Campaign Notes - Solace: Collapse
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Black Ice Gang
There seems to be a number of cells associated with the Gang, each of which is tasked with some goal, so far indicated only by a key word. each cell also has a leader, a few of which have been eliminated. It is unclear whether eliminating the cell leader has neutralized that cell. At least in one case, it seems not. The also seems ot be some connection between the gang and the Spider Queen Lolth
Cells
Our investigations have uncovered the existence of the following cells:
| Leader | Task | Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|
| Valas | "Chaos" | whereabouts unknown |
| Hune | "Portals" | whereabouts unknown |
| Kaanyr | "Magistery" | whereabouts unknown |
| Dyrr | "Temple District" | whereabouts unknown |
| Nimor | "Shepherd" | whereabouts unknown |
| Imphraezl | "Assembly and Release" | whereabouts unknown |
| Danifae | ??? | whereabouts unknown |
| Dakasuta | "Base" | DECEASED |
| Aliisza | "Recruitment" | DECEASED |
| Jez'zara | "Recruitment" | DECEASED |
Tasks and Whereabouts
Our Investigations have uncovered the following information about each leader's tasks and possible locations:
Valas "Chaos"
Valas is gathering the ingredients for the "Chaos Curse", though he exact nature of the Curse is unknown. With less relative ease, we were able to figure out what he has collected and what he has not yet:
"Chaos Curse" Ingredients:
- Red Dragon Scales - OBTAINED
- Mimic's Teeth - OBTAINED
- Owlbear's Feathers - OBTAINED
- Rust Monster's Saliva
- Frost Giant's Beard
- Brain of a Mind Flayer
- Lich's Phylactery - ONE CURRENTLY HELD BY Orphan Coin
- Beholder's Eyes
It's been nearly impossible to discover Valas' whereabouts, however we did learn of a drow cell that we suspect to be reporting to him recruiting in the slums to go on an expedition into the old Solace ruins. We have located their likely point of entry into the old solace ruins, and while it is unclear what they are looking for, based on the remaining ingredients we surmise based on creatures that are known to inhabit similar environments (underground, plenty of abandoned resources to consume, and a wide network of unexplored and explored tunnels) that they are likely hunting Rust Monsters.
A Magistery party including Jorg, Cassio, Ember, Ci and one member yet to be chosen is planning to attempt to disrupt this hunt, obtain the location of Valas, and if possible, neutralize him and his cell.
Hune "Portals"
Task Unknown - It could be inferred that this task involves the creation or maintenance of Portals to and from the home of the Drow, known as the Underdark, and other locations (see Game-Summaries:10/6 Recollections and Game-Summaries:12/9 Recollections). We have no proof to back up this theory however.
A Magistery party including Ford, Jeroy, Kaylorr, Pearl, and Tallulah is set to track down Hune using the only hint they have - "Portals" on 1/27
Kaanyr "Magistery"
Task Unknown
Dyrr "Temple District"
Task Unknown
Nimor "Shepherd"
Task Unknown
Imphraezl "Assembly and Release"
Task Unknown
Danifae ???
Task Unknown
Dakasuta "Base"
DECEASED
Aliisza "Recruitment"
DECEASED
Jez'zara "Recruitment"
DECEASED
The Far / Outside
"It's the here there be dragons territory where the dragons are made of fish sticks made of crystallized screams of the sound of purple and the flavor of jealousy, or at least that's the closest your mind that is bound up in multiverse thinking and perception can come to comprehending it."
While exploring the Training Dungeon Mishap (see Game-Summaries:1/12 Recollections) we discovered that we actually had been transported to an alternate dimension of sorts known as as The Far or The Outside. The strange place was filled with even stranger things including abominations and obscenities - creatures twisted by magic or experimentation - with paper walls and stone papers. Though it resembled the real world, the things inhabiting it were flawed reflections. At its center we met and destroyed a Mindflayer named Zahn who seemed to be at least thriving in this environment, if not actively creating and manipulating it. Before we could gather more information, however, we were transported back to the Magistery with more questions than when we left:
- Was this Outside where the Training dungeons have always existed, and were they corrupted by Zahn for his own ends?
- Is the Outside another realm entirely, in which case, how were we directed there, instead of our usual location?
- Was this Zahn the architect of this madness, or merely a Pawn in a larger scheme, not yet glimpsed?
- Will Cassio ever realize that Ember IS the bear?
Perhaps further investigations will yield greater truths, but for the time being, this line of inquiry seems to have ended.