Session 91 - The Umbros Arena Awaits...
Wed 16th July 2025
In-game timeline: Alturiak 12 - Alturiak 13
Our "Heroes" face some decisions, and this is one group who is not comfortable with working together to make decisions. Do they head for Easting, or Secomber? How do they find out more about the Veilspire Colosseum? How to prepare for a duel?
The party tried to find out more about Faith's origin and home, in an effort to decide whether to head to Easting or Secomber next.
Faith used Sending to his mum to warn them of impending invasion. It takes 2 spells as he forgets to tell his mum the reply is limited to 25 words. She mentions the local blacksmith disappearing recently, but says they will try to get out of town. Faith is only partially satisfied, and the option to go instead to Secomber is once again open to them.
Faith then uses Sending to Quinlen - Alwaith's father - to find out more of his own background. He learns he is touched by Shadar-Kai magic, but how, and to what end, is uncertain. He learns from Quinlen and Alwaith that perhaps internally he is older than his external, and actual, 50ish years of age. Some discussions take place about Shadar-Kai history and abilities.
Faith's new "Messaging Service" continues, with a Sending to Cortan to ask about the Veilspire Colosseum. Unfortunately the message, penned by Alwaith, was not worded to discover more of the arena options, but implied that Umbros was already chosen, so he only said that this was a shadow-touched arena, probably suited to Alwaith, but gave no more info.
They head south the next day, probably heading towards Secomber (having hopefully "warned" easting), though their destination still isn't certain. That evening a portal duly appears and they pass through it into the Feywild, after doing some prep (loading up the ring of spell storing etc) as they do not know if they will enter in the middle of the arena itself!
It turns out that they arrive outside the Colosseum, in the middle of a crowd of Fey creatures heading towards it. They join the crowd and make for the arena, but are waylaid and attacked by two hags, one of whom seems to recognise Alwaith - it is the surviving member of the Radiant Sisters! This green hag is killed by the group quite quickly, whilst the other one gets off some magic missiles at Alwaith, but is then banished by an apologetic Sylvan who says the hags violated the code of the arena in attacking them. Alwaith is not impressed. The again, Alwaith is never impressed.
Alwaith is healed up by Solveig as a Satyr at the entrance asks for their chosen arena. Despite having been given a choice, Alwaith insists that he was not given a choice because of his inability to find out more information about the options available, managing to once again annoy yet another NPC with his attitude. Luckily the Satyr hides it well. The Umbros arena is chosen. The Satyr then directs Alwaith one way, and the others another…