Lucia's Diary 18

Well, it turns out that fighting those Durahans was totally worth it... we split tons of gold among the party!! This is so exciting! Although, I'm not sure we want to risk fighting Durahans again for that... it was a close call.

Maggie also managed to regrow the hair that she had lost from that time she used one of her wands. We then head out to Malrick and manage to get there without running into any trouble. Once we get there, we decide to head to the temple to obtain the next item. The temple is located in a seaside cliff, and the view is right over the ocean! It looked awesome!

We go to the temple for the Chalice of the Southern Sea. It turns out that the Chalice is actually being used currently to maintain some great sea creatures from attacking not only Malrick, but also the capital...

We decide to walk along the beach and we run into some drow named Jon who seemed to live in a cave by the beach... weird guy... In any case, we go back to the inn, and decide to throw another concert.. we did pretty well and then went to celebrate at the bar.

The next day, we are granted access to the temple's library (which cuts through some weird catacombs). After some research we figure out that what the Chalice is doing is radiating power that is amplifying the power of the sea and radiating it back outwards, probably preventing the big beasts away. So it is not pacifying, it is keeping them away with the ocean's power. This Chalice has more power on powerful beasts than weaker ones.

Prior to this Chalice, there were a few lesser artifacts that were used. They helped, but did not fully keep the beasts at bay. So we decided to first try to find all the other artifacts we need to collect, and come for this one last, after the high tide period so that we have as much time as possible to return the Chalice. Perhaps even find some of the lesser artifacts that used to keep the lesser monsters at bay.

After some more research, we find that each lesser artifact has a different function and might require someone watching over them and handling them in order to properly function.