FrivYeti/ZeretanSessionFive
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IRL Date: June 13th, 2005
Session Five: Tomb of Doom!
Start Date: 9th of Descending Earth
The group boarded their boat, and spent the next three days uneventfully travelling to Moregard. Martel, Hayyoth's great cat, was definately the least happy of the passengers, but managed to restrain his annoyence to snide mental comments.
Moregard was a small town, primarily based around fishing but also used as a last supply point for ships heading north to the Blessed Isle, west to the Archipelagos, or south to Zeretan itself. As such, it had enough inn space for the group, although the bartender noted that usually, crews stayed aboard their ships. The group also discovered that a mysterious pair was also hanging around - some merchant and his bodyguard. More prodding taught them that the temple, if that was what it was, had simply appeared in the woods about two weeks before; a ship had been dispatched to Zeretan to tell the Dragon-Blooded, but they had yet to arrive. In the meantime, though, the group could ask a guide for directions, sure. But it was a ways into the island, so they should probably wait for the next day.
That night, Deedee was awoken from strange and pleasurable dreams by a sudden sense of danger. There was an unclean presence in the inn! The group proceeded to spend the next twenty minutes trying to pinpoint and sneak up on this presence, figuring out in the process that the merchant's room only appeared to have one person in it, and that someone might have been able to get into any room through the windows. Watches were set, and the group passed a sleepless night.
In the morning, the group awoke for breakfast, still feeling the presence, and discovered the merchant and his guard downstairs - a man named Kendle, and his mysterious bodyguard Sky, who didn't speak or reveal any skin, or eat at the table. Kendle seemed friendly enough, claiming to be an antiques dealer who had heard of the temple and come to check it out, but his haggling skills were terrible; Deedee purchased a few old items from him at quite good prices. Suspicious, Penu stealtily tracked the pair when they left the inn - Deedee was concerned but unsurprised to discover her sense of an unclean being fade as they left - and tracked Kendle down the shore, where a bird flew down and transformed into a tattoo-covered man! Money was exchanged, given to Kendle, who turned and pointed off to sea. Penu saw the boat that Citrios and Oliana had left on a week before coming from the west! Kendle turned to return to town as the mysterious tattooed man transformed into a wolf and loped into the underbrush, and Penu slipped back ahead of him and told his friends, who, after some thought, decided that there might be a Lunar Anathema on the island. It was agreed that they would set out immediately.
The group made their way through the underbrush, Deedee finding the sweltering heat extremely unpleasant, and found themselves, near sundown, at the ruins of an old temple. Some searching told Penu that it was a recent arrival, and the group made to enter... when Kendle appeared on top of the temple. He warned the group that it wasn't safe here, and they should go. When they refused, he leapt easily into their path, and blocked their path; a fight ensued as he attempted to disable the group without killing them.
As the fight progressed, Kendle was injured; as he stepped backwards, his anima began to flare, revealing an empty golden disc. Saying that his plan would be ruined anyway, he told the group to go ahead, but warned them that they were walking into someone else's revenge. He admitted that he was hired to help a Lunar gain revenge on a pair of Dragon-Blooded, and had 'created the temple as a trap' to catch them. When the group announced their intention to enter (aside from Inari, who thought the whole thing was silly of the group), Kendle reluctantly left, taking Sky (who had been watching in the treeline, and hadn't interfered for some reason) with him. The group entered the temple.
Inside, the group announced their presence, and carefully walked forwards. They found a number of unsprung traps, which appeared to be refurbished, and discovered that this was a tomb of an ancient Solar! This meshed oddly with Kendle's claim that the tomb was a hoax, so the group pressed onwards. In the main room, they met the Lunar Ten Stripes, and proceeded to have an argument with him over whether or not he should kill Cathak Citrios, who had killed his mate some time previously. Ten Stripes planned to kill Citrios and Oliana ("Citrios's mate") in revenge, and would not be swayed. However, he knew that he could not fight four to five Solars (there was some question regarding Inari's participation) and so allowed the group to leave.
Outside, there was another argument, as Deedee announced her intention to warn the Dragon-Blooded. Inari and Hayyoth, not fans of the Terrestrials, left, and Deedee, Akee, and Penu made their way through the woods, finding the two Dragon-Blooded. When she said that she had seen a silvery glow in the treeline and had been warned away by a monstrous beast, Citrios immediately abandoned his plan to see the 'temple', deciding to come back the next day with more people. For now, he decided to escort Deedee back to town in case the monster returned, and guard her against it. He was flattered to know that she had heard of him, although Oliana just sighed quietly, and the group returned to town...
End Date: 12th of Descending Earth
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Quote of the Day:
"If weak people shouldn't be defended, and Citrios killed your mate, wouldn't that make her weak and not worth avenging?"
- Penu Umbros antagonizes Ten Stripes
