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- Val stays behind at Cerr to protect the place.
- Katrynn tells us we've reached the Akhan Fen; a wetland that was a fertile valley until the water level in Kuri's Tear rose with seasonal flooding.
- Prior to the marshlands it was a wealthy-ish coastal area. It was nearing suburban territory pre-Collapse.
- We come upon an area with some blood and scraps of fabric; no wildlife. The amount of blood all came from the same person and wouldn't have been immediately fatal. The footprints lead here rather than away.
- Dixie shares that it's a carnivorous plant so we bail out.
- We come to a village called Drying Hill of only a few hundred people. It's not quite as miserable as Riva but it's not kept very well. No public buildings, roads are mud, few businesses. There is a tavern of sorts; more like someone just put a few extra bedrooms on their home.
- We store the horses at the stables. The man recommends not sticking around for too long considering that Asdai's Chosen are prone to lifting other things if the tavern doesn't pay enough of a protection fee.
- Hadrian's crew is already here, about a dozen in total.
- We take a short rest at the tavern so Seresia can prevent Kathika's arm from seizing up.
- Katrynn seems surprised and looks like she's conflicted in a bittersweet memory.
- She talks about Ash; Ash has been dead for 10 years and they were together for 10 years prior. They also lost an arm and had a prosthetic.
- Kathika and Nyn arm wrestle, stress testing the arm. They tie because Tagalong interrupts with acid.
- The innkeeper gives us directions to the stronghold; their leaders name is Herman Lopez.
- The Rhodians are camped outside of the stronghold.
- We enter the stronghold; it's nasty. Someone's in the stocks.
- Seresia negotiates; Artie was offering 4k gold but the dwarf demanded 10k instead. Seresia instead offers fairy glass.
- Robin slips off to find Galin. Hadrian busts out Galin.
- Seresia gives Herman the fairy glass.
- Robin's invisibility field fails and so we Murder.
- Kathika is looking a little bit lost to the wolf.
- Dixie and Nyn bust open the doors.
- We clear out of the camp and Seresia helps Kathika calm down a bit.
- Robin & Galin almost get eaten by carnivore plants.
- Hadrian explains his Traumatic Backstory.
- He'd escorted a Rhodian ambassador to Prynn. One of the attendees represented Bryne who was actually Hadrian's brother. Victas Arcturius.
- He's the leader of the Iron Pact. Slavers throughout the eastern end of the continent. Hadrian demanded an army to deal with the Iron Pact.
- Galin has been out of stasis for about 200. 2700s GE. Blackbreak. He was working as a blacksmith and a town doctor.
- Galin knows what Starbreak is; he was courted for it 5-6 years before the Collapse. He worked on it for a few years and then quit.
- Draws power from the Tapestries themselves; tears open a rift in reality from between the planes and edges of the planes around it. Catastrophic Cascading Failure; rip a hole in the Tapestries.