Saralas: Session 10

12 Elyseas 1492

• We spent the night in the temple in Bryn Shandar. Cozy but sparse.
• We should go back to Termalaine, we decide
• We get the dogs together and head through Targos to Termalaine
• Targos is surrounded by a wooden wall to protect the town, there is a harbor as well
• The glowing owl shows up
• We head into the mine. The bridge is damaged but intact, safe for 1-2 people.
• We cross safely, there doesn't appear to be anything or anyone following us and Rudra says she doesn't feel any danger sense
• The others extract the two grell beaks. I stand and don't really watch.
• We go farther down and come to the rope bridge. I ask Korag to come look for Kobolds with me where we talked with Trex/Janth. The area is empty, and all caves leading out of the area are dead ends.
• (Sidebar, I'm not there)
  • They meet Wednesday at the rope bridge
  • She has a crystal, says it will suit us better. And throws it at the party. "This wasn't what I needed but I think it would be great for you guys."
  • Resda moves out of the way, it clatters to the ground
  • Wednesday says "that was rude", tosses her torch into the pit, then dramatically falls backwards into the pit. Clearly a staged performance
• When we come back, Karthos is holding a crystal, and he seems lost in thought. He says it was a psi crystal.
• Rudra crosses first and looks east, I follow with Korag and we see a geode room. It will take us about an hour to harvest one geode, worth about 10 g each
• Before trying to mine, we check the other room. There is a fossilized skull, which is not human.
• Larger than normal eye sockets. A curious ridge between the eyes. No nose, 4 small eye holes where one would see teeth. Skull is damaged. We can see an indentation in the skull where something has been cut out of it. There is a perfect space where the crystal could have fit. The psi crystal is likely the brain of the mind flayer.
• I take an hour to mine a geode I will conceal and hope to sell later. Resda joins me but the others are like "no man". Weird. This is in my opinion fully moral given the danger, what we've been through, the costs we've incurred. I don't intend to mention it to anyone in town. But this is fair.
• We head back up but Karthos wants to stop and make some potions from the grell. I nervously watch every direction I can look in.
• We catch up with Min. She says Bun told her the crystal was bad and we shouldn't keep it.
• We set off for town to find the Speaker
• We don't see the owl but we look for it.
• We find Ouras Masthew. He says he has to examine the mine, and will meet us the next morning.
• I make my way over to The Eastside, the inn. The inkeeper is Marta, a willowy teenager. She sings
  • Ahead of winters wind she came
  • The lovely woman with no name
  • Draped in a fur-lined cloak of red,
  • To the icy lake she lfed
  • The wind pursued her all the same
  • As sure as night she's dead
• I introduce myself and ask about the song. 50 years ago a woman stopped at The Eastside, on her way to Lonelywood. The woman was frightened. She gave them a ring as payment. I book rooms for everyone with Marta, thank her, and head back to the inn
• I get back to the inn and hand the keys out to everyone and tell them how to find their rooms. I get
• The frost maiden lives on a misty isle. There's a mighty whale with a boat on its back. Can catch it at ?. But must ring the bell.
• A lady is staring at Karthos and comes over to talk to him. She says she hears voices and she thinks he hears them too. Her name is Ameria, and she asks to see Karthos' crystal. She ignores everyone else. She touches the crystal with her finger and frowns slightly. Nothing happens.