12.5.25

Ring is now named the disappearing ring DON’T LOSE IT (even if you wanted to name it).

Lux is slightly far sighted, looking great.

We go to the lanai, talk to the Jareeman.

We ask about Ashborn Cavalier (AC’s).

WhisperB notes of AC’s camped to the NE, near the front line, also sightings of them up to the west. We believe they are in different groups.

We believe the AC’s ride in pairs for security. So always at least two.

Kex asks what are they afraid of. I don’t know.

We ask for help and they’re like no.

Warn us of the ashborn. Basically like they’re not strong enough to give us troops.

Talk of AshBorn. And Jartha knowing heather academy. Jartha remembers that each one has a speciality.

We head NE. We see evidence of battles, see groups of friendly soldiers, get direction…about a day of travel. We sleep. Nice crisp morning, Kex feels a sense of foreboding. We see a war camp on the hill with a cowardly green flag of the cult of the absconcion.

Flag of the war camp looks like our latest cultist armbands. Kex/Lux/Cooks arm-band up.

We approach the cultist war camp. We see steps. Wooden walls. Archers on towers.

We make Jartha the leader because of his awesome badass cloak.

We go to the war camp! WAR CAMP TOM CARTOS! WAR CAMP TOM CARTOS!

We roll up, and Jartha says “I am the war cultist champion, bring out your, who’s in charge of this place

Identify yourself

Jartha: is like im the war cultist

Im the cultist archer Jennings

There’s a frog person

Kex: Hey do you not know who this is – we ham it up like how do you not know this guy. Scary cultist.

Jennings: I can get the boss, for you

Kex: you better, have you just been stationed here the whole time

Jennings: no I was up north, the temple.

So a war champion shows up and like hey.

Who are you, identify yourself. That robe.

Jartha: you know how I got this.

WarC: quite the ritual

Jartha: yeah I earned mine.

WarC: I don’t recognize you, tell me your story

Jartha: I’ll tell you all about it. (show’s his hilt).

WarC: I find your behavior hostile. Sheath your weapons, come with. I know an imposter when I see one. Men, arrest them.

Kex: where have you been stationed?

Lux:  if he’s ever been stationed

WarC: I tire of this

Kex: this guy has been a champion from the beginning

Lux: Day one

Kex: pulls out old school arm band. Mentions Vario and Cleo Pipe. Jartha starts smoking.

WarC: you have recovered Cleo’s Pipe!

We are welcomed around the fire. We are regarded with suspicion and awe.

War Champion is now named Ragamar Thesh. Same cloak.

Sidebar Jartha “never you mind” to kex.

Jartha praises the cloak, sorry about the death you’ve seen. You have seen so much death, then says im sorry and namaste. War Champion hugs him.

There’s talk of the handshake. Jartha hands him the powdered beer. He says, so the handshake is that from the western division? Perhaps your celebratory nature has gotten the best of you.

Jartha: ive been out in the wild.

Warmaster sizes us up.

Back and forth.

Lux metions the Four Leaf Clover of Triumph

Kex gets sassy like if you think we’re fake why let us inside.

Kex – you remember we’re here to speak to the ashborn cavalier.

Not seen a cavlier here in several weeks. I am the ranking cavalier. If it’s the cavaliers you are looking for, check Vario’s temple to the north.

Lux: we haven’t been there for several weeks.

WarMaster: I must erect my army where have you seen combat recently.

Jartha looks on the map but generally summarizes things

WarMaster: help yourself to the revelries. Strike party ready to go to the places you’ve indicated.

We decide to send a note, via Jaffrey figurine, to inform Jarree’s camp about the attack that the cultists planned based on Jartha’s instructions.

We leave – headed north. Raining like a mutha. We see hoofprints, larger than your average horse. Lead into clearing.

Jartha: big prints mean big riders

Lux checks out the hoofprints: figures out a horseshoe – sees the heather academy

We keep our distance from the cultists pursuing the target.

We make a little noise. We see a rainy clearing.

We advance. An AC slowly saunters out a huge fucking horse with a rider.

“Step on a twig did we?”

Jartha recognizes him as Professional Hightower. And then a second one saunters out the other side. Professor Hooks. HOOKS FOR HANDS. DON’T MOVE DIRTBAG.

Hightower was Jartha’s two-handed instructor, Hooks was hand to hand.

Jartha: hey, looks like the hand-to-hand is not doing one of you great.

Hooks: don’t you remember how I used to throw you around with these

Jartha: lets go

We fight

Hooks loses a hook. Just goes by Hook. Akin to Dustin Hoffman.

During fight, Serabia tells Kexyl – we need to talk later

We discuss Negative One as being a band name because Jartha is dead. Also reminder he was prone earlier.

Cooky simultaneously pulls out the frying pan and the cleaver and is now a two handed fighter. Hits with cleaver.

Jartha starts fake wrenching and lux is like MORE AUDIO

Lux severs 3 legs of the nightmare.

Also Lux roles a few 20s. So does cooks

We/Jartha kills Hightower

We kill them. Sweaterman got to taste a little pain

Heatherman Sweater

Jartha looks in their pockets. Finds high quality papyrus. Lux can tell that its fine Winchendon papyrus. There’s some fine lines of text and a drawering.

Text reads: Traitor Jartha no longer corruptible, no longer site. ALSO FOR THE NEW TEMPLE SEE HERE!

Maps don’t agree. One is on fine wax the other on recycled papyrus.

Hooks and Hightower seems aligned with warchampion.

Foolish jokes from us all being buzzed, but…huzzah!

We search the bodies. I update my tracker. Four of eight ashborn are deceased.

Jaffree – vision is clear. Was wearing a scarlet chevron.

We long rest

We wake up – serabia we really need to talk

Serabia – you spend a lot of time thinking about spells

It gets emo

You could cast a spell and I could think about

Kex tries other sword, other sword is non-responsive

Serabia says start with something easy

Kex talks to serabia, sorts some shit

Lux successfully examines two papyruses- jaree info out of date, the Hightower Papryus seems current.

Winchendon quill papyrus

Jartha stashes old plans in breastplane of dead foe

We follow the trusted map

We make it towards the temple, with a short rest,

We roll up upon a clearing to which there is a flame. Flame temple

Ken throws out another Ashborn: It’s me Mahoney

Then another one: it’s me, Vario!

Vario says: I didn’t see this a-coming!

Vario is like you will never be able to stop me

Kex: bye

Vario goes into a flame and randomly targets kex for three points of damage.

Jartha starts randomly talking

Mahoney left some hard drugs. Jartha is like don’t see with your own eyes.
Jartha finds some crystal, picks it up, doesn’t smoke it, but reluctant to pouch it due to sensitive nature.

It’s gonna break if I don’t smoke this – they all say that aka I need  a reason. Anyway jartha hits whatever crystal is in front of him.

Jartha gets a tron-like vision. It’s of Hightower, in the body of him, witnessing Vario, in a dark temple, Vario is watching through a crystal ball at lux, jartha, kex, and meeting with the king bullywog. Mentions slaughter and curse of chosen one. WE MUST FIND A WAY TO TURN JARTHA TO OUR SIDE.

Jartha says “wwwwaaaahhhhaaaaaaaahaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa”

We talk about spidertown eggs

Cooks cooks a backtack tackbag omelet.

Note: We talk jarred’s outfit.