02. 11/12/2017 Writeup

Session Summary
The party takes the rescued kids into Lanketi and bring them to a guard’s station and talk to the guard on duty that really doesn’t care much about his job, leaving the cart, children, and children’s backstories with him. Temaz follows Veronica and the rest of them back to the inn to get a drink.

At the inn, Britni is approached by a half-orc who asks for a progress update. Britni persuades him to come back tomorrow. The rest of the team, intrigued, goes up to Zoia’s room after her set to talk.

They find out that the reason why Britni was in town was that she was sent here to gather one pound of kala nemak (Himalayan black salt) and a paladin’s burial weapon to give to another, more powerful, warlock in order to summon Britni’s aunt, a powerful devil. The trick is that the wording or the request means that Britni only has to deliver the items - the team could try to sabatoge the ritual and keep it from happening once the goods are delivered. After some discussion jogs her memory, Taer remembers that a few hundred years ago, there was a rebellion lead by a slave named Grigol, who was working with a god known as the small god or the slave’s god. This rebellion ended up freeing the entire region from Sarantine control for a generation or two. Grigol was buried nearby, in a cave filled with other slave’s remains.

After a little more research, the god is revealed to be called many things, including Zanj-ai, Cleai, the small god, the smallfolk god, the slave’s god, our ladyofsomethingorotherinvolvingchains  There was the general idea that most of these names are euphemisms, and there may be more. Her sigil was 2 chainz a broken chain with flames shooting through the middle. Veronica also found out that one of the kids she looks after, Abrim, had actually been to the ruins recently and had one of the sigils for this god in their possession.

The next morning, the group runs back into the warlock, who gave Britni three days to get back to him. He also takes a bag of sand to make sure he could track her down later, if need be. After a trip to the general store and interrogating Badri about his bookkeeping practices, the party sets down to talk to the salt merchant they had heard was in town, meeting Dorji, a dwarf that took a liking to Lu. She was willing to sell the salt to Lu at a discounted rate, but requires her to sign a sheet of paper holding her responsible for any damages that might happen due to a devilish or demonic summoning perpetuated using the salt. Lu and Zoia also stopped by the apothecary to get their items identified.

The party set off a half day’s journey to the northeast of town, further into the mountains. After finding themselves tracked by some hungry wolves and ravens working together, they finally make it to Grigol's Tomb. Peeking inside, they find a large cavern whose floor is covered in bones and bone dust.