Floodwall Session 26: Dreams, Gifts, Plans, and Parley

Cranzalar dreamt of a deep sun fathoms below the ocean, boiling away the brine. A voice not entirely unlike Eadro’s came to him as he watched, and offered him a different kind of power. Cranzalar accepted, and awoke to find a greatsword rammed through his chest. He’d become a warlock. So now he was an undead dragonborn warlock/cleric with a cursed sword and a pact blade. This guy just keeps stacking up the modifiers!

Firuzeh dreamt of Aurifar running Cranzalar through before he vanished. And they spoke of the nature of their deal; how Firuzeh only swore she’d retrieve the deity’s power – she didn’t necessarily have to kill for it. Lilla was still there, and still mad.

Lilla’s presence in this dream sparked something in the back of Firuzeh’s mind: if, when a Royal is killed, their soul is pulled to this place with Aurifar, then where was Shallows, the exiled Tiefling running Dry Land’s smuggling operation from just beyond the City of Brass?

Vi’s dream of a giant dancing Moss was interrupted by the Mind Spider. It insisted that, since they were working together, it would offer a gift to help her preserve herself. After all, it didn’t want to be packed up in another crate. The Spider could lift some of the safety locks from Vi’s mind, and allow her to cast her Moonbeam spell more often – no strings attached. It also warned her that if she didn’t at least consider its offer, then she may never sleep again.

It wasn’t a very restful night for anyone.

Around coffee/hot brown morning potion, the three and Bailiff went through their next steps. It was agreed that their next target should be Argat, as they were reasonably sure of his location – his Hospital on the Fourth Tier – and of the nature of his power – Abjuration.

But before that, Firuzeh wanted to investigate the remains of Shallows, which meant getting back to the Plane of Fire. The Archive informed them that Shallows’ body had been completely destroyed, and his soul was converted to pure data: the rune left on the floor. To revive him, as Uzi was planning, would only be possible through the Wish or True Resurrection spells. As it stood, there was just one person capable of casting True Resurrection in all of Floodwall:

The Divine Royal, Diafani.