===== Session 3: Back to Riverpond =====

=== Afternoon, 16th Summer Prime, 498 CE ===

  * The party returned to the chapel underneath the [[wiki:places:old_kings_keep|Old King’s Keep]].
  * They talked with the leader of the [[wiki:organizations:lion_troupe|Lion Troupe]], the bard [[wiki:npcs:bayden_tam|Bayden Tam]].
    * Bayden said that he remembered what happened to him.
    * He said he wanted revenge against the church for their part in his wife’s death.
  * There was a knock on the chapel door.
    * [[wiki:npcs:heath_macfarlane|Heath MacFarlane]] and [[wiki:npcs:provo|Provo]] the Goblin entered.
    * The [[wiki:npcs:dozo|two]] [[wiki:npcs:hozin|other]] goblins left, but Provo said he couldn’t return.
  * The party decided to destroy the ruins of Old King’s Keep with fire.
  * The whole gang returned to Riverpond:
    * Ekhart, Sanglant, Revana, Egren, Remy, Tavian, Bayden, Old Zeke, Heath, and Provo.


=== Evening, 16th Summer Prime, 498 CE ===

  * The party discussed what to do with [[items:journal_of_brother_waybrush|the journal]] of Brother Waybrush.
    * They agreed to make a copy of it and give it to Remy.
    * Remy told the party she would lie and say they went to Old King’s Keep and found nothing but a destroyed ruins.
  * Remy left to reconvene with [[wiki:npcs:inquisitor|the Inquisitor]].
  * Bayden told the party he wanted to come with them to talk to [[wiki:npcs:fredrick_vanden|the Baron]].
  * While walking back, the party discussed several topics.
    * Ekhart mentioned his prophetic inklings that lead him to Riverpond.
    * Ekhart also mentioned the contents of the research notes.
      * Brother Waybrush was trying to open a portal to the Faerealm.
      * Some of his research appeared to have misinformation that would have made him inevitably fail.
    * Revana mentioned her God, Terra, told her to come here and that something was ‘tearing.’
    * Sanglant mentioned the tears fabric of the faerealm in the wolf’s den.
  * Sang decided to show the party that he could go into the Faerealm by entering it, after hearing whispers around that he assumed were from the Faerealm.
  * Sanglant entered the Faerealm.
    * There he met a massive [[wiki:npcs:selina|Water Elemental]], floating above Riverpond.
    * The two had a conversation about the nature of counting.
  * As Sang was in the Faerealm, his body began to shut down with cold.
    * Ekhart and Rev tried to warm him up, and eventually Ekhart woke up Sang with a light slap to the face.
  * The party then arrived Baron Vanden’s manor.
    * They explained the situation to him.
  * Bayden the Bard spoke up, mentioning that he saw someone interacting with Brother Waybrush that looked like Ekhart.
    * Ekhart confirmed that it was his brother, Cidmuir.
    * Bayden mentioned that Cidmuir was going back to a city named [[wiki:places:ambermoor|Ambermoor]].
  * The Baron mentioned his fear of the Church, and about the happenings of the Quiet War.
    * For the past 20ish years, the Church had been bankrolling bandits in secret to destabilize the Empire.
    * The Empire, in response, hired soldiers to fight.
    * The War ended 2 years ago for unknown reasons, but there were a few things that happened as a result;
      * The Church stopped funding the banditry.
      * Emperor Alexander Falstani grew sick and died.
      * [[wiki:country:ortelai|Ortelai]] (and by extension, the Church) began to control its own taxation.
      * The Empire is quite poor, from spending so much hiring mercenaries and losing tax money from Ortelai.
      * Many of the soldiers hired by the Empire were let go without pay or pension.
  * Baron Vanden offered Egren, Bayden, Sang, and Revana writs of knighthood.
    * In exchange, he wants them to get to the bottom of whatever the Church is up to.
    * Bayden and Egren decided to stay in the direct service of the Baron, while the party decided to travel south to Ambermoor to look for Cidmuir.
    * Revana declined the knighthood, saying she had no use for such a thing.
  * The party returned to the Onward Inn.
    * Egren, Ekhart, Rev, and Sang all began to drink.
  * [[wiki:npcs:remy_dane|Remy]] popped by to say goodbye.
    * The Inquisitor was satisfied with Remy’s explanation of events.
    * The two were leaving back for [[wiki:places:ortello|Ortello]] that night.
    * Remy said she was going to start working against the Church from the inside.
  * Sang and [[wiki:npcs:kellen_brand|Kellen]] helped a drunk [[wiki:npcs:egren_otter|Egren]] to his room.
    * It was heavily implied that Sang and Kellen had sex.

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