Session 31

Setting: Alguruth's Lair

After the combat is ended, the team search the cave, while Durzo sends Azoth to examine the pool and sigil engraved in the stone. As soon as he sets eyes upon it, Durzo is flooded with images of hooded figure in a chamber. Spider imagery is blatant all around. The raises its arms, revealing slender purple-skinned hands. Undead figures arise from a similar sigil on the ground. Durzo's vision switches to a place made of black rock and purple fog. He is greeted by the Raven Queen, who embraces him before she disappears. The Champion is there to confirm that Durzo is on the right spiritual path.

Back on the prime material plane, Durzo warns about the circle, and hits it with Eldritch Blasts while Steam uses the Ring of the Ram again to utterly destroy it. The team receives a message from Daghrim that the Giants are running back to the Hills, so Savage puts an unconscious Willyam over his shoulders as they all make their way back to the Church. On the way, both Durzo and Sarah receive messages summoning everyone to the Enchanted Pier in 3 days to meet with Queen Syleese III of Falador.

Setting: Church of the Guiding Light

Willyam is locked in the hidden rooms under the Church, still kept unconscious until Sonara arrives.

During the post-fight celebration, Esmeralda invites them to join her at a Fairy Bazaar the next time they're in the Feywild. Belnan says the people of Kald have decided to help the communities of the Church and Radiance rebuild. They pledge to maintain friendships. Savage lets the group know that his mission is still to show them the way to Eryndlyn. He will guide them whenever they are ready.

Sarah is concerned over the motives of the Tower, and wonders how her Church leaders agreed to use the Vault those hundreds of years ago. She also expresses concern over possibly leading the entire country if the Tower is eliminated.

Durzo sends a message to Lorali seeking information. She is still trying to adjust to absorbing the previous Vaultkeeper's memories. She does say that the imprisonments seemed less for protection than it did for a personal reason.

The group set out on the 2-day journey to the Pier the next morning. The meet Sonara briefly on the road, and they tell her about Willyam. She tells them her guide, Diana told her she would have to help him and Mykiela, who are waiting for her at the Church.

Setting: Enchanted Pier

The team take a small boat to the Silverwing, which is at the apex of a semi-circle of ships. They are first met by Swaying Breeze and Sharp Steel, who take them to Gentle Claw. After initial greetings, he tells them that he rarely leaves his monastery, but is still a subject of Falador, and its Queen.

They are then greeted by Captain Keddes, who introduces them to the Princess of the High Seas. She tells shows them the Green Key, and tells them the story of Mykiela's father's death. She held onto the Key for over a year before deciding to release Rehles from his imprisonment. She says the Tower Eternal set a smear campaign to convince the world that he was a danger. It came to a point where they had no choice but to use the Vault. They go out to the deck where the Princess calls forth Rehles, who acts mentally like a child or a pet. She tells them that he was not like that before the Vault.

The team, Savage, the Princess, Gentle Claw and High Priestess Sarah all meet with Queen Syleese. Also in the room, is Durzo's mother, and head of the White Ravens, Elene. The Queen gets everyone's acknowledgement that Vaklan Cerdash must be confronted. The Leaders will travel to Brightforge immediately.

Durzo sends another message to Lorali. She says that the Red Orb is still at the Vault, but also says that she has no power to deny anyone access to a vault if they have the corresponding Key. After a deliberation, the group decides their next course of action is to travel to the Underdark city of Eryndlyn to ask Durzo's grandfather Acaelus about the Purple Key.