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@@ -377,121 +377,3 @@ There is also a sack and a piece of paper in back ones hands.
Camilla finds a ring, inscribed in infernal. The inscription reads: 'Although the blood of the infernal runs through my veins I will not let it define me.'
I grab the paper, it is a poorly drawn picture of a tall figure with long hair, a woman, with two smaller figures. The text reads: 'So you do not forget what we look like'
## Episode 56: What the Forest Holds?
We embark on our journey. We stumbled upon a broken cart in the distance.
We split the group up, one side to go find an animal to pull a cart, and another to fix a cart that we found while killing the beast last session.
Bit and Locke stay back.
Bit talks to Ky'Mytha, the demon is not happy that we lost the ring Camilla had. They ensure that if we do not find it that dangerous hunters will be sent to kill us and question why we don't have it.
Locke and Bit begin to draft up the schematics for what may become the steam engine.
Bit beings to also consider oracalcum as a power source for the engine.
As the others are getting their owl-bear. Locke and Bit are startled by a visige that is attempting to get to our fire.
As it steps into the light, we see a man with a large animal pelt over him, its old super worn. He looks like he's been out here a while.
He falls into the snow.
We drag the man to the fire. And Locke notices his pupils are two different sizes, leading to internal hemmoraging.
Apparently he has some cabin 2 days away from here.
His name is Eryndor. He wants to stay the night, but we aren't going the same way as him.
Neil named the own-bear Kujo.
I cast detect thoughts and I get: What the hell was that they just poked me with.
> Neil poked him with the staff that detects changelings and other things and it lit up.
I get thoughts of, he's having a lot of internal conflict. He's stressed about Locke being his boss and he really doesn't want to piss him off.
The guy is awfully suspicious, we think he might be afflicted with the same thing that beast we fought was.
He asks what the man's friends name is and he gets choked up.
His eyes narrow and he claims he doesn't remember.
Locke and the stranger take a private moment, he talks about 'her needing the food.'
We need to know who 'she' is, also no clue what the food is right now.
He tries to bolt, we restrain him with magic and ropes.
He begins to recite some jibberish, and screams 'I do not have a choice.'
He is hysterical.
His body begins to morph as he is breaking down. He says she is West. She's looking for more.. there are others like him.
His human face contorts and the man is covered in strange purple paint with insignias covering him.
They are etched into his skin, he is tweaking out and his bones are shifting underneath him. His ribcage pushes out and splinters as he continues.
A rib ends up splitting out from the skin and his chest flays open.
He dies.
We decide to pack up and get moving.
### 20th of Heim
We all suffer a point of exhaustion because we pressed through the night.
> If we keep pressing through as it gets colder, the cost of pushing though will increase. As well as camp supplies.
As we travel, the snow lightens up. Travel becomes a little easier.
The land itself is beginning to look to have some elevation.
We see a view of the continuing view, which leads to a large river and its mostly frozen over. The bridge that is normally there is destroyed. This is a large stone bridge, 300 feet about.
We cannot walk around the river.
## Episode 57: Shards of Winter's Vein
Neil casts polymorph on me, turns me into a frog. I am scooped up by Camilla along with Cedric.
I am no longer a frog, but I did get to talk to Cedric for some time. Poor guy.
I take Cedric back from Camilla and we get closer to the river.
Neil finds a dark colored purple feather from the ground. We notice more feathers as we get closer to the river.
Camilla recognizes that the feather belongs to harpies from her time living in northern Daein.
She ensures that we are fine, nothing to worry about.
Neil throws a rock at the frozen river, and as he does an echo occurs.
We plan to levitate Neil while Camilla turns into a bat for transport. They begin by taking the cart.
As they get half way across they begin to hear a whispering voice. Akin to wrath of the litch king vibes.
Neil gets the feeling that something else is on the cart with him... he looks behind him and there is spectre form sitting there.
Camilla turns, and sees the spectre floating. It's a scary guy, dementor looking. Beyond it in the trees many glistening eyes appear. Bird-like eyes.
As they continue on there is a cold breath, sucking in the air. The warmth slowly siphons away.
> As Neil is hit he fails a wisdom saving throw. Takes damage and gains a point of exaustion.
> Floating objects keep speed for 'some time', but air resistance will eventually stop it.
Locke Cassius and Bit start trecking across the river.
Looking down most of the river is thickly iced over. It looks strange, the ice looks like it occured abnormally.
We begin to hear the whispering noises that Neil heard earlier. We see a light moving under the ice. Dozens of them are moving under in the same direction. They are moving with the natural current of the river.
> The above scene reminds me of the hades scene from Hercules. Where he dives into the soul pit.
We look down and are able to notice a great deal of magical power from what looks like a source to what we are experiencing.
It looks bright as we look at it, the same yellow hue as the other spectres.
Locke casts dancing lights in a red hue, and the souls begin to slowly flock to the lights. The massive light begins to dwindle a bit as what seems like things are transfering over to the new light source.
As this happens we are able to see something under the water where they were previously gathered.
We see it move but it is too dark to make anything out of it.
Neil turns into a bird and runs away to the forest.
Camilla, who the spectre want's nothing to do with, begins to move toward those who are crossing the river and falls in.
Cassius finds a weak spot and his leg is plunged in. When he gets it out his armor is rusted and corroded.
We all see Camilla fall in.
Bit has Noxx and Cassius throw him with feather fall and flies across the rest of the river.
Noxx Cassius and Locke fall in, Camilla attempts to rescue them...
Neil is conversing with some Harpies on a branch.
As Camilla saves them Locke notices a long haired thing floating in the water. It has female characteristics. Some large female amphibian with large yellow eyes looking at Locke as he is ripped from the water.
Neil is trying to convince the harpy to grab one of the party members that are on the river.
They notice Bit standing defenseless on the shore.
The harpies retreat as they are outnumbered. They give off a communacative noise to alert other harpies nearby.
> [!IMPORTANT]
When using fireball, cast 2 at the same time and combine them into a concentrated blue fireball that deals 2x using sorc points.