session 22 (16/12/2024)

• chapel underground
  • Ulder is not moving after the attempt to remove the helmet
  • Eidolon and Vivian fails to know more about the helm of Torm
  • Diana
    • 2 entoties are trying to get control of Ulder's mind
    • the further Ulder gets from the portal the more in pain he is
    • although the abyssal voice gets fainter
    • not just a simple curse
    • Feria in the temple might have a way to help
  • Diana asks Reinhold to help moving Ulder
    • Reinhold hands Diana the glaive
    • Reinhold potato sacks Ulder outside
• outside
  • Eidolon uses find steed to summon a warhorse
  • Ulder is placed on the horse and is completely limp
  • party rushes back to the crack of the catacombs
    • vrocs flying overhead
      • carrying big bodies
      • one slips from their grasps and falls on Diana bludgeoning her
      • it was a merchant's corpse with a backpack
      • Reinhold grabs the bag
        • doll making kit
        • small clothes
        • seemed to be a toy merchant's pack
    • there are a lot of stray bodies on the floor
      • people that fled out after the Le'Garde incident
      • burnt and with slash marks
  • party arrives at the cracks
    • the steed is let go as it doesn't fit
    • Reinhold and Diana carry the body of Ulder
    • party is exhausted
    • party makes it to the high hall
• high hall
  • only 30 people are in here
    • the bodies in the street were indeed part of the people down there
  • Ulder is taken care of
  • Selturn calls the party on the side
    • thanks the party for saving Ulder
    • the party can't stay with the survivors because of what happened with Le'garde
  • Feria is tending to Ulder
    • waves at the party she'll b wioth them in a moment
    • focuses on Ulder first
    • figures the issue after a moment
    • Feria joins the party an escort them upstairs
  • upstairs
    • Feria asks where Ulder was ound and in what state
    • Vivian explains where he was found
    • Diana explains that the helm of Torm was corrupted
    • Baphomet was speaking through the helm to Ulder
    • it is beyond Feria's individual power
    • the helmet needs to be cleansed
    • an altar in the temple was corrupted
      • it needs to be cleansed
      • there are fonts of holy water downstairs if needed
      • Vivian hides behind Reinhold as he had flushed one of them
      • party has 4 vials of holy water
      • requires another artifact of Torm to anchor the ritual
      • someone is also needed for the ritual
      • it would weaken the presence in the helmet enough for Ulder to regain consciousness
      • Baphomet would retaliate during the ritual
    • Ulder has at most a day until his minds completely collapses under the pressure of a god and a demon lord fighting for it
  • party goes to the library
    • to find clues about artifacts
    • to rest there
    • Vivian and Reinhold campfire talk
      • Reinhold pulls Vivian to a side
      • Reinhold thanks Vivian for the portrait of Eluun he made
      • it allowed Reinhold to recognise her in the vision he had in the temple
      • it gave Reinhold hope about regaining his memories and seeing her again
      • Vivian is someone that helps a lot people around him
      • if Vivian ever has doubts, needs to talk or a shoulder to lean on, Reinhold is here for him
      • the place here was rough but Vivian held high and should be proud about it
      • Vivian thanks him about it
        • makes him feel like the party is a family
        • like the one he had in the caravan
      • Reinhold mentions he still wants his apron
      • Vivian starts sketching it
      • Reinhold also shows the doll maker backpack to Vivian
        • Vivian looks excited about it
        • Reinhold mentions maybe he could do a doll for Sophia
    • Eidolon flips through his book
      • he swears
      • it is a dated book about the hellriders that swore the oath
      • he has been down here for like 139 years
    • Diana casts tiny hut
    • Vivian peruses the books for clues on artifacts
      • greatsword for the unknown fallen hero
      • hellrider who took up his sword in defense of Elthurel
      • held the line on the later named Torm's bridge
      • artist book
        • a paintbrush is dancing on the pages
        • Vivian grabs and pulls it out of the book (new shiny !)
        • more pages fill
    • Diana stares holes in Eidolon's skull
      • Eidolon is part of the forst ride in
      • Diana asks who he worships
      • technically Torm
      • Eidolon had to learn who to stick by down here to survive
      • Eidolon still swore an oath to the city
      • Eidolon is not under Zariel
      • Zariel broke her promise to Eidolon about not harming the city
        • the promise was made when she was the general
        • she is now the archduchess
        • maybe did not felt it held anymore
    • party takes a long rest