Gauntlygrym

Two Days Till Conference

Schmoozing

Team Chaos: Zhentarim

• “Guard duty eh”
  • Oneshoe to the Zhentarim guard
• the guard responds curtly to her
• Oneshoe attempts to go back and forth with the guard on how to improve the partyrew’s standing with Darva, his boss
  • it doesn’t go anywhere, he tells her to just wait it out
• as Team Chaos starts to leave, Oneshoe drops a 100gp gemstone in sight of the guard

Team Chaos: Harpers

• post Zhentarim meeting, the Chaos crew walk over to the Harpers lodgings
• Lord Zelraun’s shield guardian greets the crew
• servants offer Bon and Oneshoe glasses of wine
  • Bon slams it, then holds his goblet out expecting more
  • Oneshoe sips it
• Oneshoe flatly offers Lord Zelraun to perform work in the Underdark for favors
  • he has nothing he wants, but would like to play a game of chess
  • the game starts off rough, gets close to even, but the Oneshoe is deftly defeated
• Bon also plays Lord Zelraun
  • Bon is schooled so throughout it feels like a crime
  • Bon leaves shortly after
• Oneshoe manages to beat the Shield guardian quite handedly
  • the board is illusionary nuts and bolts
• Kyem telepathically reports to Yvelia
  • She tells Cynlant that the chaos crew is getting beaten, badly, but they don’t need help
• Oneshoe chats with Lord Zelraun about his shield guardian
  • he provides various facts about its construction
  • amulet is the control of the shield guardian
    • if destroyed the shield guardian is incapacitated
  • primary focus of the guardian is to protect the amulets wearer
• as thanks for entertaining him, the kind Lord Zelraun offers his shield guardian for the partyrew’s expedition
  • the shield guardian has no name, so Oneshoe names it Sheldon
• he informs Oneshoe that Sister will be joining the group on their journey

Oneshoe: Sister 😉

• Oneshoe makes her way over Sister’s room
• they have light banter and share in their flirtations
• they fuck ✂️✂️ 🌹🫘
  • for multiple hours

End of day activities

• the boyscouts enjoy drinks and food at the local tavern
  • Ront gets very drunk, and Cynlant takes care of him
• Cynlant doffs his demon plate armor
  • he barks a little as he does it
• the not sisters advertise the Headporium and cult of Mr F.
  • it goes well

Suspicious note

• late in to the night a sudden thumph happens the door to the partyrew’s quarters
  • Cynlant gets up and recovers a dagger with a note
• Cynlant reads the note aloud

The fiery pit. 9 am. Don’t be late.

• Oneshoe walks in with the shield guardian.
• Cynlant is shocked to see the shield guardian
  • Yvelia asks if she found it on the street
• Cynlant offers his leashed demon plate to Oneshoe
  • she mentions her and sister already have one
• Bon mentions he does commissions of custom leather work
• the partyrew sleeps

Eve of the Conference

• the boyscouts go for their morning run
  • they kick Bon as they return to the quarters
• the partyrew slowly wakes up and gets ready for their day

Fiery Pit

• Bon consults his hand drawn map, then guides the partyrew on the cart system to the meeting place

• the carts move towards the great forge

  • Cynlant takes a quick stop by the stall to check on his armor
  • it is not ready yet

• the partyrew gets back on the carts and descend to the fiery pit

• it is intensely hot

  • hot exhaustion is a likely result of staying in the area too long

Zhentarim Meeting

• the partyrew sees a darkly clad thug

Good, you’re early. She’ll like that. Follow me.

• the partyrew sees several more thugs, which end up flanking the partyrew
• Darva stands off in the distance
  • she asks if they know what is down in the pit
  • team chaos recognizes that it is the primordial
    • they try to whisper details to team order
• Darva mentions that it would be a shame if it were to awaken
• Darva’s price is
  • 20% of all findings
• Oneshoe attempts to use sending to the party members
  • Darva demands that she stops
• Darva agrees to send 8 aids to keep account
  • she sees them as purely expendable
  • the aids will be fairly self sufficient
  • aids
    • Nero Kelvane
    • Lenora Haskur
    • Aligor Moonwhisper
    • Gorath Torn
    • Saliyra Dalnor
    • Primwin Halk
    • Iandro Alathar
    • Lhytris Ilgarn
• Oneshoe and Darva have a long stare down
• the contact in Mantol Derith will provide a map to Gravenhollow
• the partyrew starts to leave, but the realizes they should clarify some terms
• when it comes to magic items
  • the partyrew will either give them the item or 20% of the items value if they keep
• the partyrew walks away for real this time

Rest of the Day

• the partyrew talks about commissioning various items before their expedition
  • a tracker for team chaos
  • something for rapport spores

The Not Sisters

• the not Sisters make their way to the business office
• a dry receptionist walks them through the bureaucratic processes of opening a Headporium second location
  • she also informs Yvelia that churches must incorporate through the iron tabernacle
• they spend the rest of the day filling out paperwork

Strip Chess ♟️👚

• Oneshoe spends her day playing chess with Sister
  • some other things definitely happen
• a rook ends up inside sister somehow
• Cynlant mistakenly enters, sees an assortment of tools then leaves

Boyscout Shenanigans

• Cynlant pulls prepares to scry his patron
  • he realizes that he has no interplanar scrying ability
• he proceeds to scry on his family members

Bon and his Children

• Bon has his kids tidied up for the big day tomorrow
  • their claws are trimmed, feathers cleaned

Day of the Summit

Morning of

• the partyrew goes about their morning activities
  • eventually the king summons conference members

The Kings Hall

• the factions all arrive one by one and take a seat in the hall

• as he prepares to start, the king sits down in his throne

• the King announces the plan

  1. partyrew + support will take an expedition to Mantol Derith
  2. A Zhentarim contact in Mantol Derith will provide directions to Ravenhollow
  3. The information in Ravenhollow will be useful in the fight against the demon lords

• the expedition departs in 10 days

• the group is so large, that Sir Laniver suggests the group into scouts, front, mid, and rear guard

  • Darva wants one of her associates in the inner circle

• Laniver suggests constructing outposts

Post Summit

• over the next ten days the partyrew plans their armor
• scout group
  • eldeth
  • cynlants found steed,
  • 2 scouts, 3 spies
  • 2 thug
• main guard
  • 3 thugs
  • 4 shield
• rear guard
  • joaquin
  • 3 human veterans
  • 2 shield dwarves
  • 3 shield guards
  • 3 veterans
  • 2 thugs

Card Drawing

• sometime during the ten day, the partyrew drew cards