15 Cuersaar 837
Formally bonds with Squawk as his animal companion (Sqauwk can change forms, but Rumis leaves him as is)
Rumis is experiencing dreams of shadowy figures and starts a dream journal
Got into combat with two black dragon wyrmlings & managed to kill one of them
Was unable to skin the dragon, but obtained some gold & silver from its gut
Layover in Kymal for 12 hours, gambled, and won 120 gold.
Paige & Aida | Westruun (Tal’Dorei)
Aida purchased 600 gp of diamond dust, Paige purchased 400 gp of diamond dust, and they split an immovable rod. Paige sells the ring of shooting stars.
Aida has a breakdown over heading to Stilben and facing Pandora after being ignored for six months and gradually giving up on sending messages that are never returned.
Paige offers comfort, and tells Aida that Pandora was either ignoring her to protect her, trying to keep her out of whatever criminal activity Pandora is involved in, or is not worth worrying over as a friend.
“Fuck Pandora…if you can’t go to Stilben for Pandora, then go for me.” (Paige) <- this convinces Aida to go, not the goddess/spellbook she carries around.
“I do all the dirty things Aida can’t.” (Jon)
Horrifying! Aida doesn’t have sending prepared anymore because she thinks no one will answer!
They catch a ride with people headed to Zephrah (Tal’Dorei)
Lore Drop: Residuum is no longer a thing, having gone inert when Ruidium & Ruidus did
- Obtained a rumor that The Clasp is trying to move a Pseud shipment in the next 3 days
Lore Drop: Suude’s price has gone up exponentially since it can no longer be made from Residuum.
Pandora & Rodreck | Stilben (Tal’Dorei)
Pandora and Rodreck work on preparing the Myriad for their upcoming departure, whenever that may be, and get accosted by four Clasp assassins in the street.
Rodreck injures one of them with inflict wounds and his dancing rapier, and Pandora murders one of them after making them cry. Two run and one is captured after a successful attempt at intimidation.
Pandora brings the corpse back to headquarters in her bag of holding, and Rodreck escorts the prisoner via telekinesis.
Pandora and Rodreck interrogate the assassin; he reveals that Clasp leaders are known as Spirelings, and they don’t reveal themselves easily. He also reveals the name of the Stilben leader - Spireling Harrok.
Prisoner asks if they are the Myriad, and Pandora asks him what he thinks. He says that having seen their secret base, he doesn’t think so. Pandora gouges his eyes out so he can’t see anything ever again, and takes him to Alyxian the Aboleth.
Alyxian, after some bitching and being fed the headless corpse, enslaves the prisoner and sends him to the Clasp’s headquarters with the head of the dead assassin.
Alyxian attempts to enslave Pandora for her disrespect, so she blows up the corpse in his tank after doing blood magic to ensure he gets hurt by it.
Rodreck’s Poem
The blind assassin wonders the streets alone
He had a passion for living but he had to atone.
