89a: Beautiful and Deadly

Raleth 29th
crossing into Annwn

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Experience: 1200 each (66,330 total)
Sweeping 'cross the Plain skill challenge, 4800
Narra's Song, 600
Treating with the Little Lord, 600
RP Bonus, 1200

Loot: pink diamond (5000gp, Narra)

New PCs
Kiri-Auro
Kiri-Raina
Rogar

New NPCs
Lord Stinpolk Figgius: A lesser elemental noble of the Court of Autumn, invisible and comprised of cold winds. He rules from the chin of King's Mountain to the western walls of Eglantine. 23rd cousin to the Queen of Fallen Leaves, he fears her greatly. He answered a few questions for Rogar and Arinew before being set free, for good or ill remains to be seen...

Queen of Fallen Leaves (mentioned): Fey matriarch of the Court of Autumn, a feared sidhe whose outlawed song and holds the blade Solstice in her possession. Those who besmirch her suffer swift visitation by the Honor Guard.

Autumnal Honor Guard: Those who insult or challenge the Queen of Fallen Leaves within her domain are descended upon by her Honor Guard, fey knights who make quick work of those with rebellion on their tongue and insurrection in their hearts. They come on with tremendous speed, uninhibited by tree or mountain. While the party never saw them, they are distinct riders, not centaurs, more magically imbued and very likely more powerful.

New Hooks
Birthright (Arinew): Make contact with the last of the Summer Court in Eglantine, prove your lineage, reclaim the sword of your father: Solstice, and rally the scattered fey forces in opposition to the dominion of the Autumn Court and The Green God.

The Last Archdruid (Tyvis): Heed Yggdrassil's warnings and make an enemy of those loyal to The Green God. The time approaches when you must act as champion of the Primal Spirits against the four-fold might of their fallen son.

Bonds of Blood (Rogar): The Wild War has raged for most of your life, and now, finally, it is drawing to a close. Find your surviving brothers and sisters, save them from the lies and the tyranny of both your father and The Green God- or punish them for the errors of their ways.

Origin (Narra): Huron's orb tracks the approach of the Anubian ship, what Tyvis calls the Imperial Gulag, what you recognize as Facility Beta. There men and women are brainwashed and reprogrammed, maybe even distilled, by advanced technology operated by the leading Nors scientist-torturers and hypnotists, hellborn surgeons and devious red dragons. Its vast logs and memory banks are certain to contain record of your birth and the location of whatever other facilities may be out there, perhaps the identity of your true parents- if you have parents, or the grim confirmation you are simply a free-thinking puppet, designed and grown from a dish.

Next Session
90a: The unlikely party continues on their way to Eglantine, last bastion of the Summer Court, poised to rescue Rogar's brother from Chernobog's newest shrine along the way.