# [[073_20230110 The biggest halfling ever]] ![[twc-xenia-petrified.png]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[073_20230110 The biggest halfling ever]] > Dax cast Mold Earth to cover up the entrance to the cave. I got a message from Zeenoth saying that they couldn't come help us and that the Cerberus Assembly is "making moves", whatever that means. We told Floyd to tell his captors we had Oenn, but he seemed to think they wouldn't care. We decided to travel to Shadycreek Run directly, to try and rescue him. > > On the way, we came across a group of the Night Back Clan, including Misty Grove, a barbarian ally of theirs named Halkin, and Jewel of the Forest, their priestess. Jewel went back to the Cave of Eternity with us and was able to unpetrify one of the victims with an oil she had. Much to Wally's misgivings, we chose Ahrisa. > > Halkin, who seemed to believe he was a halfling despite being a hulking dragonborn, ended up joining us, with Jewel's blessing. We left with Ahrisa in tow and got to Shadycreek Run. We returned her to the Estate Sybaritic, where Ophelia Mardoon rewarded us with 1000 gp and some information. She said that she wanted us to "burn the Jagentoths". We said the fireworks would commence tonight. ^summary --- ## Recap ![[072_20221213 Xenia lives forever#^summary]] --- ## Log %% [[Murathan Haznedar]]'s wife's business got hacked! :( Her business partner fell for a phishing attack and their Instagram is now in the hands of the hacker. - [[Luiza Bargo|Lulu]] was in a fender bender, got kidney stones - This is the second time she's had them, so she needs to look for a specialist. - She may need to disappear from the camera so she can pee. - [[Tyler Crawford]]: - For NY, he went up to his brother-in-law's farm. - Weather's been great! No snow. Some are even wearing shorts. I can send people shirts if they send me their addresses! Andy wants a hoodie %% We dragged the body of Xenia up the stairs. I cast Goodberry and gave everyone 2 each. Long rest. 22nd! Dax does Mold Earth to hide Xenia and cover the entrance. [[Archivist Adon Zeenoth|Zeenoth]] sends to me: #sending > We cannot enter Shadycreek or Savalirwood right now. Large build up of Empire soldiers at the Breach. [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|Cerberus Assembly]] is making moves. Come back soon. ^407793 Sent to [[Floyd Hemsworth|Floyd]]: #sending > Tell Jagentoths if they harm you they will never see Oenn again. Found him with Ahrissa, armor, cloak, scar, Jagentoth ring. Trade you for him. ^d66fb3 Floyd sends back: #sending > Thank you. We can try. I don't think they'll care. Come soon. ^ec37a8 1. [x] Send a message to Floyd telling him to tell the Jagentoths that if they kill or break Floyd, they will never see Oenn again. Maybe Milla can telepathically talk to Oenn and get information out of him that we can use to prove we actually have Oenn, and pass that on to Floyd to pass on to the Jagentoths. 2. [x] Negotiate a trade: Floyd for Oenn. 3. Find out where Blooming Grove is and go there. 4. Determine if the Night Back Clan can help us. If not, I can do a Sending to the Cobalt Soul to tell them where we are and see if they can teleport to us. 5. Assuming one of them can help us, then we can go back to the Cave of Eternity and un-petrify the three of them. 6. Return to Shadycreek Run and meet up with the Jagentoths. Get Floyd, and then kill the Jagentoths (except Oenn). They're never going to actually trade and let us live anyway. 7. Go back to Ophelia Mardoon and collect the reward. Wally summons [[Matthew]], his steed. We head back to [[Shadycreek Run]]. After 4 hours of travel, we hear birds squawking as they're flying away from the canopy. We hear a large rumble of a creature running through the forest. Owlbear comes out, followed by another creature that kills it, sending its head careening towards us. The creature is dragonlike. Bipedal creature that looks like dragon, but has gray scales. Massive: taller than 2 meters. Very bulky. - Brown hair over gray scales, brown eyes. This is very unusual. - Axe, hide scraps as clothing, but there are some parts of his scales that are exposed. Hide is not for protection-- it's for trophy. - Behind him, two tabaxi are running: - older, green leaves on her head, female, brown markings. - It's [[Jewel of the Forest]]! - snow leopard markings with maroon-colored hood. [[Misty Grove]] - [[Halkin Leafspark]] has been with [[The Night Back Clan]] for two years. ![[twc-halkin-token.png]] [[Jewel of the Forest]] - Older feline grace to her. Hard-won wisdom - priestess of the clan - They were on their way to the Blooming Grove just now. - There's been a gorgon roaming the forest but they haven't found its cave. There have been news of disappearances recently. - She's already noticed changes since we got [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Grovelthrash|Grovelthrash]]. - She may have a way of helping, but only one. Halkin was cursed by [[The Corrupted Coven]]. He's surprised and somewhat concerned that killing them didn't reverse the curse. They needed muscle and they experimented on him. He escaped. He feels stuck with the Night Back Clan but he also needs their blessing before he leaves them because he owes them a lot. We decide to save [[Ahrisa Mardoon]]. The tiefling is really nervous around new people. We take the tabaxi to [[The Cave of Eternity]]. We get back quicker (in about 3 hours). Jewel wants to rename the Savalirwood Veluthil Forest again. She is slow to call us "friends". She said it takes time, but it will happen unless we prove we're not to be trusted. Jewel puts oil on Ahrisa's statue. She has gray skin and red eyes. %% Karin (Kawh-rin) is [[Andy Polaine|Andy]]'s wife's name. %% The oil is from the bile of basilisks, so it takes a lot of time and effort to track them down and hunt them. It would take them months to create another one. But if we are able to bring them the fangs, stump, or poison sac of a basilisk, they could create oil in three days. [[Restore Xenia]] Ahrisa said she thought [[Oenn Jagentoth]] loved her. He said he knew a place to go. They were pretending they were married in front of a mirror, and some ghosts shattered the mirror (banshees) and scared them away. There was a witch that told them she could help. Oenn lied to her and offered her up as a sacrifice to the kamadan at the last minute. ^6d54df He spoke about his uncle's plans for more and more power. He hated his family and his uncle [[Ionos Jagentoth|Ionos]]. He kept a menagerie of strange creatures he collected. He used them to torture his enemies and make his slaves cower. I leave a book with Xenia. ^825ca2 It's late afternoon when we get out of the cavern. We get close to where we were before we turn in. Send to [[Reya]]: `New girl's weird. She's cool I guess but I don't like her at all! Hemsworths think we took Floyd. Watch your back. Love to Mezelya.` #sending ^dd4294 > What new girl? I always watch my back. ^d68a0f #sending Send to [[Heri Hammerhold]]: `Veronica misses you. What do you want me to tell her? your parents? This is the pale elf from before ^122202 She responds: > This was a previous life. Please don't contact me again. ^c19023 Long rest! It's the 23rd. *Vigilant Blessing* on Wally. ![[twc-shadycreek-run.png]] Dax uses a super stealthy cloaking device on Ahrisa. (*Invisibility*) We get to [[Estate Sybaritic]]. We don't reveal Ahrisa immediately but tell the guards we want to talk to Ophelia *about* her niece. Ahrisa showed real affection for [[Ophelia Mardoon]]. Ophelia seems uncomfortable though, like she's not used to it. She gives us 1000 gp. - [[Ionos Jagentoth|Ionos]] has been gaining power. He's been making deals with others in the Empire other than what he's been allowed by [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Myriad]]. - Groups of armed guards came into the compound and left again the next day. - She wants us to strike fast and hard. "Burn them." Create as much chaos as possible. We can help ourselves to their slaves and treasure (as they're unsellable on the black market anyway). - Ionos has a strange menagerie of creatures and beasts. It's about 3 pm, early afternoon. "The fireworks" commences tonight. We have coffee just like we did in [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Zadash|Zadash]]