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The group gathers for breakfast and their payment, after which a overly cheerful Wood Elf with bright red hair arrives. Known as Ainoch, he’s worked with the party before and led them into dangerous territory enough times (although he swears he didn’t know the flesh-eating mushroom was alive at the time) that his arrival immediately puts them on guard. This time, he bears yet another job for them: escort him to a mysterious temple, find a way to bypass the temple door, and protect him once they’re within. No one is interested until he mentions an important fact—the temple is above ground. | |||
Several members of the party negotiate the fee for the mission, then dismiss Ainoch to discuss whether or not to take it. Puud Een scries via a water-filled bucket, where she’s struck with a startling vision: the fiery destruction of the entire world, both above and below its crust, followed by utter oblivion. The temple then appears in her vision, a possible hint that it may be the key to preventing this future. She shares the ill tidings with the party before curling up beside the fireplace for a nap. | |||
While the others contemplate this, Indomitus becomes convinced the bucket is magic and pays the surprised Syth five gold for it. They step outside to go shopping, but are met by Ainoch who was “innocently” leaning against a nearby wall as he eavesdropped on the group’s post-bucket conversation. He rolls out a contract written on a scroll, to the shock and suspicion of the group; they had never needed a contract working with him before, so why now? Sae notices Ainoch is far too adamant about how the temple “has always been there” for that to be true, and for the briefest moment something about his ears seems strange. She gets him to admit the temple did seemingly appear out of thin air one day. | |||
While the others contemplate this, Indomitus becomes convinced the bucket is magic and pays the surprised Syth five gold for it. They step outside to go shopping, but are met by | |||
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Once the contract is signed, Ainoch seals it with wax, and magic shimmers across it. He then reminds everyone it’s binding before listing the four “simple” things needed to actually open the temple door: the heart of an active and angry volcano, unfiltered magic, the blessing of a god, and the moon. (The bright one, not the normal one.) | |||
Once the contract is signed, | |||