Guardians of the Grove January 5th, 2023

 

The pen is mightier than the sword

~Guardian Watch~

5 Copper  Piece

Campaign One

Guardians of the Grove

January 5th, 2023

Heroes but not Heroes

The Guardians successfully retrieve Diego’s body, head, and Fennec’s staff, but with a great price. Nirruk, one of the original members, sacrificed himself to finish Fennec off and give the Guardians a chance to save Diego, whose soul is currently trapped in Limbo.  The Guardians return to Mattias in Darkpoole to relay the news of their trip. The Keepers tend to the bodies and prepare them for travel.      The Guardians teleport home to Gladesedge using the services of the Arcane Eye’s Tianna, a former contact of Nirruk. Upon returning to Gladesedge, they meet with Wulf’s mom and let her know about the loss of Diego and Nirruk and the sacrifices made. Wulf looking to learn more about reviving decides to urge the group to the Divine Philsopical; Nathee offers them a warm meal once they return from their business in town.

                                                      What is an Argyle?

The group arrives at the church and is greeted by an odd fellow; reluctant at first, he excitedly offers to help revive Diego. The group offers 3000 gold, a suspiciously low amount. Half expectedly, once the transaction was complete, the stranger proved unable to revive Diego. Kieva, an actual disciple of the church, arrives. She reluctantly shares that the only to “restore a soul” may only be possible with some divine intervention. Corvus and Atheya commune with the Goddess Iya and Oya and discover that a method to restore Diego’s soul may be beyond the Divine Gate at Valoria. A vision of a lake of crystal and people resting in clear white water remains burned in their eyes as a possible location to restore Diego and rescue him from Limbo.

Upon returning to Nathee’s workshop and resting. The group pries further into Eltuire’s past. Prompting her to reveal that she is indeed an Aasimar by showing the markings on parts of her body. This also reveals why Eltuire has been chasing and traveling with the Guardian, the supposed “heroes” of Woodberry. Eltuire confronts the group and Corvus, as a follower of Iya and Oya, unable to stop the Master and the sacrifice of thousands of lives. Corvus responds by taking responsibility for the actions of that event and offers Eltuire his blade, and accepts any punishment she would deliver. Eltuire, not willing to bring harm to the group, storms off. However, as soon as she opens the door, she sees Argyle, who quickly asks for “Barbara?”

~ Diego ~ Corvus ~ Wulf ~ Nirruk ~ Atheya ~ Blood ~ Reaper ~ Eltuire~