Journal of Rollo Lavius 3

Entry #543 - Return to Pedestal

 (G543 25/11/2023 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) YI14

[Fenrir, Corhim and Dak have set off for to find the Fortress of the Yaun-ti, starting in Kingsholm. Recently they have helped the locals by breaking up a gang of orc bandits.]

DAY 617 (10th Uktar) (November) cont ...

The slaves kept at the orc bandit camp were shown the way out of the cave and pointed in the rough direction of the caves. The non-combatant orcs were left as well as all the horses that were kept in one of the other caves.

Before leaving Fenrir asked one of the old orcs where the warlock and cleric were likely to have gone. She said that The Lady most likely went to Xûl-Jarak, which was also known as The Gray Citadel because of its grey ashen walls.

As night began to fall they arrived back at Kingsholm. Mia Desarna was very glad to hear of their success and was happy to pay 4000gp for the death of two of the leaders of the gang. They were given an even nicer house in the town, along with a housekeeper to look after it.

There was a big party at the Coronet and Cabbage, with as much food, booze and floozies as they could manage. Fenrir did not partake of the last reward due to Giselle being there, but Dak certainly did and was seen going off later on with one of the larger wenches.

Corhim left the party early so he could go to his room and study.

DAY 618 (11th Uktar) (November)

Today I've been at the main table in the keep, going over our shipping plans for the xebecs. I'd rather be exploring the portals or something, but it seems best to keep her happy at the moment.

Anyway, I heard from Sylvia who heard from Giselle about what Fenrir and company got up to today:

Having had a good time the night before they headed up to the famous Kingsholm Graveyard after lunch. The tomb entrance was guarded, but they were waved through as Mia had issued them a pass.

Their trip to Pedestal was the same as last time. A long tunnel lead down past the dungeon and finally brought them to the Earth Node.

As I may have mentioned before Earth nodes are rare and cherished subterranean locations where the power that flows through the mineral bones of the world pools.

Because few earth nodes possess a natural outlet into the greater Underdark, they remain undiscovered.

This node's power lay dormant until activated by any magic user. When used it teleported everyone standing in its chamber to another node somewhere near Pedestal.

As before they walked along the shore of the Sullen Sea in the Great Grotto and crossed the Oceanbridge and arrived at the city gates.

Fenrir had been to Pedestal before but the other hadn't. They paused to look at the Necromancer's Spike (or what we call the Spire), a great column of stone that grew out of the centre of the city.

The gates were unguarded, but the spikes were still there, and their were just as many heads on them as last time Fenrir had been there.

The streets were as ruined as ever and home to the same refuse of the Underdark, nasty fish-people, insane derro and aggressive grimlocks. Fenrir and company looked pretty tough though so the were left alone as they made their way to the Dripstone Inn.

Es Sarch remembered Fenrir so they were given some food and drinks and free rooms for as long as they needed them.

Dak asked if they had some Jibby-Jibby. One of the barman said they had the Underdark equivalent called Jabby-Jabby (I'm sure this was a lie, how could a bar in the Underdark know about the drinks brewed in an Overworld hidden temple by reclusive monks!?). Dak bought some and tried it. He thought it was a bit earthy, but not that bad.

It was at this point the Corhim suddenly requested that they make a quick detour. Before they went any further he wanted to back to his guild and make a few arrangements there. He wasn't a member of "The Arcane Order of Enchantment and Exposition" but he was known to them and wanted to become an Associate Member so that he could use their spell pool (whatever that was).

Fenrir shrugged as he knocked back another Underdark beer. 'Sure, why not?'

DAY 619 (12th Uktar) (November)

Lavinia doesn't want those xebecs just sitting there doing nothing now that they are fully crewed and provisioned. The Blue Nixie is like her own private yacht, so we always have one ship on standby. It still has the Jade Ravens onboard too. They were her first sort-of personal band of adventurers before me and Raz and the others came along. Liamae Teslikaria is back with them now too. Remember her? She was Oz's girlfriend for a while. Then he went missing. She stayed with the crew of the Sea Wyvern for a while. I think she liked it there, but she gets more money and less work with the Jade Ravens.

Anyway, heard more form Sylvia today about Fenrir and the others:

In the morning they teleported out of Pedestal and with Corhim using Fenrir's Boots of Teleportation they arrived at the ancient towers of Mathghamhna.

This is a fascinating place up north near Dalagar's Dagger. I'd really like to pay it a visit some time. If the wife ever lets me out of her sight for
five seconds!