Narrative

Day 32 began in a Hillfolk village between [uncertain: Prortibhe] and Stone Rampart, earthwise. The party decided to travel to Hartwall because of the Rift block. They teleported to the statue of Lan outside Hartwall and arrived on target. Lan was noted as an earth god associated with love, home, and family, and the statue of Lan was very similar in style to the Statue of Sierra.

At Hartwall, two guards, one human and one half-elf, were present. The city seemed fine, though Lady Elissa Hartwall was still injured. Lady Freya was in attendance in the city. Xinqus had other items for sale, and Mirth was also in town for the auction. Hartwall had about 11,000 occupants, dual walls, and clean, tidy streets. The auction house was the Grand Auction House, with the auction taking place at 2pm; 11:00 was also noted. The party went to the Baked Mattress for food.

At the Baked Mattress they saw a human sitting down with a very noticeable underbelly. The barkeep was noted as “Patches of night & husband.” Xinqus was in town. The party headed to the auction house with 870kg and saw a [uncertain: pigeon/aracock] with Xinqus’s cart; Xinqus was inside. “1600” was recorded. They walked to the front of the queue, where Mirth let them in and gave them a number. Everyone else seemed to have paid to enter. The auction drew a very eclectic crowd. A dragon and the Retribution shrine on Azureside were noted.

Before the detailed bidding began, the auction lots were noted broadly: grand towers penne / Goliath coins x2, a bottle of sosen mistle eel wine, a functioning pocket watch with squares showing the moon cycle, elven green-rimmed glasses, a small mahogany box with a red velvet curtain that formed illusionary scenes, a loved patched leather backpack that was a bag of sorting worth about 3-500g and able to hold 500lb or 64 gems while weighing only 15lb, a silver scorpion on a chain that was a holy symbol of Noxia, Firefang, an 8/400-year-old longsword in the style Invar makes that added +1D6, had 5 spell charges, and could cast Burning Hands, an Amle for adult?, a ring with a crystal on top that was a ring of protection, a chariot that interested the Guilt, Browning’s scroll, a bracelet of locating, art cork, rare poetry books, and a talon of soot. Geldrin tried to check the arcane writing on Browning’s scroll and cast Dispel Magic; the words disappeared. Browning’s scroll produced a new random spell every morning at 2:37 and was valued at 600g.

Xinquiss came into the room, saw the party, and took them to a new room as his presents. It was the shield crystal, and the party agreed to drop off a piece. The party also added an auction for one of the Brass City platinum pieces. They told Xinquiss that the quilt might be an “excellence” or might be working for one.

Mith was running the auction. Beside the party was an Arabica pechen lady named Candelissa Hustlebustle, and on the other side was a mermain / shark tattoo person in a tux and top hat. In the third row was Aon Ankt, Eliana’s blood letting tutor.

The drink lots began. Lot 1 was a famous 28-year elven bottle of booze and sold for 20g. Lot 2 was a 100-year-old bottle bought by Candelissa. Lot 3 was an older one sold for 350g to Candelissa. Lot 4 was Smehlebeard whiskey, bought for 270g by Janet Boulderdew. Lot 5 was a 75-year bottle of Crankfruit, one noted as 280 years, sold for 400g. Lot 6 was Blind gale XXX, with “physick before imbibing” noted. Lot 7 was cherry wine, Sereza, sold for 10g. Lots 8 and 9 were not described.

The coin lots followed. Lot 10 was five Black Dragons, bought for 10g by a shiny man who was dressed up by someone. Lot 11 was a Grand Towers penny, bought for 3g by Raven no. 1. Lot 12 was a golden crown and two silver clappers, sold for 15g. Lot 13 was dwarven copper coins, with two people bidding, sold for 1g. Lot 14 was electrum and did not sell. Lot 15 was silver pieces, associated with gnome great Fummouth, sold for 8g to Raven 2. Lot 16 was a Brass City coin, sold for 160g to a tabaxi with a shaved head and pink mohawk.

The art lots began with Lot 17, talon of soot, sold by remote bid for 50g. Lot 18 was a painting of Lord Bleakstorm refusing demands, a female being relieved in Caroline Harthwall(?) with an infant and a blue cow, and a male the party might have recognized: Iceborg, with Jayseel horns. The image of someone lowering a rope down a hole sold for 35g, apparently for too much jewellery to a human male. Lot 19 was an obsidian and bone statue showing a crab claw and talon shielding Throngore over a featherless female, titled “Valentinhide’s Betrayal.” It sold for 140g to Raven 1.

Lot 20 showed Davina Browning covering her eyes with her hands, with eyes on the hands, titled “circling vultures.” It sold for 10g to the jewellery guy. Lot 21 was love poetry, blessings of Laurel, and sold for 7g. Lot 22 was a red and blue glass sculpture of Serra and sold for 10g. Lot 23 was the functioning moon pocket watch and sold for 175g. Lot 24 was the green-rim spectacles, which translated elven into common, and sold for 112g. Lot 25 was the mahogany box, also called the Smulty box, and sold for 30g to a bidder described as an elf / flirting woman with goat legs. Lot 26 was a Ray of sorting and stirring and sold for 85g. Lot 27 was an elven forest comb of delousing and sold for 35g. Lot 28 was an elven flute carved with mice, called a turtle flute, and sold for 65g. Lot 29 was an hourglass of smoke instead of sand and sold for 85g.

Lot 30 was the holy symbol of Noxia and sold to Raven 1 for 175g. Lot 31 was a shield ring with runes of Lauren and sold for 600g to a werewolfish [uncertain: Repiteth]. Lot 32 was Firefang and sold for 2050g to a red-and-purple-haired dwarf male. Lot 33 was the chariot, connected to an excellence defeated in the “battle of the unending seas.” Four people bid, including two Ravens, the jewellery men, and an emissary. A bidding war followed involving the jewelled men and short paths, Dally who walks in the room, the Hartwall partner, and Lady Thorpe. The price reached 11,900g and then [uncertain: we got] 14,000g. The chariot was already being levelled onto a wagon, and many guards were outside. Lot 34, the Browning spell scroll, sold for 6,200g to the jewellery guy.

The party skulked out to check on Lady Thorpe. She had six guards around her in transparent dragon / silver dragon livery. While she felt better and insisted on going back to the front lines, which were not going great, she looked flustered, confused, and uneasy in her responses. Something was odd about her mannerisms. Eliana did not think she knew who they were, or at least that she was who she said she was.

Lot 35 was a mimic mouse trap. Arthur’s group, Conrad Harthwall, Numbhotall / Scumbleduck / Nambodall, an older human man, a robed figure carrying along beside a silver dragonborn, a backpack of scrolls, a floating book, and a gnome with a wooden shield bearing a golden duck were noted. Justicars were looking for Xinquiss. The party did not recognize Invar. Laura won the bracelet of locating for 101g. Mith teleported away, and a Justicar tried to Counterspell. Scumbleduck smashed a stick on the floor and cast a spell, associated with a locating duck. When she turned around, Eliana bumped into something invisible and moved to attack her.

Browning / Skutey Galvin was wanted for impersonating a Justicar. The concentration spell failed, and Lady Thorpe turned into a llama. Two guards behind Eliana helped, while her guard tried to get Eliana. The party learned that the warrant for their arrest had been quashed by somebody up high. A waitress opened a trapdoor where Xinquiss was hiding. Eliana called themself Constantine Harthwall to the Justicar. Guards took the chariot and everything to the Palace because Lady Elissa Hartwall wanted to see the party in the hours. The Justicars took the llama to Grand Towers.

Dirk, Geldrin, and Morgana escaped with the shield crystal down the trapdoor into a house. Xinquiss called Wroth to come and help hide the crystal, and Wroth did so. Dirk, Geldrin, and Morgana tried to disguise themselves and return to the auction house. Eliana and Invar asked about them and were told about the trapdoor at 4:30. The party headed to the Castle.

At the Castle, a higher-ranking halfling general with a huge sword and ornate armour strode over. This was Lady Blossom Fatrabbit, a halfling who was also the sheriff of the Castle. She took the party through the Castle. The engravings on her armour were a dedication to the god of Lam. The Castle seemed busy and short-staffed.

Lady Thorpe was missing. Lady Fatrabbit thought it had happened fairly recently because Lady Elissa Hartwall would have known it was not her wife. Lady Fatrabbit led the party to a bedroom where Lady Elissa Hartwall was; doctors were making some antidote. The party suggested poison and trouble hiding a true form. The llama may have done it. The condition seemed like magical poison or a religious curse, possibly Noxia, and involved great pain. Forces were stretched thin because Goldenswell had requested forces, and Lady Elissa Hartwall wanted the party’s help. She had only noticed that Lady Thorpe had not visited her as much as expected. Lady Thorpe had been with Lady Elissa Hartwall when they came back from the front lines at Highden with a few guards. The creatures they had been fighting did not seem cunning enough to have done this.

Geldrin cast Scrying on Lady Thorpe. He saw her in a stone room, chained up, like a dungeon. The image was dull and unlit. Lady Thorpe looked injured and malnourished, with no fleshcrafting. There was one cell door, made of wood, iron-bound and reinforced with an iron grate at the top. The stone was grey mountain stone, not seaward / Runeyend, and looked like the same type of stone as Hartwall Castle. The dungeon in the vision looked similar to this castle. There was a dungeon in the castle and one in the militia house. The party wanted to check all dungeons between there and Highden.

Lady Fatrabbit led the party to the castle dungeons, but Lady Thorpe was not there. They went to the militia house, which looked like the militia building in Everchard. No one stopped Lady Fatrabbit from walking in. The doors looked like the one Geldrin had seen, and the room looked very similar. Fatrabbit asked a guard for the current prisoner roster. Clay Meadow, Everchard, Redford Point, Stonehedge, and Goldenswell were noted, with the stone structure different. Eliana and Dirk searched the cells, but Lady Thorpe was not there. Fatrabbit returned with the roster, and everything seemed in line. A prison on the road to Stonehedge was used for long-term prisoners who did not take the death penalty and had metal doors. 19:00 was noted.

Claymeadow and Lady Neegate were noted; she had been quiet lately due to a loss in the family. The party decided to make a plan before speaking to the wizard and went to the Irate Unicorn, where there was a shrine to Lam. They asked The Basilisk for help from the guild to check the prisons. They then went to see a tortle wizard who could teleport them somewhere and would come back tomorrow.

The internal note marked “Day 27” was recorded here but was not treated as a day boundary. The bag began humming and glowing, and there was a note from The Basilisk. Redford and Everchard had no Lady Thorpe. Goldenswell refused and prevented access; The Basilisk met a few things, reporters, and so on. Little Bugy was noted as someone tried to assassinate Sefris on the ground, connected to the Cult of Salvation, last night. Tremon’s skull was glowing, humming, and vibrating, and it was given to Geldrin.

The connection destabilised all charms out of the windows. The Tri-moon was visible in the day, which does not usually happen. It seemed to hang ominously. Usually it is seen in the dark; seeing it in daylight showed it as a crystal. The Barrier looked normal, and the moon did not look different in size; the small chunk was visible. At 09:30, Geldrin estimated it should have been there around 2am, so it was 16 hours ahead of schedule. The party told everyone about The Basilisk’s note and the three prisons.

The party returned to the tortle mage, Jin-Loo, and told him about the Tri-moon. He found it had happened three times in the last 1,000 years, when records began, though four dates were listed: 104 AD, 339 AD, 629 AD, and 1012 AD. The party asked him to find out whether anything significant happened on those dates; nothing was found.

Jin-Loo teleported the party to the Museum Gardens in Goldenswell. Bleakstorm was noted as a possible name for the tree they teleported next to. It was from outside the Barrier, airwise, and very cold. They went to the Militia House. Morgana located Lady Thorpe in the building, two floors down, in the middle of the building, at 10:30. The plan was for Geldrin to pretend to be a Justicar and enter the building. Yellow guards were wearing a half-sun tattoo obscured by a waterfall. Geldrin stormed into the guarded room; the guard who went to get the captain was leaning against the window, and the servant did not look busy. The captain was reading “101 who’s who of the Penta city states,” which had a picture of Scumbleduck.

The party tried to arrest them. Morgana and Eliana went through the other door. They found Lady Thorpe after a set of traps went off and carried her out. Meanwhile Geldrin was mauled and tried to get thieves’ tools out to open something. Dirk got keys and unlocked them. The captain tried to send a message saying they had been discovered and to send help. The party took the captain, Lady Thorpe, and a cart, left the city, managed to get out, came off the road, and found somewhere to hide.

They messaged The Basilisk to say they had Lady Thorpe and revived her. Lady Thorpe reported a man with the lower half of a snake’s body travelling back with the Goldenswell army when they decided to leave. Bug Geldrin stole from the captain’s office: 50 platinum pieces in Frawshers currency and a Grand Towers penny. The party needed to question the captain.

When the captain was awakened, he said he got in trouble with the Duke for attracting the militia. He was told it was a sensitive situation and not to let anybody in. The Duke sent one of his emissaries to feed Lady Thorpe. The captain knew the Duke was doing something dodgy but did not know the full truth. Some woman with a bag on her head was involved. Orders came from the Duke’s office, and a few other guards knew about it. Off-the-books prisoners had been held a few times; the last one was about a week ago and was still down there.

The other prisoners included a woman and a man, and a female halfling. Alf wanted out allot - Elementarium. A message from The Basilisk warned: “Don’t come to Strong hedge Compromised.” The Elementarium had appeared in town crier information four days earlier but had been imprisoned for over a week, meaning an imposter was in place. The party tried to contact Cardonald via Eroll, but she did not answer, which was strange because Eroll contacts her directly. They sent a message to Lady Elissa Hartwall via Eroll at 16:00. Other prisoners held on the same floor numbered seven in total, with a few being taken each week over the last month. A few people had tried to get in and survey the prison, including a goblin named Scumi with a bag of skulls. Eroll returned with a ring, and Jin-Loo appeared next to the party. The party kept the ring so he could find them again.

The connection between Tremon’s skull and ascension to godhood was discussed, and it was linked to when the moon did this, like the Tri-moon / Treamen. Geldrin tried to attune to the skull. An obsidian raven circled overhead as if looking for something and then flew off toward Grand Towers.

When Geldrin attuned to Tremon’s skull, he saw visions. A woman with no belly button and other unusual details was grabbed by a crab claw; Vallententide was grabbed, and she disappeared. A black and white dragon fought, and the white dragon was injured; a silver dragon rescued someone. A veridian dragonborn, a gnome, and an old man smiled at a dragonborn and nodded. 629 AD was noted. In a throne room with dwarven guards, walls crumbled as a giant skeletal dragon breathed out; “today” and soot were noted. These were the things the skull had gazed upon last.

Tremon’s skull could crush foes, let him pass, and show visions, though the visions were the only thing Geldrin had seen it do. “The lord above place in the sky” was noted. Noxia could poison things to stop them being their true form. The skull had influence over the Barrier and could bend it. It had been assaulted by mortals when he came to the god meeting. Valentinhide had been attacked by Throngore, with darkness. The dragons fighting were 525 years before the veridian dragonborns. Gary, the corrupted sphinx, was heading toward Grand Towers.

Tremon’s skull showed a projection of Grand Towers using moon reflections. The party saw a man walking through the streets toward the prison device. It showed “The Mother” crater, a small town, which was the place he fell, and a small halfling girl sitting at a table seeing dogs together. At Condennis Place, which was empty, the vision went to an underground dwarven city. A figure was laid out on a table with a skull floating next to her and an old wizened dwarf noting; this was the wizard from Invar’s vision, looking after the molten prison. He touched it and stopped it leaking. The notes question whether this related to Ruby Eye’s wife or village.

The skull showed the Goldenswell militia house with the same desk sergeant sitting there now. Prisoners seen included an elven man, the Elementarium; a human male in his mid-40s with a scar on his right cheek; a halfling woman, Baytail, accused as head of the Underbelly; an empty cell; a half-elven woman who resembled someone’s sister, with the note that the party had seen their brothers before; a kobold in a tattered robe whose robe was recognized; and a pale-skinned halfling female with brown speckled eyes like tiger eye, likely someone the party had met, possibly Isabella Neegale’s aunt or the Earl of Clay Meadows.

Another vision showed the Goliath City in ruins, with sickly Goliaths being attacked by lions, overseen by a brutal-looking veridian for tea. All dragons were mutated. A tower with a purple glow had something massive nestled around it. The half-elven woman was identified as the sister of the twin Justicar guards met on the way to Seaward. The skull needed to be next to its foes to smite them. The Chorus was standing outside the house looking up at the sky and never usually leaves the house.

The party identified seven Goldenswell prisoners: Clay Meadows, Strong Hedge, Redford Point, Seaward, Gnoll, a half-elf woman who was the sister of the twin Justicar guards met on the way to Seaward, and Hartwall, who had been rescued. They headed back to Goldenswell with the captain by side roads and disguised themselves with winter clothes. The captain said the Duke’s personal guard had brought the prisoners in. The party bribed him with 50 platinum pieces and his money back for his help, giving him 1 platinum as a down payment, to get them into the prison, rescue all the prisoners, and get him out of the city. They considered offering the rest of the guards money, though the Duke’s guards at the gates might not be bribable. They went in through the earthwise gate, where the guards were likely to have been drinking. 12:00 was noted.

People, Factions, and Places Mentioned

People and name-like figures mentioned include Lan, Sierra, Lady Elissa Hartwall, Lady Freya, Xinqus / Xinquiss, Mirth / Mith, the human with a very noticeable underbelly, the barkeep described as “Patches of night & husband,” Geldrin, Invar, the Guilt, Browning, Candelissa Hustlebustle, Aon Ankt, Janet Boulderdew, the shiny man dressed up by someone, Raven no. 1 / Raven 1, Raven 2, the tabaxi with a shaved head and pink mohawk, Lord Bleakstorm, Caroline Harthwall(?), Iceborg, Jayseel, Throngore, Valentinhide / Vallententide, Davina Browning, Laurel, Serra, the bidder described as an elf / flirting woman with goat legs, the werewolfish [uncertain: Repiteth], the red-and-purple-haired dwarf male, Dally who walks in the room, the Hartwall partner, Lady Thorpe, the jewellery guy / jewellery men, Arthur’s group, Conrad Harthwall, Numbhotall / Scumbleduck / Nambodall, the older human man, the robed figure, the silver dragonborn, the gnome with a wooden shield bearing a golden duck, Justicars, Invar, Laura, Skutey Galvin, Constantine Harthwall, Dirk, Morgana, Eliana, Wroth, Lady Blossom Fatrabbit / Lady Fatrabbit, Lady Neegate, The Basilisk, Jin-Loo, Bugy, Sefris, Cardonald, Eroll, Alf, Elementarium, Scumi, Treamen, Gary, Ruby Eye, Baytail, Isabella Neegale, the Earl of Clay Meadows, the twin Justicar guards, and the Chorus.

Groups and factions mentioned include Hillfolk, guards, humans, half-elves, Xinquiss’s cart crew, auction attendees, Ravens, Justicars, Grand Towers authorities, doctors, Goldenswell forces, militia, reporters, the Cult of Salvation, yellow guards wearing a half-sun tattoo obscured by a waterfall, the Duke’s office, the Duke’s emissaries, the Duke’s personal guard, mortals at the god meeting, dragons, Goliaths, lions, and the party.

Places mentioned include the Hillfolk village, [uncertain: Prortibhe], Stone Rampart, Hartwall / Hartwall, the Rift block, the statue of Lan outside Hartwall, the Statue of Sierra, the Baked Mattress, the Grand Auction House / auction house, Azureside, the Retribution shrine, the Brass City, Grand Towers, the Palace, the Castle, Lady Elissa Hartwall’s bedroom, the castle dungeons, the militia house, Highden, Clay Meadow / Claymeadow / Clay Meadows, Everchard, Redford Point, Stonehedge / Strong hedge, Goldenswell, the prison on the road to Stonehedge, the Irate Unicorn, a shrine to Lam, the Barrier, Museum Gardens, Bleakstorm as a possible tree name, Frawshers, Condennis Place, an underground dwarven city, the molten prison, the Mother crater, a small town where he fell, the Goldenswell militia house, Seaward, Gnoll, Goliath City, a tower with a purple glow, and the earthwise gate.

Items, Rewards, and Resources

Resources and possessions mentioned include 870kg at the auction, “1600” recorded near Xinqus’s cart, a shield crystal, one of the Brass City platinum pieces added to the auction, the party’s auction number from Mirth, the chariot and everything taken to the Palace, the hidden trapdoor at the auction house, Wroth’s help hiding the shield crystal, a prisoner roster, The Basilisk’s note, The Basilisk’s guild help, Eroll, Jin-Loo’s ring that let him find the party again, winter clothes used as disguises, 50 platinum pieces in Frawshers currency stolen from the captain’s office, a Grand Towers penny stolen from the captain’s office, 50 platinum pieces offered as a bribe, and 1 platinum paid as a down payment.

Auction lots and sale details mentioned include grand towers penne / Goliath coins x2; sosen mistle eel wine; a functioning moon-cycle pocket watch; elven green-rimmed glasses; a mahogany box / Smulty box with a red velvet curtain that formed illusionary scenes; a loved patched leather backpack / bag of sorting worth around 3-500g and able to hold 500lb or 64 gems while weighing 15lb; a silver scorpion on a chain / holy symbol of Noxia; Firefang, an 8/400-year-old longsword in Invar’s style with +1D6, 5 spell charges, and Burning Hands, initially priced at 4500g and sold for 2050g; an Amle for adult?; a ring of protection; the chariot associated with the Guilt and an excellence defeated in the “battle of the unending seas,” bid up to 11,900g and [uncertain: we got] 14,000g; Browning’s scroll, which generates a new random spell every morning at 2:37, was disrupted by Geldrin’s Dispel Magic, valued at 600g, and sold for 6,200g; a bracelet of locating won by Laura for 101g; art cork; rare poetry books; and a talon of soot sold remotely for 50g.

Specific auction lots mentioned include Lot 1, famous 28-year elven booze sold for 20g; Lot 2, 100-year-old Candelissa; Lot 3, older one sold for 350g to Candelissa; Lot 4, Smehlebeard whiskey sold for 270g to Janet Boulderdew; Lot 5, Crankfruit 75-year bottle / 280 years sold for 400g; Lot 6, Blind gale XXX with physick before imbibing; Lot 7, cherry wine / Sereza sold for 10g; Lot 10, five Black Dragons sold for 10g to the shiny man; Lot 11, Grand Towers penny sold for 3g to Raven no. 1; Lot 12, golden crown and two silver clappers sold for 15g; Lot 13, dwarven copper coins sold for 1g; Lot 14, electrum with no sale; Lot 15, silver pieces / gnome great Fummouth sold for 8g to Raven 2; Lot 16, Brass City coin sold for 160g to the tabaxi with a shaved head and pink mohawk; Lot 18, painting involving Lord Bleakstorm, Caroline Harthwall(?), an infant, a blue cow, Iceborg, Jayseel horns, and someone lowering a rope down a hole, sold for 35g; Lot 19, “Valentinhide’s Betrayal,” an obsidian and bone statue sold for 140g to Raven 1; Lot 20, Davina Browning’s “circling vultures” sold for 10g to the jewellery guy; Lot 21, love poetry / blessings of Laurel sold for 7g; Lot 22, red and blue glass sculpture of Serra sold for 10g; Lot 23, moon pocket watch sold for 175g; Lot 24, green-rim spectacles translating elven into common sold for 112g; Lot 25, mahogany / Smulty box sold for 30g; Lot 26, Ray of sorting and stirring sold for 85g; Lot 27, elven forest comb of delousing sold for 35g; Lot 28, elven turtle flute carved with mice sold for 65g; Lot 29, smoke hourglass sold for 85g; Lot 30, holy symbol of Noxia sold for 175g to Raven 1; Lot 31, shield ring with runes of Lauren sold for 600g; Lot 32, Firefang sold for 2050g; Lot 33, chariot; Lot 34, Browning spell scroll; and Lot 35, mimic mouse trap.

Spells and magical effects mentioned include teleporting to the statue of Lan, Dispel Magic cast by Geldrin on Browning’s scroll, Xinquiss / Mith teleporting away, a Justicar attempting Counterspell, Scumbleduck casting a spell by smashing a stick on the floor, the locating duck, an invisible obstruction, the concentration spell failing so false Lady Thorpe became a llama, a magical poison or religious curse possibly linked to Noxia, Geldrin’s Scrying on Lady Thorpe, Morgana locating Lady Thorpe in the Goldenswell militia house, Eroll messages, Jin-Loo teleportation, the humming and glowing bag, the glowing/humming/vibrating skull, the skull’s attunement visions, the skull’s ability to show visions, crush foes, let him pass, influence / bend the Barrier, and need to be near foes to smite them.

Clues, Mysteries, and Open Threads

The page’s opening location preserves uncertainty: the Hillfolk village was between [uncertain: Prortibhe] and Stone Rampart. The note “Day 32 [uncertain: Chuwee]” remains unclear. The relationship between the statue of Lan and the Statue of Sierra remains significant because they are very similar in style.

Xinqus / Xinquiss was in Hartwall with a cart and a [uncertain: pigeon/aracock], with “1600” recorded without explanation. The party agreed to drop off a piece of shield crystal for Xinquiss, and Wroth later helped hide that crystal. Xinquiss was being sought by Justicars. The party told Xinquiss that the quilt might be an “excellence” or working for one, but the meaning and target remain unresolved.

The auction contained many significant artifacts and historical references, including the chariot tied to an excellence defeated in the “battle of the unending seas,” “Valentinhide’s Betrayal,” Browning’s spell scroll, Firefang, the holy symbol of Noxia, the shield ring with runes of Lauren, and the talon of soot. The identities and agendas of the Ravens, jewellery men, emissary, Dally who walks in the room, the Hartwall partner, and the werewolfish [uncertain: Repiteth] remain open. The meaning of the Amle for adult? remains unclear.

False Lady Thorpe’s odd mannerisms, failure to recognize the party, transformation into a llama when concentration failed, and the Noxia-like magical poison / religious curse suggest impersonation, shapeshifting, and identity suppression. The real Lady Thorpe had been abducted and held in Goldenswell. Lady Elissa Hartwall remained injured, and the antidote’s target and composition are not fully clear.

The party’s arrest warrant had been quashed by somebody up high, but the responsible person was not identified. Browning / Skutey Galvin was wanted for impersonating a Justicar. The Justicars took the llama to Grand Towers, leaving the later fate and interrogation of the false Lady Thorpe unresolved.

Geldrin’s Scrying showed Lady Thorpe in a grey mountain-stone dungeon like Hartwall Castle, Ca, or the militia house, but she was ultimately in Goldenswell. The similarities between militia houses, including the Everchard-like militia building, may be relevant. The prison on the road to Stonehedge, Clay Meadow / Everchard / Redford Point / Stonehedge / Goldenswell rosters, and the note that Goldenswell refused access remain part of the prison network mystery.

The Basilisk’s note said Redford and Everchard had no Lady Thorpe, while Goldenswell refused and prevented access. The Basilisk also warned, “Don’t come to Strong hedge Compromised.” The attempted assassination of Sefris on the ground by someone named little Bugy, connected to the Cult of Salvation, remains unresolved.

The Tri-moon was visible during the day, which is unusual, and appeared 16 hours ahead of schedule. Seeing it in daylight showed it as a crystal. Jin-Loo found similar events in the records on 104 AD, 339 AD, 629 AD, and 1012 AD, though the notes say it happened three times in the last 1,000 years while listing four dates. No significant events were found for those dates. The Barrier looked normal despite the omen.

The Goldenswell operation exposed an off-the-books prison run under orders from the Duke’s office. The captain knew it was dodgy but not the full truth. A woman with a bag on her head, Duke’s emissaries, Duke’s personal guard, and a snake-bodied man travelling with the Goldenswell army are all implicated. The captain said off-the-books prisoners had happened before, with one still down there from about a week ago.

The Elementarium had been in town crier information four days earlier but had been imprisoned for over a week, implying an imposter was active. Cardonald did not answer Eroll despite the direct contact, which remains unexplained. A few people tried to survey or enter the prison, including Scumi with a bag of skulls.

The visions from Tremon’s skull tied together Treamen / Tri-moon, ascension to godhood, Noxia’s ability to poison things so they cannot be their true form, influence over the Barrier, mortals assaulting him at a god meeting, Valentinhide being attacked by Throngore, a black and white dragon fight, a silver dragon rescue, a veridian dragonborn, a gnome, an old man, 629 AD, soot, a giant skeletal dragon in a dwarven throne room, Gary the corrupted sphinx heading toward Grand Towers, and a man walking through Grand Towers toward the prison device. These links remain unresolved.

The Mother crater, the small town where he fell, the small halfling girl seeing dogs together, Condennis Place, the underground dwarven city, the old wizened dwarf from Invar’s vision, the molten prison, and the possible connection to Ruby Eye’s wife or village are all open threads. The skull’s projection using moon reflections may connect the Tri-moon to distant surveillance or prison devices.

The Goldenswell prisoners seen in visions and listed by the party create unresolved identity threads: the Elementarium; a human male in his mid-40s with a scar on his right cheek; Baytail, accused head of the Underbelly; a half-elven woman resembling the sister of the twin Justicar guards; a kobold in a recognizable tattered robe; a pale-skinned halfling woman with brown speckled tiger-eye eyes, possibly Isabella Neegale’s aunt or the Earl of Clay Meadows; prisoners from Clay Meadows, Strong Hedge, Redford Point, Seaward, Gnoll, and Hartwall. The half-elf woman’s relationship to the twin Justicar guards met on the way to Seaward is specifically preserved.

The Chorus stood outside the house looking up at the sky, which is unusual because the Chorus never usually leaves the house. The Goliath City vision showed ruins, sickly Goliaths attacked by lions, a brutal-looking veridian, mutated dragons, and a purple-glowing tower with something massive nestled around it; this remains a major open thread.