Last session, we fought some fish and there were no other battles whatsoever.
Session 7 Journal (14th to 18th of Forta)
Deneb also slipped out during the confusion, and she was nice enough to see how I was. Admittedly, I was far better after seeing my father. They certainly called him up quickly enough, and for my sake he left Mom and Gallie to run the restaurant for now, (though I can’t see mom staying for long. And Gallie’s going to be 18 soon so she can run the restaurant.) He couldn’t stay long, he had to go right to the front. Still though, even will all this suffering and death, at least seeing family can still be refreshing.
Oh no Gale’s birthday is in a month and I don’t have a present for her yet aaaaaaaaaaaagh.
I left my room just in time to find the Nimhish being led to the council room. Ryaan demanded they be freed on the spot, as did his sister Katherine. Trek freed them and immediately received a well-deserved backhand from Ark’s grandmother. We decided we’d travel to the Nimhish Guardians’ citadel and see if we could gain them as allies. We need a lot of allies not only to fight the ETE, but to defend Pendel as well. I must admit though, I do have to wonder why Katherine’s so involved. She’s one of the Pendel kids, she doesn’t rule Flamewrought.
15th of Forta, 1107
We set off from Flamewrought at last. I must admit, I missed travel. Everyone was pretty energetic, though Ryaan had a bit of a rough time on the way. Reaching the Guardians’ Citadel would take some time, so we stopped in Decent Stronghold for the day.
We were greeted by the Earls of Decent, though Esse and Yuri are some of the most relaxed rulers I’ve ever met. They only took the title because that one was entertaining to them. Either way though, they’ve been taking refugees, and I was happy to volunteer catering for them. Supplies were short, but
beans and rice is a really easy dish to make. So I whipped that up real quick, left Deneb to heal them before they second course, and took Koal to the river to fish.
Koal and I managed to catch some pretty hefty fish! We isolated a Zordfish, and loathe as I am to serve Zordfish, it is a good hearty fish so it was perfect for the situation. It’s a pain to cook and hard to swallow, but I’d have to deal with it. But thanks to my disdain for the fish and Koal’s general Koal-ness, we trounced that Zordfish. And when its blood attracted two sharks? Yeah, we kicked their… asses? We kicked something and took home dinner, is the point.
I came into a conversation between everybody after finishing up some fish dishes. Decent could spare only a few legions, but it’d have to be enough. We also discussed a way to free Deneb’s mother; Esse knew a ritual to transfer demons from one body to another, and as they informed us that was pretty much the only thing we could do short of killing the host. The only problem is that demons will always inhabit a body, though they do prefer to stay in a stronger host. So I believe we need to fool the demon into thinking it’s entering a stronger body, when in actuality it’s entering something easy to kill. Now how we actually go about that, I have no clue. But we can work that out later.
16th of Forta, 1107
Today was, sadly, a bit less productive. We bid farewell to Decent and thanked them again for their aid. I got another good night’s sleep, thank goodness. Ryaan and Koal must have slept poorly though, because they were arguing most of the way. Then there were leeches. They didn’t deal well with the leeches.
I figured I’d help out tonight and set up camp. I did a pretty poor job, unfortunately. Swampier lands are my usually my kinda territory, but I was doing pretty poorly even before a couple of Bog Dogs attacked us. I felt really bad; the encounter exhausted us further, and we didn’t even have a good place to rest. Sorry, everyone!
17th of Forta, 1107
Well, that day didn’t get off to a good start. I mean I slept well, which was a good change of pace, but we were a little iffy on the route, and both Deneb and Koal were stung by wasps on the way. And when both your navigator and strongman have that kind of day, you don’t get to your destination quickly.
At the very least, we made it the Guardians’ Citadel before the day ended. I’m just thankful we made good time yesterday. And even better, they were pretty welcoming. Ark’s grandma told us they’d be distrustful of humans, and while I don’t begrudge them a bit of rudeness, I must admit I’m relieved that there haven’t been any open hostilities. They led us to bed, and we’ll have our meeting tomorrow.
18th of Forta, 1107
We awoke early in the morning, and after getting ready Ark brought us all to meet their leader. Frey promised us the Guardians would be aiding in the defense of Pendel, and that they would be working alongside the Taguel. Now that we have plenty of allies, we’re free to go and help Deneb’s mother.
Before we take our leave of the Guardians, Pash is going to feed our journey to the seasonal dragon. I don’t know if he reads this when he does his magical transfer thingamajig, but I’d like him to know that I appreciated his enthusiasm. It’s just, his excitement could be better utilized elsewhere. And in the end, Koal seems happy with Oh-Kae, and Beatrice wound up with that Emerine girl despite them both being disinterested in romance, so Pash must be doing something right. It just seems he’s more effective without those “shipping charts,” whatever those are.