beginning of order

Leaving the Orgorek, the group traveled to Charmonde to discover Strolduk had left a few days prior. After talking with Jim, the head guard, they learn he is looking for the skull of Borgan the Barbaric in Legrash. Before dinner, Evangeline ducks out and visits the Amber Pope’s office and finds a journal which contained Kilmoc’s thoughts as well as every pope before him. The first pope, Gregory Calaval. As dinner concludes, Fix receives a rather harsh burn from his tattoo and reaches out to his family again. However this time, he only receives static from Gidna and Vanneth. Learning from Philethis that a sizable earthquake happened, he asks the group about heading to Qi.

On their way out to go to Qi, a woman comes to the estate. She introduces herself as Zavakri and shares that whatever hit Thriest also hit Qi. Leoros is on his way to Rachar to see what he could do about that orrery while the others have stayed at the Iron Saint. He thanks her for the message and pays the woman. The group decide time is of the essence and they should continue on their quest to the Amber Monolith.

They travel there and see a fortress built beneath the monolith. Evangeline informs them that the guards here are paid for and maintained by the Order of Truth. Deciding to circumvent the fortress, they enter the monolith from a tunnel. Inside, they find a portal and the bones of a human with only the crown still present. Evangeline draws the crown in her book and the full picture of the first Amber Pope fills out, showing her Gregory Calaval. As she programs and starts some nanite to encase the bones, Fix works on the orrery. 

Evangeline sends TC through the portal to discover the other end is in the fortress below. TC found itself in a room with guards looking quizzically at the tiny construct unsure what to do. She called it back before they took action and let the group know that they may want to get out of here soon.

They decide to teleport to the City of Bridges and rest there for the evening. The next morning, they travel to the Scarred Monoliths and see first hand just how large the guardians are that float about the monolith. Upon their approach, the guardians awaken and attack. After destroying the stone creatures, Kadath informs the party that the magic is still strong and believes they may reform. With this knowledge, the group make their way into the tunnel of the monolith.

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Episode 103 part 1

Episode 103 part 2