# [[067_20220918 The Empty Ones]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[067_20220918 The Empty Ones]] > After the note Boris found in his pocket told you that those that cross the Shadegate are forgotten, you reasoned that the Shadegate was probably back in Xari, so you headed back there and split up to do some detective work. > > You found out that this realm is the reflection of Rumblecusp, and that the city of Xari itself is positioned where the Town of the Forgotten was. You remembered that you'd previously heard rumours of Uk'otoa seeking different ways to regain full strength from beyond his prison-- a prison held in place in part by the yellow-coloured orbs you'd seen before. You learned that the occurrence of undeath in Xari might be related to his search for a way to survive forever in a way that his previous master, Zehir, had not managed to do. > > Flint also remembered something most of you had already forgotten: the fleeting memory of one Fayette de la Gard, a stranger you might have met but now is no longer with you. Boris was followed by someone who called herself Taj, a hunter who had lived in Xari all her life and had begun to realise there was something amiss. She mapped out a network of rumours and had singled out a section of the city that she very conspicuously had *not* heard rumours about: the area called The Blackweald. > > Theorizing that the Blackweald might be where the so-called Shadegate was, you headed to that area, interviewed a mother who was one of The Empty Ones, with one Empty boy and one normal boy named Tuck. With clues from little Tuck, you found a sewer grate near a toy shop. While you stood there deciding whether to go in, you heard the noises of someone coming up the gate. You all hid, took positions, and waited-- and to your surprise, the familiar form of Lira came up through the sewer gate... but with an Empty face that looked at you blankly, with no sign of recognition. ^summary %% <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-mZmBKBZVtI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> %% --- ## Housekeeping - Level 11 - any questions? - Things you wanted to buy ## Recap ![[066_20220911 Lira who#^summary]] ## Strong start The note in Boris's pocket reads: > Those that cross the Shadegate are forgotten. ## Scenes - [x] Going back into [[Xari]], possibly [[Moongate Cottage]]. - [x] Looking for person that gave Boris the note. - [x] Realising that [[The real Captain Three Earrings]] is gone too. - [x] Hearing about the Arches of Xari and rumours of different gates underground. - [ ] Finding the Shadegate. - [ ] "Lira" comes out of the Shadegate-- but it's actually [a Blackweald mimic](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=inspiration%2FArcadia%2FArcadia%2016%2FBlackweald%20Mimic). ## Secrets and Clues - [x] [[Tajumola Tayo]] has begun to piece together what's happening based on areas of the city that she *doesn't* hear rumours about. - [x] [[The real Captain Three Earrings|Fayette de la Gard]] is gone. She was taken sometime in the haste to get out of the city. The party don't remember her. - [x] [[Lira]] met up with another woman, [[Dajarkal|a half-orc]] who charmed her and walked with her into the Shadegate, under a place of the city called The Blackweald. - [x] [[Uk'otoa]] is seeking different ways to stay alive. - [x] Xari is the reflection of [[Rumblecusp]]. The Shadegreave is the reflection of the forest of [[Rumblecusp#Elventree]]. The city of Xari is the reflection of [[Town of the Forgotten]]. - [x] Some believe the City of Arches was once a hub between worlds, each archway a gateway to another plane of existence. This power may be lost but some believe keys still exist to open archways to faraway lands or worlds. - [ ] A network of layered sewers, cisterns, and ruins lay beneath the city streets. Explorers often discover deeper vaults and chambers buried behind collapsed walls of worked stone. Often adventurers find great treasures and great dangers in these newly uncovered vaults. - [ ] A waterfall from the glacial ice of the mountain above flows over the statues of three forgotten goddesses and into the city’s large and open public baths. Some believe the baths to have restorative power. - [ ] It is said the border between worlds is thinner in the skies above the City of Arches. An observatory in the mountains above the city has devices capable of peering into the alien starscapes of other worlds. - [x] The longer you've known someone, the longer it takes to forget them entirely. ## [[Loot]] - Health Potions: - 4 Greater Healing Potions (4d4+4) for 250 gp each - 1 Superior Healing Potion (8d4+8) for 2500 gp - Anti-poison potion - 5 Potions of Poison Resistance for 200 gp each. - Invisibility potion - 3 Potion of invisibility for 800 gp - 1 Ring of invisibility for 10,000 gp - Dagger options - [Courtesan's fanblade](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FThe%20Griffon's%20Saddlebag%2FHour%20and%20Minute) 550 gp - [Dagger of Blindsight](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/336928-dagger-of-blindsight), 500 gp - [Hour and Minute](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=items%2FThe%20Griffon's%20Saddlebag%2FHour%20and%20Minute), 8.500 gp - Other weapons? - ## NPCs [NPC index - Small Town Tenants](obsidian://open?vault=dnd-vault&file=npcs%2FNPC%20index) --- ## Log - [x] Add Hour and Minute to D&D Beyond They give the note to guards to give to [[Mialee]]. They tell her about the Shadegate. They add *from the Slayers Five*. Ora shapeshifts into [[Mindartis]]. 8 hours Psychic Whispers. They think Fayette was the one that put the note in Boris's pocket. [[Tuck Dabbler]] is the little boy, [[Debbie Dabbler]] is the mother. [[Kellen Dabbler]] is his brother. [[Morgran's Toys]]. Went to Blackweald, saw sewer gate.