====== Session 38: Ezu, the Life Elemental ====== === Evening, 8th Low Summer, 498 CE === * Ekhart, Sanglant, Revana, Remy and [[wiki:npcs:faen|Faen]] entered the Inner Sanctum of the Reliquary. * Inside, they found several large, obsidian crystals resting on pedestals. * Each of the pedestals has a different name written on it, with different names of demons on them. * On one they found "The Guardian Rudal," which Faen takes. * On another, they found "Ezu, the Deceiver," which the party takes as well. * Ekhart noticed that while all the spirits inside the obsidian crystals appeared really strong, the Ezu one seemed really weak comparatively. * Using Sang's Wind Walk, they escaped the reliquary the way they entered. * While discussing the spirits and the faerealm, Faen mentioned that forest spirits come from the Dark Forest. * Faen also told them that Rangers are taught the way through the Loridael to the Dark Forest. * After some talking, the party realized that their "Faerealm" is the same as the elves' "Dark Forest." * The party asked Faen to take them to the Dark Forest, to see it themselves. === Night, 8th Low Summer, 498 CE === * After a several hours' long walk through the forest, the party eventually found themselves in the Faerealm. * The Faerealm at the Loridael, however, looked very sick compared to the rest of the Faerealm. * There were large, pod like plants growing everywhere, and bramble and thorny vines growing in every direction. * The party investigated one such pod which appears dead. * When they looked inside, they found the grove of [[wiki:npcs:ufora|the creature]] they had encountered before. * The party eventually decided to release the spirit known as "Ezu" from its obsidian crystal prison. * They met the real [[wiki:npcs:ezu|Ezu]]. * Ezu explained to the party that she had been accidentally kidnapped by a Ranger many years ago. * She mentioned that something about the Faerealm was wrong, as she was the only Life spirit left. * Apparently, if Ezu died there would be no more Life spirits on Terrenia, so she would have to bind her spirit to one of the party members. * Sanglant offered his spirit, and Ezu bound herself to him. She also made him her champion. * The party decided that they would take the Guardian Rudal back to [[wiki:places:arduin_rudal|Arduin Rudal]], confront [[wiki:npcs:balagol|Balagol]], and restore the First Guardian of Loridael. === Morning, 9th Low Summer, 498 CE === * The party left the Enclave, leaving [[wiki:npcs:elden|Elden]] to deal with the other Dreamers. * They left him a few pages of the [[items:twinned_book|Twinned Book]] so that they could communicate with him. === Evening, 9th Low Summer, 498 CE === * The party arrived in Arduin Rudal. * Revana and Faen confronted Balagol about the Guardian Rudal being a fake. * Balagol appeared to have no idea of the deception, and the three of them returned Guardian Rudal to his proper place. * The party then decided to leave for Hallowfel, where they believed the Elemental of Light to be. * Using Sanglant's Wind Walk ability, they left for Hallowfel. === Afternoon, 12th Low Summer, 498 CE === * After three days of travel, they arrived a few hours outside of Hallowfel. * During their travels, they had noticed the entire area surrounded by a giant ball of light in the Faerealm. * The party entered the Faerealm to investigate, and were greeting by an extremely hot and bright ball of light. * They attempts to cross the barrier, and when they did they all appeared to be back in the physical plane. * Sang, not thinking they were really in the physical plane attempted to bring every back. * When he did, they traveled between worlds but it looked exactly the same. * After a bit of sleuthing, the party noticed that some of them were in the Faerealm and some of them were in the physical realm. * There appeared to be doppelgangers in their place where the real ones were gone! ---- [[:recap| Back]]