23 September 2023
Combat continues. Lizardfolk climb [[Coyra]]’s tree and knock her out of it, then work on restraining her. [[Urtho]] kills Felicia (again?). Tal tries to get closer to people to heal them. One of the dragonborn clerics blinds [[Ishtar]] and Tal. [[Coyra]] is shackled. [[Jaezred]] stabilizes. Tal casts Beacon of Hope and the blindness fades. Something or someone takes Felicia’s Crown of Pride, [[Coyra]]’s Dagger of Rage, and the Plate of Gluttony that’s apparently in [[Coyra]]’s bag. Teekl tries to grapple the invisible [[Greed]] creature, but fails. The creature teleports off the field along with the only living enemy. Tal tries to dispel the oncoming fog but fails. [[Ishtar]] goes to rescue the unguarded caravan. Apparently the fog is damaging the airship. With a Nat 20, Tal dispels a portion of the fog around the airship. Tal loots a couple of the dead Lizardfolk, finds some basic weapons and equipment, and 33 gp. Tal spots [[Coyra]]’s pet cursed toad and kisses it, breaking its curse. It transforms into a mummy, names himself Devonos, who thanks Tal for breaking the curse, tells him to find him in “the lost city” and says that he also wants to destroy the Octave. The fog rolls back in. [[Urtho]] gets the airship out of the fog. The party groups up at the caravan. The captives have managed to free themselves from the cages, grab the loot from the caravan, [[Ishtar]] tells them of [[Gammy]]’s death, they ask him to avenge her, then they run. [[Ishtar]] and Tal try to track the blood trails from where [[Jaezred]] was last seen. When they track one trail to the lake, where they see the aboleth take form. It reminds Tal that the hags are after the trident, and that they’re angry now that one of them (the swamp blood hag) is dead. It says that one of the sisters is a sea hag, and offers a solution if Tal will just promise it something. Tal ignores the aboleth and walk away. [[Ishtar]] is confused why Tal doesn’t want to work with their “friend” and “ally”, the aboleth. Apparently the aboleth got its mental hooks into [[Ishtar]]. The aboleth wants Tal to promise not to stand in the way of its ascension. Tal chats with [[Torch]] and gets to know him. The rest of the party splits up to think and take care of things for a few hours. The amulet [[Torch]] looted off of Felicia turns out to be magical. It seems to have some kind of entity bound within and wanted to make a deal with [[Torch]]. Tal takes it and shoves it into a bag to keep it from being used until it can be identified. When [[Urtho]] “feeds” one of the dragon statues with its fuel, Tal feels the urge to consume the fuel, but resists it. Lots of chatting. Seems like going to the swamp and killing the blood hag to get revenge for [[Gammy]] is the current goal.
— Long Rest —