recap:part1:session3

Session 3: Back to Riverpond

Afternoon, 16th Summer Prime, 498 CE

The party returned to the chapel underneath the Old King’s Keep.
They talked with the leader of the Lion Troupe, the bard 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.
- Heath MacFarlane and Provo the Goblin entered.
- The two 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 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 the Inquisitor.
Bayden told the party he wanted to come with them to talk to 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 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 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.
  - 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.
Remy popped by to say goodbye.
- The Inquisitor was satisfied with Remy’s explanation of events.
- The two were leaving back for Ortello that night.
- Remy said she was going to start working against the Church from the inside.
Sang and Kellen helped a drunk Egren to his room.
- It was heavily implied that Sang and Kellen had sex.

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