====== Session 11: The Crimson Temple ====== === Evening, 22th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party plus [[:wiki:npcs:remy_dane|Remy]] continued their conversation about what to do next. * Remy, Ekhart, and Revana talked about how they cast magic. * Remy showed her magic focus, which was a small iron statue of the Goddess, Talena. * Ekhart tried casting magic using the focus and it absorbed his spell when he channelled it through the statue. * Revana tried to use the focus, but was unable to. * Revana also explained that she gets her ability to wildshape from the moon, Lunos. * Remy, Revana, and Sanglant went out to enjoy the festival. Ekhart stayed in Brother Isbeth's house. * Remy found a carriage driver that was leaving * They all ate and drank and enjoyed people celebrating. * Eventually, at the finale of the festival, the effigy of the Demon King was burned in the statue of Talena's hands. * They returned to Brother Isbeth's house where Ekhart had built a book fort. === Morning, 23th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party left south to travel to the [[:wiki:places:crimson_temple|Crimson Temple]]. === Morning, 24th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * After travelling through the [[wiki:places:wayswen_bluffs|Wayswen Bluffs]] for a day, the party left the caravan and continued southeast. === Afternoon, 24th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party arrived at the border of the [[wiki:places:void|Void]]. * Revana tried to commune with Terra and realized that she was unresponsive. * She also noticed that the world was dead around the void in the physical world. * Ekhart entered the void in the physical world and his glamour faded. * He quickly set it back up, but now has to maintain concentration on it. * Sanglant tried to send his spirit into the Faerealm, but something pulled his body along with it. * Inside, Sang came face to face with the Void which was a giant sphere of the faerealm which was missing. * A strong gale was blowing into the void, sucking everything into the void. * He poked his staff in, and it felt like it was grabbed and being pulled on by something. * After that, several hand prints began pressing and clawing at the void as if there was many somethings inside. * He then (FOR SOME REASON) decided to try and grab one of the hands, which turned out to be a bad idea. * A hand grabbed at him and began trying to pull him into the void. * Sanglant then returned to the physical world. * The party continued walking towards the Crimson Temple. === Evening, 24th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party arrived outside the Crimson Temple. * Revana turned into a squirrel and sneaked around the balcony of the temple. * She couldn't find a way into the temple, but she did find a skylight looking into the main church hall. * Inside, she could only see a single person, playing the organ. * The party then entered the Temple, which reeked of blood and iron and flowers. * They tried the door to the main hall, but it was locked, so they travelled to a side room. * Inside there was a several dead dogs, a deranged priest, and one of the dogs that had turned into a Hell Hound. * They began to fight. * As they fought, the priest kept muttering. * "Summoning him was merely a formality." * "The beast was already here." ---- [[:recap| Back]]