I once again touch the words of creation.
Perspectives changing
Thoughts raging,
Minds rearranging
No option to start disengaging.
What are these lies that I am chasing
Good, bad
Thoughts being enforced just like that
Nothing left to pick at
I feel like I am turning mad
Chaos or law
Holding to the last straw
Nowhere left to withdraw
Fitting like a badly made jigsaw
It all feels like a seesaw
Going up and down
It is a countdown
Can I stick around before I breakdown
meltdown
The things that I won’t allow
The sins that I disavow,
Is this who I am now,
Are these the things that I always wanted somehow
As I turn inside out
Before I blackout
The last thing I think about
How could I ever go without
As I woke up I remember little of my experience, but I feel driven, filled with purpose, my path out before me, finally clear.
As we head for Soro, Ricardo tells us about what he has done, the crime he has committed. Something that can’t really be made right. He is trying though. He tries hard. The alternatives are only worse, being locked away won’t make him make up for what he has done.
For now, I will drop it.
As quickly as our camp heated up with discussion, as quickly did it degrade to inane laughter, I think somebody must have dropped something in the tea. I remember little, but a tail around my waste and a horse neighing for attention.
In soro we interrupt the trial that is underway, concerning the murder of Egbert, with Jolie as prime subject. We are able to convince the judge, fransois to postpone the trial till the next day so people their testimonies can be verified within zone of truths.
We meet up with Romero and Ka’Tau. The hammers I know least well. Their colors, they are.. different from what I had heard. I will have to adjust the stories told at the inn, or the simple folk of Soro will start thinking there are even more dragonborn walking around here.
Ka’tau tells us that he has postponed his conflict with the HaugBui for now. Apparently somebody else has been fucking with them both, a someone who will be in big trouble when Ka’Tau tracks them down. Furthermore Ka’tau tells us that the continent of Dummasia is been seperated from Athor, by a big barrier, laid down by our forebearers and gods. Making any teleportation very hard if not downright impossible.
We head to Soro’s council and update them on the various things that have been going on. Afterwards we are invited by fransois to have breakfast at his place the next morning. As the hammers retreat for the evening I take the opportunity to speak to the council alone.
I have more wealth in my hands than I know what to do with, while so many in Soro have far to little. So I donate 250gp to Soro, for an orphanage, for all the kids who have lost their guardians when the undead attacked.
In the morning we head over to fransois, he is clearly a great fan of the hammers. During the lunch he brings up the idea to separate the hammers from the adventure guild. The guild now suffers in image whenever the hammers get blamed for something. By separating the two more stability might be generated. In the end we decide to have the founders of the guild, guide the guild in the right direction but leaving the day to day organization to someone else. On the other hand a seat on Soro’s council might be available for the hammers if we want to make work of it.
When the trial commences once again and the zones of truth are put up we learn some disturbing things.
Jolie claims innocence, but says that she has been bought by Davons to add something to Egbert his drink.
When Davons is called to the stand he admits it! He admits to killing Egbert. He calls him a blight on the town. He yells out that Soro is still in a state of war with its surroundings, that he is the only one really saving Soro. His choice of weapon was a dagger that sucks out the soul of its victim, stopping the possibility of any resurrection.
However Davons his tone changes when we cast protection from evil on him. He suddenly is able to say that he did not kill Egebert, while still under the zone of truth. Furthermore when we ask him where he was at the time when jolie received her orders, his mind is blank.
When we go look for the weapon we find it in Dummas his chambers. As a precaution both of the men are locked away for the night, untill we can figure out exactly what has been going on here.