Act 2, Chapter Twenty Five, “Lost Family” (Continued…) (18/12/2021)
-The group is in Arnon’s workshop about to teleport away
when Geshut dispels their magic. Geshut morphs into Vi, and the group realizes that
Vi was disguised as Geshut this whole time.
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Vi tells the group that Geshut is safe, alive,
and “unharmed.
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Vi makes a proposition: she’ll release Geshut,
help the group overcome the cartel and the green dragon in exchange for an “Oracle,”
currently possessed by Ezra.
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According to her, an “Oracle” is a relic once
used by the Ionians (created by the ones that came before).
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The one possessed by Ezra provides a map of the rift
stones.
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But the group does not agree and Vi disappears.
-As the
group prepares to use a teleportation circle in the back room, Arnon gets hit
in the shoulder by a ray and turns into ash.
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Lotty screams as she sees Arnon killed.
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The group rushes to the teleportation circle and
teleport to Raz’iel’s shop.
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Raz and Ezra appear in the shop and the group
tells them about Vi. The two plan to confront Vi.
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Ezra mentions a few terms to the group: Maridai,
the ones that came before, Magistar Alistar.
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Before leaving to confront her, Ezra gives the
group the Oracle, a small metallic silver ball bearing marble.
-The
group prepares for a conflict
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The high commander sends a message to the group
telling them to seek out Justica Shiallah for help.
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Kel asks Myrah to meet at Lotty’s workship using
a sending stone from Lotty.
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The group meet up with Lotty’s family and they
discuss Arnon’s death.
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Afterwards, Lotty gets out Arnon’s blueprints
and journals and shows the family, asking them help on how to fight the
machines.
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Myrah appears with 4 remmington syndicate guards,
and Cade tells them everything.
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Myrah says that Shiallah is at the Temple for
the Gods.
-The
group makes their way to Shiallah.
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Cade shows her the documents of constructs and
the plans to take over the Ulvari Coast.
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Shiallah orders a priest to make copies of the
documents, which will be taken to the High Commander.
-The
group makes their way to the southern docks of Sierrona to Siren’s Call
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Cade puts down 21g on the bar and 21g asking for
rumors.
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A few minutes later, a gnome appears.
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The group tells him to let Fallah know that
Geshut has been compromised and Vi has him in captivity.
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Suddenly, Ezra messages the group to go to
Remmington HQ because they captured Vi.
-The
group see Vi in manacles that stop spellcasting
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Ezra looked hurt and Raz was not there.
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Ezra tells the group that Raz is dead.
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Vi seems to be warded from divination and enchantments;
she won’t talk.
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Ezra believes that Geshut is in the safe house
in Palarino, the one the group stayed in.
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Kel, suspicious about Ezra, questions if it
really is Ezra or Vi in disguise.
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Ezra tells them information only he knows and
there doesn’t appear to be any illusions on Vi, and Cade didn’t detect
deception.
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Lotty, angry at Vi for killing Arnon and wanting
to lift the curse on Remy, breaks Vi’s neck with her wrench, killing her.
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Remy is wheeled into the room conscious now.
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Lotty gives Ezra the Oracle back. He tells her
that the True Resurrection spell can bring Arnon back.
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Ezra says they need a summit of allied forces to
defeat the northern forces and machines. Ezra teleports away.
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Over the course of an hour, the group tells Remy
all that has happened.
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Ezra teleports back into the room. What?!
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Ezra claims that he and Raz got separated.
Who is this?!
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Ezra runs over to Vi and removes her manacle.
Vi shifts into Raz.
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Ezra is at a loss.
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He conjures a spell and brings the group to a
demiplane where they can get some privacy.
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He tells about the Divine Cataclysm. There was
once a longstanding magistair of one of the 12 houses of the ionian dominion.
During the Divine Cataclysm, there was a splinter of houses, and before its
fall, the magistair led several houses into exile, which was not commonly
known. It’s believed that the remaining houses of the Ionian dominion were
destroyed during the cataclysm. It’s believed that the magistair took the
floating city of Maridai into another plane using rift magic. Vi is an agent of
this magistair, and she wants to bring their city back into the material plane.
With gods in exile, and little people to stand up against this, 1 house of the
magisterium could devastate the people of Ios. This could mean the return of
the Dominion, capable of encasing cities in glass and suffocating their people.
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Vi’s goal is to get enough rift stones to return
the city from its exile.
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Ezra pulls out of his pocket a locket and a picture
of a younger human woman and baby boy. He breaks it in half and hands Cade half
of the locket. “Not even Vi knows about that.”
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Ezra tells the group to seek him out after we’ve
freed the coast and not to share any of the information above with anyone
unless we talk to Ezra first.
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Ezra gives Cade a scroll of moonbeam and Kel a
scroll of true seeing, then he disappears.
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In Lotty’s head she hears, “You learned your
lesson. Thanks for playing along,” from Vi.
-The
group returns to Lotty’s shop.
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They need to protect the Ulvari coast from the
cartel and save the world.
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Lotty’s family tells them that the constructs
are powered by exultium cores.
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Lotty reads that they are vulnerable to EMPs,
which could temporarily disable the constructs.
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A group of tinkerers could make these constructs,
at a cost of 1000g of black exultium for a 100-diameter explosion.
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The group rests.
-The next
morning, Lotty wakes up to the sound of bottles breaking in the kitchen,
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Lotty sees Aunt Ella emptying liquor bottles
into the sink and throwing bottles into the trash can.
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Ella believes she has to make things right if
Arnon was also trying to make things right.
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Lotty thinks Arnon knew at the end that he would
be welcomed back with open arms.
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“There’s a fight ahead, but there are a whole
lot of people fighting at your side.”
