Session Seventy-Nine Summary (Graveyard of Empires: After the Fall)

Session 79, January 26 2022

Introduction

We continue at 10:10AM on the 1st of Denrilden (00.000.09.30 on the Apocalypse Clock) with the party having arrived back at Xen'Khel after the dragons decide to ignore the group's request to visit Montoa for healing; we will also be resolving the actions of Lungmold and the others who took the opportunity during the flight to visit the embassy in Malgrim. Based on their deal with the Dragon Emperor, the party should be leaving quickly for a raid on the Inquisitorial Library in hopes of finding more information on medial dimensions where time flows differently ...

Larry's Summary

While Velkin flies back on the dragon to Xen Khel Lungmold and company go to Malgrim & the embassy. Ithirialma and Jax have a plan and need nanocarbon to build a shield to keep DVLs away. Lungmold gathers plans for DVL repulsor. Lungmold gets back about the time we get back to Xen Khel. We brief Azrael and Jardin on Hdrasta. We rest up for two days to heal up. Khelratha asks Jardin if the dragons know of any other dwarves and grows even more morose after Jardin mentions infected from Xen Khel went to Xenilum Khel and they know of no survivors. Khelratha walks away muttering, "I am Khelratha." Khelratha carves Brendil's name among the other names carved into his body. We discuss the plans to get to Gharmarost & elect to fly to Serpent's Tooth which has ruins and a settlement for scavengers/adventurers that is also frequented by pirates as a stopover on the way to Watcher's Island, the Easternmost island in the Curabel Archipelago. Azrael mentions it was once called Curabel. There are supposed to be 3 ships of the Dragon Empire there waiting. It should take 18 days for a dragon to fly to Gharmarost, but about a week by ship. We plan to get near the coast then fly to scout and work out way to the Inquisitorial Citadel to retrieve the needed information. Ranarth has a private meeting with Lungmold and seems nervous. Gharmarost is where he is from and is the city granted him by the Winter King. Khelratha spend a lot of time alone in his cell muttering in dwarven, and "Khelratha" is heard over and over. Velkin asks Azrael about his loss of vigor and Azrael will research it while we are gone. Velkin takes a draft of the healing waters from the lake that Felix carries and it restores his vigor. Druul tells Terathiel about Brendil. She wants to know who to kill. She helps Brendil craft the story of Brendil that Druul will use to compose a song. Druul uses the scepter to heal Borthan. We rest another day. We gather our items from the vault and load into the portal to take back to Malgrim. Velkin asks to see Jardin transform before he goes invisible and leaves the portal open for us to watch. Khelratha seethes and flexes his grip on his frostbrand while muttering, "I am Khelratha." Velkin then folds the portal and leaves it open a bit so Lungmold can use telepathy, then puts the portal in the scrollcase. Azrael turns Velkin invisible, and Jardin makes himself invisible, then takes to the sky towards Serpent's Tooth.