Cleansing Leap HeroQuest
The Rass siblings and Barlo, the newly appointed Protector of the Rass, went looking for members of the river cult they could ask about breaking the last condition of the curse. "the River reaching the tower's top."
As they were related to the Ingilli clan, they first sought advice there. But instead of a bustling Rich Hill manor filled with the comings and goings of a busy mercantile house, the Rass found the Ingilli manor locked and guarded. The guards were friendly enough, and all members of the household guards for the river lords. Each of the guards bore a blue and green ribbon tied to an arm, and were happy to give directions to the Rass. In fact, they seemed almost to have been expecting the group.
Following the directions from the guards, the Rass made their way through Riverside to the River Gate, noticing that while the rest of the city seemed normal, Riverside was all but empty. Down at the edge of the river, where on a normal day a dozen boats would be pushing off or tying up, loading or unloading, only a single small boat sat.
7/9/00
This session focused on preparing for the Cleansing Leap Heroquest.
When the heroes reached the floating temple barge, Fasasch the Deep, Priest of Zola Fel quizzed them from the deck, looking down at them:
Are you blood of the water?
Are you here out of duty and love?
Will you sacrifice your lives for that duty, for that love?
Revered Animah, Priestess of Zola Fel is ill, manifesting chaos infestation.
Chinschar the Diver (of the Ingilli) acts as central figure for the quest.
Aminah's skills 7W2
hands over the fork (8W) The trident of the Clansed One
2000 extraordinary support = +30, Priest skill = 7W2, Holy site +5
Notes on the Cleansing Leap Heroquest, dated wrong in my list
Quest to begin at midnight to mirror the beginning of the Great Darkness.
Zola fel wars against the land, feels the destruction of the "heart of the world" and returns to his palace to consider what to do.
A herald of Magasta comes to the court and is challenged by the Guardian of the Brown Palace.
Zola Fel asks his advisors what the great destruction means,
The seer (?) says it is the end of the world, and hope and life are gone from the world.
The healer (?) says that hope and love cannot be killed, but healing requires sacrifice.
The warriors say that they have never met a foe they cannot defeat and will conquer for their lord.
Magasta's Herald explains that it means the end of the world, if the waters do not rush to the breach.
The fool steals the Water of Life from the Goblet of Zola Fel.
A child says he feels the fear and pain of the world, and asks Zola Fel to protect him.He responds " I will show you how to be a Man."
Downriver
Convincing the People
Herald speaks to the people
Gathering the Warriors
Chief warrior faces down the one who leads those who prefer to attack the land
Tough fighter w/ water magic motivated by desire for Ernaldan goddess--thinks she is true to him, unspoiled.
Hith Snake-Spear: He bears 5 wounds already, reducing his skills
Bursting the levee? resisting the nymph/defeating the diversion
a naked earth nymph lies at the edge of the river tempting the water god to"plow her furrow"
Levee Nypmh
Half a dozen Lodrili Lunar settlers stand in the river on a great wallowing pig that blocks much of the flow of the river.
The chaos pollution
warriors fight, destroy some, but cannot defeat the entire taint
water of life destroys the taint
the great leap
Final battle with the void?
The poem sung in riverspeech by the priestess' daughter, heard only by Senech:
Three Drops left behind
Three Drops who will find
Three Drops hide so well
Three Drops for Zola Fel
Two Drops the purest part
Two Drops for blackest heart
One Drop with tearful sigh
One Drop to kiss good bye
