Farewells and an Uneasy Peace - the Last two session recaps

After the attack, the party questioned their prisoners.  Their assailants were fairly co-operative, and told them their story.  Caelebhan hired them to bring the party to justice for the theft of the book, and supposedly for their possession of the dragonstone.  He was supposed to back them up when they attacked the party, but he wasn't there when they needed him, and they don't know what happened.  The priest of Lugos and Bomar was a little bit upset at the party for killing the monk, Sandeep.  He said that he was the most honorable man he knew, and the bravest, for taking on armed and armored opponents with just his bare hands and feet.  He also said that Sandeep had never killed an opponent, only incapacitated them.

The attackers agreed to speak to Magister Colvin and tell him the truth of the matter, so they summoned him and rehashed everything.  Colvin was able to explain why Caelebhan did not show up at the Inn - Caelebhan responded to Colvin's request to visit with him that evening, and that pulled him away from his intended role in the attack.  Colvin suggested that the party come with him to talk things over with Caelebhan.  He also offered to be a mediator in the dispute.

So the party went to Colvin's keep and met with their arch-nemesis.  Everyone behaved themselves, but Thoric's rhetoric kept straying into belligerency.  Despite that, an agreement was reached.  Caelebhan agreed to never go after the party, nor send anyone after the party for their transgressions.  In return, the party would be permanently exiled from the city of Shandrapur.  Everyone agreed to it, and Colvin witnessed.  When asked, Colvin said that Jemboko had deferred to his judgement on the matter, which didn't surprise the party.

The party agreed to help resurrect Sandeep, or at least put in a good word at the temple for him.  The other party was not prosecuted for their part in the attack, but they were made to pay for damages to the inn.

Maazuni militiamen returned victorious from the assault on the Yuan-ti stronghold, but many came back disturbed.  They had nightmares, and spoke rumors of evil lurking in the dark.  The party decided to investigate further, and found the Yuan-ti portions of the caves deserted.  But they went deeper and found gibbering mouthers and other tentacled monsters.  Before they got much deeper, they were contacted by John Oldhamshire.

John told them to cease their investigations in that cave.  It was a known spawning point for the followers of Qualghma, and the cult needed to grow if the world eater was to be summoned.  And if the world eater could not be summoned, then the trap designed to kill it (this entire planet) would have been a waste of several tens of thousands of years.  The party agreed to leave it alone for now.

The party then turned their attentions to the pirates near Ngabulu.  They managed to get into the main encampment and then killed or captured most of them.  Ander created many one-eyed ex-pirates that day.  In Ngabulu, the party heard that Jemboko's cousin, Kzambo had lost his men, his leg, and his arm in the failed attack against the pirates.  He was rumored to be lurking in the swamps, disgraced.

Thoric contacted his true love, Faiella, and teleported away to spend some time on the open sea with her.

Xakoraki took up residence at the dragonborn enclave, and joined the efforts to build a civilized settlement there.

Boreas and Ander accompanied Vrisana to Orvalion's laboratory in the mountains.  There, two young-ish blue dragons and their minions attacked them.  They were able to drive the dragons away, and a man ran towards them shouting for them to stop their assault.  Ander had seen him before in Shandrapur, and started to question him.

The man, Jemal Kevatman, turned out to be a dragon fetishist.  He was a courtier in the dragonborn empire, and fell in love with dragons back then.  When the rebellion of magisters rose up, he joined them to bring about the downfall of the dragonlords.  He worked for many years with Caelbhan, tracking down the dragonstones.  He felt that Caelebhan only wanted to study them.  But even so, Jemal planned to steal any if they ever came into his possession.  He was effectively a double agent working for the dragons and for Caelebhan.  He was able to track the party through the magic coins to several key locations, including Orvalion's lab and the circle of mirrors.  His patron, Crovanius (an ancient blue dragon) used this information to attack the party and destroy the mirrors shortly after the mallet was forged.  Jemal claimed that Crovanius had no reason to trust the party with any information about dragonstones, and that his aim was to reclaim the stone carried by Orvalion at the time.

Jemal said that the contents of Orvalion's lab were still preserved, but that they probably did not want to stick around in case Crovanius returned.  He also seemed disappointed that Xakoraki had not accompanied them.  So Vrisana and Boreas looted the lab for magical materials and set off to find a new magisterial domain for Vrisana.  Boreas also stated his intent to eventually take Shandrapur as his own domain, once Caelebhan passed away.

And what happened to Ander?  It's a mystery.  But  wherever he went, I'm sure he had Peshtem's blessing.

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I gave the players an end-of-term exam for DND301.  The answers were great!  I'm intending to scan them in and post them here on the blog.  Keep an eye out.

I can't believe we actually came to a satisfactory end of a campaign!  We had some discussion about where the next campaign will go.  I'm inclined to stick with this world, though the players need not be tied to the same characters.  Unchecked dragons, a rising cult of Qualghma, and other loose ends can be explored in future adventures.  We have a lot of good options.  I may even come up with a one-shot adventure to finish off the old Minions campaign.  Who knows?

But for now, we're going to shift back to Star Wars.  Follow along at The Galaxy at War, Forever, the new blog detailing those adventures.