22nd of Auril – Part 2 – After arriving back in Dranseri and getting some shopping handled, the party made their way back to the hall of heroes. There, they found that Tilia’s family was sleeping, resting from the exhausting exodus of the night before. Erione mentioned that she would like to go check in with her peers at the Temple of Erathis. She invited the party along, although she said they might be kind of bored waiting for her in the vestibule.
Deciding to accompany her anyway, the Party made its was to the temple district in Dranseri. Outside the gates, they noticed a heightened tension hanging in the air. Increased guard presences and hurriedly moving individuals in the temple district signaled something amiss. As the part ventured forth into the district, they noticed a giant crater near the center of the district.
Upon closer inspection, the party saw that the Temple of Selûne (Falco’s goddess) was collapsed into a 50 ft sinkhole. Speaking to the nearby guard, they learned the temple had been beset by drow and that the vault had been pillaged. The party investigated a bit further and discovered that the timing of the attack was closely correlated to the time of the events in Tyer-Besil.
Continuing on to Erione’s temple, the group waited patiently as she went to inform the ecclesiarchy there of her status. While the party waited, Ari received a message via sending to go and speak with Alura. A second message told her to bring her companions and to prepare for an audience with the Queen and her council. They were to go ASAP to the Sky District and prepare for an audience.
Preparing themselves, the party ventured to the Sky district entrance and were escorted to the Castle Plancert – the ancestral fortification and seat of the ruling government of Arklan. There, they were given time to refresh and prepare before they were led into the Queen’s throne room. The Party was led between two lines of praetorian guard amidst a richly, but not haughtily, adorned room of tapestries and other regalia to a central platform and meeting area. Chairs on either side of the queen were filled with her councilors and children.
In speaking to the queen and her council, the party learned of a drow incursion that had attacked the temple of Selûne from beneath. Crashing it into the ground, they breached the vault and made away with a claw that the drow referred to as “the Myth Drannor” but that the clerics and paladins of Selûne identified as “Kiaransalee’s claw” – an ancient artifact from before the divergence said to have been worn by an ancient dark selderine goddess of the same name. Known as a patron of necromancers and opposer of Selune, her involvement troubled the queen.
The Queen brought the Party up to date of other threats to her Queendom – including the incursion of orcish invasion forces to the north and some sort of undead problem at the Queens gate to the north near the glade. Citing the growing acclaim and trust of Alura, the Queen told the Party “the trust of a Queen is earned” but that Alura’s vouch meant a lot and that she could use their help given the the drow, undead, orcish and Yan-C-Bin problems.
The party decided to help by pursuing the drow and discovering their motives. As a down payment the queen gave the party a chest with 1000 platinum in it.
Later, late at night as the other’s slept, Tilia had a conversation with her family (she can update the group with details if she wishes).
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