Session+Five

Things quickly become more interesting in this session of play. Arion receives a message from Drayton Slade, thanking him for looking after Eliana, informing him of some of the troubles to the south, and also asking him to embark on a quest of sorts to seek out some relics that may help protect Eli and those like her. While Arion is reading his scroll, the kids decide to help Jen make lunch. Lia suggests that they should make muffins, and the kitchen explodes in a mess of flour, butter, and giggles! Eventually the muffins get made, and Arion offers to take the kids to the pond just outside the town to ‘clean off’. Lia and Jen remain behind. At the pond, there is a vicious attack by some nightmarish creatures. The bat like terrors attacked everything around them that moved. Kirin was struck while trying to keep them off of Eli and Arion struggled just to reach the two children. Then, in the midst of the chaotic attack, Eli summoned a force that not only shielded her companions, but drove the creatures away. Kirin’s wound was a nasty one. It appeared that he had been poisoned by some venom the creatures possessed. He was rushed to a healer by Lia and Arion. Luckily, the healer had seen wounds of that nature recently, and knew how to treat it. Lia, once Kirin was out of danger, set out to find a way to make an antidote to the venom. She and the local apothecary tried in vain for quite some time to create a remedy. So far, the only known cure is a magical removal or neutralization of the poison. Later that night, conflict arose with in the party. Lia and Dunin tried to obtain some more information from Arion concerning Eli and the creatures, but Arion had grown more and more distrustful of his former traveling companions after reading his message from Drayton. He refused to give in to their questioning, and tempers flared. The evening ended on a very uncomfortable note with Dunin consoling an emotionally exhausted Lia, and Arion quietly fuming at himself for allowing his paranoia to get in the way of his clear thinking. Jen, having heard the entire discussion, made herself scarce for a while, not wishing to be forced into taking sides in the new conflict. Lia and Dunin have a bit of a chat, and Lia tells Dunin the details she knows surrounding the arrests in town, the rumors of missing children, the bat-like creatures’ attack and Eli’s ‘spell’. (She also tells him about the rumor that Eli may be an Imp in disguise.) Dunin, after hunting, decides that they have to return to the house and get some answers from Arion.

With tensions rising in the group, Arion must decide who, if anyone, he will trust enough to ask for assistance in his new endeavor. Lia and Dunin, now on the colder side of Arion’s temper, will have to choose between perusing their Hissian foe, or doing what they can to help Eli and stop the winged creatures that have been plaguing their forests. Jen, caught in the middle of the clash between the bard and the nature loving duo may be forced to chose a side or simply go it alone to remain one step ahead of Carter. And Kirin and Eli, young as they are, are now facing a long and difficult road. Will they face it together, or be forced apart for the sake of safety?

Session Six