The Sun and Moon
Dramatis Personae:
Tilea Aervavil'A'Sum, the Wild Elf Circle of the Moon Druid Barbarian
Scritch, the Weremonkey Squirrel Thief and Tilea's Animal Companion
Sachi Kno, the Vistani Weremonkey Thief
Tabitha Marie Lennox, the Human White Witch of Mystra, youngest of the Lennox triplets
Spot, Tabitha's Homunculus
Nikko, Tabitha's Flying Monkey familiar and Warlock of the White Witch
Azure, Nikko's Witch Light Familiar
Dot, the Tabaxi Cheetah TherinthropeHomunculus and White Witch
Pip, Dot's Flying Monkey Familiar
Bruenar Shieldwall, the Shield Dwarf Shield Fighter the party hired
Isabella Catalina Hazelgrove, the Human Assassin and Scritch's Knight
Isabeth Katherine Hazelgrove, the Human Assassin and Catalina's sister and Knight
Sypha Alohrea Lennox, the Human Sorceress, eldest of the Lennox triplets
Agatha Leah Lennox, the Human Black Witch, middle of the Lennox triplets
Comrades we have lost:
Pineck, Anvil's Horse- turned into soup by a cursed crate
Kithri "Quickshadow" Tealeaf, the Lightfoot Halfling Werebat Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter and Ruin Raider- left to become Archivist
Forgrotken Anvilrocker, the Blugrim Forge Cleric of Moradin- killed by the Talmot Wives
Lythana, the Human Werewolf Order of the Ghost Slayer Blood Hunter-captured by the Talmot Wives, then turned evil mauled to death by Tilea
Syndal Al'Vherin, the Human girl who Tilea released from an amulet- kidnapped by Strahd, now working with Talmot
Tilea Aervavil'A'Sum, the Wild Elf Circle of the Moon Druid Barbarian
Scritch, the Weremonkey Squirrel Thief and Tilea's Animal Companion
Sachi Kno, the Vistani Weremonkey Thief
Tabitha Marie Lennox, the Human White Witch of Mystra, youngest of the Lennox triplets
Spot, Tabitha's Homunculus
Nikko, Tabitha's Flying Monkey familiar and Warlock of the White Witch
Azure, Nikko's Witch Light Familiar
Dot, the Tabaxi Cheetah Therinthrope
Pip, Dot's Flying Monkey Familiar
Bruenar Shieldwall, the Shield Dwarf Shield Fighter the party hired
Isabella Catalina Hazelgrove, the Human Assassin and Scritch's Knight
Isabeth Katherine Hazelgrove, the Human Assassin and Catalina's sister and Knight
Sypha Alohrea Lennox, the Human Sorceress, eldest of the Lennox triplets
Agatha Leah Lennox, the Human Black Witch, middle of the Lennox triplets
Comrades we have lost:
Pineck, Anvil's Horse- turned into soup by a cursed crate
Kithri "Quickshadow" Tealeaf, the Lightfoot Halfling Werebat Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter and Ruin Raider- left to become Archivist
Forgrotken Anvilrocker, the Blugrim Forge Cleric of Moradin- killed by the Talmot Wives
Lythana, the Human Werewolf Order of the Ghost Slayer Blood Hunter-
Syndal Al'Vherin, the Human girl who Tilea released from an amulet- kidnapped by Strahd, now working with Talmot
NOTE: Things will be mostly from Tabitha's perspective, anything in italics is from a third party view since the Witch can't be everywhere at once.
***** Hetedik Honap 28, CY 745, Castle Ravenloft, Strahd's Throne Room
A shockwave rocked the castle and we were suddenly in pure darkness. Somehow my sestras and I managed to keep the ritual going, it would take more than a shockwave to shake the three of us together.
Most of the people in the room were knocked prone, and some were filled with a blank void, as if they were suddenly completely empty. All the plants in the area died. Tilea's dragon soul was gone, as was the haze in Syn's eyes- which were now the same color as Tilea's. Syn was confused, she didn't know what was happening or where she was. Then she said something was burning.
There was a flare in the ritual's circle and the soul of a golden dragon appeared in it. She lunged at me, but couldn't cross my circle, thankfully, so she screamed in rage and pain. As she vanished, the ritual shattered. Corvane and the three people with her in similar wraps glared at my Sestras and I; they were pissed at what we'd done.
Syn screamed in pain, so Tilea threw the satchel at her and expended all of her own magical energy, to try to bind Tatyana to Syn. She wasn't sure where the spirit was, but she had to try. As soon as the satchel hit Syn, she stopped screaming and a beautiful golden light beamed down over her. She had fully merged with Tatyana. Burned into the area they'd been fighting was now a powerful circle and a dragon in humanoid form was standing in it. As the golden light stopped, Syn dropped to one knee and for just a moment, Tilea saw a faint outline of angelic wings on her back. Then Syn got up and ran toward the castle.
One of the monks hit me hard, but I was able to maintain our circle. Sachi yelled for Bruenar, but he didn't come. Then he put Aggie in a bead of force and told her "sorry baby, this is for your protection," kicking the ball and sending Aggie flying out of the window. Sypha and I were furious that damned monkey had just fucked up our beautiful circle. Since the circle was broken anyway, I misty stepped away from the monk and unleashed a small bolt of lightning at them before getting in my bubble.
Nikko healed Sachi and Dot sent out a buff for everyone. One of the monks went for Dot and Pip, thankfully missing both of them. Sypha said "to Hells with circles" and pulled out a rod that was glowing with the elements and cast something on herself. The ball with Aggie flew into the window again, and Sachi caught it and flung it back out. My poor sestra. She does kind of deserve it though after everything she's done. The monk that tried to hit me before came up to me and swung... the fucker was able to get through my bubble- this isn't good.
Sachi flanked the monk on me, and it managed to negate his damage, so he shoved an entire bag of dust of dryness in its mouth- the monk was not pleased. I somehow managed to maintain my bolt on the monk and set up a candle that would let us all speak telepathically so we could better coordinate. Dot hit the monk on her with a cone of cold and it didn't seem to do as much as she'd hoped it would. Sypha went for the one on Dot, but it evaded her strike. Scritch managed to score a couple of decent hits on it though, before Corvane popped up right behind him and landed a couple blows. Syn ran into the room and stabbed the monk on Dot right in the heart, and it turned to ash.
The monk I was fighting cut itself and a sigil appeared on its forehead and chest. Sachi shoved something poisonous into its self-inflicted wound, then threw something at him- they ended up ping-ponging it back and forth for a moment. I continued my witch bolt and lit a blinking candle, but they all resisted the effect. Kit and Cat hit the two remaining monks- aside from Corvane. The one near Dot healed himself, but Sypha managed to kill it anyway. Aggie was finally back and she killed the one I'd been fighting. There was only Corvane left.
Scritch wished Corvane "had the arms and legs she was born with," making her spectral hand vanish. Tilea hit Corvane once, then Syn went at her with the sun sword. There was a bright glo coming from every spot Syn hit Corvane, then she screamed and vanished. Syn said Corvane had been sent home, to the deepest reaches of the outside.
Faint applause came from behind us, and Bruenar- but not Bruenar- was there. He said he was now the Harbinger of Apsu, and that it was a spectacular day. The Harbinger thanked us for our help, saying we'd done more than we could possibly imagine, and while he couldn't truly thank us for what we'd done, he knew what we liked, and a fuckload of money appeared in the room. Sachi's eyes pretty much bugged out of the sockets and the monkey froze, so stunned he couldn't move. The Harbinger gave us all the Blessing of Apsu and vanished.
Strahd came out of wherever he'd been hiding during this shit and demanded to know what the Hells was going on. I quickly launched an explanation of what we had just done. When I was finished he blinked at me a couple of times, said "I guess you can stay," and walked away.
Syn said she felt something angry in the back of her mind, possibly Vecna or Belmont. My sestras and I couldn't determine what specifically it was.
The six witches from Aggie's coven that had come with us to the castle were given the Blessing of Apsu too, and they were now good. I invited them into my coven, it'd be nice to have a few witches with some experience around, they could help teach my new witches.
For some reason, we decided to sleep at the castle for the night.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 1, Castle Ravenloft
In the morning both of my sestras were gone, but Sypha left a note. She was going to retrieve her lab and she had to take care of something, then she'd be back.
Grant was randomly there in the morning, so I took him back to the Temple with me; I needed to talk to him behind wards. I needed to know what he knew about Sypha, and who put the soul brand on her, I was worried about that person coming for me. He said he'd been researching who put the brand on her, but he hadn't found anything yet.
Grant sent Sachi and Scritch to do some recon for him. He wasn't sure what was going on with Belmont, but he thought there was another player on the board.
Much later in the day, Sachi and Scritch decided to smoke a ton of weed in a Tiny Hut in our personal common room. When they got bored with that, Sachi put some in every brazier in the Temple, which I removed and kicked the damned monkey out. They were annoying me, so I eventually gave in and gave them a room they could smoke in... which they turned into a casino.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 2, Temple of Mystra
Sachi wanted to go shopping in Sigil, but he'd never been there so he couldn't just plane shift there. He decided to go ask Strahd if he could get him the sigils he needed to shift to Sigil. Strahd just sent him there, then Sachi came back to get us.
We wanted some magical tattoos, and Syn knew a place. We spent the next three days getting inked.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 5, Sigil
We were finally finished with our tattoos and were ready to go home, but Syn was waiting for an important package and we couldn't leave until Syn received it. We decided to go looking for the courier, leaving Spot at the tattoo shop in case we missed him. Sachi, Dot, and I went one way, Tilea, Syn, Cat, and Kit went the other way. Eventually we found the package and were able to leave.
At the Temple, there was a note from Sypha with a brass ring, she'd heard of our recent acquisition and the ring would help. I shrugged and went back to my researching.
Syn was still feeling that anger in the back of her mind, toward the northwest, where Belmont's tower used to be.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 7, Temple of Mystra
This morning the anger was gone from the back of Syn's mind. While this was good news, it was also worrisome since it had been there for so many days.
Sachi decided to go conduct some recon to see if he could find Belmont. While he was gone, I talked to Aggie, and she said we wouldn't be able to find Belmont with magic without the Power of Three, and neither of us could reach Sypha.
When Sachi came back empty handed, Tilea had Syn try to scry for him and the crystal ball exploded. I sent Grant a message to see if he could help us, and he said he was looking at Belmont right now. We scryed for Grant and got static. On a hunch, we bamfed to Strahd's garden, and he was there.
Sachi began babbling about his soul mate when we got there- referring to Clarah. I thought he was insane, but magic didn't stop him. He was truly in love with the dragon he'd bound to his soul.
We all hid just before Belmont arrived, and Grant told us he could not see Syn at all, no matter what. Kittie and Cat disguised Syn as Sypha, and it was so well done that I almost thought she was my sestra. Those two are good.
Syn wanted to go after Belmont, but Tilea said no. To prevent that, Tilea drew her moonblade and stepped out, telling Belmont we needed to have a chat.
A shockwave rocked the castle and we were suddenly in pure darkness. Somehow my sestras and I managed to keep the ritual going, it would take more than a shockwave to shake the three of us together.
Most of the people in the room were knocked prone, and some were filled with a blank void, as if they were suddenly completely empty. All the plants in the area died. Tilea's dragon soul was gone, as was the haze in Syn's eyes- which were now the same color as Tilea's. Syn was confused, she didn't know what was happening or where she was. Then she said something was burning.
There was a flare in the ritual's circle and the soul of a golden dragon appeared in it. She lunged at me, but couldn't cross my circle, thankfully, so she screamed in rage and pain. As she vanished, the ritual shattered. Corvane and the three people with her in similar wraps glared at my Sestras and I; they were pissed at what we'd done.
Syn screamed in pain, so Tilea threw the satchel at her and expended all of her own magical energy, to try to bind Tatyana to Syn. She wasn't sure where the spirit was, but she had to try. As soon as the satchel hit Syn, she stopped screaming and a beautiful golden light beamed down over her. She had fully merged with Tatyana. Burned into the area they'd been fighting was now a powerful circle and a dragon in humanoid form was standing in it. As the golden light stopped, Syn dropped to one knee and for just a moment, Tilea saw a faint outline of angelic wings on her back. Then Syn got up and ran toward the castle.
One of the monks hit me hard, but I was able to maintain our circle. Sachi yelled for Bruenar, but he didn't come. Then he put Aggie in a bead of force and told her "sorry baby, this is for your protection," kicking the ball and sending Aggie flying out of the window. Sypha and I were furious that damned monkey had just fucked up our beautiful circle. Since the circle was broken anyway, I misty stepped away from the monk and unleashed a small bolt of lightning at them before getting in my bubble.
Nikko healed Sachi and Dot sent out a buff for everyone. One of the monks went for Dot and Pip, thankfully missing both of them. Sypha said "to Hells with circles" and pulled out a rod that was glowing with the elements and cast something on herself. The ball with Aggie flew into the window again, and Sachi caught it and flung it back out. My poor sestra. She does kind of deserve it though after everything she's done. The monk that tried to hit me before came up to me and swung... the fucker was able to get through my bubble- this isn't good.
Sachi flanked the monk on me, and it managed to negate his damage, so he shoved an entire bag of dust of dryness in its mouth- the monk was not pleased. I somehow managed to maintain my bolt on the monk and set up a candle that would let us all speak telepathically so we could better coordinate. Dot hit the monk on her with a cone of cold and it didn't seem to do as much as she'd hoped it would. Sypha went for the one on Dot, but it evaded her strike. Scritch managed to score a couple of decent hits on it though, before Corvane popped up right behind him and landed a couple blows. Syn ran into the room and stabbed the monk on Dot right in the heart, and it turned to ash.
The monk I was fighting cut itself and a sigil appeared on its forehead and chest. Sachi shoved something poisonous into its self-inflicted wound, then threw something at him- they ended up ping-ponging it back and forth for a moment. I continued my witch bolt and lit a blinking candle, but they all resisted the effect. Kit and Cat hit the two remaining monks- aside from Corvane. The one near Dot healed himself, but Sypha managed to kill it anyway. Aggie was finally back and she killed the one I'd been fighting. There was only Corvane left.
Scritch wished Corvane "had the arms and legs she was born with," making her spectral hand vanish. Tilea hit Corvane once, then Syn went at her with the sun sword. There was a bright glo coming from every spot Syn hit Corvane, then she screamed and vanished. Syn said Corvane had been sent home, to the deepest reaches of the outside.
Faint applause came from behind us, and Bruenar- but not Bruenar- was there. He said he was now the Harbinger of Apsu, and that it was a spectacular day. The Harbinger thanked us for our help, saying we'd done more than we could possibly imagine, and while he couldn't truly thank us for what we'd done, he knew what we liked, and a fuckload of money appeared in the room. Sachi's eyes pretty much bugged out of the sockets and the monkey froze, so stunned he couldn't move. The Harbinger gave us all the Blessing of Apsu and vanished.
Strahd came out of wherever he'd been hiding during this shit and demanded to know what the Hells was going on. I quickly launched an explanation of what we had just done. When I was finished he blinked at me a couple of times, said "I guess you can stay," and walked away.
Syn said she felt something angry in the back of her mind, possibly Vecna or Belmont. My sestras and I couldn't determine what specifically it was.
The six witches from Aggie's coven that had come with us to the castle were given the Blessing of Apsu too, and they were now good. I invited them into my coven, it'd be nice to have a few witches with some experience around, they could help teach my new witches.
For some reason, we decided to sleep at the castle for the night.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 1, Castle Ravenloft
In the morning both of my sestras were gone, but Sypha left a note. She was going to retrieve her lab and she had to take care of something, then she'd be back.
Grant was randomly there in the morning, so I took him back to the Temple with me; I needed to talk to him behind wards. I needed to know what he knew about Sypha, and who put the soul brand on her, I was worried about that person coming for me. He said he'd been researching who put the brand on her, but he hadn't found anything yet.
Grant sent Sachi and Scritch to do some recon for him. He wasn't sure what was going on with Belmont, but he thought there was another player on the board.
Much later in the day, Sachi and Scritch decided to smoke a ton of weed in a Tiny Hut in our personal common room. When they got bored with that, Sachi put some in every brazier in the Temple, which I removed and kicked the damned monkey out. They were annoying me, so I eventually gave in and gave them a room they could smoke in... which they turned into a casino.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 2, Temple of Mystra
Sachi wanted to go shopping in Sigil, but he'd never been there so he couldn't just plane shift there. He decided to go ask Strahd if he could get him the sigils he needed to shift to Sigil. Strahd just sent him there, then Sachi came back to get us.
We wanted some magical tattoos, and Syn knew a place. We spent the next three days getting inked.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 5, Sigil
We were finally finished with our tattoos and were ready to go home, but Syn was waiting for an important package and we couldn't leave until Syn received it. We decided to go looking for the courier, leaving Spot at the tattoo shop in case we missed him. Sachi, Dot, and I went one way, Tilea, Syn, Cat, and Kit went the other way. Eventually we found the package and were able to leave.
At the Temple, there was a note from Sypha with a brass ring, she'd heard of our recent acquisition and the ring would help. I shrugged and went back to my researching.
Syn was still feeling that anger in the back of her mind, toward the northwest, where Belmont's tower used to be.
***** Nyolcadik Honap 7, Temple of Mystra
This morning the anger was gone from the back of Syn's mind. While this was good news, it was also worrisome since it had been there for so many days.
Sachi decided to go conduct some recon to see if he could find Belmont. While he was gone, I talked to Aggie, and she said we wouldn't be able to find Belmont with magic without the Power of Three, and neither of us could reach Sypha.
When Sachi came back empty handed, Tilea had Syn try to scry for him and the crystal ball exploded. I sent Grant a message to see if he could help us, and he said he was looking at Belmont right now. We scryed for Grant and got static. On a hunch, we bamfed to Strahd's garden, and he was there.
Sachi began babbling about his soul mate when we got there- referring to Clarah. I thought he was insane, but magic didn't stop him. He was truly in love with the dragon he'd bound to his soul.
We all hid just before Belmont arrived, and Grant told us he could not see Syn at all, no matter what. Kittie and Cat disguised Syn as Sypha, and it was so well done that I almost thought she was my sestra. Those two are good.
Syn wanted to go after Belmont, but Tilea said no. To prevent that, Tilea drew her moonblade and stepped out, telling Belmont we needed to have a chat.
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