ToA: Session 16

Jumping off from last time, the party bicker a bit over Ibnins question. While Fargus spent the most time with his face in the dirt, Daedalus' petrification and subsequent restoration technically qualifies as a death. Ibnin takes it all in, uncertain how to react. While he is more then used to adventurers spinning tall tales, the overly serious expression Daedalus wears suggests this might be the truth. Having gotten the pleasantries out of the way, the party arranges an afternoon meeting with Sindra, before being escorted to the Yellow Lake Inn.

On their way they once more take in the sights, his time with a much more experienced gaze. Everything seems less strange, the locals a bit more accepting of the party, and they move with much more grace through the crowd. They see two new arrivals being sold what is now apparent to the group to be utterly useless items. In fact they see a lot more new arrivals, having come in on the 3 massive airships now docked in the harbor.

The inn, more and more seeming like a tourist trap, is flooded with newbies making plans for their first excursion into the jungle. Sukara comes over, and also seems genuinely happy to see they party, further driving home the fact that most adventurers do not return. Daedalus tells her a bit about our journey, and an amazed Sukara ends up gifting him a necklace, before setting them up with room and board.

With a propper meal in their bellies and the jungle washed off them, the party still has a couple og hours to kill before their meeting. Eager to turn their Ebberon shards into useful items, they make their way to the local House Cannith workshop. The workshop is located at the other end of town far from natural gathering of customers. House Cannith clearly didn't care much about their Xen'drik division, something which has come back to bite them in the ass. On the way, Bucket receives a message from a kobold, one he does not wish to share with the party. They also spot one Alard d'Cannith, in no way dressed for the overbearing heat. Overhearing him talking, the party concludes that he is here to take over operations in the city, though luckily not until tomorrow.

Entering the workshop, which is in a frankly sorry state, they re greeted Rewis Fane, the soon to be disposed manager of the workshop. If he knows this fact, he doesn't show it, and without much persuasion is convinced to loan out his forge. This is in an even more sorry state, having clearly not been used since it got installed. Still, all the necessary tools are in place, and the party spends the next hours familiarizing himself with the forge. Before leaving for their meeting with Syndra, Daedalus slips Rewis a peice of paper detailing Alard's arrival.

And that's all for this time. Will the party finally deliver their status report? How will Syndra take the news of relatively little progress? And what's up with all these new arrivals?

Find out next time on Tomb of Annihilation.