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+title: Stormed Heims, S4E21
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+## Current Objectives
+- Investigate the ethereal plane room at the Giant's keep
+- Enter Stormheim
+- Join Kaldur and seek the Mantles of the Heroes
+- Aid the merfolk in attacking the Cthulu cults
+
+## Events
+- We decide our next objective!
+    - The plan is to study the boat heading to the merfolk waters to help with the Cthulu cults, and then spend the remaining time doing something else.
+        - The name of the vessel is _The Stalwart_. The location to attack, depending on weather, is 3-5 days away (by boat).
+        - The dwarves are sending 2 ships, largely empty, and the merfolk are sending a band of warriors. The ships are mostly empty because these cults have many enslaved workers. The expected depth is 90-110 feet down.
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+- We rest up. The next day, we decide to... attempt to enter Stormheim! We teleport back to the exterior of the entrance to the tunnels. When we arrive, we immediately notice that the town has been burned and razed, and a young red dragon, obviously corrupted by the dark tapestry, sits in front of us. 
+    - Combat!!
+        - SG mythically _flies_ up to the dragon to threaten it. The dragon says "wriggling guts" and smacks SG a bunch. Stackor launches an _acidic spray_ at it. Taliah tries to shoot it, but misses. Harvey rushes in and punches it with his dragonslayer sword.
+        - SG full attacks, but misses. The dragon says "slimy pimples!" and focuses Harvey (but misses a bunch) and then SG (and hits a bunch). Stackor shoots another _acidic spray_. Taliah throws some acid at it, but misses. Harvey tries to slice it more, but misses.
+        - SG moves to flank with Harvey and heals herself. The dragon says "morose intestines" and attacks Harvey and SG. Stackor does more _acidic spray_! Taliah throws a bunch of stuff at it, and misses all but an acid flask. Harvey slashes it with his dragonslayer sword, putting it down. Victory! However, the beast is still regenerating.
+        - SG continues perforating it. Stackor continues the _acidic sprays_, dissolving it! Combat over!
+    - SG takes Stackor and flies after Harvey, carrying a tiny Taliah, and we head towards Stormheim. As we move, we hear the cries of more dark tapestry corrupted dragons. We move a bit further, waiting to spot what's chasing us. We see 2 similarly sized dragons approaching, and decide to return to Rime.
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+- Back in Rime, Stackor _sends_ a message to Kalimandrax: `saw 3 juvenile red dragons in lands near stormheim corrupted by the dark tapestry any clues where they came from or how to deal with`. They reply: `seek sonic lance of therek or aboleth rainmaker find and slay sire at once for reward war rages closer every passing day`.
+    - Stackor and Taliah do some research into the Lance of Therek. They find passing information about Therek, a great giant warrior but less-than-great statesman. They learn of a geographic locations in the Far Territories, near Tornock's Bridge and the river Vulga.
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+- We decide to pursue the Mantles of the Heroes, next time on SEVENTH ANCILLARY Z!
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+
+## Player Characters
+- Nataliah Kas Zhukoff, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
+- Sheila G, drunken "half-elf" priest of Cayden Calien (Thans)
+- Stackor "Definitely Not Boobons" Goreman, a dwarven wizard (James)
+- Harvey, the kind-of tengu monk (Mike)
+
+## Locations
+- Rime
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Captain Carl of The Stalwart
+
+## Other Notes
+- 8 days remain until the meeting with the crypt dragon
+- 3 days until SG has to meet Marmaduke in Rivethane
+- 3 days until we telport to help the dwarves and merfolk fight the cult of Cthulu