# [[055_20220320 The Slayers' Accord]] ## Session Summary Uldun, the orc from the Grim Accord, began to harvest a part of Skabatha's soul immediately after she died. There was tension between the two groups as you had to figure out whether fighting on the same side against the hags was a good enough foundation to base an alliance on. The smooth-talking Irae, the changeling that was with them, seemed keen on aligning forces, and she struck a deal with you. You agreed to fight together, with the understanding of what each party wanted. The Grim Accord mentioned that they had been hired by someone attempting to collect some powerful artifacts that she believed were going to be used to release The Leviathan Lord. They said they wanted the staff belonging to Bavlorna, the necklace with Skabatha, and a cloak from Endelyn. In addition, Athlonia, the female drow, said that something of hers had been taken: a feather that you remembered seeing Skabatha use during the battle. In return, you shared that what _you_ were after was figuring out how to free Zybilna and where Ora's sister was. You shared some information about Hither, and the Accord told you about their reconnaissance of Thither and Yon. You let them have the Spire of Conflux, the staff from Bavlorna, as well as the feather that Athlonia had mentioned. Uldun used the soul trinket he'd taken of Skabatha's to ask how to free Zybilna, and he said that the answer was that you needed Zybilna's true name and to touch her body with a unicorn horn. You remembered seeing the name _Natasha_ written in one of the family paintings in Bavlorna's cottage, and Athlonia suggested that Zybilna was probably being held in The Palace of Heart's Desire, on Hither. As for the unicorn horn, Irae mentioned that the Grim Accord had met a boy named Will in Thither who seemed to know the location of a unicorn. Irae offered that they had "transportation", which turned out to be a balloon that looked to be powered by a small rain cloud. You decided to all journey together to Thither, to seek out the unicorn and perhaps search Skabatha's workshop, which they called Loomlurch. ^summary %% <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xSE_8xpeCxM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> %% --- ## Housekeeping - Time changes! - Next week, the Netherlands will change time and 10 am our time will be 7 pm your time. - The week after that, Australia will change times and 10 am our time will be 6 pm your time. - We'll use 10 am Dutch time as the base. - Use Google Calendar invite as the source of truth, since it will automatically update. ## Recap ![[054_20220313 Endelyn's Betrayal#^summary]] ## Strong start > Ora, you're listening to Skabatha's last words and pull back as her face goes slack and her body lies limp on the floor. You see now that underneath her voluminous skirt is a larger version of the rocking horse that the doll you found depicts her with. It's now lying, still, on the floor next to her. > As you pull away from Skabatha, you feel an unsettling chill down your spine as you see the orc there, by Skabatha's body. Eyes glazed over in concentration. He's holding an empty hand up between him and the body of Skabatha and there's this whispering wind that kicks up just around those who are still around the body. He's clearly in the middle of something. ## Scenes - [x] Talking to The Grim Accord, trading information, and figuring out what to do - [x] Looting the body of Skabatha Nightshade - [x] Leaving Hither and Downfall using the lightning balloon originally belonging to [[Charm]]. - [ ] Going to [[Loomlurch]]? ## Secrets and Clues - [x] [[Athlonia]] has lost the Feather Token (Held Heart). It was what [[Skabatha Nightshade]] stole from her. - [x] [[The Grim Accord]] know something of significance to the hags is being kept in [[The Palace of Heart's Desire]], which is on the other end of the Brigands' Tollway in [[Hither]]. - [x] [[Endelyn Moongrave]] believes she can only be killed when the sun and moon meet, which she has interpreted to be a solar eclipse. However, Athlonia believes she is mistaken. - [x] [[Irae Firetouched]] is from [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Palebank Village]]. They attempted to take her, the way Ora was taken, but she levelled the place with her wild magic. She left it in ruins. - [x] There is an unusual concentration of changelings in Palebank Village, and some of them with magical powers. - [x] There is a folktale about two changelings - siblings. One of them was born under the light of [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveCatha]] , with the blessing of the darkness. The other, born at dawn, was born with the blessing of the light. Irae believed she was the latter. - [ ] [[Endelyn Moongrave]] has taken what was in [[Loomlurch]] and headed straight for [[The Palace of Heart's Desire]], where she is preparing her final stand. - [ ] Athlonia recognises [[Boris]] as a follower of [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Luxon]], but backs off when she understands that he has not been through [[Anamnesis]]. - [x] The Grim Accord have already been to [[Thither]] and [[Yon]]. They are willing to share maps if The Slayers Five share information about what is in [[Hither]]. - [ ] [[Will of the Feywild]] is in [[Loomlurch]], trying to get children out of "Granny" Nightshade's workshop. - [ ] Some of the fey rings in [[Thither]] lead to [[Rumblecusp]]. ## [[Loot]] - On Skabatha - [x] Clockwork watch of time stop, but a lesser version: you get two actions this turn, but it ends if you attack or adversely affect a creature other than yourself. The watch is stuck at a second before midnight, and it is not functional as a watch. [Clockwork watch of Time Stop](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4723818-clockwork-watch-of-time-stop) - [ ] one-off use to scry on a single specific event and location or person in the past. It automatically works, but it can only be made to work once by someone other than Skabatha. - [ ] One-off use of _Feeblemind_, but a version that only lasts for 1 day. Flavour so that it's like the person is regressing to a younger age. - [x] [Held heart feather token](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FVault%20of%20Magic%2FFeather%20Token); [on D&D Beyond](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4723757-feather-token-held-heart) -- given to Athlonia - [x] [Flying rocking horse](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/flying-rocking-horse) --- ## Log Skip next week They give Irae the [[The Spire of COnflux]]. Zybilna's true name and the unicorn horn.