# [[049_20220517 Enemies of the Empire are among us]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[049_20220517 Enemies of the Empire are among us]] > After Mezelya told us she wanted to join the Temporary White Circle, we decided to try to leave her with The Cobalt Soul. We headed there early, and spoke to a woman named Órnat Domnaill, an expositor there, who trains the young recruits to The Order. She seemed stern but fair, and earnest in her desire to improve the Cobalt Soul through her students. > > Wally, Reya, Mezelya, and Milla went to The Crossed Pikes to pick up our stuff, say goodbye to Kalani, and also ask Kalani to take care of the horses and cart. Meanwhile, Xenia and I stayed in the library, where, from inside the Tiny Hut, we deciphered some information from the book. After 3.5 hours, we put the book back in the bag of holding and headed to The Crossed Pikes to meet the others. I headed off, saying that I would go to the Shrine of the Dawn quickly. > > The rest of the party convened in the Library, said goodbye to Mezelya, and were shown to the teleportation circle, but I had still not returned. ^summary %% [Video](https://youtu.be/SgLCcAyNI6g)  %% --- ## Recap ![[048_20220503 Mezelya's Gotcha Day#^summary]] --- ## Log [[Mezelya]] is about 10 years old. What are we going to do with Mezelya? - X [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Gentleman|The Gentleman]]? hehe - ✅ [[The Cobalt Soul]] - X [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|Cerberus Assembly]] and [[Headmaster Oremid Hass|Oremid Haas]] - [[Olyffer Gravesteel]]? Someone whose son is in [[Eiselcross]]. - X [[Kalani]] [[Wally]] does NOT think [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|The Cerberus Assembly]] is good. We're not entirely sure why, yet. Tiefling gives Mezelya the [[Filigree Fox]], which apparently they had already deactivated. She calls him Frankie. Her nickname is Mezzy, it's settled now. We go to [[Library of the Cobalt Soul - Zadash|the Archive]]. We pass construction on the sewers we... liberated. We meet [[Archivist Adon Zeenoth|Archivist Zeenoth]] in the Library. He says he won't be travelling with us - someone else is going to be joining us to take us to [[Pin Dunstorm]] in [[Nogvurot]]. Wally takes letters that [[Aznar]] had from Xenia. They're all from people from all over, addressed to Aznar and how hot his dragon breath is upon their skin or what he can do with his tail. A woman comes in, much more wiry than normal. She seems elven, but without the softness. She is about 200 years old. She has braids that are tied up. She's older than [[Eleanor]]. She has a gray sash with a black stripe around it. [[Órnat Domnaill]]. She trains the younger members of the order. She will take them for six months at minimum. She seems like a hardass, but is fair. She is not going to let people give up easily. Meet [[Archivist Adon Zeenoth|Archivist Zeenoth]] early tomorrow morning. There has been a certain amount of action in the city. Wally left [[Matthew]] and [[Antaris]](?), the horses, and the cart with [[Kalani]] and give her 3 gp to take care of it all until we come back. Reya tells Kalani goodbye for now and gives her 50 gp to help with their debts and such. In the Library, [[Evelyn]] ? takes us to study rooms. I cast Tiny Hut and help Xenia decipher the code, which rotates every few pages. > [!info]+ Deciphered from [[The Little Black Book of Bad People]] in [[049_20220517 Enemies of the Empire are among us]] > [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Bright Queen Leylas Kryn|Bright Queen Leylas Krynn]]. spies reports that the Bright Queen might be getting consecution madness. > > Enemies of the Empire > - [[Winza Winterson]] > - [[Elias Volcain]]? Orphanage? > - The Mighty ~~Nine~~ [[The Mighty Nein|Nein]]? > - [[Babenon Dosal]] – Myriad? > > [[Library of the Cobalt Soul - Zadash]] appear to know of powerful pre-calamity vestiges, but refuse to reveal their whereabouts. [[High Curator Yudala Fon]] may bend under pressure from [[Theolocrat Kon Bruda]], but I have my doubts about him too. > > Import business that appears to be [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Jagentoth Family]]. Where is the gold coming from? Central sources? Who? [[Kai Arness]] is not one to let these things slip. > > Testimony from a blood mage that the heir to [[The Damurag Family]] and fortune is illegitimate. Rumours are [[Wally]] is the outcome of [[Crown Marshal Hayden Damurag]]'s affair with a [[Maidservant mother of Etherion|maidservant]]. Etherion is currently in the [[Vergessen Sanatorium]]. We go to the teleportation circle room: - Port Damali - Vasselheim - Uthodurn Woman with fine tattoos on her forehead, braid and a top knot. [[Telmyr]] from [[The Shrine of Ioun]]. ![[twc-telmyr.png]] Zeenoth says there are no teleportation circles in [[Nogvurot]] but Telmyr will help. [[Pin Dunstorm]] will be there too. > [!abstract]+ DM's Summary > Conversation with Mezelya back at The Crossed Pikes about her wanting to join The Temporary White Circle. > - Discussions about whether to contact Oremid Hass or not or what to do with her. Mezelya looks upset, so Milla takes her upstairs and lets her play with Filigree Fox that she names Frankie. > - Decided to visit the Cobalt Soul and ask Archivist Zeenoth whether Mezelya can join the order. He asks and introduced you to Órnat Domnaill, Senior Expositor Instructor, who speaks to Mezelya and you all in what appears to be an interview of some kind. She warns that the training is rigorous and hard, but fair. If the child is able to make it through the first six months, she can progress. If not, she will be returned to Reya's care. During those six months, she will be the ward of the Cobalt Soul. She was given permission to keep Frankie with her, but under strict instructions that he is to remain in her room apart from during leisure time. Mezelya puts on a brave face and agrees, though she is also excited about being able to read all these books. > - Scura and Xenia get a private study room at the CS. Then Scura casts Leomund's Tiny Hut to prevent scrying and they spend 3.5 hours deciphering the book and discover: > - Bright Queen Leylas Kryn. spies reports that the Bright Queen might be getting consecution madness. > - Enemies of the Empire > - Winza Winterson - Elias? Orphanage? > - "Babenon Dosal – Myriad?" > - The Mighty Nine Nein? > - "Library of the Cobalt Soul appear to know of powerful pre-calamity vestiges, but refuse to reveal their whereabouts. High Curator Yudala Fon may bend under pressure from Theolocrat Kon Bruda, but I have my doubts about him too." > - “Import business” that appears to be the Jagentoth Family. Where is the gold coming from? Central sources? Who? Guildmaster Kai Arness is not one to let these things slip. > - Testimony from a blood mage that the heir to the Damurag family and fortune is illegitimate. Rumours are Etherion Damurag is the outcome of Crown Marshal Hayden Damurag's affair with a maidservant. Etherion is currently in the Vergesson Sanatorium. > - The rest head to The Crossed Pikes to gather their things and say their goodbyes. Reya gives Kalani 50 gp for her uncles' debt. > - Xenia and Scura also head back to the Crossed Pikes, collect their stuff and then everyone returns to the Cobalt Soul, except Scura who takes a detour to the Shrine of the Dawn. > - Órnat Domnaill is waiting with Mezelya's outfit and she gives you all a last hug goodbye and a reminder to not forget her and to send her messages and visit her. Then she takes a deep breath and turns away to walk off with Órnat. > - Zeenoth arrives and leads you down into the basement of the Cobalt Soul to a large circular room with a sigil on the floor. Other doors lead off of this room with signs above them of the different locations of the Cobalt Soul in Exandria – Rexxentrum, Port Damali, Vasselheim, Uthodurn. > - Standing there is a female elf, probably middle-aged in elf terms, but to humans would look in her late 20s/early 30s. She does not wear the Cobalt blue, but instead is wearing a green wrap top, braided with a gold pattern. She has long, brown hair tumbling down from a top knot and fine tattoos across her forehead and up her arms. Zeenoth introduces her as Telmyr from the Shrine to Ioun in Nogvurot. Since there is no Archive teleportation circle there, she will be teleporting you. She asks if this was your first time and whether you have eaten yet. She suggests Wally's ale may come up to say hello again and that he might want to turn away from the group when you arrive. > - You are all waiting in anticipation, but there is still no sign of Scura. %% [[049_20220517 Secrets with Andy]] %%