Fools & Flagons

    Last time on the Tales of Archeron, the Tempests successfully rescued Barnabus Che, Kasumi's adoptive father, from the clutches of a high ranking Fey creature known as The Lady of the Pass. But it would seem that Kasumi's search for family was not quite done as the fey possessed an item that came to be known as 'The Spiritual Tear'. A tear drop shaped gem stone that seemed to call out to Kasumi with a sense of longing and sadness. Confused by what it meant, Kasumi meditated on the item, attuning to it, and received a vision that further confused the poor woman. Moriko spoke with her own deity to see what she could ascertain about the situation, and was given a little more direction that Kasumi had found her 'new family', but had yet to reunite with her old one.    After puzzling over the cryptic messages, the Tempests decided to head back into Chunsu to tie off these loose ends before continuing on their journey to help Lakin and Pez enter the Orc Lands. Barnabus was sad to see his daughter leave so soon, but seemed to be understanding that children must always leave the nest eventually and live their own lives. Assuring Kasumi he would be there when her journey was done, he sent them on their way.    We rejoin the Tempests now as they approach the outer part of Takatari's capitol city, Chunsu.
 
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    Picking up where we last left off, the Tempests had ventured into the sequoia forest behind Kasumi's homestead in the Tusoto Pass in search of her adoptive father, Barnabus. Buried deep within the giant trees, they came upon a palace shrouded in mist. The palace was called "The Mirrored Court" and seemed to be fey in nature. The Tempests got a little lost inside the palace, every doorway seeming to take them to random places until they figured out the trick behind it. Partially with the help of Elarion, a being trapped within a phylactery and forced to watch over the Fey's library. With Elarion's "totally not helpful advice", the Tempests finally cornered the Lady of the Pass and took her down with relative ease. (And a couple of nat20's helped speed things along of course). The palace began to fade, urging the Tempests to beat a hasty retreat. Everyone that had previously been under the fey's influence were now free and hurriedly scrambling to grab what they could and escape. Because who knew what would happen if they remained when it disappeared completely?    Exiting the Palace, they ran into Ganshiro again, and standing beside him was Barnabus, confused, but unharmed, and tickled pink to see his 'daughter' again. Walking as fast as Barnabus would allow, the group exited the forest, only to find that their wagon home was missing, though they had no idea for how long.    We rejoin them now as Barnabus tidies up his home and prepares tea, while the others discuss how to get their home back.
 
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    Last we left off, the Tempests were heading towards the Tusoto Pass so that Kasumi could reunite with her parental figure, Barnabas Che. This was after receiving a vision from her deity that gave her a choice between heading to her home, or investigating a fox motif door in Chunsu; both would supposedly lead to family. Arriving at the Tusoto Pass, they found the homestead empty for what seemed to be at least a few weeks if not a few months. Following the trail, the Tempests came upon a palace nestled deep in the woods to the South of Kasumi's home, a place called The Mirrored Court. The party was greeted by a half-orc butler named Ganshiro who led them directly to the Lady of the Pass. Standing beside the lady was Barnabas himself who seemed to have no recognition in his eyes upon seeing Kasumi. The Lady proceeded to trick Zaan out of owning his own name, leading the group to discover that the Lady was not all that she seemed. Assumed to be fey at the least, arch fey at the worst, Lakin attempted to attack the Lady, shattering the illusion that she was in the room with them. The Tempests were now lost in a maze of rooms with doors that seem to move them around randomly throughout the Palace. There was a brief moment where the party was split and Lakin bull-charged his way through until the party finally regrouped.    We rejoin them now as they gather their wits and decide what to do next.
 
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Last we left off, the Tempests had successfully cleansed the blight burrowing below the ground in Takatari. After slaying the massive plague worm, the Tempests returned to the surface and took a few days to recover in Calm Water Piers while Moriko got to know her family a better. Kasumi was graced with a vision from Shenshe that gave her and her companions two choices going forward. Return to Chunsu in the East and investigate a mysterious, fox emblazoned door, or head West towards her home at Tusoto Pass where something odd was happening in the forest. Choosing to head towards her home first, the Tempests went West and had a rather uneventful journey aside from encountering a babbling Kobold on the road who was completely ignored. Eventually, they arrived at the Tusoto Pass.. only to find that it was currently uninhabited. The area seemed to have been abandoned some time ago, with a fine layer of dust having settled on every surface, though nothing seemed disturbed or taken. As if the inhabitants had simply left. Following a few other scattered clues, the Tempests followed a slew of tracks that led into the forest behind the homestead. A thick, low hanging fog overtook them, making it difficult to see properly. That is until the fog curled away, revealing a stone pathway, hedgerows, and a wall in the distance with a palace of some sort beyond it.We rejoin them now as they stand in at the end of the pathway to the grounds within the sequoia forest.
 
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Last we left off, the Tempests had done a good deed! Supposedly one good enough to wipe their ledger clean with the Takatari Dynasty. Delving deep into the earth, the party hunted down and killed a massive worm-like creature that was spreading pestilence, disease, rot, and a multitude of other nastiness-es-es across the realm. Though they did not come out unscathed, they were victorious and returned to the surface once more. They were then greeted by a contingent of Redguard soldiers being led by Taiko Yama who had been sent by the Shogun to deal with the threat below, only to find that the mostly foreign 'prisoners' had done all the dirty work while their handler, Tanaka, was clean as a whistle, having not lifted a single finger to help his own country. Yama freed the Tempests of their shackles under the authority of the Shogun and sent them on their way. The party wasted no time in heading back to Calm Water Piers to check on the villagers and more importantly, the Ito's. With both Ito parents awake and aware, well on the mend due to the cure the Tempests helped bring to the village, it came to light that Moriko was in fact, their long lost daughter. The spitting image of Ayami, minus the bubblegum pink, the family had their long needed reunion after being separated for almost 80 years.The Tempests took a few days to recover and allow Moriko to spend time with her family. Meanwhile, Kasumi was given a peculiar dream from Shenshe, revealing troubling news and a pair of visions that could influence the party's next steps.
 
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Picking up where we last left off, the Tempests were deep underground below Takatari to deal with a literal blight upon the land. A massive wormlike creature had been burrowing through the land, spreading its pestilence and disease to every corner of the Empire. Having rescued some hapless villagers, the Tempests bravely went back into the depths to rid the world of this creature and its spawn once and for all. First on their list, was to destroy the creature's nests; a task that proved to be a bit more difficult than they originally thought. A peculiar item was recovered from within the skull of one of the creatures that had been growing in the nest, and it seemed to point the party in the correct direction: a Duergar city located within an expansive cavern. Making their way deeper into the city, the party was ambushed, but managed to fight off the creatures, only to have their progenitor erupt from the ground and begin searching for the Tempests. The party found a cellar that they could recuperate in and plan their next moves. Coming up with a plan, the Tempests lured the gargantuan beast into the open and eventually slayed it. But the Scourge wouldn't go down quietly. As the final blow was struck by Zaan's blade, the beast exploded, leveling many of the surrounding buildings and splashing nearly everything with it's ichor. There was no time to sit and take stock as the city itself began to collapse upon the death of the Scourge. The very substance covering everything in sight began to wilt away, what was once holding up the crumbled buildings now sloughing off. After a mad dash out of the city, the Tempests made it across the bridge leading back into the underground tunnel network.
 
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Last we left off, the Tempests headed deep underground to remove what they assumed was the source of the blight afflicting the Takatari Empire: a colossal worm-like creature that had been digging its way into every corner of the continent. They had already succeeded in eliminating one of its nests where twisted beings were incubating. Snuffing the life from these creatures, the Tempests went to rest in a nearby ruined outpost where they had a horde of undead Duergar sent after them. Successfully repelling the attack, the party investigated the second nest and found it barren save for one malformed corpse. Within the corpse's skull was a crystallized bit of brain matter that seemed capable of tracking these creatures, and Zaan, further cementing the reality that the rabbit man was related to these creatures in some way. Moriko took the crystal and used it to help them navigate towards more of the creatures, which eventually led them to the underground Duergar city. Moving through the corrupted, flesh covered streets, the party was ambushed by more fully formed aberrations of the sort they'd killed within the nest. With a few close calls, the creatures were dealt with, only to have their progenitor finally emerge from within the earth. The colossal beast is now on the hunt, knowing that the Tempests were there somewhere.
 
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Picking up where we last left off, the Tempests had delved deep into the earth to rescue some survivors of a sinkhole collapse. While they were down there, they learned of a Duergar city that had supposedly been destroyed by a large underground worm-like creature. This same creature, the survivors claimed, was likely the source of the blight on the surface. The survivors also informed the Tempests of a pair of nests nearby that should be destroyed post haste. Agreeing with that the nests needed to be purged, the Tempests returned underground after escorting the survivors back to civilization to handle business. The first nest was destroyed after a prolonged battle of a whopping 20seconds that felt like 3 hours. The Tempests chose to return to the ruined outpost to rest and heal their wounds, only to be woken up in the middle of the night at the urging of Moriko and Lakin, who spotted an unknown creature standing at the edge of the cavern. The creature supposedly sent a large wave of Duergar undead to attack them. With a little bit of fire and a whole lot of exploding bones, the horde was dealt with and the Tempests were allowed to rest. Upon investigating the second nest in the morning, they found it to be empty, or rather, dead. The flesh-like substance grey and flaking off the walls. One corpse remained, and a crystalized bit of brain matter was found within. After a short time of studying it, they discovered that it seemed to be able to locate the creatures they'd fought in the nest... and Zaan...We rejoin the tempests now as Moriko leads the party to a bridge that leads into the large underground Duergar city... The name of which has not been learned yet.
 
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Last we left off, the Tempests had gone back down into the deep dark down deep down to try their hand at a little exterminatus. Having rescued some villagers who'd fallen into a massive sink hole, they learned that some bad shit was going down beneath the surface of Takatari. A large 'something' was moving around, leaving death and decay in its wake as it bored out massive tunnels of rock. This thing had supposedly laid waste to an entire underground city of Duergar and had established two separate nests where its foul spawn were being cooked. The Tempests thought that that just wouldn't do and bravely strode into the humid, flesh covered nest to start popping cocoons and killing bebes. It was a hard fought battle, but eventually the nest was cleared and the Tempests returned to the nearby ruins of an outpost to rest for the evening and decide what to do about the second nest when clearer minds and healthier bodies were able to formulate a plan.We rejoin them now as Kasumi finishes helping Lakin reattach his hand and the first watch of the night is taken.
 
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Last time of the Tales of Archeron, the Tempests had delved deep underground to rescue some locals who had fallen into a sinkhole at the harbor's edge. Speaking with the survivors, they learned that something massive was moving through the underground and was likely the cause of the blight afflicting the surface. They also learned of a pair of nests nearby that they had barricaded to keep themselves safe. Resolving to rescue the people first and then return to handle the nests, Moriko turned into a giant spider taxi and got everyone to safety. Kasumi then stubbornly insisted on tracking down Tanaka and informing their Parole Officer of their whereabouts, much to the irritation of Lakin who deemed it more prudent to handle the threat sooner rather than later. Reaching an impasse, the party split when tempers rose: Lakin and Zaan heading for the sinkhole back below, and Kasumi searching for Tanaka with Pez and Moriko. The Tempests eventually got back together and delved back underground to take care of the nests.We rejoin them now as they creep further into the humid, musty nest, and blasted open a large pustule that deposited a creature of some kind.
 
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