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Dunmari Frontier - Kenzo Solo Session 2

Journey to Azta Lekua: in which the spirit of a volcano seeks aid

Featuring: Kenzo, Izzarak
In Taelgar: Nov 02, 1748 DR to Nov 06, 1748 DR
On Earth: Friday Oct 07, 2022
From Bedez to the Footprint of the Gods

Kenzo and his lizardfolk allies meet Somi-nai, the volcano spirit, and learn about Motua, a guardian causing chaos in the Azta Lekua.

Session Info

Summary

  • Kenzo joins forces with Lizardfolk heroes Izzarak and Enari to restore balance to the Azta Lekua.
  • The party, guided by Enari, journeys uneventfully before encountering a river of lava and fire creatures.
  • They battle a flaming ankylosaur and fire wasps to aid the fire spirit, Somi-nai, the volcano’s personification.
  • Somi-nai explains the disturbance at the Footprint of the Gods is due to Motua, a guardian from the Land of the Dead.

Timeline

  • Nov 02, 1748 DR: Heroes of Orekatu gather in Bedez to choose who will travel to the Footprint of the Gods and seek answers to the chaotic energy and imbalance there
  • Nov 03, 1748 DR: Ceremony where the ancients bless the champions of the people and the choose those to go; Kenzo meets Izzarak and Enari
  • Nov 04, 1748 DR: Enari, Izzarak, and Kenzo leave Bedez, heading for the Footprint of the Gods
  • Nov 05, 1748 DR: Travel through the jungle
  • Nov 06, 1748 DR: Arrive footprint of gods; encounter a lava river and the fire spirit Somi-nai being chased by corrupted dinosaurs of elemental fire; destroy flame dinosaurs.

Narrative

We begin in the lizardfolk village of Bedez, where, finally, a group of lizardfolk heroes have gathered before a council of elders. From these, based on the blessings of the ancestors, a few will be chosen to travel with Kenzo to the Footprint of the Gods and confront whatever is throwing the jungle out of balance. As the council ends, Kenzo meets Izzarak, the first chosen, who introduces himself as well as the two baby lizardfolk he cares for, who were brought to him by a jaguar who said they must be taken to the Footprint of the Gods. The next morning, as Kenzo and Izzarak prepare to set out for the Footprint of the Gods, they are joined by Enari, another lizardfolk, a skilled warrior, tracker, and guide.

The next morning, after some conversation, the party sets off for the Footprint of the Gods, led by Enari, who has traveled widely and knows the way. The first day’s travel through the jungle is uneventful, marked by Izzarak communing with the gods to try to understand the dangers they will face, learning that it is the elements – earth, air, fire, water – that will be the dangers in the jungle, and that the forest bleeds. Kenzo speaks of his vision, of the wounded creature draining the jungle, upsetting the balance of the Footprint of the Gods. 

The next day, the party approaches the Footprint of the Gods, and the volcano that dominates the horizon, a faint red glow of lava visible on its summit, the crackling sound of something in the jungle ahead. The party stops to investigate, and sees a running river of lava cutting through the jungle, sizzling but not burning the trees it passes near. Kenzo stops to reach out and commune with the forest, senses not only that the elemental Elemental Plane of Fire is intruding in the world of Taelgar here, but there is a whirlwind, a tornado pulling the energy of the spiritual realms into the center of the Footprint.

Meanwhile, Enari and Izzarak, watching the river of laval, see racing along the surface, a spirit of fire, dancing in the lava, being chased and attacked by a flaming ankylosaurs and two giant wasps of fire. After debate as to whether and how to intervene in this fight, the party attacks the dinosaur and the wasps. Izzarak calls upon the power of the stars and takes on the form of a starry dragon constellation, shooting magic bolts of energy, while Enari stabs with his pike and Kenzo with his staff, disrupting the ki of these creatures.

As the battle ends, the magma dancer turns to speak with his apparent saviors. The party learns this creature is called Somi-nai, also known as Sugarra, and he is the volcano, the spirit of the volcano. He tells the party how his home has been overrun with fire, with pure destruction, with none of the rejuvenation that should accompany fire. Although skeptical and even contemptuous of their likelihood of success, Somi-nai speaks of Motua, the creature at the center of the great whirlwind in the heart of the Footprint of the Gods, the force that is draining Somi-nai’s power. He talks of Motua, one of the Gidari (guardians), coming from the veil, the Land of the Dead, for reasons unknown to him, and the destruction that Motua has wrought. While he has little advice for how to kill the creature, Somi-nai believes that Motua must die to restore order and harmony to the Footprint of the Gods.

We end as Somi-nai returns to his domain, the volcano, and the party contemplates how to cross the running lava river.