Knots and Cherubs
Party
- GM
- Trish
- Session
- Summer 808
- Dates
- 1/1/808 - 10/1/808 WK
Diary of Events
Day 1
We were rounded up for a mission of a delicate and sensitive nature. A really hot woman named Temi, who is 7' tall, wearing diaphanous clothes requires us to visit her plane and investigate a village that they have lost contact with. They sent a priest in to investigate, but they havn't reported back. Although I am an experienced upstanding party member, and natural choice for leader, I defer the role to Arkham. Jedburg is the natural choice for military scientist with his martial training.
When we're ready to depart Temi weaves a knot and we are transported in a flash to a dias in a beautiful white marble temple. A temple of Athena is a classic but simple, minimalist design, but could really do with some sculptures. All the inhabitants of the temple are women. We drink from a goblet as a ritual of greeting, which is revealed to bond not to attack the temple. Its revealed were on a plane called Athenia.
Talking to the priests, Afesto and Artus, they explain in further detail what happened. A small isolate village, Latonia, with about 40 people has not reported back in a while. A hunter from the area, Bopius, was found windering the wilderness. He was acting strangely and has lost some of his memories.
We learn the women get tall the longer they study, how odd.
We decide to visit a temple closer to the town, Chaneria, and Temi performs some weaving to transporting us to another dias of another temple. The priest Eracle provides us more information and introduces us to Bopius. He visited the town over a week ago and people were acting oddly, almost obsessive and then he lost his memories. A divination reveals he was subject to magical sleep and a number of minor curses.
They sent three temple members to investigate that have being missing over a week. It was Dictu (healer), Hielus (guard) and Pretus (priest).
We rest for the evening and visit the workshop, which are only inhabited by men. It seems the woman keep the men under the thumb, they love the whisky I produce and almost faint when they see my cards. These lads really need to party!
The priests consider the major skills to be weaving, knotting, embroidery and tailoring. All other skills are the lesser skills. They have odd values, and are very particular about order.
We learn there are three powers that are worshiped, each with their own bonded animal.
- Athena; owls and crows
- Artemis; Deer and bear.
- Aphrodite; doves and hares.
Don't mess with these animals.
We fly to the outskirts of the village and hunker down for the night, we'll spy on the village the next day. Arkham spends the evening threatening Uzi to with a binding given his appalling behavior.
Day 2
We sneak close and check out the village for a while and observe people. Those that we can see are either lying unconscious or doing something industriously. We retreat, have a bite to eat and discuss sneaking in and grabbing someone. Were snuck up on by cherubs who charm me into attacking Jedburg and Arkham into Uzis love slave. After a bit of a fight we kill one and scare the others away.
We beat a retreat to rest and recover. Uzi tries to take advantage of Arkham and is only stopped by us. We are all again shocked and appalled by Uzi.
Day 3
We fly back to the village, sneak in and check it out. People are looking pretty weak and are all obsessed with a single action. We water and feed everyone, find the party from the temple and then beat a retreat back to the temple in Chaneria. We are all again shocked and appalled by Uzi.
Day 4
We decide to pay a visit to temple of Aphrodite, whose minions are cherubs, and explain what their follows are up to. They assure us they will take measures to resolve the problem.
We rest up to the evening and fly back to Chaneria and report in. They have sent healers to Latonia and are talking to the other temples.
We are all again shocked and appalled by Uzi.
Day 5
We are assured everything is now under control, and our heroic abilities are no longer required. We use a ribbon to teleport back to the temple in arrived at and fill in Temi. We are rewarded with some pretty ribbon and then teleported back to the guild via their knot magic. We are all again shocked and appalled by Uzi.
Precis
- Places
- Latonia; small village that worships Artemus.
- Chaneria; village close to Latonia.
- Powers
- Athena; owls and crows
- Artemis; Deer and bear.
- Aphrodite; doves and hares. Cherubs are minions.
- People
- Temi; senior priest of Athena
- Afestol; priest of Athena
- Artus; priest of Athena
- Eracle; priest of Athena in Chaneria
- Dictu; healer of Athena cursed at Chaneria
- Hielus; guard of Athena cursed at Chaneria
- Pretus; priest of Athena cursed at Chaneria
- Bopius; hunter cursed by the cherubs.
