====== Session 16: Journey to the Ice Queen ====== === Evening, 25th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party arrived at Ambermoor. * They noticed that the town had become far more militarized since the last time they left. * Revana found a guard to ask some questions. * The guard mentioned that, on order of the Countess, Ambermoor was recruiting more citizens into its guard. * There was also a curfew, and taht citizens weren't allowed to wander the city at night. * While Ekhart, Revana, and Remy went shopping, Sanglant headed to Ambermoor. * Sanglant met up with Dame Ira Royn, the Master-at-Arms of Ambermoor Keep. * Dame Ira mentioned that Count Adir, along with Albert, had been summoned back to Naveria. * Amelia, Count Adir's middle daughter, had been appointed acting Countess in his absence. * Zara, Count Adir's oldest daughter, left without saying anything a few days ago * Apparently, the Golden Guild had also vacated their headquarters. * Duke Renys Baerd, Duke of Fairwyn, and his sister Marion, the Dowager Empress, had some sort of disagreement. * Duke Renys has claimed that the Emperor has moved to Hallowfel, * while the Queen Regent claims that the Emperor is still in Naveria. * Apparently, the plot to have Albert kidnapped, the child that the party saved, was originally orchestrated by Renys. * Sanglant and Dame Ira went to see Lady Gwendalyn, and the two of them shared a pleasant evening. === Morning, 26th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party set out for Riverpond. === Afternoon, 26th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * In the Midnai Wilds, the party once again met Agabane. * She created another Never Ending Potion for Remy, and Remy and Sanglant purchased additional potions for the brew. === 27th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The Party continued traveling to Riverpond. === Afternoon, 28th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party arrived at Riverpond. * Remy left to meet with her father, Elai Dane. * Sanglant, Revana, and Ekhart entered the Faerealm. * Selina, the Water Fae, was gone, and the entire area was instead covered in snow and ice. * Hundreds of little water spirits were frozen in the ice. * Remy and Ekhart used their fire magic to free one of them. * The spirit told them about Selina. * Selina would occasionally go into bouts of depression around the anniversary of her sister, Syndra the Fire Spirit's, death. * She had been gone for a few days, though, which was very unlike her. * Usually she would only be gone for a day, at most. * The spirit told them that they could find Selina at her home, near the waterfall that fed into the river. === Evening, 28th Summer Prime, 498 CE === * The party, plus Remy, followed the dried up river to its source. * They once again entered the Faerealm, and found a giant frozen waterfall, and a staircase that twisted up it. * They climbed the waterfall, and eventually reached a platform that lead into the mountain. * Around the platform were 4 blue-skinned goblins, similar to the ones Sang had met before in the Faerealm near the Midnai Wilds. * Remy used her fire magic to melt the ice that sealed the door and the party entered the Frozen Grotto. ---- [[:recap| Back]]