Session Twenty-One Summary (Graveyard of Empires: After the Fall)

Session 21, November 25 2020

Introduction

We continue at 10PM on the 16th of Tenrilden with the party returning to House Herig from the Drow Arena after their meeting with a representative (Ilsske) of the conspirators planning to assassinate Jherlana at her triumph ...

Session Summary

Larry's Summary

We go back to House Herig and reveal the plot to Herig.

Herig agrees to "go along" with the plot, as long as he can send "delayed" warning. No one likes Jarlana and want her dead.

We ask for 20,000 gp in gems, but get 18K, with half up front. Plus the freedom of the two slaves, Timon and Azra, and the pech Seepa. We have no chance to buy the freedom of Aubrey Grotecop, The Righteous Halberd. He is too great an enemy of the drow.

We go to the war college and ask for Ilska. We are led there by Seepa with a new letter from Aqil Herig allowing us into the upper city.

We meet Ilska and the plan is for a priestess of house Herig to launch the assassination with a poisoned blade. We are sent to her chambers as a backup to the assassination plan.

We are led to a servant's chambers to wait. Sadi of House Teneliu is our guide. He is to wait with us until near the time of the assassination. He is to pull away some of the guards to ease our escape.

About halfway through our waiting time, a servant of House Thule forces their way in past Sadi, and turns to flee, but we stop him and kill him. We load him on Fisher as the "assassin" we leave behind. He has keys which we take.

When the time comes, Sadi leaves and we go to the chambers. One of the keys opens the doors.

We search the room, only one entrance/exit that we see and three rooms. We open the chest with TikTok and ask him to read the contract from Yellow Hat, and to alert us when Vikram is coming.

Laris searches the desk and finds some papers and a Spider carving that is very realistic. He puts it and the papers in his pouch/pack. He managed to prick his finger on the poison needle, but was unharmed.

Soon, TikTok warns us that Vikram is coming.

The door bursts in. Vikram is carrying Jarlana. She does not look poisoned.

Laris tries to sneak up and snatch the ring, but is spotted by Jarlana.

We all make preparations for a fight hoping to kill Jarlana and get the ring before Vikram can kill us.

Patrick's Summary

When Braadlur was first sent on his mission. he had no idea he would end up where he is right now. Dealing with the Drow House has been a step in a direction he didn't anticipate.

he is good with the deal they made,to play both sides, although i dont think theres was much of a choice in the matter. and securing a place for Seepa. and the 2 humans from the mountain was pretty cool. and hey 18k in gems, Not Bad,on top of the 6500 in gems for going to talk to someone.

any ways.we made our way to the war college. and set our tasks. we will be the back up team laying in wait for the priestess if the assassination attempt goes bad, it will be our job to take care of it.

i think our plan will work out. so se killed a servant and got some keys. so that worked out in our favour. those keys got us into the priestess's chamber. i noticed 2 candles on an alter. so i blew them out hoping it disrupts the prayers to Loth. it seems it worked. as we searched the rooms. our resident devil was spotting for us,and warned us Vikerum was coming. and BOOM the door flew into the room with Vikerum holding the priestess.

what happens next no one know. i just pray to the stone gods it works out in our favour.......

                                                        ~Braadlur Quartswarper.