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
- vrocs flying overhead
- 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
- only 30 people are in here