Session+Eighteen

In the previous session, both Arion and Kirin had visions pertaining to the Gifts each had. We start this session off with a vision Jen had while concentrating on Elddem. She saw a tall, dark man wielding a sword against a massive Malkadian. Long story short, the man ends up defeating the dragon by stabbing out its eye, the people all around him chant ‘king’, and the eye of the dragon becomes a gleaming red gemstone. The vision fades in a red fog, and the group is left to figure out what to do with this information. Reasoning things out, it is decided that the gem is actually the gift, Hiroth. Its also assumed that Hiroth is the gemstone now residing in the royal family’s sword. Since it worked rather well last time, the group decides to head to the palace and see if ‘asking’ will get them somewhere closer to getting the Gift. First, though… on to the library! Lia discovers a story in the library about two Malkadian brothers, Eloncreth and Hiroth. They hated each other, and eventually battled to the death. (The story basically outlines the vision Jen had earlier.) Eloncreth became the ruler of Phastia, and placed the Gift into his sword, vowing to pass it on to his successors. With nothing much left to look for in the library, the group heads off to the palace, where they are promptly turned away. About that time though, Jen spots a carriage entering the palace… a carriage flying the banners of her family. As it would turn out, her sister had been promised as a wife to the prince of Phastia. There is a cute little reunion, and eventually the group is invited to the palace. (Jen’s sister put in a word about Jen’s fortune telling talents, and her services were requested by the king.) The prince ends up being a spoiled brat of a kid. Yippee. Also, Jen has a rather foreboding vision when she tries to tell the king his fortune. The vision involves a battle between the Eloncre house, and an army flying the banner of the king’s brother. In the end, the man bearing the brother’s banner wins, and the palace is set aflame, killing everyone inside. Being the nice little fortuneteller she is, Jen tells all of it to the king. Definitely not what he wanted to hear. The next morning the crew is outside having a relatively calm breakfast when Kirin and the prince get into an argument over who is stronger, faster, and overall better. The two decide to have a race. Kirin wins, but the prince claims that he let him win. Who knows? On a quick side note, the prince and Kirin look strikingly similar. Interesting… There is some bickering over the ‘winnings’ of the race, and a rather heated discussion over the Gift, and our PC crew is eventually kicked out of the palace. Well done guys. They regroup back in their original rooms in the Inn, and Jen finds a map that had been put in her pack. It turns out to be a map to Arimyth (the realm’s equivalent to Atlantis). We leave our party pondering what to do next… head on to this lost city and see what there is to find, or stick around Phastia and try to get their hands on Hiroth. Oh the choices!

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