Arrival

Summary:

-The tree creature is given a Zamunsol lightning staff as a guarantee of safe passage.

-The tree-creature names itself as Kaydar and reveals himself as a member of the Zentilig, the sentient plant-beings of his kingdom. It is revealed that all sentient plants are under his control.

-While discussing things, Andreas openly apologizes for the destruction of the Zentilig which the party fought earlier. Keydar pardons them, and releases them to continue their travel.

-They decided to peruse through the ruins as they go, and find yet another wall with a prophetic inscription, which reads:


-Abel remembers the story of an immortal prince, who is the son of the king of the now destroyed kingdom. Legends say that he wanders the world looking for an heir to the throne. Most governments regard it merely as a fairy tale, but occasionally people get into trouble for believing too strongly in the legend.

-Using their abilities to detect magic, Abel and Sorden discover a magical Zamunsol sword in a chest. They hear rustling similar to what they had heard when Keydar was about to prove his authority, and so they decided to withdraw. It is to be noted that the ruins bore both Zamunsol and Human architecture, and that they seemed to mingle together.

-Investigating ruins on the other side of the road, they again detected magical auras, but these turned out to be the thorn shooting bushes and swarms of scarab beetles. The party decided it would be best to no longer fight the "citizens" of the kingdom, and enacted a fighting withdrawal.

-They continued along and found another magical aura, this one belonging to a tome with several rituals, which Abel kept on his person.

-The party went around the Xs on the map which represented Ruk-Shol encampments for six days, and then they saw the glow of the capital city.

-Some time later they arrived at the capital city of Naeshuza and began to think about ways to convince the king, Malevus, to perform action against the Ruk-Shol.

-About the city of Naeshuza: It is a capital city ruled by king Malevus, and is a highly militarized city that only allows people to live there if they have a good reason. The heads of most families are soldiers, and there are few if any people whose jobs do not have some connection with the military, be it logistical or otherwise. People are typically paid well enough that women who have husbands are home makers. Prostitution flourishes in the city and is very common. Economically, the city is mostly locked down to a few general stores which more or less have monopolies on sales of goods. There are very few small businesses to be had.

-They learn from the guard at the door of the Raven's Claw, a locale that might contain people of interest. The party visit's Sorden's order for the purpose of trade, acquiring several items and enhancements. They discuss with the man Parazeem about different possibilities of how to convince the king. The most likely method seems to be to convince the nobility first, who the king does his best to appease.

-The party decides to head to the Raven's Claw first to get a feel for the military's disposition towards action, and to get a general scope of the situation with those other than the king.

-Session ends.