Session 27: The Rulers

NPC's
Amalesca, Red

Location
Unnamed village, unnamed hill, Lighthouse 6

Summary
Cryllos dodges as the golden person takes off their hat, revealing a hot lady. She summons a sword and introduces herself as the warrior princess Amalesca, heir to the golden throne. Her mission is to kill the vessel for “the faceless one.” Alastor and Anora get into her face, making her doubt her views. The others join in by roasting her for doing her job, and she flees in embarrassment.

The party returns to the Silver Man’s temporary home, which has expanded since. He has made tea and muffins, and they hand him the jewel. He tells them about the life stone. By Cryllos’s request, He also describes his views on the Court of Amber: stiff and behind on the times.

They fulfilled their part of the bargain and thus are granted their powers. They must next fetch the artifact of creation from an unallied Vani of Lighthouse 6 by bribing her with a bag of four winds. He makes it very obvious that he only trusts Cryllos. He describes Lighthouse 6 as populated with powerful Vani, colleges, and art, or at least when he last visited.

The party treks for a few days to find a greek style city in ruins. It is quiet, has many old libraries and colleges, and has a statue of a woman in a cloak holding a book with all text rubbed out. Also, they see remains of an old campfire, with empty plates, forks, etc., and conclude that it’s been out of use for at least a couple hours, after being used by at least three people. Suddenly, they hear a voice command, “get them,” before two young men charge at Oliver. They seem to be around 20 and are wearing old, tight clothes. They take hold of the piano, and another command, “now,” causes some red rope to wrap around it. It floats up, as Cryllos notices the third figure, as Oliver climbs onto the piano in an attempt to grab it. Cryllos shoots them, but they easily pull it out without any blood on the arrow. She introduces herself as Red, the strongest elemental in the world. She wants the piano very much, and they fight. While fighting, she reveals that the Vani was killed thousands of years ago by the Shadow and that she wants to trade the piano for her family heirloom it took captive. They make a truce, and she reveals that she is the queen, but she or others can’t leave. She previously tried to fight it and failed. She inquires Annora about something in her suitcase, which gives off a red, magical aura. She shows a sword, to which Cryllos exclaims that it was Aster’s. Cryllos catches her up about the previous owner. The party accepts to help red fight the Shadow, and she leads them to her secret stash.