Gary was pacing around the Salty Siren. “Thank you for coming to my pack meeting.” He was wearing a tinfoil hat and was all twitchy. He wanted us to raid a temple. That was a hard no from everyone. “The hat keeps whispering violence.” Penny and Kobal helped to find a temple where a moon sickle was located. Pack contribution reward system was offered.
We get to the twin moon temples that only appear at night. We need to get there before the eclipse that happens tonight. Not too far from Springreach. Need to get both temples to agree that Gary can have the moon sickle. They are at odds with each other.
Blathnat told me that she dog walked Dartan his first day at the guild. Slapped kid had to pull doubles because he was four hours late for his shift.
There are two temples. One honors Solalara the watcher. The other honors Theros the veiled one. We went to the smaller temple first. Theros.
The Theros temple had been there for centuries. It was still standing, although in a state of disrepair. We met a man outside. He told Gary, who was in wolf form, that he was a good boy. Gary for some reason continued to act like a dog. Brother Clarance said that Gary can consider him the pack leader for now... Gary told him that he came for the moon sickle. “You seek Yuna’s artifact. Why do you seek this out?” He kept muttering about how this was auspicious. Gary said because he was an alpha leader and he needs to protect his pack. He can’t lose anyone else. “What’s the application process?” Gary said with a puppy dog look. We were told, “When you get to Solara tell them that brother Clarance has given you his blessing.”
Gary seemed more disturbed when he spoke of Kobal. All I got out of the story was that he was dead.
The temple of Solara was a much grander building. Solara is the larger moon and is brighter in the night sky then Theros, so this did make some sense. Gary knocked at the door and there was no answer. He knocked again and we heard, “I’m coming! I’m coming! So many stairs.” A small gnome greeted us. She also said auspicious. Odd. Selune is the goddess of the moon Solara. Despite it not being visible in the sky for a moment it will be illuminated. One of her more recent champions met there end in a dark place. Put aside first impressions. I advised him to stop talking an nod more when the woman looked irritated. If the moon goddess does wish you to be her new champion you might find the answers you seek within the moon grove at the bottom of the ravine. She says Clarance is an idiot. All he talks about is the wrong moon and personal finances. “How do we get our champion champiafied?” Bram asked. She pointed at the very obvious ravine.
Gary once again tried to involve me with his financial advice. I pretended not to hear him comments about investing and 401Ks. That's grooming behavior.
Gary guided us deep within the ravine. Gary called Bram and Omega which confused Bram greatly. Gary said “Something is screaming at me that this is the right location.” He licked a pool of water. A water spirit named Yuna— at least that was her name in life—asked who he was and why he was here. Gary once again said he needed to be stronger to protect his pack. “Many have fallen, and many more surely will, but if you seek the weapon Selune bestowed upon me in life. After the eclipse the grove will not be safe for her worshipers.” If we can make it safe again, since some of the creatures may be irritable. She directed us to a good place to draw the attention of the creatures.
The eclipse happened. It created a crimson horn-like shape. Gary hurried us along to a point where made a very loud noise to draw things in. Wave after wave of horrible creatures attacked.
When we returned to Yuna’s pool we found Gary’s moon sickle waiting for him. Gary is Selune’s new champion. He left tinfoil hat at the edge of the pool.
