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title: 2022-05-30
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# Yamson's Journal, 2022-05-30

#### Review

- Status of the material plane 
    - In several years, an invasion from the Dark Tapestry
    - Civil War raging in the heartland of our country, started basically by us, that has since been resolved 
        - Started as a religious war between the Inquisition and the Council of Keys
        - All out war
        - Peace was brokered, and the church of Abadar dissolved
    - In the Far Territories: 
        - Calcifer grew in power, and the army eventually brokered peace
        - Orcs began growing in power
        - Kaldur Black returned, and left the party; returned as a fey
    - Bargelgorf insistent that solution to survive Dark Tapestry invasion is to escape. Attempted several off-world scouting trips, but discovered forces restricting/destroying scouts. Appears to be some sort of derelict ship in orbit around the planet.
    - The Men In Black exist, basically have free reign
    - The Brotherhood trying to control the Terra Cotta Army of Hu Long. Requires new ruler of the hobgoblins; current scattered into smaller city-states. 
        - Must sit upon throne with armor, crown, scepter, and sword of Hu Long in order to control the army
        - Kasabian died trying to retrieve one of the artifacts; found in the Boneyard.
    - Adventures in Fairyland 
        - Shard of Harvey on the loose. In attempt to hunt it down, discover and free a titan, causing death of Cayden Caylean.
        - Angered the god of salt, literally an entire mountain
    - Titans come from Titan
    - The planet of Earth was ripped to it's own plane. This is what fairyland now is. It was done so as a protective means against the Dark Tapestry. The Holly King can no longer get to fairyland because of this separation.
    - We travelled to the Boneyard, seeking passage on the Bridge of Spines to get to The Rune Barrow. We did that; lots happened! 
        - Will Yamson met Nyarlohotep, the chaos that crawls. Changed Carl into a draco-lich, and spoke through Yamson's old corpse
        - Mother Vulture problems with Bargelgorf's lab 
            - When Barglegorf clones us, the new body's soul is ripped from it and destroyed. This is no bueno.
            - Shela G (alone) signed a contract: When SG returns to the material plane, the first thing she must do is get to Bargelgorf's lab and destroy the cloning machine, or fix it so the machine does not destroy the souls. Forces of Mother Vulture will assist in the assault.
    - At the end of the Bridge, Shela G was given the option of 3 gifts; she choose the Golden Heel Bone. Purpose currently unknown.
    - Met with Magrym 
        - Does not have the ability to return CC's power. CC has no memory of being a god, but remembers entire mortal life. M wants to return CC to life, but not as a god. In order to do this, asks for retrieval of rune from a crypt dragon; rune guarantees species better child birth. Entire party signed contract to do so.
        - Offered help: 
            - Taking rune by force: offered access to the greatest smiths of the realm
            - Offered to teleport us to soul of recently deceased dragon slayer
            - Provided with rune allowing transportation back to Rune Barrow, whenever the graves of faithful (worshiped dwarven pantheon) dwarves are. Will open a way to the Pathway of the Dead (rather hostile place) as a way to get back.
        - Each of party met with M

#### Session

- Teleported to Dramon, the dragon slayer 
    - tasked with hunting a red dragon. ambushed by giants. died on the way
    - advise arming with adamantine weapons, be prepared for negative levels and energy drain, don't let it get above us
    - We agree to hunt the red dragon Dramon failed to kill 
        - Lives in a volcano lair, called Volc
        - Boat from Rhyme, up White River, to Valley of Low Suns, and finally to the volcano Volc 
            - ambushed by fire giants in the Valley; probably took all the good stuff
- Plane shift to Material Plane, arriving at half-sunk ruins in the acid seas 
    - Job Philburt, from one of the Shela G's trials, is teleported to us by Damar, because he felt SG's judgement was wrong, and he's giving him to us for a second chance
    - Flick also joins us
    - Flick, Job, Yamson and Tim hop into the whole
- Teleport to Barglegorf's Lab 
    - No immediate response from Barglegorf
    - Boobons "Knock"'d us out of the teleport capture chamber.
    - Exploring, find many dead gillmen
    - Heading to clone lab, many dead gillmen and skumm. Barglegorf's corporeal body is dead. Single skumm moving in pattern in middle of room 
        - Several Vance appear, destroy the clone machine, take the soul filter, and take off
    - Exploring more, find more dead gillmen, including Blubluv Gablublub and Splooshrod
    - Crystal mines, no bodies; forge empty too
- Teleport to Breem. Learn we've been gone for about 3 months (from spring to fall) 
    - some kind of refugee issue with elves from across the sea
    - rent boat for travel to Rhyme
    - sending with Barglegorf. Learn that weird fey murder babies escaped and killed everything.


