37. 12/13/2020 Session Writeup

Session Summary
In the evening, Paolo gets a message from Maris:

''Seek outside the church for answers. Sa'gan raised himself, like Azuth before him; and their followers seek knowledge. We know Azuth was born (and his teachings came before him) in the vast land sea.''

Look to find out what once made him human, look to see what could make him divine.

Lu notices Paolo writing down the message and asks him about it - he explains that he's trying to do some more substantial research on his god. Taer then asks Paolo about his opinion on Ottillia's book, and he says that there's some good historical information in there, but the conclusions are a little iffy. Meanwhile, Astrid and Therelin read romance novels in silence.

The next morning, the party heads out to talk to Zoe at the Temple of Sune. Zoe tells them of a horrible rotting smell coming from their basement level and asks if they could take care of it. The party finds a corpse flower in there, along with some zombies. The party dispatches them, but also inspects the old well they find on the basement level. It leads to an even lower level of Sarantium, a sewer section that belongs to the ruins of an even earlier city. They bring up their findings to Zoe, and she offers to let them keep whatever else they find (with a small stipend, to be determined) if they return any lost artifacts from the Temple of Sune. They also get a few art objects as a reward, including a calligraphy set, a very fancy flute, a censer, a horse figurine, and a chess set.

Paolo spends some time memorizing a teleportation portal. Taer has a talk with Zoe, asking her how she knows she's on the right path with her god. Zoe warns her not to expect any sort of in-depth conversations with her deity (or rather, that's a good sign that they aren't actually a god), but the god will definitely let you know if you fall out of favor. But it's also important to feel fulfilled in their vocation, and that at the end of the day, feel like all of the effort is worth the frustration. Meanwhile, Lu takes stock of what images are missing from the temple, Masina identifies a few items, and Astrid is asked to quietly wait outside.