Into the Dark (Blighted City 20)

Into the Dark (Blighted City 20)
Date	6/12/24
Storyteller	Dag
Tier	Master
Player Characters	Siltmean the Craftrat, Pomba Bright-Eyed, Victoria Honeystride, Clam, Sheeri of the Frozen Wastes, Miles Ender
Rewards	300 xp, 3000 gp, Flaying Knife, Nexian Sealing Blade (Greater), Shadow Signet, Shadow Essence, Shadow Ash Formula, Shadow Ash, Thousand-Pains Fulu (Stone), Thousand-Pains Fulu (Blade), Thousand-Pains Fulu (Needle)
Result	Successful (so far)
Author	Siltmean
Downtime	7

Log

The Palace Infiltration

• Head into the palace over the walls
• Gave Gecko Gloves to Victoria and Sheeri
• Armor to Miles
• Traverse the darkness with Sheeri's light spells
• Shadowy orb-like creature named "Beto-Beto" approaches us
• Offers to escort us through palace
• Decline via Sheeri scaring it off with a light spell
• Note: Beto-Beto's presence is unsettling
• As of time of writing creature is still alive, sticking to darkness
• Keep moving
• Boat? On swampy water
• Sheeri, Victoria and Pomba head in
• I watch the door
• Clam and Miles check surrounding area, keep Beto-Beto at bay
• Sheeri, Victoria, Pomba encounter new creature inside
• Tiny, one-eyed creature made of muscle and metal blades, ball-shaped
• Upon approach, it rushes forward to cut them with its body
• Team kills it quickly
• Sheeri identifies creature as an "Augur", type of Velstrac fiend
• Name comes from minor visionary powers?
• Everyone heads further in

An Unhealthy Obsession With Pain

• Move past ransacked room
• Hear language I recognize, can't hear words properly
• I sneak up using camouflage, Clam and Miles explore other rooms
• Rest head up to door, meet blue people with chains and piercing all about
• Based on appearances and dark area, surmised language was Sakvroth, language of those who dwell in the Darklands
• Victoria recognizes symbols in room as symbols of Zon-Kuthon
• The men seem obsessed with pain in general
• Hear them speak in Sakvroth of a "Boss" and choosing not to tell them about us yet
• Victoria seemingly befriends them
• Goes to talk about pain
• Clam and Miles join group
• One asks Sheeri to turn off lights, makes them uncomfortable
• Denied for obvious reasons
• Men identified as "Evangelists", another type of Velstrac fiend
• Want to lead us to their "benefactors"
• Group heads to meet them
• I stay hidden and follow behind
• One tries to convince Victoria to stay behind
• For their own safety
• Victoria denies
• We go to deeper room
• Large audience area in open light
• No outright weakness to light from looks of it
• Just natural displeasure?
• As we enter Evangelist tells giant spike-adorned man we're intruders in Sakvroth
• Fight breaks out
• Massive fiend casts a couple of spells and leaves further into the building
• Face several Evangelists and pierced creatures
• Both seem to heal if not struck by silver, based on keen blows of our monks
• Pierced creatures can impose a confusing darkness
• Chaotic battle
• Struggle but come out the victors
• Take some equipment from area, including large sword that seems to scream at presence of undead
• Not particularly of use in Lancaster
• Silvered blade may be of much bigger use, however
• Nobody here particularly inclined toward the weapon
• Looks like it's my responsibility to put it to use
• Just until we finish this job