Adventure Recaps

• Heat of the Moment - The Ouroboros

  Peaceful Breeze of Chime Valley

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  Breeze |19| Arabella |12| Sparks

  ((Please keep in mind that this is OOC knowledge))

  Dearest Viktor,

  As I often do, I struggle with how to write this. After all, you will not read them. I have no idea what will come of it.

  We spoke to Calliope and she was difficult. She did not want to answer our questions, but i feel as though she did at points. She tired of our ignorance and our constant grasping. We captured her, but what resulted with our knowledge changed our plans. We will not be combining the parts of you and Albane.

  In some ways it is worse.

  It has been revealed to us that the Lord of Blades is not just your son, but has been your son since you started to walk upon the mortal plane. You fell in love with a woman long forgotten and had a child with her. The child was lost to time. He had no great achievements and never caused the problems you did when left unattended. But he did find you again while you were in Cyre and you were reunited as father and son. You... but not you.

  Still, you have some obligation to him.

  I struggle with how to convey this. How to accept it. Calliope took away my ability to bear children. You would think that I would have no true issue with this. After all, I never intended to have my own children. I never thought it a possibility, or wise. After all, I plan on returning home to my people. How could I split a child between that world and this? I'm also vain and conceited. How could I destroy my body to bring new life into this world I'm so desperate to save?

  You told me that you felt as though you had no connection to your previous lives. You are so different in each one, and having met three versions of you, I'm inclined to agree. I told you I would have to restore your complete divinity to break the cycle and have you return to your proper place. You said you would stop being selfish and go. I will not be selfish either.

  Oh, why is this so difficult?

  You asked me to find him after we have killed what he is now. After I take his divinity and make him a simple mortal. You asked for me to find him, raise him, be his mother. I told you I would if it was needed, but I would watch him. I cannot in good conscious kidnap a child that is loved from his family. I'll help him, though he might not ever understand why I would be his benefactor.

  You said you thought I would be a good mother.

  What kind of mother could a person like me possibly be? I'm willing to sacrifice so much so that people that hardly deserve it can have a tomorrow and freedom. I am willing to let you go.

  Before I left you, you gave me a box that you had locked away. You told me not to open it until I was with the others. I did as you asked and found a deck of cards. I knew what it was without identifying it. Nothing else could warrant the security you had it under. The Deck of Many Things. A cursed object if there ever was one. I snapped the box shut and tried to take it away, but the others insisted that they draw. They even pressured me into it. Green's sword transformed into something more powerful and gems were had. Our bodies were altered. I had to fight some spectral reaper. I have very little ability to fight anything, but I managed to survive. I did get physically stronger though, I suppose. Not by much, but it was something.

  After that, Rocio approached me and asked if I could cast simulacrum on them. I asked what it was for and they would not answer me. I knew then it was for their quest to kill the bloodline that slaughtered theirs.

  I understand the drive for vengeance to a point, but I lack the stomach for it. Perhaps if I were the one that lost all of my history I would be driven to such a point. I do not know. But I cannot. All I could think of was a child looking at me, terrified and innocent. I cannot make them pay for the sins of their forefathers.

  Rocio enlisted Gunne and Dawn to help them. Green refused to be completely helpful, from what i understand, and I refused to assist in any way. I would not take them and I would not bring them back. I would have no part in such a dark act. My magic would not be involved in any way that I could help it.

  They came back successful, but Gunne is different. He's darker. More terrifying. The man I knew him as is turning into something I cannot stomach. I cannot look at Rocio without feeling profound sadness and disappointment. Dawn has returned broken and despondent.

  This journey is breaking us. The bonds that held me to them are fracturing. We're supposed to be heroes. We're supposed to save the world from the machinations of the Lord of Blades.

  How is it that my friends are turning into villains before my eyes and I cannot stop them?

  We cannot waste anymore time. They may not want to fight him any longer if we do.

  I wish I was stronger. I wish I was smarter. I wish I could make it end the way I envisioned it.

  Yours,

  Breeze

• Heat of the Moment - Defeating the Warden

  Peaceful Breeze of Chime Valley

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  Breeze |19| Arabella |12| Sparks

  ((Please Note the Following is Out of Character information to those that read it other than the people involved. Mostly))

  Dearest Viktor,

  I struggle to start this letter. One day, a version of you will read it. Which one, I do not know. This particular entry into our life together seems to be the perfect one to mention such an eventuality. After all, you expressed to me that you often feel like a different man entirely. Having met 3 versions of you so far, I cannot help but agree. You are not the same. I'm sure over the hundreds of existences you have endured, there have been similarities.

  But I digress.

  We had to pull Calliope out of her realm and subdue her in order to rejoin the halves of you in her realm. We debated and argued and planned. I hated it. I never wanted to fight her. She was someone I respected and feared since I met her. She was always an enigma. I felt sick. I still do.

  We bought the same armor we once sold so rescue Red. Antimagic plate armor. Rocio wore it. We knew we had to stop her from casting. But we had to draw her out.

  And the only bait I could think of was myself. She has been eyeing me warily since she realized we had feelings for one another. I promised her that nothing would come of it. We could not have children. But when I told her that, you were merely a human man. A tabaxi and a human could not have children together without serious magical intervention. I had no intention of going to such lengths.

  But it turns out you aren't actually a human. Not really. You're so much more.

  So I made up a lie. We married. I was pregnant. I made an awful bump to trick her and Bim. My poor sweet Bim.

  Can they ever forgive me for what I did? I am crying again just thinking of it. The pain I caused them. I cannot forgive myself.

  But you pulled me into the pantry as everyone was setting up the display of celebration. I confessed to you that I had dreamed of a life together after we defeated the Lord of Blades. I could barely get the words out, I was so emotional. I had thought we could clear our names and live a stable life. I told you I never expected children. When I left home, I accepted that as my reality. But I thought we could form a family in a fashion, and I that was my dream.

  Then you told me that you wanted to live what we had left together to most. After all, the whole reason we have to draw Calliope out was to meld you and Albane. And what will happen when that is done? I do not know and neither do you. But I can only imagine the worst.

  And so you proposed to me. With a platinum and diamond ring of all things. The irony is not lost to me. But I will cherish it until my last breath. I feel like a dragon myself. Hoarding treasures.

  After a private moment, I called Bim to join us and tried to subtly tell them that I am pregnant. I didn't want to make it too obvious. After all, Bim couldn't let it slip that it was a trap.. but I suppose she still knew it was. Or maybe she didn't. I don't know. Not yet. Maybe I never will.

  We then waited and waited until exhaustion started to wear on us. I wanted to just go to bed with you, but the others insisted we stay. Eventually I was too tired to care about life or death or plans and I want to join you. You were snoring, you were so tired.

  I had trouble sleeping. Then you were no longer snoring. You weren't there. I went to your study and you were behind the table. You seemed cold and distant. I couldn't understand. You had just proposed and told me you wanted to live what we had left together to the fullest. We spoke and then you rebuffed me. I suppose there is something to say for my confidence. I knew it wasn't you. I demanded to know who.

  I suspected something when you called me Breezy, but I didn't think Bim could be you. But you were Bim and the dream wavered.

  How can I live with myself. My poor sweet friend was so sad and guilty. I hugged them and stroked their wild hair and apologized. I didn't realize she would hurt Bim like this. She could have used anything else. But she used my sweet Bim.

  I am a monster.

  Bim begged for forgiveness and I told them I wasn't angry. I wasn't mad. How could I be? I didn't tell them it was my fault, but I apologized as we cried together. I begged Bim to keep my painting of us safe. It is my favorite. And you won't remember me anyway.

  I forgot to mention, Bim promised me that Calliope promised not to hurt me. But she will, won't she? I'm going to anger her so much. Funny. I wonder how long it's been since she's actually felt something. I can't imagine giving people any power over your feelings is something a practical immortal can stomach after so long.

  I told Bim I wished that we could have more time together, but that I had to wake. But I couldn't. Calliope's hold on my mind was too strong. But then, I was awake. Bim must have broken the dream. I woke to silence. Complete silence. The sort where you can't even hear the blood rushing past your ear drums or your heartbeat. I was trapped in vines and you were completely out of view. I could see her over me and I was awash in a sickly green light. I saw Bim, sobbing in the silence and looked back at Calliope.

  There was no escape for me. I could not use my magic and I felt like my brain was wrapped up in the vines as much as my body. I simply surrendered to whatever it was that she was doing. There was no point in trying to fight, and whatever she was doing didn't cause me pain. Whatever it was, it wasn't meant to kill me.

  So I had to take what small victory I could. I had failed. Hardly a surprise, all considering.

  I closed my eyes. I felt a strange vibration, but I didn't look. And then there was the sound of combat. The sound of metal against metal and the vines were gone and my mind was back. I could see the others surrounded Calliope and the fight was on. It was a dance of Antimagic. I managed to contain the situation as I did with Lucatiel. Unfortunately that and some poorly placed walls of force were my only contributions.

  Rocio, Green, Gunne, and Dawn fought her, and despite crippling her by taking away her use of spells and magic items, it was a long slog. After all, druids can still do druid things. But in the end. We did it. They did it.

  But the worst is still yet to come.

  Your Wife,

  Breeze

• There Might Be Feathers Involved

  Viola Moonflower

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  Camile

  There May Be Feathers Involved

  Nox, Do, Osh, and I, Viola Moonflower, were sent by the guild to the upper wards to help Lord Calran with some noises and dust problems he had been dealing with. Lord Calran gave us a tour of the place while also extolling how generous he was and how his family all gives the same name to each boy and girl born to the Calran Name, Boys are called Calran and Girls and named Calrana. When asked how that works when multiple girls are given the same name he simply replied “they always know which one is being called on.” while going up the massive tower he lives in we did in fact hear noises coming from the attic. Lord Calran was pleased that he was not the only one hearing these noises.

  When we got to the attic we found it was filled with dust mephits. The battle wasn’t that hard save for a moment when most of us fell asleep yet we beat them back to whatever elemental plane they originated from. It was after we beat them that we heard voices on the roof. Osh went to the roof to overhear what was going on and we found out there were some creatures calling themselves Modrons and that they were responsible for the capture and transport of the dust mephits and another more devilish fiend who all escaped mid transport. We promised them we would hunt down the last detainee who conveniently had just captured and ran off with Lord Calran. While chasing the monster down in a high speed flight chase I was able to catch up with them by tapping into my celestial heritage to sprout spectral wings and casting a dimension door on myself and Do who had his own method of flying. The modrons had lent us use of some mechanical beetles to try and catch up with the big fly fiend but my method was an easier way to close the sizable gap between us and the Lord Napping Fly. after we hopped through the dimensional door I was able to get just close enough to the fiend to cast a slow spell and we caught up to the Buff Fly fiend and forced him to land on the top floor of another building. Nox was able to join Me and Do but it sounds like Osh had problems controlling the robo beetles or something about sky bandits I think? So we had to fight the fiend without Osh.

  The battle with the fiend wasn’t too challenging though I admit freely I was not the main target of the monster's ire and Do did look like he was in really bad shape from that monster stabbing him with its needle like nose. It also tried some droning noise thing but it didn’t look like it did much. We were able to save Lord Calran from being a part of a fiendish feast and let the Modrons know we were unable to capture the fiend and sent it back to whatever plane they had first caught the beast from. In return for our services we got the agreed reward from Lord Calran and a nifty looking ring that no one but me seemed to want. It’s main purpose seems to be keeping people warm in extreme cold.

• The Red Line

  Kester

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  Green

  The Red Line

  The events of this mission were witnessed by the following members of The Rook and Rose Guild: Dove, Nox, Osh and myself. We were hired urgently by The Sharn Watch after reports came of a House Sivis facility came under the attack of some terrorists. We made our way as quickly as possible, people were panicking, and as soon as we made our way in the sight of dead bodies permeated our vision. As soon as we familiarized ourselves with our surroundings and attempting to find survivors in the lower floors of the tower did we find the sign of the perpetrators. A warforged was lifting a gnome by an arm blade, and quickly we found ourselves in a fight with Warforged. Any attempts to knock them unconscious shad apparently resulted in their deaths. We later discovered that this was due to the presence of a magical item named The Band of Loyalty on each of their fingers, preventing any form of interrogation as soon as their bodies reached an inability to fight.

  We quickly found there were no visible survivors, not at first. We searched around to find the only living victim hiding in one of the offices on a cupboard. When I asked her name, she identified herself as Fara. We tried to convince her to come out, but she was unwilling to face any danger outside... as well as to avoid the sight of the carnage. We tried to then find the reasoning behind the attack. Why specifically a House Sivis facility? Why kill everyone indiscriminately? As the answer came to us, we quickly realized that a message had been sent. After clearing out the scene for the most part, we managed to convince Fara to give us access to the last sent messages sent through one of facility's stations.

  We quickly found that the reason was to send a message to an outsider for the assassination of a woman named Talda who was to depart by rail at noon. They had been instructed specifically to kill everyone in the facility to prevent the message from being intercepted after they had sent it.

  As we came about this information, almost a minute too late. We made our way to the lightning rail station to intercept the assassination attempt. We would be forced to catch up to the rail while it was starting to accelerate into full speed. As we managed to enter, the commotion had already begun. A lanky warforged in the shape of a stiletto was currently wedging a poisoned blade through Talda's stomach. I moved in, and began to flourish blades against the assassin. Talda jumped off the rail, and had to be rescued by Nox.

  It's poisoned blade made short work of me, I survived the fatal injuries through Dove's healing. Nox was apparently causing some kind of commotion with undead summoning or something similar, causing widespread panic aside from the terrorist assaulting the cart. Luckily, we managed to save Talda's life.

  I explained the situation as best I could, and made a report to the nearest Watch precinct. They seemed willing to let Nox go only because Talda's name, whoever she was carried some manner of weight.

  I am Kester Pavull, and I attest to the results of this mission, and this report.

• The Secrets of Lighthouse 13

  Burst Blast

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  Burst

  Secrets of LIghthouse 13
  A very concerned halfing merchant by the name of Benji approaches the Rook and Rose Guild. He offers a reward of 200 gp each for a party to investigate a merchant ship of his, the Jade Lion, that was reportedly carried off during a large storm to dangerous waters near an old abandoned lighthouse, Lighthouse 13. He has heard rumors about sea monster attacks in the area. Myself, Nox, Agasophea, Kester, and Goric sign up to help Benji and learn that this Lighthouse 13 is an old lighthouse in the bay area, that has since been decommissioned.
  We go to speak to Coppertree, a captain who can help get us to the area of Lighthouse 13. We head off to the ship’s towers waterfront district to meet with this captain. On the way, we can see a faint lighthouse light in the distance. We end up getting dragged into a skirmish between a couple of ruffians assailing Coppertree. We help her out of the water after the scurry off.
  She agrees to help us as a colleague of hers, Erin Hest, was also on the Jade Lion.
  We learn Erin Hest is not a member of this crew, but the captain of a different ship. Most of the crew doesn’t know much about him. We learn from the captain that Erin Hest is human with a gold tooth and a pot belly. He has dark brown hair and is the captain of the Jade Lion. She describes him as a friend of hers and a bit of a shit, but a good person nonetheless.
  As we travel, we are assailed by a sea creature, which damages the ship a little. We dispatch it and carry on towards the Lighthouse on a lifeboat, where we encounter some Sahuagin and Ice Mephits who are not helpful. We head down a passageway in the lighthouse and come across a hidden cove…and the Jade Lion is inside this cove. We head towards a storage area nearby and encounter more Sahuagin. These Sahuagin have captured the surviving crew of the Jade Lion, including Erin Hest. Erin mentions that there were four locked chests still aboard their ship that they are concerned about and that Benji would really like. The sahuagin were looking for the censer and had it secured behind the captured prisoners in another room. We recover that and return to Benji, delivering the remaining crew and supplies to Benji.

  Kester

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  Green

  The Secrets of Lighthouse 13

  The events of this mission were witnessed by the following members of The Rook and Rose Guild: Burst, Nox, Agasophea, Goric and myself. We were hried by a merchant named Benji to seek out one of his missing vessels The Jade Lion which had apparently been forcefully dragged to shore into the spiked rocks of an island bearing the abandoned Lighthouse Number 13, and recover its crew and cargo unharmed. We were told to meet with Captain Coppertree on the docks of Sharn at a certain time, but we were not given many more clues about her appearance other than her gender. Our party reached the docks at the accorded time, but it seemed it was our task to find the captain and speak with her, making it seem as though transport had already been paid. It was then that an incident occurred during our attempts to find her. Two men were harassing out captain due to a gambling dispute, and apparently believing she had been responsible for one of the men losing his job.

  Goric settled her debt if only to settle these miscreants, I must report that one of them had a knife and was utilizing it to threaten her during our conversation, and intervention. Regardless, due to times of war we are only able to bear weapons and not draw them... though I would have been glad to utilize my rapier to properly disarm him, we were forced to abide by their game... Eventually the conclusion that was reached was simply them pushing her into the dock waters... laughing and leaving. A bad taste in the mouth, but at least we can be sure to report them and get our payback. Whether The Watch will intervene is yet to be seen, but I am certain it will be harder for them to acquire work. Now more than ever.

  We spoke with the Captain finally, and after clearing out our purpose. She expressed a willingness to help, though with some concerns about one of her sailors seeing some type of unnatural wave carrying The Jade Lion into its fate.

  When we were getting closer, we were quickly assaulted by some sort of water elemental in the shape of a dragon. It overwhelmed me, and Nox initially... but we would manage to bring it down with The Captain's aide. We were then given a rowboat to make our travels to the shore of the Lighthouse's location. It was barricaded, and we quickly met the new inhabitants that had made their home in the abandoned tower. Sahuagin, no less. We made ourselves acquainted with them, and explored the first floor of the Ligthouse.

  We encountered a door with a hole on its frame, Goric decided to peak on it. Then Nox. Both acquired a bit of a surprise as some kind of mephit would poke their eyes. I also peaked through the door, but was spared due to my goggles. After a brief interaction, we managed to make our way in. Found a hatch inside... and found The Jade Lion in stable condition. I also found 4 rather suspicious lumps on the sand, I decided against investigaitng them while the rest of the party made their way into the pier's storeroom. 2 Sahuagin awaited inside, some kind of mage and a heavily armed Sahuagin. We dispatched both of them, with only me receiving an injury through the mage's spell.

  We were able to find the crew and cargo they were supposed to be delivering, but not before finding out that the Sahuagin had made their homes there, and had been utilizing some kind of elemental to bring ships over. At the end the captains, and our contractor were able to reunite safe and sound.

  In conclusion, some rumors tend to be more truthful than others. Some carry lies, of course... but I fear we may encounter more incidents.

  I am Kester Pavull, and I attest to the results of this mission, and this report.