Characters

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Chozen - bugbear barbarian. Ex-pirate whose ship sunk and he is the only survivor. BFFs with Jimmy
Dmitri - gnome fighter. Passionate about everything. Quick to make friends and enemies.
Iris - halfling warlock. Luxon born but brainwashed by parents to worship Moon Weaver
Jimmy - sea elf druid. Your friendly neighborhood Nature Runner (Boy Scout).
Trixie - human artificer/wizard. Mercenary working odd jobs

Strong Start

Headed to the Bowl of Judgement for the first round of the tournaments.

Scenes

Tournaments at the Bowl of Judgement
- Tournaments are run by Sheed Caltor
- 3 different tournaments (martial, spellcaster, group)
  - Spellcaster is 1v1
  - Martial is 2v2
    - No spells allowed (DC 20 Slight of Hand if they want to try)
- 4 people/groups in each (2 rounds to win your tournament)
- I have created characters for the other participants and will have the nonparticipating PCs control the NPC combatants.
- Will have the rival party run in to “The Knights of Alyxian” and discuss what they have found out so far.
  - They have been working on joining the Allegiance of Allsight to try and learn more about ruidium (more in Secrets & Clues)
- As the group tournament is about to start two ruidium elephants will burst through the bowl of judgement. One elephant will stay in the bowl and the other will push through and out the other side of the bowl. The rivals will offer to take down one elephant while my party takes on the other. Lead in to Cobalt Soul Mission #3.
Cobalt Soul Mission 3: Elephant Uproar
- After the elephants are dealt with, the party can either follow the path of destruction to the First Eclipse Tavern or the Cobalt Soul will reach out and have them come to the Library for more information.
  - Elephants
    - 1st elephant killed turns into marble elephant
    - 2nd turns into ruidium dust
    - DC 17 Arcana check to find out that elephants were created using magic, with a small amount of ruidium as a material component; in other words, it was never a magic item to begin with.
  - Can follow the path of destruction back to the First Eclipse Tavern
  - Jamil A’alithiya will let the party know that members of the Cobalt Soul have discovered the elephants originated in the Suncut Bazaar (likely at the First Eclipse Tavern) and will ask the party to investigate.
- Wants you to investigate the First Eclipse tavern
  - 1,000 gp as a reward
- First Eclipse Tavern
  - The elephants were released by Khelkur the Gull (one of the masters of the Consortium)
  - Kehlkur and Satzrak Runestrider are celebrating their success tavern is empty otherwise.
  - The party is told to leave or else
  - Can find note on Khelkur after battle (handout link in description)

Secret and Clues

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[ ] Rival Party
- [ ] They were sent to retrieve a marble figurine of an elephant from a shop in the Suncut Bazaar but it was gone when they got there.
  - [ ] The figurine was stolen from the Allegiance of Allsight.
  - [ ] The figurine was first discovered in Cael Morrow.
- [ ] They were sent to discover a possible second entrance point into Cael Morrow in the River District.
  - [ ] The entrance is rumored to be in the oasis (Life Dome). This is false and was planted by a spy within the Allegiance.
  - [ ] From Carliale Kroogan (person who runs the Life Dome) they found out that if you go deep enough it offshoots into a bunch of maze like caverns.
  - [ ] There is no know connection from the Life Dome to Cael Morrow but Cael Morrow is located in similar caverns at a similar depth.
  - [ ] Relics from Cael Morrow indicate it was the site of a pre-Calamity society originally built above the water.
  - [ ] Carliale thinks natural tectonic shifting caused the city to slip beneath the surface, but the fluctuation of the water level in the caverns seems to defy explanation.
  - [ ] The Life Dome regulates the water flow from the spring to the canals with a combination of engineering and enchantment.
  - [ ] The rivals were ambushed by two invisible stalkers sent by either the Consortium or the Sentinels of Memory
- [ ] They have officially joined the Allegiance (badges, outfits, and lodging)
- [ ] Waiting to hear back from Prolix for more info about ruidium.

NPCs

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Sheed Caltor
Ayo Jabe