after leaving shalako, slept once before going on bridge ?
thales direct us into alcove, pass through dark tunnel illusion into something more cozy that opens up as we enter, walls show eons of wear, massive cavern filled with books and tchotchkes, artfully decorated hoarder’s lair, stone table with inlaid runes, comfy furniture, 30-50′ long snake, crawls onto “favorite chair” makiwara board
talk about what we know, why we’re here
can bring artifacts to thales for protection, though he can’t guarantee safety
Highgate Crown: crafted by Moradin himself, gift to worthy king to be a benevolent ruler, can tap into moradin for guidance in difficult decisions, psionic abilities for inspiration and creativity, could be driving the kraken out of its lair
thales and vara butt heads over whether they are out to do good or are just working for our own will.
lamp: malaki very powerful, so arrogent that he was tricked by an efreeti in divulging the location of his lamp, in exchange for his freedom, malaki imbued his wish-granting powers into the lamp and gave it to the efreeti who took is to his home and lords it over this peers; malaki denies all this.
ruined: corellon took grumsh’s eye in battle and gave to lolth before she went bad, eye became corrupted, appeared in material realm, said that maybe lolth put it there to keep orcs from invading her domain, can be used to summon “quarry(?)” of eyes of energy
elixir: born of selflessness, torm selected the lady, elixir created to tap her selflessness to help others, can be used to resurrect 4d12 hours dead corpse (or longer with taking damage), can be used to sacrifice self and elixir permanently to bring someone back from the dead, planeshift ability that destroys it
lute: legend says priest could subvert natural flow of time, made river that flows items placed in it back in time, lute arrived from the future this way.
luferin the obscure: cabal of wizards wanted to overthrow raven queen and take full control of the life and death of every mortal, raven queen won and turned luferin into spirit that subverted her intention by possessing forms like the boneclaw.
urna was another wizard in luferin’s cabal
thales pulls out egg-shaped globe with lights tracking locations of
– lute at Syrinx
– crown moving from kraken to dwarf lands, now in forest SE of us
– lamp SW of us (possibly shambhalah)
– ruined eye on Whig
– elixir not visible, must be on another plane
vara asks about her sword, the process of torm turning it to his will may take a long time
word of recall back to shalako, luke and esmerelda naked and asleep, sneak out but aengus gets tangled up in urs being carried, vara annoyed at aengus, sends brunhilda to his room in overalls, aengus protests and falls asleep
LONG REST, LEVEL UP