Iron Gods:Log/Session 18

Session 18

The party agreed to meet with Meyanda in jail, where she and Gruvush were being held in adjoining cells (a member of the ropefist gang was also present).

Meyanda asked, "Now that you've thwarted the machinations of the Iron God, what are your plans?"

The party asked about the possibility that Meyanda's mission had already succeeded and she admitted that she was bluffing about the level of success. There was a brief discussion of the subjectivity of science as Poing explained that goblins have rituals that help them explain and understand society, but that these are, fundamentally, just a different appraoch to science. Poing summarized that "You might have already had all the tools in front of you, and Hellion just explained them to you." Gruvush muttered blasphemy and calls Meyanda a traitor.

Meyanda mentioned that the party should go to Scrapwall to confront Hellion. Thinghaver suggested that this sounded like a suicide mission. Elligh mused silently to herself that this is probably Meyanda testing her god. Poing be like, "So... you think your god is going to kill us." "I don't know." "You don't know. Oof. Big oof."

The party discussed the possibility of going to track down Hellion after sealing the hole to the underdark. The party requested the opportunity to speak to Meyanda in private, and determined that they could do so in Khonnir's workshop.

"The Lords of Rust and I gained control of Scrapwall through the influence of Hellion."

"What happened to those who turned down his power?" "They are no longer in scrapwall... nor elsewhere."

So how did Hellion Grant you his power? "I swore allegience to him." Where did you etch the holy symbol? "Upon myself, but I will not show you."

Did Hellion compel them to join his cult? "I believe I joined voluntarily. I believe that others did as well."

She warned them that the Lords of Rust will most likely attempt to lure the party into an ambush if they admit to being adventurers or opposing Hellion, but would otherwise most likely allow them into Scrapwall.

Poing suggested that Meyanda should be considered for community service. Meyanda seemed amicable to this. Thinghaver pitched to the party the notion of getting assistance from Meyanda in fortifying the ship under the mountain.

They asked Meyanada how old she was and she stated that she is about 12 years old.

The party decided to recommend that Meyanda be remanded to the custody of Joram Kyte to perform community service, and discussed how to cover the hole to the underdark with segments of the ship.

4714 AR, Pharast 19th

The party recommended community service to the town counsel and Elleigh was able to convince them that this is the best approach to Meyanda's punishment. Furthermore, they suggested that the first project she work on be assisting in closing that hole to the Darklands. The town counsel accepts this based on the argument that she was misguided.

Meyanda determined that the hole to the Darklands could be sealed from above in such a way that it could not be opened from below, and a similar one over the entrance to the black cave. Sef expressed a desire to leave the cave, and the party assisted them in leaving the caverns.

Meyanda stated that the project will take approximately 17 days.

The party attempted to explore the ship further, but determined that the deck they were attempting to go to simply did not exist. The party considered what they would be doing during the resultant downtime.

The party asked Meyanda about the other generators, and although Hellion had told her OF such other generators, she was not told of their locations. The party took some time to write a full report of the activity for the town counsel, including who Meyanda is, why she did what she did and what caused her to lose her faith. The counsel agreed to reconvene the next day to discuss these matters.

4714 AR, Pharast 20th

The town counsel offered a reward of 200gp to confirm whether a threat existed. 300gp to defeat Hellion or defang his cult. Dolga explained that they did not have the resources to provide them with much but means of travel and rations for the journey, but that they were very nearly bankrupt, and anticipated refilling the coffers while the party was en route to and from Scrapwall. The party agreed to travel via boat when possible, and to attempt to accompany a merchant group in doing so in order to make their way in disguise.

The party had 7 days of downtime before they would find a suitable merchant to depart with; the journey itself would be about 6 days.