycle of rebirth is an abomination, because the reincarnated are not the same people they were. Instead, they wanted to bring back the dead as they were. - [x] [[Gellert the Gruesome]] envied [[The Memorians]] their understanding of ley lines, and when they refused to share the knowledge with him, he sabotaged their ritual, causing it to fail miserably. - [ ] [[Gellert the Gruesome]] created a large underground complex called [[The Scarlet Citadel]], where he could study the ley lines in peace. - [x] Whoever understands the ley lines can control them. Whoever controls them, can destroy (or protect) the [[Divine Gate]] that keeps the Exandrian gods at bay. - [ ] [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Luxon|The Luxonborn]], once they'd discovered the first [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Luxon Beacon|Luxon Beacon]], used the cumulative knowledge that their reincarnation brought them to drive their perennial enemies, the stone giants (ancestors of goliaths), out of [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Xhorhas|Xhorhas]]. - [x] The ley lines, particularly those above [[Redtower]], have begun to change-- imperceptibly to those without fey origin. [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Feywild|The Feywild]] is growing infinitesimally further away from the Material plane. If it continues, the passageways between the two planes may eventually be severed forever. ## Locations - [x] [[The Oubliette#4 The Ruined Library|The Ruined Library]] - [x] [[The Oubliette#6 The Shadow Corridor|The Shadow Corridor]] - [x] [[The Oubliette#9 Memoria's Courtyard|Memoria's Courtyard]] - [x] [[The Oubliette#10 The Well of Shadows|The Well of Shadows]] - [ ] [[The Oubliette#11 The Weeping Forest|The Weeping Forest]] - [ ] [[The Oubliette#12 The Shattered Road|The Shattered Road]] ## NPCs - [ ] ## Monsters - [ ] ## Loot - [x] [Potion of healing](obsidian://open?vault=ttrpg-vault&file=items%2FMundane%20Items%20for%20Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%205e%20SRD%2FPotion%20of%20healing) - [ ] [Potion of climbing](obsidian://open?vault=ttrpg-vault&file=items%2FMagic%20Items%20for%20Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%205e%20SRD%2FPotion%20of%20Climbing) - [ ] [Oil of slipperiness](obsidian://open?vault=ttrpg-vault&file=items%2FMagic%20Items%20for%20Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%205e%20SRD%2FOil%20of%20Slipperiness) --- ## Log ![[1672564726792 - Spectral Memory]] Eda got 81 gp worth of gems from the Well of Shadows. Eda and Head Banger get 2 berries each. Found Ivon.