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Session #32

Tue September 26, 1178 (12:00 - 22:00)

- Fighting a group of 4 Long Shadows - They are ruthless beasts and almost bring down Astrid - It was a tough fight but the party gets through it alive (with the power of Fireball, Ensnaring Strike, Moonbeam, and Bardic Inspiration) - The fireballs draw the attention and the ire of a Forest Guardian (Birch) - Astrid puts out the fire with Create Water, and Ground creates a magical Tiny Hut to hide in until Birch goes away <Hiding from Birch> - Birch finds them and stands by the exit of the hut, watching them - Carnage tries to speak with Birch - Birch says that they expected better of "a child of the woods and those touched by Life", though mentions that one of them "isn't touched by Life as the others" (while looking directly at Carnage) - Birch tells them they did well to put out the fire this time but they must do better and avoid spreading destruction as they are here - After Birch left and was out of earshot, the party exited the hut and went on their way to Stump <Arriving at Stump> - They arrived at Stump later in the evening - Upon descending a staircase in a giant tree stump, they found a fully underground settlement carved into the stone - A young wood elf was playing music in the market area, Ground challenged them to a music battle - Ground won (just barely) and got 10 gold from the audience - The entire party tried to convince the kid to steal his parent's savings and run away to a music school in Thurport - They then found Cobble, Markinat's friend and asked for a place to stay - Ground attempted and more or less succeeded at seducing Ground to stay for free in his own home <The Big Reveal> - On their walk to the rented rooms Carnage casually mentions that they crossed the wastes and saw what was on the other side - Cobble stopped in his tracks in confusion, ushered them all into a secluded space and asked what they've discovered - Excitedly he brought them to the town's dwarvish priest and told him about the discovery - The party showed their recording lockets from Moon's Rest and the maps they made of their travels, telling them about the Ocean - The priest said that he "didn't expect to be the one to see the next great revelation after the first one" - Priest brought the party to a temple hidden behind two false walls at the very corner of the town <The Temple> - This temple is a huge room with bookshelves lining the walls, tables with papers scattered over them, desks, and chairs - The back wall has a wooden altar built up onto it and has a massive mural covering the entire wall - The mural depicts Zerendar holding a pocketwatch just down at eye level