Word of the apprentices’ rescue and return to the temple
soon reaches the Mayor. Sandra Trinelli comes to the temple and requests an
update from the Pathfinders. After an explanation of everything that the party
encountered, the Mayor pays the agreed upon fee. With visible relief, she
commends the party, “You have expertly resolved both tasks I put before you.
The vermin issue is resolved and all six apprentices have been returned alive.”
She continues in a more somber tone, “Things are likely to
go poorly for the Vazarro boy. The townsfolk will want to see him harshly
punished for his actions. Saringallow has a long memory and no patience for
dark deeds perpetrated against vulnerable youth. There is no understanding why
anyone would do such terrible things.”
Do you try to defend or explain Gellion’s actions?
By no means will I defend the Vazarro boy. But I believe he was under the influence of Demon Bile. I am sure the Priest will be able to fix him sooner or later. But he was definitely not himself. Maybe once he has been purged of the evil inside him, he may be able to explain where and how this started. I don't think he did it out of free will, but it was still his body that did the acts of evil. All we can do now is pray that he can be fixed and that the town of Sarringhallow can start to heal and mend from this very tragic incident.
ReplyDeleteRoll(5d20)+0:
17,13,17,14,4,+0
Total:65
Lady Emyralda know the following about Demon's Bile:
DeleteType: disease, ingested; Save Fortitude DC 18
Onset: 1d4 days; Frequency 1/day
Effect: 1 Wisdom damage, gain 1 Strength, shift one alignment step toward chaotic evil, see below; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Special: In addition to suffering the effects above, creatures under the effects of the demon’s bile disease hear a constant buzzing in their heads that, along with their shifting alignment, prompts them to undertake tasks that most would consider madness. This madness manifests in different ways for each creature, but it often involves delusions.
Eh... if the disease is cured, does alignment shift back?
DeleteWe have his notes, and thus an inkling that he was working against the Bile infestation, correct? We would provide the mayor with what evidence we have.
ReplyDeleteHe was studying the substance, not working against it per se. His ultimate conclusions were that the Demon's Bile needed to feed on human blood and his friends were the perfect food. (This is not true.)
DeleteMayor Trinelli, you should wait and find out the whole story before rendering judgement. It's hard to say if Gellion brought the evil here or the evil brought him to it. But the Demon's Bile that infected him came from somewhere, so did that Quazit and all the fiendish insects. I don't think even an alchemist's apprentice spurred by madness can round up so many monsters in just a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Nolaria, your bird's still waiting for you at the graveyard.
I hate loose ends (:
You know that the Fiendish giant insects come from the Demon's Bile. Consuming the substance caused the normal insects to mutate and grow. This is what happened in the Orchard and the Graveyard. The Warehouse was another story all together. Once the substance covers a large enough area, it spawns the fiendish insects periodically.
DeleteMaking the homunculus was within Gellion's skill set but would not have been something he would have normally done. Nothing that you have found so far explains the Quasit.
Nolaria thanks you and fetches her bird. :)