%% date:: [[2025-08-24]] %% # [[094_20250824 Red Mantis Code]] ![[094_20250824.svg]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[094_20250824 Red Mantis Code]] > The party continues their confrontation with Siora Fallowglade, learning more about her nature as a Red Mantis Assassin. These notorious global assassins follow a strict code—they never kill kings or rulers due to believing them divinely protected, but everyone else is fair game. Once they take a contract through verbal rituals (no written proof needed), nothing stops them from fulfilling their oath. Siora appears to be trapped by her own unfulfilled contract, unable to move on until she completes it. > > During the encounter, Siora reveals crucial information about Jade Quarion, Ash's missing student. She confirms that Jade was the champion of the gladiatorial arena before Jafaki captured him and transformed him into an abomination. This revelation provides the party with the disturbing truth about what happened to the person Ash has been desperately seeking, suggesting that the flesh-tree creature they encountered in the arena may indeed be the corrupted remains of Jade Quarion. ^summary %% ## Video [Video]() %% --- ## Recap ![[093_20250803 Kill me fast or flee#^summary]] --- ## Log [[Grumblebum|Grumble]] continues to attack [[Siora Fallowglade]]. We know that Siora is a [[The Red Mantis Assassins|Red Mantis Assassin]]. They are notorious assassins globally. They're picky with their jobs - they never assassinate kings or rulers because they believe they are divinely protected. Everyone else is fair game. Whenever they take a contract, nothing stops them from fulfilling it. That's their oath. Maybe she had to kill someone but didn't. She's stuck because of her own oath. She says their contracts are verbal rituals. There's no need for paper or written proof. She says [[Jade Quarion]] was the champion of the arena and [[Jafaki]] took him and turned him into an abomination. %% # Excalidraw Data ## Text Elements ## Drawing ```json {"type":"excalidraw","version":2,"source":"https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.0.25","elements":[],"appState":{"theme":"dark","gridSize":null,"viewBackgroundColor":"#ffffff"}} ``` %%