After the hearing of Shardon's turn, the group decided it best to carry him in Zofia's bag of holding so they could travel during the day. They took out for Agatha's house to present her with the Silver Comb of her sister. On the way they visited Zartarian to check on this progress on both the strange blue
substance and their magic box. He reported that work continued on the box but he did discover some secrets on the blue ore, chardalyn. They had procured 8 (not 10) stones.
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| Zartarian |
A single chardalyn could absorb one spell, which was released when the stone was crushed or destroyed. This was a natural ability of the substance and did not require any magical preparation or treatment beforehand. The spell stayed encased in the chardalyn indefinitely—it could be released seconds or centuries later. Usually, the spell was cast with the chardalyn as the target and it was absorbed without fail, but an empty chardalyn had a slightly better than even chance to absorb a spell that did not target it directly, as long as it was in the spell's area of effect. Once a chardalyn was imbued with a spell, additional spells had no effect on the stone. When shattered, the attributes (power, volume, duration, damage, etc.) of the spell were unchanged and the focal point was the exact location where the breakage occurred. Empty nuggets are considered nearly priceless, with full values depending on spell level contained.
The team learned that Zartarian was a pretty powerful wizard, knowing 7th level spells in all the different schools of magic.
Hannalore asked the team and Zartarian if she could make use of his library for a short while to research vampirism and hopefully find a "cure" for Shardon, a term he found quite offensive.
She returned with bleak news. The only way to revert the half-ling to his living form was to destroy his vampire form and use Resurrection to revive him. Never mind that your DM stupidly gave you access to a 7th level necromancer just minutes ago. He totally meant to do that. The fact that he called it True Resurrection, an impossibly difficult 9th level spell also was totally his plan all along.
This kicked off a spirited discussion that pit Volok, Izzy and Shardon against Hannalore, Kali, Zofia, and Elric on whether or not they should kill him right then and there and have Zartarian resurrect him. Kali and Elric even tussled briefly with Shardon, but to no avail.
Ultimately, Kali grew weary of the argument and declared a pin was to be put in the subject. An agreement was made that Zartarian could keep a chardalyn stone for his collection and also imbued a stone with what was definitely Resurrection and gave it to Volok for safe keeping.
From there the party journeyed to Agatha's house and upon approaching her all the hair they had
combed with the silver comb glowed blue. Agatha asked if they had the comb and after a short, "What's it worth to you" conversation, Kali tossed her the comb.
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| Auglatha Restored |
As she held they Silver Comb it glowed a bright blue. Upon touching it she returned to her former beauty and told this story:
Agatha was actually Auglatha Melarue. Her family were the rightful owner's of Cragmaw Castle. The castle has a secret sanctum.
The Melarue Family secret sanctum served several purposes. This was where Auglatha’s father, Quarion Melarue, kept his private study. It also housed a more intimate private shrine to Sehanine Moonbow as well as the sacred Well of the Moon). Finally, this was a refuge area for family members to keep safe should the keep ever fall under attack.
Auglatha’s lover, Gwinforth the human bard, learned of the sanctum’s location through Auglatha. Betraying her trust, he shared the story with Taz'gan a demon with whom he was in league. When the family retreated into the sanctum, Gwinforth opened it up, and Taz'gan laid waste to the chamber, killing the whole family except Auglatha who had by luck had been gathering medicinal herbs in the woods, and Garaele, her infant sister who was asleep in her nursery upstairs.
When Auglatha faced Gwinforth to attack him, the bard pulled the sword from her hands with a telekinesis spell, and sent it straight back at her heart (and she points to the dark hole where her heart once was). Inside the black hole in her chest is the Moonblade, the Melarue family heirloom and sacred sword.
She starts sobbing both out of repressed grief and of relief. She had believed that she was blameless in the tragedy that befell her family, and refused to acknowledge the fact that she had divulged family secrets to an outsider. Having finally come to terms with with fact with the help of the silver truth, she is set free.
As a thanks to the party, Auglatha reaches into the black hole in her chest and pulls out her family blade. The black hole where it had been starts to slowly seal. She then disappears, free.
Upon her exit - Hannalore and Volok investigate the home (Carri rolls a 20) and the party finds:
| Potion of... | Rarity | HP Regained |
|---|---|---|
| Healing | Common | 2d4+2 |
| Greater Healing | Uncommon | 4d4+4 |
| Supreme Healing | Very rare | 10d4+20 |
Holy Avenger (Great Sword)
After returning to Zartarian's home to get all of the loot identified the team took out for Thundertree to"Do Something". Upon arrival they killed some twig blights and ash zombies before meeting Reidoth, a cleric in the Emerald Enclave. He asks you to help run off or kill the dragon and get rid of the "pantywaist" cultists. He is very gruff but he does know where Wave Echo Cave is.
After a short battle with Venomfang the young green Dragon, he cedes defeat and flies away leaving you a sizable treasure.
PS - Auglatha would have told you where Cragmaw Castle is....I forgot that.
PPS - You guys sent Travis (cat sized) after a green dragon (bus sized)
PPPS - I'm sure everything is fine...
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