Among the Mages

- The group heads up the mountain while chatting and looking for signs of habitation, Zaril snags little creatures like mice and geckos and what-not to snack on as they walk - After a while, Neil notices that there are more and more of the tracks that he found before - The sun begins to set, and Neil tries to hunt, but he can only find one rabbit - They make camp. - They decide to try planting another one of Acta's magic beans and see what they get. #JohnnyAppleSeedAllOverThisMotherFucker - Acta plants a bean and nest with five brown, red-speckled eggs (chicken-egg-sized) appears - Acta grabs up an egg and uses her dagger to open one side, and it just looks like an egg with a white and yolk and what-not - Zaril decides to try to hatch her egg - Luca decides not to eat her egg either. - Sariel decides to wait at least until morning. - After a while, Acta starts to have stomach pains, but then she gets better after an internal blow (28 force dmg) - The burp she releases e...

- Tornado watch? - Everyone wakes up to a beautiful sunny day, and it's time for breakfast. - A city guard approaches the group to deliver an invitation to a meeting with Alejandro. - They agree to come as soon as they finish eating breakfast. - At the very beginning of the meeting in response to how did you sleep, Acta drops the bomb about her screaming nightmare. - That's when they notice Acta's new amulet. - There is a collective facepalm. - Alejandro recognizes the material in the cracks as brain matter. - Alejandro called them to discuss Agrexost - He would like ideas on how to track down the lost titan. - Acta asks for a reward, of course. - He agrees to arrange for Sariel to have a focus object to be able to scry for Agrexost and Ellilune - Torin Denholm is a person Alejandro says might be able to help them - He is a half-elven wizard with whose help Alejandro discovered Agrexost and founded the city - They have fallen out since then, and now Torin liv...

- The earth's shaking only lasts a few seconds, and everyone has a chance to catch their breath. - A portal opens and the party comes out on a very high tower in the middle of the city - There are several people coordinating things, so this is like a command post - Sgt Watson approaches Neil and requests a debrief - Most of the giants have either surrendered or run away - The western part of the wall is damaged and partially breached. - In the northwest there's a golden dragon still battling with two giants. - There are also a few other giants doing battle with some of the ballistas - In the northern part of the city where the mine is, or maybe was, there's a crater and another portion of the wall has collapsed into the crater - In only a few more minutes all the giants either surrender or are killed. - Neil volunteers the group to investigate the mine before they go back to the inn to sleep off their injuries. - Corporal Thompson will accompany the party to relay...

- The Lizardfolk who is named Rollax works in a shop that sells candles. - The circle in the woods glows. He claims that's all it does. - He was asked to make it by a mage, but he doesn't know the mage's name. - The mage was fancy in nice clothes. Looks intimidating like most mages. - He met the mage a long time ago, but was contacted recently via Sending. - He told, presumably Barkridge, that they had been in the guard barrack and then came back to the inn. - And then he realizes that Barkridge was probably not going to give him all the stuff he promised him (100,00 GP) for telling them this stuff - Neil hears from over his shoulder he hears a "Psst" - Sgt Watson has arrived and is raising her eyebrows at Neil - Zaril uses Suggestion on him again while SW gets a couple of guards to take him in - At this point all three of them head upstairs, Zaril for a long rest and Neil and Sarah Watson for a "rest" - He explains about the spy probably bein...