Our next steps
Oct 15th -18th |
in Tietha |
Character and players in the game tonight:
Glaive (Janielle), Ghoral (Bill), Jarlyn (Dennis), Perrol (Bob) and Kross (Heath)
(I was gone last week, but the game went on.)
Kross went to a music concert (notes from Bob):
We take a coach. As we approach the castle we don’t get in line with the other coaches but continue around to the side of the castle to a shorter line. We are guided to the castle entrance by footmen.
We enter the main hall from the “commoner” entrance to avoid undue attention but we attract it just the same. I hear some comments of “Ulronai” and less commonly, “Dwarf”. There is music from a quartet and there are some people dancing.
A young man approached the group and looking right at me he asked if I would like to dance with his sister. I agree and follow him to a group of several women. He introduces one of the women as his sister Heather. She looks to be of the middling merchant class and of average appearance. We make small talk about the happenings in town while we have been away. I ask her what her business is and she says it is transporting goods between here and Aarn and by sea. I ask if she is acquainted with Mr. Miggins and do it poorly so that she frowns and says no. We dance for the rest of the song.
After a time they start to set up for the performance by bringing out chairs. There are not nearly enough chairs for all of the people in the room. The first row is for the nobility. There is a large gap and then priests and mages are seated then we are approached and are seated. I notice that Heather is seated as well but behind us near the back. We are seated in row three of the main section which consists of 8 rows with 10 in each row. There is one row set off in the front for nobility. We are told to stand and do so while the nobility comes in. They sit and then we do.
Tiffany Lan comes out with a small harp. she starts playing beautifully. This is very unusual that I don’t know her. I will make a point of trying to meet her later. She sings a song about the origins of the world and the start of the war of the gods. Everyone but Kross notices that she is singing in our native language. I don’t think it is unusual until Ghoral leans over to me and says, “Isn’t it great that she is singing in Ghoralzod?” I am shocked to hear this but don’t say anything. I also notice that we are drawn into her emotions. I do magesight and can’t see her aura over the glare of all the mages in front of me. I have never seen anyone do the multiple languages trick and very few that can even draw us into emotions this way.
There is an intermission where we compare notes and find that she was singing in the home language and even using local god names for each listener’s native land.
She comes out after the intermission and sings about the fall of the Lord of the Graven Spear. Once again she sings in each listener’s native language with native gods or other elements and uses the magical pull on emotions. This lasts about 30 minutes.
After the performance she leaves and I expect the band to start playing again. They balk at following such a performance. Finally there is an announcement that there will be a 20 minute intermission. I say that I’m going to try to meet the performer. The group comes with me where I find a guard I recognize. He is able to get a senior page who runs off and then Julienne appears. I ask her if I can get a chance to see the performer, explaining that I have never seen anyone like her before. Julienne says she hasn’t either but then is somewhat embarrassed to say that I can’t see her because they can’t find her. I offer to help and she thanks me but says that they have people very familiar with the palace searching.
People start to leave. Heather comes over. I say that it’s a pleasure to see you again. She says that she is leaving and I ask her last name and how to see her again. She says her last name is Locklear. I know from my streetwise that the Locklear family is slightly shady and has been known to occasionally partner with the Upright Man’s group. In fact if they were to deal with any group that is more shady then it would be the Upright Man group. We both know that I would know all this from her last name. I ask whether I could come to see her sometime and she pauses then says, “Suuure.” She leaves. Shortly after we leave and return to the house.
We get back to the house and find our bed. Night passes.
A new day is here. This is the day we meet with Oldest Manis.
With Perrol, we find a Disguise Kit for him to purchase.
We head to the Sky Father temple. Perrol points out that there are now 4 guards on each entrance of the temple.
We are approached by Mythis and asked to wait for a bit in his office.
As we are going by Oldest Manis’ office, Kross hears a Female (music voice, Tiffany Lan, Bard), Male (pissed off voice, Bob) and Oldest Manis.
We are directed into OM’s office. We see –> OM = calm, Tiffany = normal, Bob = pissed off
OM wants to hide the stone.
OM asked about Jarlyn’s holy symbol. Requested and needed the holy symbol. Probable will not get it back.
Tiffany looks around around 20ish and the eyes match the age.
OM thanks us.
Bob call in the favor from the healing of the Regent Mother.
Goto Brelg, the capital of Thorndar.
At the Spear Boar Inn meet this orc called Glandslag.
Take his to Vatican City.
Tiffany offer rewards: for Kross, a quiver of special arrow, reusable, they looks insubstantial and go thru armor for direct damage
She kissed Ghoral on the head and she brighten up to blinding levels and she is gone.
Its the Goddess LanTiphone , Lady of the Arts (Music/Skill/Arts)
A little later, we go out to dinner at a inn where Perrol sings for some information.
Find out a few tidbits of info.
The next day . . . that night.
Mythis tells us the rock is on its way and pass on OM’s holy symbol.
OM is not expected to return.
The next day . . . that morning.
We are looking to book passage.