# [[110_20220213 Sarthos is Free]] %% [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XN-BU6mEM) %% ## Session Summary > [!info] [[110_20220213 Sarthos is Free]] > By the time we got out from the Control Room, two days had passed. Arlon Bladeshaper had left. Sarthos was feeling better and said he was free of Maugwraithe's influence. We didn't trust him at all at first, but he passed all our tests and really seemed like he was himself. He told us that Sabine had been planning to raid Blacklake District, but that had stopped when Neverwinter was hurt in the rally. He said that Sabine has an uneasy truce with the orcs in the River District, but that she actually wants to invade them next. Sabine's contract with Neverember ends in two months. > > Reona came back to give us some news, and we asked her to gather all the resistance forces at Castle Never. Meanwhile, we travelled to the River District to attempt to muster support for our troops. We didn't get to talk to Vansi, but we talked to someone named Obek and Vagdru, neither of whom were particularly convinced that Sabine was going to attack them next, even with Sarthos standing there beside us. ^summary ## Recap of last session ![[109_20220212 The Mithalar powers all#^summary]] --- ## Log Ka'ira has rat armor that functions like +2 leather armor that allows her to turn into a common sewer rat. Ka'ira asks me to read the runes that appeared on [[Syrinx]] - Wyrm rune (*Giant* for dragon): gives 10 resist to a dragon's resistance. It ignores a giant's resistance to this weapon. Immunity to dragon fear. - Ild rune - fire: Makes Syrinx a Flame Tongue weapon. it's a daily ability. Access to the Vault, Teleportation Spire - The Nine - Xio - Maestro - Ka'ira - Eraithe - Keren It's been two days! We thought it was only AX 22, but it's actually AX 24. [[Arlon Bladeshaper]] left after noticing that we were in a trance. It's 11 am Ka'ira goes to see [[Sarthos]]. He says he's fine now and free of [[The First Blade|Maugwraithe]]'s influence. He said he felt better 3 days ago. He asks Ka'ira to free him and give him back his hauteclaire. Ka'ira gives him back the hauteclaire, but doesn't free him. She realizes I have the key and asks me and Maestro if we think we can free him, but instead, we want to create a magical illusion of Maugwraithe to test his loyalties. Ka'ira's not happy that Sarthos has to continue to be confined for 8 hours but she lets us do it. Arcana 36 to create the hallucinatory item. Sarthos passes the test! He chooses his hauteclaire. My insight check says he prefers to leave with hauteclaire than with Maugwraithe. Info he gives us - Sabine has been planning to invade [[Blacklake District]] until Neverember got hurt in the rally. She takes her job as his protector very seriously. - Even without her, she has already instructed the mercenaries to prepare for an invasion against Blacklake and also specifically against us. She has heard firsthand reports of how we fight. - Neverember has an uneasy truce with the orcs. Sabine wants to invade [[River District]] next, after Blacklake. - Sarthos often stands guard outside her room, on his own. - The plans are verbal and are drilled into all the mercenaries. They were supposed to split up into groups of 5 and pick targets. - Sabine is very dedicated to fulfilling her contracts, regardless of further offers. She has a reputation of following contracts to the letter. She's been with most of these people for a while. They met Neverember in [[Waterdeep]]. The money is better than average, and each one can leave when their contracts are fulfilled. - Contract between Neverember and Sabine ends in 2 months. She is to protect Neverember first and help him enforce his will on Neverwinter and keep tight rein on a village south of here called [[Phandalin]]. They're doing the same thing to another city that has been sacked recently, called [[Leilon]]. He's thinking of getting to [[Helm's Hold]] to do pitfighting. Reona arrives and gives us some news. - [[The Nashers]] and [[Graycloaks]] are now on the same side. - Sabine has been cooped up in [[Neverember's Villa]] protecting him from the assassin. But this morning, she left. She left the [[Force Chimera]] with Neverember, probably to start the attack on Blacklake today. They haven't seen that assassin again. - From the docks: The ship that was bringing a second iceberg from [[Ten Towns]] was attacked en route by a gigantic ice-encrusted crab that was as big as half the ship. The ship is badly damaged and is in Blacklake port right now. We're out of water. The river is turning black. Neverember is sick and still recovering. There are no druids that answered Neverember's call to help purify the water. We ask Reona to gather all resistance forces in Castle Never. We travel to the [[River District]]. There are three towers: - [[Fallen Tower]] - [[Cloak Tower]] - [[Shard of Night]] [[Vagdru]] ("one ear" in orc) has one ear chopped off. He recognizes Sarthos. He says the orcs have been keeping to their side and territory, just killing some of those weird things that float down the river to them. I use my truename to talk to [[Brock]]. I bring up the fact that we helped him get out of the Chasm alive, and I ask him to get [[Vansi]] - it's important. [[Obek]], another orc, comes out to talk to us. Hunter and runner of the Many Arrows Orcs Tribe. I tell him about our encounter. *"[[Harkon]]! Come here! Is this them?"* Harkon is the orc that we saved, who got away. He has a tusk jutting out of his lip. He has braids. He identifies us as the ones who saved him. Ka'ira gives the warhorn and I give the bag of monster parts that belonged to the orc that died. The orc that died was the chieftain's son. Obek is ideologically opposed to Vansi-- he thinks they've gotten soft being here in the city. [[Brom]] died, but [[Brock]] returned. Obek will talk to Vansi about fighting Sabine's troops.