Session 31: Burden, the Earth Elemental
1st Low Summer, 498 CE
- The party battles 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 Delrune's Tiny Travelling Laboratory.
- Ekhart also returned the two Polished Quartz he had, and instead got the Umberwood Staff from the Archives.