August 6, 1372
Three weeks pass before you all gather again in Occa's mansion for dinner.
Galil has pretty new clothes.
Kadlian, who thought his rituals in the woods would only take a few
days, learned the hard way that they would take a lot longer.
Ragnar has returned from his training.
Trinity and Niko have identified things, and are now 600gp poorer.
Badd finished training yesterday and has returned to Castle Greyhawk with Occa. The house is a lot quieter, now.
Salaam also picks up his nice new basin today. It is truly a work of art.
In the meantime, you have heard news of events from distant lands.
On July 19th you learned that the far off city of Yorkk in Nolthen fell to the dwarves...back on April 19th.
Word reaches Sandas on July 20th of the coronation of Clarvis as
Emperor of Saltar. This is old news to most of you, as is the word that
he is mobilising the Empire for war.
On July 30th, you heard that war has engulfed Central Amrica, as
Mestom's hold on its newly conquered lands appears to be weakening.
Edelle also has pretty new clothes, although Niko had to give up a week of drinking to pay for it!
"Is this supposed to be a good thing?" Niko asks, regarding the news from Mestom.
"Yes."
"Okay, we need to do a few things before we head out. Treasure
division and magic item picking before foremost. Thanks to
Trinity and Niko for the hard work in identifying most of the items."
"I have finished the ritual and now I would like to take an additional
two weeks to train, unless you folks are itching to get going again.
Otherwise, I can wait until we are back here again."
"Better be ready than wait," says Trinity somewhat
cryptically. "I could use the time to make some more scrolls. As
well as peering to see if we can figure out the crystal ball that seems
to show the past."
Kadlian departs again while the rest of you go about your errands.