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Dunmari Frontier - Kenzo Solo Session 1 (Prequel)

Spiritual Sojourn: in which Kenzo aids and learns from lizardfolk

Featuring: Kenzo
In Taelgar: Sep 30, 1748 DR to Nov 02, 1748 DR
On Earth: Monday Sep 19, 2022
Orekatu

Kenzo saves a Lizardfolk named Elazar, learns of a land’s spiritual crisis, and embarks on an enlightening spirit journey with newfound allies.

Session Info

Kenzo learns to speak the lizardfolk language from Elazar

Summary

  • Kenzo rescues Elazar from dinosaurs and learns of Orekatu’s imbalance.
  • Elazar shares jungle lore and warns of elemental corruption and spiritual depletion.
  • Kenzo learns about ancient connections to other planes and the Azta Lekua.
  • Kenzo is taught by Elazar, and is deemed ready for a spirit journey.
  • Kenzo undergoes a profound spirit journey, gaining a deeper understanding of ki.

Timeline

  • Sep 30, 1748 DR afternoon: Arrive in the jungles far to the east; meet Elazar; travel to lizardfolk village of Bedez
  • Oct 01, 1748 DR - Oct 25, 1748 DR: Spend time with Elazar in the village, learning the language and about the spirit realms
  • Oct 26, 1748 DR: Elazar guides Kenku on a spirit journey through the Dreamworld; Kenzo learns of different kinds of ki, and seeks the soul of Apollyon, among other journeys
  • Oct 27, 1748 DR - Nov 01, 1748 DR: Kenzo waits in Bedez for other lizardfolk to gather

Narrative

We begin as Kenzo lands in a lush tropical jungle, on the dimly lit forest floor, among the think trunks and roots of the massive trees that make the canopy far above, surrounded by the vibrant sounds of life. Kenzo’s contemplation is quickly broken by a scream, a cry of distress from nearby. Rushing to investigate, Kenzo finds a lizardfolk man being attacked by two dinosaurs with corrupted auras. Quickly driving them off, the man introduces himself as Elazar, and tells Kenzo a bit of where his is: very far away, far to the east and south, in the lizardfolk Kingdom of Orekatu. 

As Kenzo and Elazar return to the village of Bedez, Elazar tells Kenzo a little bit about what has been happening: there is something that has disturbed the balance of the land here, something that has upset the equilibrium between elemental and spiritual forces and allowed elemental corruption to seep into the land. Elazar, who calls himself too old to be an impulsive youngster, but too young to be a trusted elder, has been sounding the alarm without much success, and hopes that Kenzo’s testimony about the dinosaur attack will help sway the village elders. During the walk, Elazar tells Kenzo about some of the plants that grow in the jungle, and the ki – called arima in the lizardfolk tongue – of the jungle, and they walk past a sacred spot where hutsu grows, imbued with the spirits of the lizardfolk ancestors. Communing with the jungle, Kenzo gifts his ki to the hutsu spirits, and begins to get a sense of what is wrong: something in the land is drawing too much spiritual energy to itself, leaving the jungle dry and empty of ki. And Elazar also tells Kenzo about the land - about how, in the ancient days when the gods walked the earth, the planes were all one, and when the multiverse was separated by Arhat and Malik, strands of extraplanar energy still remained in Taelgar, connected the Material Plane to magic and spiritual power. One place, called the Azta Lekua, or the Footprint of the Gods, is particularly rich in these connections. 

Arriving in the village of Bedez, Kenzo settles in with Elazar, learning the language and the lizardfolk teaches of the spiritual realm from him. Elazar is particularly invested, as the ancestors gave him a vision, that “the raindrop that will start the river flowing will be a stranger who carries the soul of an ancient forest with him.” During this time, Elazar introduces Kenzo to the matriarch of the village, Arrosa, who is finally convinced by Kenzo’s report of the corruption in the dinosaur’s auras to listen to Elazar and request help to investigate what is happening. After several weeks of teaching, Elazar proclaims Kenzo is ready, and takes him to a place in the jungle, a cave filled with dark water, that Elazar says is close to the moment of creation, a place where Kenzo can see the spirit realms.

Here, Kenzo experiences a spirit journey.

As you emerge from your vision, the echoes of the symphony of ki remain with you, the impression of the endless power and combinations of the spiritual power of the music of this realm, and the knowledge it would take many lifetimes to understand all of the possibilities of this symphony. Yet through this experience you have begun to see and hear and as you emerge, your senses are sharpened to the spiritual echoes in Taelgar.