9/11/2026

Captain Ilyra Venn sent us a missive requesting our assistance with the Lords' Alliance. We were asked to head to Neverwinter to conclude a moment with something called the Aegis Core, useful for teleportation. She wasn't comfortable sharing more information in the missive. This was a later-hand follow up to a contract we had around a month ago.

Meeting with her at the Syndicate, she recapped what our last job for her entailed and confirmed a prisoner informed them of a man part of the Many-Starred Cloaks. There was an infection spreading in the space that Aderyn Kest was experimenting on with the Aegis Core and we are being asked to recover the Core. We can recover Vest as well but it is not required.

We used a mechanical wonder--a gyrocopter, to fly to the tower location. We left it behind and started exploring the dilapidated tower. As per usual, I put up my detect magic and could feel the spatial distortion in the air. As we continued moving into the tower, there was some kind of repetition of that spatial magic that was coming upon us. Sylk had the idea that it was the Aegis Core, which is possible, but I'm uncertain if that's exactly what it was.

We continued exploring, finding a locked door blocking our path. Luckily no one is of the "destroy the door" type and we went through another gate to walk through a cave. Walking through, we spotted a large, pulsing sphere with metal rings surrounding it as they spun about. A man that looked to be wearing a mask was there and Bri confirmed his identity as Aderyn Kest. She antagonized him a bit and then we engaged in combat.

We defeated Aderyn and for a moment, it was as if bugs and insects of all kinds began crawling out of its body and from behind its mask. Then as if with a blink, Aderyn was back in his normal form, unconscious. We moved around to dispel the spatial magic around the area. As we were finishing up, the Many-Starred Cloaks appeared with Captain Ilyra and started taking a look through all things Aderyn did. They also gave us a fair bit of rewards.

The Cloak Tower Breach

11 Elieint, 1502 DR

I was late to our mission and missed the majority of information. Thankfully the others described the situation regarding the Aegis Core. A powerful artifact being used to manipulate space, with Aderyn Kest leading the chaos. I, along with Bri, Salviron, Shev, and Yashir, investigated the Cloak Tower to stop too much danger from happening.

The tower was dusty but recently disturbed. Various space disruptions shunted us about and hurt. We traversed until spying the Aegis Core itself, flanked by a pink-hued hulking beast, an ugly man, and Aderyn Kest himself. He taunted us, and combat began. Shev used his magic to toss the hulk off the ledge. Bri, Yashir, and I flanked the two mages who tried to teleport around. And it was Salviron's forceful hand that knocked Aderyn into unconsciousness. The fight was tricky when the Aegis Core sent a shockwave of energy and nearly launched Bri to her death. But we controlled the fight.

At the end, the representatives of the Lords' Alliance met with us and showered us in rewards, including gyrocopters, plenty of gold, and items we can enjoy in the distant future. We've also successfully opened up the way to teleport to Neverwinter!

I don't fully understand what was happening. But I'm happy to have been of help. -Sylkran "Sylk" Teke'zynge

11 Elient, 1502 D.R.

A strange mission, in a sense. There seemed to be much lead-up involving other Syndicate members with which I am not familiar, but few if any were present in the finale. I do not object to this; it is the first job I have had in some time, and I... needed to take my mind off of things.

Captain Ilyria Vess gave us considerable background information. I confess, I understood little of it. The Many-Starred Cloaks of Neverwinter wished us -- that is, myself, Salviron Liesel, Shev (Gobbles?), Bri, and someone named Sylk, though I did not catch any further names for them -- to capture or neutralize someone named Aderyn Kest, who had taken possession of something called an Aegis Core. Recovering the Core was of paramount importance; Kest's life was tertiary.

Gyrocopters took us to the tower where the Aegis Core was housed. We were obliged to find our way through that tower, which should have been a simple matter, but odd temporal and spacial... effects... complicated matters for us. We persevered, however. I would like to say that we learned the patterns and came to understand how things worked and arrived at a reasoned solution to the problem, but ultimately, the solution was "go fast before any space/time-warping rifts get in the way." This we managed, and came to the top center of the tower.

Kest was, inevitably, there. We engaged him in combat -- Shobbles threw his strongest servitor off the tower with his mind -- and soon prevailed. We took the man alive, though for a moment he seemed to dissolve into worms after his defeat. Perhaps the warps in reality contributed to our success in that, in one way or another. Whatever the case, we ended the threat to the Core and completed the job in good order.

The wizards of the Many-Starred Cloaks of Neverwinter were quite grateful for our assistance. They gifted us many items of magic in addition to considerable pay. I am well pleased with the payout.

I would that....

No, never mind. A job well done.

-- Yashir adh Rumahr