002_2025.07.27

Session Summary

002_2025.07.27

After a tense and frantic battle against Sahradûn the Ash-Tongued, the penitents explore the rest of the Ember-Fane, uncovering an incomplete ritual attempting to summon what is presumed to be a nascent god. After ensuring the Fane would claim no more lives, the group heads back across the chasm to The Bleeding Horizon Tavern, preparing for their next adventure.

Recap

001_2025.07.18

Arriving in Drath's End, a group of Penitents find themselves drawn to a mysterious phenomenon that has been the talk of the town - a Mysterious blind man that wandered in to the tavern, speaking a language none have ever heard before. Under whispers of growing concern, the group seeks out the Ember-Fane, an abandoned ruin from before the Godfall that may be slowly awakening, posing a threat to the surrounding lands.

After Questioning The Barkeeper of The Bleeding Horizon Tavern, as well as the Blind Musician who fell victim to the fane's touch, the group set off from Drath's End and across the Scorch Vein Chasm, spending a single night in the shadow of the fane before ascending to learn what dangers lie within

Log

Fought against Sahradûn the Ash-Tongued, eventually defeating him with a combo attack.
- At his feet they find a Censer, a Sword, and a Bottle of burning liquid, and a parchment.
  - The parchment is a sealed letter from Sahradun.
  - "In silence, the flame listens. We have arrived at the ember-fane. It is more than we could have ever hoped for. I have not yet found the chamber that contains it, but I know it is close. I feel it calling to me, hear it whispering. Soon, the first steps will begin."
Quinn unleashes blinding revelation and discovers insane scrawling all across the room, also revealing a hidden archway guarded by a runic trap leading deeper into the fane.
- Verdas disarms the trap by scratching out the runes in a very precise location.
Inside the hidden chamber of the shrine, the group sees a well used altar that has an empty space now occupied by a burned handprint pressed into the marble itself.
- In the corner is a small harp, seething with contained divinity.
Quinn unleashes another blinding revelation, showing a phrase scratched into the altar
- "Forgive us, oh great one, for biting the hand that feeds. Ever may we guard it, so that it may shelter us in our time of need"
Verdas places his hand in the empty space on the altar and has a sudden burst of vision.
- Verdas sees from the perspective of a sacrifice that was brought to the temple. A group of cloaked figures, a ritual performed, and a final phrase whispered before the cutting of a throat. "Your final screams will become its first breath"
Group rests in the central chamber, identifying the magic items and stopping the harp from playing.
Quinn and Vessel break off pieces of the melted golden statue.
Group sets back off towards Drath's End, Verdas uses magic to blockade the door of the Fane, and the group works to ruin the sinuous trail down the shale hills leading to it.
The group stumbles a few times when crossing the Scorch Vein Chasm, eventually making it to the other side just as the sun sets.
Group decides to press forward the last leg in the dark, eventually making it back to Drath's End and heading to The Bleeding Horizon Tavern.
Jorra tells them of various rumors around Drath's End
- Salahair collapsed and died a few hours prior, screaming in his maddened tongue before spouting a final legible phrase "Forgive Me"
The group meets with Vareth Norr, vowing to return within the week to escort him across The Votive March

Notable NPCs

Loot Acquired

Blessed Echoblade
Ashlit Censer
Ash-tongue Oil
Ember Concord
Handfuls of Gold