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====== Campaign IX, Chapter 11, Episode 23 ======

===== A Nation for a Necklace =====

**Location:**  In the forests south-southeast of [[gaeleth:places:Mount Lavanor]]

**Date:** Summer, 1333 Avard

**Characters:**  [[gaeleth:people:Este]], [[gaeleth:people:Halite]], [[gaeleth:people:Nalani]], [[gaeleth:people:Isaac]], [[gaeleth:people:Xydeco]], [[gaeleth:people:Izabella]]

Este's brother was paralyzed, though Isaac and Nalani helped drag him up.  He insisted that the team put him somewhere safe and then rush in against the 'queen' of the chuul and find an amulet they took from him -- an amulet that could destroy Rakore in the wrong hands.  When pressed, Este's twin would only say that civil war could result if they did not do as he bid.  His haughty attitude and lack of forthcoming answers dissuaded the rest of the team from interest.  As a storm rolled in, moving to the roof and away from more carrion crawlers seemed out of the question.  Halite found the cellar entrance, and with Xydeco's help, led the team down into the depths.  The underside of the barn was full of old and molded supplies -- and some supplies still in good order.  They found wax-wrapped bars of pemmican, jerked meat by the tens of pounds, wax-wrapped cheeses, heavy ales and tuns of water.  And then one of the chuul beat through the floor of the barn above Nalani, grasped her in its claws, and left as two more carrion crawlers entered the barn cellar.  Halite grabbed onto the paralyzed Nalani and held on, drug onwards as a holy axe of [[gaeleth:divinities:Galgiran]] chopped at the chuul and blasts of light from Galgiran's wrath flew upwards from the earth into the creature.

====== Behind the Scenes ======

**Date:**  WED13SEP2017

**DM's Notes:**  After a brief hiatus thanks to Hurricane Harvey, among other reasons, we were able to play again.  Unfortunately, we lost Saige's sheet for Izabella somewhere in the intervening two months.  We paused the game in mid combat to put littles to bed on a school night.

**Reference:** [[gaeleth:campaigns:campaign IX:Campaign IX]]\\
**Previous:** [[IX-11-22]]\\

==== Sommer (Halite) ====

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==== Heather (Nalani) ====

Halite, Xydeco & Izabella take charge with questioning the elf, who is revealed to be Este's brother. Nalani, Issac and Este are dealing with the trapped mosse. The free it, but it is paralyzed by crawler venom. We leave it and join the others in listening to the elf. 

(*conflict here; in previous session, we freed the elk that was trapped; in this session, it's a moose and it is still trapped/paralyzed*)

The elf is talking about a rose yellow and white gold enchanted amulet. His name is Relth, and he recognizes Issac. He says the amulet has the potential to plunge the country into civil war. We decide that the roof might be the safer place to be, considering the potential for other beasties, and make to go up there. Halite tosses Relth up to the roof. He senses that there is more space under the building. He and Xydeco clear the floor and find a doorway with a bolted hatch. It's rusted closed and Halite uses his hammer to bust it open. There is a curved staircase down. The party decide to explore below. They find old farming implements at the head of the doorway. Much of the room is filled with hay. It's very old; decayed but still flammable. There are several casks and kegs and bottles of stuff all over the room. Xydeco conjures light; it looks like a flame and Halite freaks out a bit since we're standing in a tinderbox. After being reassured that we're safe, we explore and find a lot of decayed food and things - corn, grain, jerky and slabs of meat. The kegs slosh, so we know they're full; there are wax-wrapped bars of pemmican. Everyone pockets a few. Este gets Izabella to pop the cork on a cask and finds water; the second is full of ammonia; a third, alcohol. There are herbs all along the walls and plenty of spell components. Nalani finds rare silver spell-booster leaves, which can substitute for any missing plant component spell ingredient. Este finds a chest filled with oiled leather cloaks, which are waterproof. Este casts detect magic and notices that Relth used to have a glow and now he does not. The chuul queen must have taken the object (amulet).

(*conflicts: Relth was tossed onto roof; now is with the party in the basement; Relth did not have a glow previously and now is said to be missing a previously noted glow; we have not met the chuul queen; only an adult and we killed it; its body is above us in the main level of the barn*)

Isaac has started drinking from one of the alcohol casks and is intoxicated. The sortm finally rolls in. We hear carrion crawlers and a chuul move in above us. The crawlers can't detect us, but the chuul knight can and does. He hits the floor and manages to break it, falling into the basement nearly on top of Nalani. The chuul grabs her in its claw and is paralyzed. Halite conjures her spiritual weapon and tries to help Nalani. Issac blinds the chuul with a spell. Both of the crawlers move ito the basement and hug the ceiling. One of them uses a tentacle to reach for Nalani's goggles. Este casts 'Hunter's Mark'. Izabella and Xydeco attack one of the crawlers and do some damage.The chuul starts to pull itself up out of the basement wiht Nalani in its grasp; Halite grabs onto Nalani and is pulled away as well. Halite starts singing to Galgiran. His voice fades as the chuul knight moves into the barn and out into the tunnels. The crawlers move to attack Xydeco, Izabella, Este and Isaac, with Relth still bound. Isaac is hit and paralyzed, but manages to vomit into the injured carrion crawler's eyes. He casts 'animal friendship' on the other crawler. 




==== Saige (Izabella) ====

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==== Seth (Este) ====

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==== Aidan (Isaac) ====

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==== Alex (Xydeco) ====

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