#mtoh

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mtoh session summary

after the defeat of the Great Devourer, and being invited to work under the Lady, the Wanderers take a couple weeks to explore the city and get used to their surroundings. evelyn also found a scrap of blue fabric in the gut of the Great Devourer, but kept it to herself.

Snow and Wolfsbane spend some time together. Snow purchases a new axe, embued with fire magic, and Wolfsbane suggests that the group head north to check on her tribe. She is worried that the group wont be interested, but Snow assures her that they would love to go. Wolfsbane takes time to do some training and learn to be more perceptive when fighting and attack those who attack her friends.

Asenath takes Jakobi and Clink to Fantasy Chuck E. Cheese. Clink has a blast but Jakobi mostly sits listlessly. he secretly made a pact with a patron (taking a level in warlock) and has since looked more sickly and thin. Asenath is worried about him but when she questions him, Jakobi assures her he is fine and she takes him at his word. Clink buys lots of sticky hands with his tickets.

Evelyn takes some time to learn an instrument. She takes up the drum and seems to be a natural at it.

Asenath, Jakobi, and Evelyn all go looking for more information about the city and The Lady. Evelyn sneaks around the castle and learns about the Lady's daily routine, and also that the guards seem convinced that war between Faria and Belmonia is imminent.

Jakobi makes contact with a faction of his group in the underground, an unnamed young tiefling about his age. They are hesitant to talk to him but he coaxes a bit of information out of her, and she says she heard that Damaia had gone into hiding and that Amonon, the one who betrayed Jakobi and his mentor, was currently running the faction in Jakobi's home town of Castrine in the North. Jakobi presses them for more information but the tiefling is paranoid of getting in trouble and runs off before he can get anymore info. He asks around more generally for information on the Lady. He gets the gist that she is more of a figurehead than anything and that the city is actually run mostly by the head guards and the upper crust.

Asenath checks out multiple libraries for written history on the city, but she notices it's all very similar despite different books and authors and seems like a watered down version of history for children. So she goes looking for a sect of anarchists instead. She manages to find someone who goes by "Breyley", a wary half-orc who invites Asenath down to a small club-house of sorts. He at first interrogates her by pointing out how she lives in the centre ring of the city among the elite. Asenath talks him down and earns a sliver of his trust. He asks if Asenath is willing to get her hands dirty, and bloody. Asenath says she is, and he says he will contact her when he needs her. Asenath gives him the name Djoser.

Asenath, Evelyn and Jakobi meet up near the end of their 2 weeks and discuss the information they gathered. They invite Snow and Wolfsbane in on the discussion, and decide they should get out of the city. Wolfsbane seizes the opportunity and brings up heading north to meet her family. Everyone quickly agrees, Jakobi for his own personal reasons, and they formulate a plan to leave.

Evelyn and Asenath go to Ali's house, with Jakobi staying hidden near them. Ali is practicing archery, and they inform her that there has been a family emergency and they have to leave the city. Ali lightly presses them for info, but accepts their rebuffs and doesn't push any further, simply wishing them safe travels.

With that sorted, the Wanderers retrieve their boarded sand seals and head north out of the city, towards the country of Belmonia.

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[boyvidae]

mtoh summaryyyyy

The wanderers travel northward, away from Faria and through the border of Belmonia. They're given a little trouble at the border, but after a bit of convincing (plus the guard notices the two mountain tabaxi travelling with them) they are allowed through. They continue travelling, and evelyn tries out her new spell, Tiny Hut.

They eventually reach the northeast mountain range of Belmonia. Wolfsbane upsets a stone golem, who attacks, but is quickly calmed by Evelyn. However, a group of figures descend from the snowy hills and attack The Wanderers.

They fight for a bit, with Jakobi chasing one of them away and over the hills. Eventually Wolfsbane stops the fighting and explains that this is her family. Her father, Monkshood, welcomes them all and commends them for their fighting. He sends two of the tabaxi to go fetch Jakobi and the fleeing tabaxi. Jakobi attempts to slay the tabaxi, but only causes him to faint, though he thinks he did kill him.

the other tabaxi tell him not to worry and carry the 'slain' tabaxi, snowdrop, back to the group. they all head deeper into the mountains, while Wolfsbane regales her father with tales of their travels.

The Slush Foot clan, Wolfsbane home, hosts a hearty welcome back party for the Wanderers. they feed them and give them drinks. they're delighted to tease Wolfsbane, and treat Clink like a plaything. Wolfsbane's mother introduces herself as Nightshade. The healer, Hemlock, is a white tiger who takes Snowdrop into the back of the cave to heal him from his fainting.

Wolfsbane introduces her friends to her clan and ends up admitting that she brought her friends up so that she and Snow could be married. Which is news to everyone, including Snow. Nightshade chastizes Wolfsbane and tells her they will talk about it more in public. Nightshade later pulls Asenath aside and asks if Wolfsbane is being honest about their escapades, and that she thinks Asenath has the most level-head of the group.

Monkshood asks Jakobi how he was able to scare Snowdrop so badly, and Jakobi poorly lies. Monkshood's demeanour immediately shifts and he snaps that he wont allow a liar in his clan. Wolfsbane covers for Jakobi and explains it away, calling Jakobi weak in the process. Nightshade chastizes her again for it, and Monkshood mood shifts back to friendly after the explanation.

Most of the group gets drunk and the clan parties on into the night until eventually they all pass out. Snow sneaks out once Wolfsbane has fallen asleep and takes a moment to herself to think about what the hell goin on. Nightshade had been keeping an eye on her and followed her out to check on her. She sympathizes with Snow being not used to in such a big, boisterous family. Snow explains that it's not that she doesn't like Wolfsbane, she's just not sure about it all. Nightshade assures her and leaves her to her thoughts. Snow eventually returns and go to sleep.

Asenath and Jakobi, who remained mostly sober, stand just at the mouth of the cave. Jakobi admits to Asenath that he made a deal with an unkown entity that has given him powers but has taken some of his constitution. He explains that he just needs to take care of some business and then everything will be fine. Asenath asks for clarification on his age (16) and then attempts to comfort him, but is somewhat lost for words herself. They eventually go to bed.

[boyvidae]

last night the group bought some health potions

wolfsbane: why are you buying health potions when we have clink? he can heal us with magic.

evelyn: wait, clink is our healer?

me, crying: i KNOW we haven't been in a lot of fights but-

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mtoh summary

the wanderers set out in the morning after meeting with ali and retrieving a map from her. they set out on their journey, heading north to the Reunion Place where they can find the Gilded Lily.

their journey takes them past a suspicious lake that all of them are too wary to drink out of. they encounter a wagon full of lizardfolk selling their prickly pears and they purchase some of the wares. when they bed down for the night, they chat (and find out Clink's real age) until wolfsbane hears something in the distance.

they investigate and find a caravan of human traffickers. they dive in and slaughter the traders, with jakobi particularly savaging the leader. they free the potential slaves, and give them the gold jakobi scavenged off the slave traders.

they go back to their camp and rest before setting off in the morning. they reach the Reunion Place, a meadow oasis between the two rivers of Faria. they follow a path carved out of the flowers before reaching a small pond and finding the gilded lilies.

snow and jakobi look into the pond. snow briefly sees her grandmother behind her, and jakobi sees his missing mentor, Damaia. it confuses snow and disturbs jakobi. evelyn picks the lilies, and a large serpent emerges from the ground underneath her. it introduces itself as Thueban and asks why they took its flowers. the group explains it is for a sick child, and Thueban grants them permission to take them, but warns them to stay away from the lake.

naturally almost the entire group looks into the lake after Thueban returns to the earth. wolfsbane sees her parents, dead, but isnt too bothered by it. evelyn sees herself dressed in Lady's Guard garb, but then sees herself in a guillotine. jakobi sees damaia again, and watches her rots and turn to dust behind him. snow looks back in briefly and sees her grandmother again. clink also looks in, and is terrified by what he sees, but doesnt share it with anyone. asenath abstains.

they return to borum and bring ali the petals. she is ecstatic and quickly invites them in to cook the petals into a broth for her daughter. the group sees her daughter, who appears four or five, looks deathly ill and has barely enough strength to look at them. ali brings her the broth and helps her drink, and almost immediately she seems soothed by the petals.

ali gives the group 50 gold each, but most of them give her the gold back. she promises them she will get them in to see the Lady again and get them a favour, but she is preoccupied just watching her daughter peacefully sleep.

the group heads back to the inn where they all get a drink. jakobi asks snow what she saw, and wolfsbane and evelyn also share what they saw. jakobi looks at clink, but he refuses to say. they all go to bed, and everyone except asenath suffers from terrible nightmares they cant quite remember come morning.

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mtoh summary for most recent session!

waking up after their first night in atum, the group gathers in the lobby of the Drunk Cactus where they are greeted warmly by the owner mikhael. the inn is full of people who look like they have been dragged through hell and back, but despite the amount of people, the inn is completely silent.

after getting a map from mikhael the group splits up and heads out for some shopping. jakobi and snow visit an upper-class clothing store and are judged harshly. jakobi accidentally smacks the dragonborn owner in the face with the cloak he was considering purchasing, and the negotiations don't go well. jakobi eventually produces a valuable gem, just to flash it off, and walks out of the store without purchasing anything from the dragon just to piss them off. snow attempts to buy something after him, but the dragon is so furious they stare at snow until she leaves the store.

meanwhile, evelyn, wolfsbane and clink visit a magic shop owned by a human man with a rat companion. evelyn purchases an arcane scroll with "Mage Armour" with some help from clink's coin purse. the owner, Pahonsy, explains about the monster that attacked the town east of them, Lugripi, and how all the refugees have come here. evelyn tells him they are going to attempt to defeat the monster, and he wishes them good luck.

meanwhile meanwhile, asenath visits a pawn shop called The Honest Shop, where she finds herself unable to lie while inside. the owner, duncan, a gnome, is very warm and helps her find a particular dagger and tells her to visit the race track since she is new in town. jakobi eventually makes his way to the pawn shop as well, and spends a long time under the gnome's truth spell crying and spilling far too much information. duncan tells them about how atum used to be a town all about hard work but now new money are trying to buy up old buildings on valuable land and take it over. he seems very bitter.

snow split up from jakobi and heads to the centre of town, a square called the Rolling Heads. there are emergency tents set up there, filled with injured refugees. she sticks her head in one and gets the attention of a cleric of the platinum dragon named mika. the dwarf finishes with her patient and sits down to chat with snow. they discuss the destruction of the monster, and mika says that the hunters guild from lugripi was in town somewhere, though she wasn't sure, and thought they were at a tavern called "The Salted Rock"

eventually the group meets back up at the pawn shop, and snow tells them about how the lugripi hunter's guild is in town somewhere. the group realizes that it was lugripi that was destroyed, and wolfsbane is angry about not being able to collect their reward for their hunt. she wants to find the hunter's guild and see if they have any more work for them. asenath wants to inspect the race track instead, and wolfsbane grudgingly agrees after learning what a race track is.

at the race track, they make bets on different horses. evelyn and asenath win big by betting on the sure loser. jakobi gets caught eavesdropping, but nothing seems to come of it. he also pick-pockets off much of the crowd. wolfsbane asks snow to help convince the group to look for the hunter's guild, since she doesn't think they like her very much. snow assures her and asks the group to find the hunter's guild now, and they all agree. before the leave, clink steals a small pouch off of someone in the crowd, and jakobi gives him an approving thumbs up.

they head back to the Drunk Cactus and ask Mikhael if he knows of the Salted Rock, and he believes they're talking about the Salted Dune and points it out on their map. they find it without too much trouble, and find Anna, the leader of the lugripi hunter's guild. she's shocked to see them alive, and deeply saddened by the loss of donnybrook. she's petrified by the monster attack, despite her great experience. she doesnt have much to offer the group but suggests they could try to beat the monster to the capital city borhum, if that was where it was headed, and warn their Lady before the attack. she says their Lady could offer them a favour.

some of the group doesnt really know anything about the Lady, so the others who do explain. Lady Fascile, Blessed Be Her Name, is the queen of Faria. she is an elf and very, very old. anyone who is alive now, was born under her rule, and as a result she has gathered a sort of god-like reputation. her countrymen are very dedicated to her. she has far-reaching influence and great magical power, and as a result can grant almost any favour asked, depending on how worthy one is. the group decides it's in their best interest to try to get a favour out of the old lady, and agree to head out to borhum in the morning.

[boyvidae]

mtoh summary of most recent session

MToH travelled to the capital city of Borum. They toured the expansive city, split into tiers, until they reached the Lady Fascile's tier. They were stopped by a head guard named Alikahn Shipsail, a half-orc woman. After hearing that the group had faced off against the beast, she brings them into the palace to have an audience with the Lady.

they see Lady Fascile for the first time. she is a very tall, almost alien looking woman, who speaks and moves very slowly and methodically. she is having an audience with a farmer when they are interrupted, but quickly finishes that meeting and brings in the group.

Ali informs the lady of their information, and the group tells her the little info they know. the Lady asks them what the name of their group is, and the group calls themselves "The Wanderers". the lady doesnt seem concerned about the monster, but welcomes the group to try to hunt it down. snow asked for supplies and help, and the lady explains that they must do something in order to earn a favour. she orderd Ali to accompany the group around the city.

ali seems mortified but begins to guide the group out. jakobi struggles to get back and asks the queen what kind of favour she can give, and if she can help find someone, and if she can kill someone. The Lady says she cannot kill but she can help find someone. Ali drags jakobi out along with the rest of the group, directly out of the palace.

she asks the group for their name and thinks of something for them to do. she tasks them with chasing off a small circus troupe that keeps setting  up in the city. the group agrees and ruthless chases them off. wolfsbane is stopped from harming the ring leader any more by snow, which annoys wolfsbane greatly.

Ali is impressed by the group and takes them to her home, asking them to go on a journey to bring back petals from the Gilded Lily, a plant that grows north of the city between the two rivers of Faria. It is supposed to cure sickness, and the group picks up on the fact that Ali's daughter is sick. they all readily agree to the task, and promise to set off in the morning.

they head out to do some shopping before bedding down. jakobi talks to wolfsbane about her spat with snow, and also makes up with her for their past arguments. wolfsbane expresses that she likes being in the group and that everyone contributes something important. wolfsbane asks if everyone thinks the lady will give them one favour each, or a favour for the whole group. no one is really sure, and wolfsbane explains that she needs the favour if there's only one, and that she actually needs it for clink. clink attempts to explain using short, saved phrases and trying to put a sentence together. jakobi gets the jist of what he is saying and realizes that jakobi is from Belmonia, like him. this excites clink and he begins to write out what he needs to say.

meanwhile, snow buys two matching bracelets for herself and wolfsbane in order to make up for stopping her bloodshed. evelyn also buys friendship bracelets for the entire group. when snow shares the bracelets with wolfsbane, the tiger is overwhelmed and gives her a big hug, excitedly explaining that her tribe back home wore matching bands around their tail to distinguish themselves from the other wandering tribes. she says that snow makes her feel like she is back home.

while the two mountain cats purr, clink gets down off of wolfsbane's shoulders and gives jakobi his note, which explained that he was from a town outside belmonia and was adopted by a man named atticus. atticus revolted against the king and was taken away. clink is travelling to get him to rescue him. jakobi tells him about his own backstory, about his mentor Damaia and the traitor Amonon who turned on them and took Jakobi's eye and caused Damaia to go missing. they promise to help each other, and jakobi gives clink the large agate.

the group makes a few more purchases, with jakobi purchasing some specialty arrows and asenath purchasing some poisons. they bed down at the nearby in suggested by Ali, and Evelyn, Jakobi, and Clink get drunk at the bar together.

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MToH summary of the latest (two) session(s)

the group wakes up the next morning and head downstairs for breakfast. everyone except jakobi, who is nowhere to be found. upon looking in his room, it appeared that his room was empty and his bed was in dissaray, and window left open.

when investigating outside, the group finds signs of a struggle under the window and footprints leading away. they follow the footprints to an underground water system. they begin to traverse the maze-like corridors.

they are attacked by a medusa, who petrifies clink, but is scared away back into the water by the rest of the group. wolfsbane straps clink to her back and they continue onward.

meanwhile, jakobi awakes in a dark room, tied to the floor, without any of his posessions but his sword. he is able to untie himself and look into the couple of crates in the room, finding a giant golden egg, before pretending to still be tied up.

the rest of the group stumble into a large, cavernous room filled with a constant thunderous noise. they are attacked by half a dozen humanoids dressed in dark clothings. they are pretty easily fended off, and a few of them cut in half. jakobi comes out and helps the attack, and keeps one alive in order to get his stolen things back. the man gives jakobi his things back, also revealing a hidden room filled with presumably stolen goods. he warns them not to take any of the goods, because his higher-ups will track them down. wolfsbane slaughters him a moment later, and jakobi proceeds to break into a crate.

he narrowly dodges a trap spell, and gets evelyn to double check the box to make sure the spell is spent. the group makes away with roughly 1500 gold worth of gems, jewellery and loose gold. they escape the water system easily enough, and wash up at the Drunk Cactus. they find the Platinum Dragon cleric Mika, who heals clink of his ailment, and she gives Snow a small talisman of Bahamut for protection.

the group rents a small herd of Sand Seals in order to cross the desert and reach Borum, the capital city of Faria.