We’re at Jaree’s camp. Jaree is off scouting. We head to Nethercyclone. Duane Allman is playing. Merka chugs a beer and gets one for Bug. We go talk to Gladius. Thanks for keeping me in the loop re: warehouse district. Talks about new crew in the chancaury gazebo. We talked about running into Tate. Tell the story. We talk about the need for a potential army. For starters he offers up Griz – Gladius’s wereboar. They’re stalwart. Merka stumbles into the backroom, drunk. Kex takes him outside. Merka asks for another beer – Kex gets him a sweet tea. This tastes weird but it’s good.

We bring up the Prelate – if we go the Gyles Church on Wine Blvd – the priestess of the jade covenant can help us communicate. We make our way to the Jade Covenant. We’re greeted. Priestess says I am Father Thorpe – how may I assist you. Kex talks about need to send message to Prelate Sagmore. Father Thorpe is super well dressed – reminds us of Morris and Oglesby. Talks about a small fee. Kex asks who do you work for? I work for Lord Jellis – circle of the Jade people. Lux talks about the fade. Father Thorpe talks about losing an “Alcolyte”. Agrees to summon the Prelate – shimmering blue glow appears in the antechamber.

Prelate says he’s heard things have not gone as planned. Kex tells Prelate what we learned (Cleo Pipe working w/ Obsconsion, and also working with Hawkwind/Solastra and siblings. Archpoint). We tell him about Jaree and Gladius etc. Prelate left with the Army during the fading – could persuade generals if needed. He is in Rutherford. We ask how to communicate. Prelate asks about the ring that he gave Kex. Prelate blesses it or something and Kex can now use the ring to communicate every few days. Replaces (prince-led) tracking power that Kex didn’t know about. “I hereby dub your group ‘The Emissaries of Fellen’” – if you go to other dimension know that you represent Fellen in all matters in the absence of King and Prince. Athenesh (the good dragon) is fighting with Lord Shaw.

We are the only group that has succeeded in the mission (shaw went to martial war, solastra is a traitor).

We leave “Just call me Papa T”. We notice he has a pocketwatch that he’s swinging. We name drop Morris Day and Oglesby Kincaid. “Last I heard ogelsby was frequenting the bathhouses. Please send him this way – he has a stain-removing powder”. Kex asks “what do time wizards do”. Thorpe clicks his watch and is then behind him. Talks about stopping time when he wishes. Within the general area. Kex asks about getting a watch – Father Thorpe says you can speak with my master – Colonel Arthur Crookenden (ret., of the Cheshire Regiment). Last heard he was in Winchendon.

We see if Thorpe wants to join us. Start talking more about Ogelsby. We talk about the vampires with reverse hands – Rockshakas. Recommends we try to get him off the boat. We tell him about Morris and the Time Inn. He’s interested in joining.

We roll with Father Thorpe to Jaree’s camp; we get Merka on the way. Fairsly’s place has grown, Gibbons store has shrunk. We introduce Thorpe to Morris. They hit it off. Lots of watch talk. Strange they didn’t detect each other’s presence. “Pretty benign for talk between two wizards”

Lux goes to confront Fairsly. He asks us to leave. Lux and Fairsly get into it. Lux slices some bread. Fairsly challenges Lux to a duel via a GLOVE SLAP. To meet in the next hour – center of the encampment. Lux asks Jartha to fight on his behalf. Fairsly put off.

“En guarde!”

They start dueling – go back and forth. Two stalwart warriors. There’s also a ruckus from south of the camp.

At the entrance of the camp – we see Rel and a wounded farmer. It’s Holt Hennessy – he’s really hurt. Talks of an imp that hurt him. Green arm bands – one in a fine green and tan suit with a staff and globe – and he faded. Fairsly sent cultist. Kex cures him. Lux tells Rel about the Fairsly shit. Kex chops up Fairsly shop a bit.

“I was a knight before you were born, Bone Warrior!” says Fairsly after a big hit.

Lux talks to Rel – some sort of Captain, or a major. Holt played dead – they stole business papers and left, tape of credence. Holt/Rel able to stop the farm from being set on fire. Overheard talk of a black rider.

Rel goes in to stop the fight. Cease the hostilities or I will become involved. Fairsly gives up. Jartha stands down. Fairsly goes back to his tent – Kex chopping shit up. Fairsly starts closing up shop.

Lyric heals up Jartha.

Kex is like Rel lets kick this guy out, Killius is like yeah he’s now sketchy. Holt tells the whole group the story with the cultists and the imp. Lux tells the crew about Vario and the double secret probation.

Jartha goes to question Sir Fairsly. Asks about Hennessy Bros farm. “I told them I didn’t want anything to happen to the farm, the obsconsion – they’re my biggest customer. I told them not to go up there with the troops.” Jartha says there’s been talk of you leaving. Asks about where he meets up with the obsconsion. Talks about multiple stores/all major cities.  Talks about the cult wanting the farm location more than he wanted the apple butter contract.

Jartha tells us about the convo. We ask Hennessy why the farm.  Previously land was undeveloped. Lux asks about weirdness. Says at first few years, ghosts were seen. Misty. Lux asks “hey everybody, who wants to check old hennessy’s applebutter farm”. We head out with Merka. Jartha tells Killius to keep an eye on Fairsly. Says he won’t throw him out but won’t stop him if he wants to leave.

We ride through the night to Hennessy Farm. We start checking out the area. We find some runes. Merka determines the word levitate and the other one means this rock. Lux takes an etching using Winchendon Papyrus.

Kex jumps on the boulder and sees a distortion in the trees. “I think a ghost is coming, sounds like horsey – doesn’t look like it’s a ghost”.

Weapons drawn. Large black horse with a black horn coming out of its forehead and upon sis a black rider. It saunters in. “Carcesius, I haven’t forgotten you”

“The imp is not here, but I knew you would come for the imp. I’ve followed you from Winchendon. It is I, Slick Nique. I swore your death”.

There’s a fight. Nique casts a spell. Our minds all start fighting each other. Unicorn engages, we all fight. Kex changes the unicorn into a boar. Yells “don’t kill it”. Nique falls on the pig. Lots of spells etc. Fighting. Boulder explodes into pieces but Kex lands ok. Some sort of trap door under the rubble. We kill Nique. Lux traps the pig wraps him up. Kex befriends the pig! We throw the pig down the well. It is debated that this is one of the crueler things we have done.

We got through the trap door that was beneath the boulder that exploded.  It’s a crypt. To our left we hear moaning and clicking, to our right we hear a large creature. We go to the left. Bunch of debris, a chest, a large painting, some chairs, a table. Painting is a scene of a young girl picking apples. Kex checks it out but it’s not a painting – something different. Kex touches it with one finger. It comes alive. Jartha thought this would happen with the chest. Kex is grappled. It’s a creature and there’s fighting and Jartha thinks he’s doing all the work but we all kill it. There are some words between the party. Jartha opens the chest and it’s empty.

We take a full rest.

We move down the hallway – we hear a large creature. It’s so big it cant get out. We go to the cell. It’s a wyvern. Spits on us trying to use acid on the door. Spits a few times. We take off – go upstairs back to the surface.

We hear wailing from the well. We suffer because of hearing the black unicorn starve to death.

Merka checks out the applebutter prototype box.  Multiple jars. Merka takes a box. Merka has four jars of applebutter.

We go back to Jaree’s camp. Talk to Holt Hennessy. He says yeah they stashed his mothers painting. Chester the Wyvern was kept down there. There was a recipe in the chest – an experimental applebutter that is corrosive. “What kind of benevolence comes through poison” Holt says in regards to McCartney.

They haven’t seen or heard from Jaree. Clearly the mission is thorough.

Lux tests the applebutter prototype on the edge of the inn – magic sparkles. Morris says retain these vials – they may prove useful at the fate realm.

We talk with Holt about why the prototype. Supposed to be high potency feed for livestock – but the acid began to create a potent solvent.  It was all my brother Gale. They faded him, and fuck them.

The ghost would be in the field. Not on a rider. Humanoid.

Jartha and Holt talk applebutter, Gibbons. We talk history.

A LARGE GIANT OWL APPROACHES. Jaree lands, with great fanfare. He says “I have discovered much, and I have found the archpoint between two mountains. A few days travel, I feel you need all your strength to achieve your goal.”

We are now 8 level so we have two points into ability scores.