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The group finally made it back to Thriest and while there, Evangeline takes time to attune to the spine they pulled off Gaera, Kadath checks in with his order, and Forsythe meets up with Kosha. As the night continues, Merril let Kadath know that there was a man who had come back from the cabins and dropped into a catatonic state. He had planned on gathering a group to go check it out, but since the party was in town asked Kadath if they would look into it.
Fix stays the night with Zybella in Ephremon. Early in the morning, Zybella was called to the council chambers. After a failed attempt to keep Fix in her room, she invites him to come along. They meet a follower of Savarus who passes information about her vision. She saw an eruption of the land in the Steadfast, but was unsure of the exact location. When the group reunited in Thriest, they visited the catatonic man. While Forsythe uses his telepathic abilities to pull him out of the perpetual state of fear, Evangeline consults her crystal ball to see what happened. She saw some fiery creatures that she later looks up in her book to discover they are devils from the Nine Hells. The group travels to the cabins to inspect the area and see what has happened. Kadath collects the glowing embers from each of the cabins and realizes they do not emit any heat. He dumps them into the river. This triggers some fiery creatures and the group quickly dispatches them.
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Though the group was offered accommodations for the evening at the Sanctuary of the Eye, they decided to head back to Qi instead. However, Trever does provide a copy of the training manual for the drake riders to Fix with the understanding that it stays within his family. While waiting, one of Trever’s men, Cameron, does disclose that the drakes do not speak to them but rarely a black drake is born that seems to be more closely related to the dragons of old and can communicate.
Once home, they have dinner and disperse for the evening. Evangeline records what has happened and checks on her nanites. She eventually decides to draw with her ink and reveals an old cabin. Looking closely, a rocking chair begins to move, but nothing else seems to come to life. Kadath goes to visit Cedric at the Order of Balance and shares what they have done. A startled page invites Kadath to weapons class. Fix goes into the office to begin organizing and connects with Zybella. After some time, the sound of broken glass draws Fix’s attention and he finds that the servants broke his mother’s full mirror when she was startled by something at the window. When Fix investigates, he notices Funae crossing the gardens coming to the house. He alerts the others and meets her in the foyer. Funae shares that she has visited other timelines where she has met various versions of Fix and the others. When looking for herself, she did not find any other versions and only stumbled upon Gaera in one. As Funae begins to share that she doesn’t think she belongs even in this timeline, Evangeline shares what she remembers of the vision of Gaera taking the infant to the shadowfell. When asked about how Gaera had lived so long, Funae shares about the paintings of future and past events. She had never passed through the pictures, but Gaera did frequently. Fix shows her the two paintings he has and she recognizes Lord and Lady Bhaka. The group also learns a bit more about Philethis and how his services were won by Rodendis, leader of the Jagged Dream, in a game of chance against Gaera. Philethis was then bound to serve the leader of this organization until such a time that Laira has greater needed of him again. She also shares a bit of history, and that she knows Philethis now serves Fix. An offer is extended to Funae to join and she accepts. Evangeline decides to commune with Denier and confirms that Funae did die in the destruction of the castle, but then it got changed to something more unclear. She also learned that Funae is in a better position to be trusted now. She also shares with Funae that she saw her pages as blank and untainted. Evangeline then speaks with Savrus to see if the other timelines would have any influence with each other and receives from him that it is possible. The picture of the cabin is shared with the rest of the group once they are alone. Kadath recognizes the cabin as strongly resembling the one Erwin had taken him to when he was younger. It had been a place of peace away from the city. Studying the picture, they recognize a clock that is stopped at the 1:00 hour and an overturned salt bowl. Evangeline uses the orb to confirm Kadath’s past in relation to the cabin. Kadath, Forsythe, and Evangeline teleport to Thriest for the evening, while Fix teleports to Ephremon and plans to meet up with them in the morning. In Yosh-ul, the group takes the evening to relax before heading back to Qi in the morning. Prior to leaving, Evangeline pulls out the cards. The Throne card is complete and the backs seem to make some kind of image. However, she does notice there are about 7 holes to complete the picture. A little of the picture does seem to show a purple forest which only aligns with the Ausren Woods. After contacting Funae to request speaking to her, they head out.
When they return to Qi, the group sees that Philethis is not present, but the servants do not seem to notice. They mention nothing to the staff and continue on to meet the Amber Pope, Kilmoc. Evangeline leads them into the Durkhal and through the portal to his office in the City of Bridges. Upon their arrival, Kilmoc informs them of a card that he discovered in relation to the Angulan Knights and had already reached out to his contact, Knight Council Trever, and sets up a meeting. The group use a teleportation circle to arrive in the Sanctuary of the Eye where they meet Trever and two members of his unit. He shares with them that Grand Knight Castillian has been pushing the boundaries of what the knights do by sending some beyond the Black Riage Mountains and was beginning to lose the confidence of many of the knights. They arrange a meeting with Castillian and eventually kill him. Through some quick thinking, Evangeline injures herself and spins a believable tell that he had attempted to attack her and the others jumped to her defense. The two members of Trever’s unit witness the event, but backs up Evangeline’s account when Trever and the Lord Knight Justin arrive. The group head back to Qi with the knowledge that the Lord Knights vote on who will become the next Grand Knight with Trever’s commander being the most likely to take that role. |
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