LongestRoad Run10

Quick summary

• Party (minus Querca, in the closet-orchard) meets up, reveals to Vincent they have gold orb; Vincent is like "Whoa, when I said -almost impossible-, well this is the almost"
• Returns to inn (Sil loans Fronch Beret of Disguise to Vincent), Ezel casts Identify on orb to reveal more of its pow-ahs
• Sil decides to spend time meditating with Le Orbe to strengthen her connection with it
• Jer & Oraine go wandering and have delicious beerz
• Ezel & Vincent stay in inn, Vincent trying to contact Seth
• Michael, with Querca and Ellowyn, goes to the locations from the dwarves' map where he thinks there might be a dragon-sized cave
• Two are empty, but one is a "mining enterprise, no don't go down there, something collapsed and we're in repairs... yeah our clerics ran out of Stone Shape for the day, that's it"
  • Michael takes notes on their story
  • Goes to dwarves to verify, who are flattered that Michael so loves caverns
  • Dwarves say well that COULD be... if there was a shifting underground, which there was not
  • Dwarves bet that there's some really great metals and gems in there... hmm, maybe time to shift our mine direction... but that'll take three days, there's an iron vein blocking
• Party debates on ways to sneak in
  • Ezel sends in spy-eyes, Ellowyn sneaks them there with Invis
  • Oops, wall of force blocking! Slips through keyhole
  • Can't reach bottom in time, but pretty sure this is it- scrapes and claw marks on walls, etc
• Party returns home, decides to go out to eat at nice place
  • Querca's hedgehogs eat sammitches until their tummies drag on the ground
• On the way home, Sil decides to stalk Zeroth
  • Michael un-sneakily follows Sil
  • End up in Philosopher's Thunderdome
  • Sil talks to Zeroth some, but he has had long day
  • Michael is hit on by waitress, so embarrassing
• Return to inn, Ellowyn gives Michael a tiny violin
• Restful sleep interrupted by Ezel swearing as he miscopies a spell
• First thing AM- Querca has date with Mayors
  • Whole party heads over, Zeroth meets with them to discuss
  • After some pussyfooting it is revealed that Zeroth is commanded not to speak of this
  • He takes them to the mayors' quarters
  • Confrontation!
  • Michael explains that this artifact attracts trouble and mean stealy people
  • Apologetic sadditude, party promises to help get the Temple of Virton at Spire to actually pay attention to their needs
  • Seth is freed, he and Vincent have a manly hug reunion and head home to the wives, trusting party to clean up a few things and then come over for par-tay
• Arrangements are made for the Virton-ites to take over defense, search for Seal Portal knowledge redoubled
• Michael, Ellowyn, and Querca stay on Freehaven to wrap up a few more things
• Sil, Jeralyn, Ezel, Oraine, and Evathyth head to Mirenuth & Seth's
  • Arrive at Hatching time!
  • Sil explodes with the cute
  • Ezel is sad
  • Jeralyn gets pounced by a cute maid
  • Much feasting & happy times
• Michael, Ellowyn, and Querca head back to Spire to take care of the Soul Gem thing
  • Nerd ritualist explains that a body must be created for the soul, as they are not strong enough to raise him without it here
  • Volunteer may die in providing the strength
  • Michael says yes about .1 seconds after he asks
• Ritual-o-rific!
  • Cleansing in salt water, prayer, Michael dons white robe
  • Ellowyn helps Nerd (To Be Named) prepare chamber
  • Michael lays on one slab, body forms on the other
  • 7-hour ritual, Michael nearly wastes to nothing and dies
  • Angel is restored, holy awesomeness
  • Priests restore Michael's 20 drained CON...
  • Michael asks angel to help his mom; Nerd asks for something in private
• Virton gives Michael a thumbs up and some paladin levels, including a (DUN DUN DUN!) mount
• Temple offers party rooms to recover in
• Le Ende!