# session 14 (17/06/2024) - night in the streets - party goes towards the inn - walk and talk - Reinhold doesn't need to sleep - Vivian is given a shoulder ride on the way back - Elfsong - some more discussion - Reinhold apparently doesn't need to eat - Val mentions maybe to equip ourselves for the heat of hells - some talks about maybe potions - Reinhold just mentions to just wear less clothes and demonstrate by unzipping the cargo pants legs into a cargo short - Le'garde produces the puzzlebox - Le'garde wants to try to open it - Vivian want to show it to Duke Portyr so he is the one dealing with it - Le'garde insects it more - it is *very* hard to open - Le'garde mentions bringing it to Candlekeep - Val is excited to discover hell as she has never been there before - Reinhold uses dad voice (thaumaturgy) to ask for refills on the table - Le'garde mentions that he doesn't need normal food - he can still enjoy it - can also drink blood - Vivian say he understands - Le'garde go to bed - Le'garde discussion - *tl:dr: stay alert for him* - Diana wants to keep a close eye on - Vivian says he'll try to steer him in the right direction with his words - Reinhold says he'll help intervene if needed - Vivian says he is not that bad of an egg - still need to be careful - Reinhold says he'll stay with the party unless he suddenly gets a memory flood telling him the party is evil - memory flood - just met them now - aside from Le'garde they don't seem like evil ppl - memory on the cusp - Diana and Le'garde standing with a few other figures - duergar - dragonborn - genasi - standing in a park with Reya - a small figure placing bracelets on their wrists - small possibly child - there is another one on Reinhold's wrist too - Reinhold asks Diana and Reya to show they right wrist - there is the bracelet - Diana wanted to tell earlier but not sure how Reinhold would react - Reinhold asks for more information - daughter is Sophia - wife is Eluun - a good family man - Diana met them a the temple a few times - Reya mentioned she saw all three of them as a happy family in the parc - last time they were seen was right before the sundering during a recommitment ceremony - Vivian tries to peer in Reinhold's mind from information - manages to get a view of both Eluun and Sophia - starts painting them and shows them to Reinhold - big hug from Reinhold - Diana compliments the drawings - Diana casts sending towards to one of her moms > Mama, We have figured out who here sent elturel to hell. Please tell me you and Mum are ok - the message goes through > we are not, but we are alive, i don't know where we are, we're in a cell it is cold and dark...please help - in a hushed under breath voice - the mug in Diana's hand breaks - Reya understands and tries to reassure Diana - Le'garde in the room - pulls the 3 skeletons out of the bag - orders them to sort and fold everyone's stuff - they proceed and there are neatly ordered piles on the respective beds - wait in salute after the command - Diana and Vivian enter first - Vivian is very happy about the now cleaned brushes - for Reinhold it's the exact 4 same copies of what he is wearing right now folded on the bed perfectly - in the morning - Reinhold is reading the gazette cross legged with a hot cup of double expresso on the table - Val comes from her home - rest of the party descends - party goes to see Duke Portyr - council chambers - Reya, Mortlock, Duke Portyr, Sylvira Savikas and an unknown woman - discussing a bit before the party arrives - Reya informed the council a bit of what happened - Le'garde - produces the infernal puzzle box - informs that the duke and her son are dead - Vivian presents the narrative as they would have rather died than cooperated - unknown woman speaks up > oh so these are the so called maniacs that stirred every rats nest in the city - name is commander Liara Portyr - she now takes command of the city - the party tells her about the treatement given by the former captain for the forced conscription - complains that Sylvira Savikas was captured - Sylvira Savikas - mentions that this happened only because she trusted a noble who invited her for a drink to get information - that box was what she was looking for - she mentions she is in the party's debt for getting it - mentions she'll now bring the box to Candlekeep for further studies - Vivian mentions that this was the party's plan too - Vivian mentions the rest of the incriminent information and the statue of Zariel - Sylvira Savikas will get to Candlekeep first and expects the party to join whenever they are ready - the party will be provided with some equipment - riding horses for everyone - wagon pulled by mules - food and drink for the journey - tents, bedrolls, etc... - bag of 50pp - after confirming a last time the transfer of the box Sylvira Savikas teleports to Candlekeep with it - travel to Candlekeep - first 2 days are uneventful - 3rd day - there is a bridge - very busy - group of younger teens going in the party's direction - tried to pickpocket the party - not successful - they scatter seeing the failure - settling for the night - Diana uses sendings to get a clearer picture of the situation - will be written at some point between the games - Vivian has finished working on a piece - it is Reinhold and his family - Reinhold is in a loss for words and thanks Vivian - Vivian offers him a painting case to protect it and places it in the bag of holding for safekeeping - Val - is sitting away from the camp fire - Reya asks if she can sit with her - Reya asks more about the Shadowfell and if the rumors are true about it - Reya hopes that the shadowfell did its role to save some people of Elthurel for Avernus - Reya is afraid of what will happen to people that are stuck in Avernus as it even managed to corrupt a celestial like Zariel - conversation continues with Val comforting Reya in her own weird way - Reinhold - tries to remember more - but to no avail - even with the help of the pictures - like trying to remember a dream - 4th day is uneventful - 5th day - Candlekeep can be seen over the horizon now - every time people look at it it is different - it shifts a lot - it is a magical repository of knowledge - it is impossible to map as it is ever changing - all teleportation magic and planar travel is very limited - 6th day - Vivian and Reinhold see an older gentleman riding on a cart - heading our way with intent - asks if the party needs some hay for the horses - Vivian politely refuses - old man hops off and inspects the horses and inspects them before insisting again - Reinhold agrees to buy some hay for 5 silver and starts to help the old man unloading the hay - Diana feels something suspicious as the old man keep looking at her shield - as Reinhold pulls the last hay reveals some hidden armored figures