#85 Sylvia’s Rest (Resting?)

Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
Violet-Bard
Arashi Iki-Druid
Kaden-Fighter

Everyone heads in different directions but agrees to meet up at the bar near Lissa’s.

Marius goes looking for Van Linda and talks to her for a while. Marius’s discussion with Van Linda goes well. She tells him how proud of him she is. She tells him that the life of a paladin is hard but she feels that he is up to the task.

In the bar Violet stands up and begins singing a song that tells of the death of paladin Marcus (a very tragic tale). Violet doesn’t know the song and is confused as to what has happened. The party figures out that it was a curse put on the bar by The Voice from the East. Origionally it was put on a bard named Fionn, but it seems to effect bards that are in one of the bars that Fionne preformed in.

Marius is upset to hear his father maligned, he goes to see the high priestess of Chaldisaya and asks her to remove the curse from the bar. The priestess refuses saying that it is a waist of the ladies precious energy.

Kaden samples the wares at Lissa’s as does Kimi. Grevin meets Kenna Tandy Raidier again and is offered a job as a “flying dwarf.” He tries to refuse but Tandy is very persuasive and tells him that he will come for him tomorrow.

Kimi is at Lissa’s with a female Ta named Ulia. While the Ta is getting dinner for them a Manthootian woman comes in. She is dressed traditionally and has a familiar look about her. She says that her name is Rhe and she is the advisor to Lady Lynn Katrina Marcia Leviathan, the leader of the Manthootians formerly of Red Isle. She tells Kimi that she has some information about herself that Kimi doesn’t know since she herself was at one time also a captive of Distaria (The Voice from the East.)

Kimi is skeptical. After a long discussion Rhe tells her what she wants. Rhe would like to look at her friend Kevins library. She knows that he was an expert on Lords of the Starry Sky technology and she would like to read his notes. Kimi refuses until Rhe tells her that she knows a lot about Kimi, including about her sister and brother. Kimi tells her that she doesn’t have either a sister or brother….Rhe tells her she does, but the memory has been taken from her.. Kimi agrees to let her look at the library.

When Kimi gets back to the bar (with Rhe in tow) she tells the party that they will be traveling with Rhe. Marius guesses who she is (the mother of Van Linda) and tells Kimi that it is a bad thing. Rhe is known as an “evil influence.”
Despite his best arguments the party decides to go with Kimi. Marius decides to tag along. The next day Kimi is presented with the bill for the expedition (Rhe asked her to pay for it.)

Grevin gets his flying lesson and realizes that maybe Tandy isn’t as crazy as he seems. He gets back to the group just as they are about to leave.

The start of the journey is without incident. They stop at Ming Keep and pay their road tax, then travel through the forest. They spend the first night in Kida and Violet sings the song again. The next day they leave the Southern Trade road and head to Mountain Vale.