SEVENTEENTH SESSION

The session begins with the party leaving Traitor's Keep accompanied by the full guard trio, and heading down the mountain. They have fully resupplied, and are once again being followed by the Crown's Eyes. The warlock Asoshen accompanies them in a sullen yet resigned mood, fitted with an anklet.

After an initially uneventful journey, they encounter a small caravan on the road perpendicular to Thracien. To avoid revealing Asoshen's continued existence, the party decides to hide from the caravan while Kitty-Alana scouts it, backed by Markoris and Ishaq. However, the party's attempts at hiding go poorly, and in a miscommunication, Celia walks forward in full view of the caravan to join the scouts.

This turns out to be fortunate, as Celia is the one who perceives and warns the others that these travelers are armed to the teeth and singing a ballad to the Thief Lord, a deity who is not part of the 'legitimate' Raith pantheon and who is generally only worshipped by professional criminals. Getting closer, Alana gets a free kitty treat from the caravan's bard, a foreign-looking half-elf in a patched red and blue cloak who we may see again.

After the probable bandits pass by, the party reconvenes to discuss their findings and the implications of Celia, a very rare and distinctive sight, being spotted. This led to a discussion of whether Celia is 'thicc' and could be concealed via tent, before the decision was made to take a detour to a different road to avoid any further unwanted encounters.

The party sets up camp by the roadside for the night to wait for Sir Faran, who will hopefully prosecute Ayleen after hearing Asoshen's story. In the ensuing two hours, Max trains with Alice while Ishaq trains his speech-making on Celia and carves Host Radiant sigils into every available tree. Sir Faran arrives on her giant roc, and Ishaq gets things off to a great start by greeting her in the name of the Host Radiant.

Doing his thing, he convinces the Sky Knight to hear the warlock's tale, and Faran confirms that she views Ayleen as a plague. Tensions rise when Asoshen is brought forward and Faran casts Dominate Person on her, to Ishaq's fierce objections, as he views the warlock as under the sworn protection of the party. Faran doesn't care, and flies away with Asoshen in tow.

The session ends with everyone arguing over Ishaq's actions, mainly Ishaq and Alana against Max, Markoris, and Alice, with Fishboy walking away in despair at these idiots.