====== Session 31: Burden, the Earth Elemental ====== === 1st Low Summer, 498 CE === * The party battles [[wiki:npcs:burden|Burden]], eventually defeating him. * Afterwards, Burden accepts defeat and tells the party that he will grant Revana as his Champion, and that Sanglant isn't the champion of Wind. * It turns out that Cidmuir made Ekhart the Champion of Wind, without knowing. * Burden agreed to let the party be his champion, in exchange for them trying to find a way to bring the worlds closer together. * Burden agrees to stop messing with Dwarfheim, and will not use the Aetherite to attempt to get home. * The party leaves, and outside of Dwarfheim, they find Laef and Cidmuiur. * Apparently, Cidmuir has been getting his brother's messages in the Twinned Book, but his replies were not being received. * Cid and Laef have been trying to break the barrier and enter Dwarfheim for the past 3 weeks, which is how long the party had been trapped there. * During this time, Cid was able to build a Teleportation circle outside of Dwarfheim that is linked with the Teleportation Circle of the university. * The party decided to take a break and head back to civilization. * While at the University, the party discovered several things had happened while they were gone. * The Empire was, indeed, in the middle of a civil war. * High-ups of the Voltanian Government had stopped the distribution of the wanted posters of the party. * Ortelai had allied with Fairwyn against Voltana and Naverus. * Apparently, news of the elves of Loridael have suggested that, for some reason, the elves had allied with Fairwyn. * While at home, Ekhart also found a note from his mother, and a gift of [[items:delrunes_tiny_travelling_laboratory|Delrune's Tiny Travelling Laboratory]]. * Ekhart also returned the two Polished Quartz he had, and instead got the Umberwood Staff from the Archives. ---- [[:recap| Back]]