Session 28

Setting: Kald

After finding out that some Hill Giants were seen headed to Radiance, Durzo uses the only means on communication he has left at the time - his Sending Stone to Queen Syleese. Miraculously, she's able to get a message through her contacts to Radiance, which prompts Daghrim to Send a message to Durzo. He and Willyam were able to defeat the four Giants that attacked the village, but suffered terrible losses. Willyam lost his wife and young son.

Belnan and the warriors of Kald march with the Order of Valor to Radiance. They volunteer to protect the survivors and aid in their travels to the Guiding Light Church. Along the way, Steam has a conversation with his brother, Pyre. They talk about Pyre's travels to Gale and make amends. Edge also talks to Esmeralda. As they discuss the difficulties of having a rare lineage, Esmeralda mentions she's originally from the Feywild, and can travel there frequently.

Setting: Radiance

The group views the aftermath of the Hill Giant attack. They help save a few more lives with whatever Healing abilities and potions they have. Sonara welcomes the Kald warriors into the village, but they decline and opt to set up a perimeter to protect them. They also provide extra food for them. Savage, Edge and Steam investigate the bodies of the dead Giants. They start to sense a wrongness about them, and guess they were under the control of Alguruth.

After a much-needed rest, Durzo decides not to summon Azoth to be his eyes. He prays to the Raven Queen, and argues that he will need his sight in order to be her Champion. The group spends time comforting a mourning Willyam. The Kald and Radiance people are preparing to leave for the Church of the Guiding Light, as the Order prepare to go to the Tower Eternal. Daghrim sends a message to Click, letting the Tower know they're on their way. They then step through a Teleportation Circle drawn by Steam.

Setting: Tower Eternal

In the Tower, Steam is greeted by his old teacher, Petris. The tall Firbolg is still the Master of Teleportation. He takes them to meet Rene, the Master of Magical Artifacts. After an interesting introduction, Rene easily identifies Storm Lord's Fury and the Frost Brand as Legendary Weapons. He asks for all of the "pieces" to Rhaine's spear. He reconnects the two Daggers and the emblem, and hands it back to him. All he has to do is say the words to enable it. Durzo asks Queen Syleese for the words, but an exasperated Syleese says they must meet in order to get the words.

When asked about the Staff of Power, Rene initially refuses to talk about it, until Petris returns with Click. Master Click is currently running the Tower while Vaklan Cerdash is helping coordinate the war in Brightforge. Click issues orders and leaves. Rene and Petris then tell the group all they know. The Staff of Power was stolen by Koyassa Oran. They hand them a dossier about her:


 * Koyassa Oran:
 * Wizard of the highest degree, who was a member of the Tower Eternal for 2 decades. She was a candidate for Council Elder 4 times, but could not get a majority vote.
 * While at the Tower, and while learning at the Dizon Institute, she would occasionally claim she was a descendant of a white Dragon. In the months before she left, she started making wild claims that her people were decimated by a curse, and blamed the Tower for it.
 * She is suspected to have stolen the Staff of Power from the Magical Artifacts Floor 9 years ago. The best of our spies were not able to find her in that time, although they tried a thorough search of the the arctic wastelands of Kraet. Just over a year ago, she was seen breaking the White Opal Orb in the snows of Kraet, unleashing the Ancient White Dragon known as Xardith, the Lord of Ice. She now calls herself the Leader of the Kraet Nation. She leads an army of ice creatures against a world-wide army centralized in the country of Brightforge.

They also provide the group with 5 Scrolls of Temporal Negation and the spell recipe to create a new Orb. They spend most of the day at the Tower Eternal and are given some information about Alguruth. He is susceptible to Ice Damage, but immune to Fire. He controls the wills of lesser beings, but there is no knowledge as to the range of that ability.

The team asks Petris for more help, but he infers that others are listening in the Tower. He teleports them to the Church, and whispers that he will arrive with more aid the following day.

Setting: Church of the Guiding Light

Daghrim is preparing defenses with the Kald tribe. They already formulated a plan to send the refugees to the Pier, and will ask for more aid. When meeting with Shea, Belnan, Esmeralda, Daghrim, and Sonara, the group plans to draw the Hill Giants towards the Church while a small task force search for Alguruth. Daghrim and Belnan will lead the defenses. Pyre will be part of the task force. Willyam is invited as well, but he hasn't chosen what he will do. Shea mentions that High Priestess Sarah is on her way, and will be part of the smaller force to attack Alguruth.

The meeting breaks up to allow for a rest. As Durzo lies down, he feels a single feather on his pillow.