Legends of Sha'oghal S1E7 Roads United

The group, now united by a quest head out east to start finding Elemental Runic Rocks for Professor McRath.

Player Characters Present
Mata, Daffodil, Jynx, Friz, Rex

Synopsis
The group now out on their first quest have been travelling east ward for about two days before they noticed a road block up ahead. Almost everyone scattered to either side into the tree or for Rex, onto a rock to get a better look at the roadblock and see who was nearby. Friz stayed behind with the horse who he named Toby. O.S.C.A.R., failing to notice Rex sneak away, moved towards the roadblock to scan the area and try to find Rex and the others. The Orcs who were waiting by the roadblock yelled out in an unknown language. Concerned with the automaton coming towards them. Rex took this time to cast Comprehend Languages to understand them. Mata snuck closer to the roadblock to potentially have an advantage on an attack if it came to that. As O.S.C.A.R. eventually gave away that there were others he was looking for and a Gnome further back the Orcs became alert and one of them spotted Mata.

At this time combat started. The Orc chief, having been in conversation with Jynx about some herbs and the cost to get through the roadblock crushed the vials and took the first swing at Jynx. During combat Rex decided to carve into a rock and make it look like an ancient X’alach Dynasty artifact of the Raven Queen. Using some light magic and a commanding performance he managed to convince the Orcs this was a real Raven Queen artifact and halted their attacks for a number of rounds. Eventually Friz came into the frey and blasted one of the orcs with one of his inventions and with the help of Mata brought one of the Orcs down. This however got the attention of the others and combat picked back up, kinda. Daffodil showed off some new spooky attacks during this time, unsure how she got them but thankful for the new power.

Eventually all but two orcs went down and the other two were bonked to unconsciousness. Tying them up and looting the rest Rex eventually woke them up. With becoming a deity in mind he gave them a small speech demanding they leave to go back and stop exploiting and hurting people. They agreed, seemed to be truthful and quickly gathered their things and left. Jorgen and Vibjorn began their long journey back to the Dynasty as the group passed them on their cart.

Eventually needing to find a good spot to camp they pulled off the road and nestled themselves into the woods. Jynx and Rex heading off to find herbs had a nice talk and took the chance to connect a bit more. The two Gnomes, Friz and Mata, connect over an old gnomish recipe while Mata reveals more about who she really is, telling Friz her name is actually Lozen and she is working for the Logantach Resistance. Friz agreed to keep her secret and it turns out their wants for the future align more than they thought. Daffodil scampered away to find a hole in a tree to contemplate the dreams she has been having the past few nights and the new powers she showed off earlier in the day. Dreams of hellish landscapes, souls benign devoured, flames, and rivers of blood. Terrible things that any person or possum would be scared of. However, in Daffodil's dreams, amongst the terror she always heard a very beautiful and captivating banjo tune.

While her thoughts wandered towards this tune she started to hear it… outside the tree.. In the forest! Standing outside the tree was a devilishly handsome tiefling like man, dark red skin, swept back black hair, horns curving back. He was plucking on a banjo and upon seeing Daffodil climbing out of the tree greeted her like an old friend. Daffodil learned that Drallmar has been watching her, and has been giving her a few gifts. Mentioned that she will one day be the most well known bard in the kingdom. He only asks that she use her new gifts to captivate her audience, and help guide them his way. Daffodil happily signs and eventually heads back to her friends with a brand new bango.

With everyone back together enjoying some food by the fire and deciding to ignore Daffodil and her new instrument for now. Friz rallies the group with a  speech about being a group and starts to discuss a name. Immediately dismissing any names involving fun holes they eventually land on something simple, Legends.