User:Lhynard/Projects/Imago Deorum/Campaign outline/Summary 5

Dates
Mirtul 1 – Mirtul 19, 1372 DR

Summary
Then, Garron appears, having been rescued earlier, and a second, real wedding occurs between him and Kyrin. The next morning, the PCs meet with Kyrin and Garron before they leave for their honeymoon. They learn that Rontal killed himself the night before in shame. Kyrin rewards the adventurers for their efforts at freeing her now-husband and fills them in on missing details of how everything worked out. They learn that Rhinda, too, has been rescued but that she is in an asylum. Gamalon has not been found. They ask for advice about how to rescue Sseth from the blue dragon who has imprisoned him. She cautions them but suggests they seek out a dragonslayer in Myratma named Rinald Overman. On the way to Myratma, they are ambushed by an invisible stalker sent from El Sadhara. They defeat it, but Hakam has his leg broken. Hakam contacts Sseth again, who gives some advice and lets them know that the "path to Allu leads up." This worries them, as it sounds as if Allu and the blue dragon captor are working together. They visit Rinald Overman at his shop, and he takes them to his special shop in the back. They manage to convince Rinald to come out of retirement to assist them in freeing Sseth, promising to will Mythlos' new keep to Rinald's family in the event of their deaths. Rinald tells the story of how he slew the green dragon Achuakkothar. At night, they are raided by a band of sahuagin and are victorious. They next arrive at the House of St. Liwan's Blessing, where they enjoy great food. One of the clerics there attempts to scry on Sseth for them to learn his location, but the attempt fails. They hide out in a back room of the cave that would be inaccessible to the dragon and make it their base camp. Later, Mythlos feels fear in his familiar. They find the toad hopping back to them. Belvin uses his magic to talk to the toad and learn about a horned dragon coming back with a sheep or goat in its mouth. They repeat this on mutliple days to begin to learn the dragon's regular schedule.
 * The PCs travel back to el Daraqadim to attend the wedding of Kyrin Hawkwinter, which, to the disdain of all Tethyrians, is held on the fifth hour of the fifth day of the fifth month of the year. A large number of VIPs are present, including the queen, Zaranda Star, who officiates. During the ceremony after Rontal Qirattar and Kyrin Hawkwinter are officially married, Kyrin reveals herself to be a doppelganger. Before the crowd, the queen interrogates both Rontal and the doppelganger, who had previously made a plea bargain to cooperate. It is revealed that this doppelganger had been hired by Rontal to "remove" (but not kill) Garron Ersemm, Kyrin's original fiancé. Unbeknownst, to Rontal, the doppelganger was also working for Inselm Hhune, and the doppelganger hoped to probe Garron's mind to learn how to capture and replace Kyrin with a copy so that Inselm could control Calimmon. Rontal's punishment is to remain "married" to the doppelganger and to be exiled from Tethyr for ten years. Hhune is also arrested for a later trial.
 * Mythlos is officially named a knight of county Monteshi by Oxsal Keeneyes. They return their borrowed horses but purchase Cloud for Leokas.
 * The PCs arrive in Myratma, whence they wish to hire a ship to take them along the coast in search of Sseth's prison.
 * Rinald tells the story of how he slew the blue dragon Edarrasvim.
 * Rinald explains to them the "Rules of Dragonslaying".
 * They set sail for Teshburl with an agreement to be dropped off on the coast when requested.
 * They continue on their voyage and arrive at Memnon, where the PCs remain on board in hiding while the ship is inspected by the amlakkar.
 * They spot a shipwreck south of the House, as Sseth had said. They leave the two camels and horse with the ship, and they get dropped off. They row to the coast and find a sea cave, which they enter after waiting the night for the tide to go down. They find a tunnel going up and one going down. Since Sseth said that Allu's palace was up, they go do. They encounter tidal pools and a cluster of giant bombardier beetles and violet fungi.
 * They further explore the tunnels in the cave. They see evidence of giant scorpions up one crawlspace and a wide chasm up the other larger way. They use a variety of magics to confirm the path to Sseth is over the chasm and through one of four passages beyond that.
 * They spend three more days secretly watching a cliff entrance outside to learn if the dragon is home or not, but they learn nothing, so they risk more exploring of the cave. They learn how the scorpions reach the surface from the cave and find a larger tunnel they presume leads to higher exits for the dragon. They paint Mythlos' toad familiar to look like a stone, empower him with darkvision and place him on a ledge to observe the tunnel.