40. 3/6/2021 Session Writeup

Session Summary
After finishing their short rest, the Thundering Jaimar entered the large room, where a gauth asked them for tribute. The party found the gauth unimpressive, so the gauth, their pet mindwitness, and the slithering tracker attacked. After the attack, the party found the gauth's stash of magical items and took some time to look about the room. On the walls there was a millennia-old fresco of a large battle taking place around a hill. The commanders on both sides look very familiar to Masina, and are situated on the top of the hill around a door that has a sword incorporated into it, the handle around the length of the guard, pointing blade downward. Instead of a keyhole, there was an actual key, though it appears that the key had been removed. The party also found some small hidden doors that had been added much later, one of which included some more hidden icons of Sune from around 500 years ago, some small magical trinkets, and the following note:

''The Fremenites believe that they can save our city by purging us of any decadence - that it is inevitable that soft folk will fall to those who know only pain and hunger. I do not believe this to be the only path civilization can take; I cannot believe that this is the case, for what better reason is there to fight than to protect the ones, the places you love?''

''Garlo'Pendi's forces are coming. With it, pestilence and ruin and the likely destruction of this land. They may be the harbinger of the collapse of civilization itself. I do not know if I am to survive this - if you are reading these words, I suspect that I have not. All I can ask is that you protect these items and return them to a place where they can be appreciated. I will have given my life to protect them and the people they represent, and all I have is hope that it was not in vain.''