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Interlude: Delwath's Journey South

Timeline

  • Oct 14, 1748 DR - Oct 21, 1748 DR: Rest, gather information, celebrate, and commune with the Meswati at the Ko’zula village.
  • Oct 21, 1748 DR - Oct 23, 1748 DR:Wander into the mountains, looking for Safri. Find a likely place to camp in the afternoon of Oct 23.
  • Oct 24, 1748 DR:Wait at camp.
  • Oct 25, 1748 DR:Meet Safri, in deer form. Descend to Safri’s valley, and speak with her.
  • Oct 26, 1748 DR:Teleport via trees to the slopes of Sentinel Range
  • Oct 26, 1748 DR - Oct 28, 1748 DR: Ride out of the mountains, past the growing storm around Stormcaller Tower.
  • Oct 29, 1748 DR: Ride south, reaching settled lands
  • Oct 30, 1748 DR - Nov 03, 1748 DR: Gather rumors around Karawa
  • Nov 04, 1748 DR: Turn east for the fey portal
  • Nov 04, 1748 DR - Nov 11, 1748 DR: Ride east, find the fey portal
  • Nov 11, 1748 DR - Nov 15, 1748 DR: Wait in camp
  • Nov 14, 1748 DR: Riswynn arrives
  • Nov 15, 1748 DR: The Dunmar Fellowship is reuinted

Narrative

With the Deno’qai

After returning from the Forest of Nightmares, Delwath spends some time with the Ko’zula, and in communion with the Meswati, learning about the lost tanshi who have now been found, about the history of this place and these people, about the stories that tie them to the tanshi, before leaving to seek out a way to reunite with his companions.

Kozula Village

During this time, Delwath also spends hours scrying: Scrying Delwath Oct 21.

The most promising tales Delwath hears are of Safri, a woman who appears in the woods, sometimes taking the form of an old woman but often in animal form, who knows the magic of the mountains and the alpine forests, and is powerful. Although Delwath also hears tales of elven cities hidden in the south, where he may be able to find a guide to lead him through the Feywild in the ancient elven way, he decides to head into the mountains in search of Safri.

Meeting Safri

After a several day journey into the mountains and a few days waiting in camp (during which time Delwath scrys some more: Scrying Delwath Oct 26), Safri appears in the form of a deer, and leads Delwath to her forest valley home.

Safri House

Here, Delwath and Safri talk. He hears tales of the Meswati, and asks of Drankor and artifacts of power. While she knows little of Drankor, she does talk about artifacts and how to destroy them. Nothing that was made cannot be unmade, she says, though the stronger the magic, the more the physical form resists destruction. She talks of volcanos where the Elemental Plane of Fire touches the material world, or intense storms from the Plane of Air where lightning strikes which extraplanar power, as places where even the most powerful artifacts can be destroyed.

She also mentions the story of Radomir, a foreigner she met also asking after how to destroy artifacts.

In the morning, she opens a portal in a tree, connecting it to another one far away, on the slopes of the Sentinel Range, and Delwath steps through.

Dunmar Rumors

Over the next week or so, Delwath rides across the planes of Dunmar, hiding his true identity. He hears lots of stories.

Some are about Delwath, another Elves in these lands who saved both Karawa and Tokra (it does not seem to be public knowledge that you freed Sura, for Delwath is neither blamed or praised for this action in the rumors you hear).

Many other are about Sura. Her camp is to the west, on the Parhaz river, a tributary of the Hara that joins north of Tokra (probably only a few days journey from where you met Saka, and maybe a 4-5 day march to Tokra).

But most of the stories are about Havdar: how his sword (the sword you gave him, from Agata’s Lair) was cursed by the Chardonians working in league with Nayan Karnas, and how it turned on him, turning him to stone during a battle in the north, against an emaciated, nearly undead band of gnolls. The battle was nearly lost, but his troops rallied and Aagir blessed the strikes of Aram and turned the tide of battle. Havdar’s stone body was taken back to camp, and the story goes that the Lakan monks snuck out at night and cured him, showing Laka’s favor to Sura’s cause (but done secretly for fear of the might of the Chardon mages, allied with Karnas). In the past weeks, since his cure, Havdar has been everywhere, seemingly, recruiting for Sura’s armies – both people and horses, usually willingly given (but you hear whispers - sometimes not so willingly taken). These are popular stories - people speak of him with awe, with wonder, sometimes with a tinge of fear. It is rumored that since his cure he has refused let the sword out of his sight (for fear of evil magic, it is said), and some people say he has turned the curse to his advantage, petrifying his enemies with a blow from his blade.

By Nov 4, Delwath is feeling anxious to reunite with his friends, and also hears from Riswynn that she is on her way from Tokra with news and letters. Turning east, he arrives at the fey crossing on Nov 11, and scries (Scrying Delwath Nov 15) until Nov 15th, when the party is reunited.