Session 10 - Next Steps

After waking, the party decides the first move would be to get Gab's collar off of his neck. They waltz down to an open-air smithy early in the morning in the Lovely Straggle district. A blacksmith with a beard that reaches the floor greeted them by the name of Elaime. He presents a very friendly demeanor, preferring to provide cheaper services away from the politics of the city. He manages to cut through the collar, offering to provide the scraps as a potential tool for them, but Gab declines.

With that done, the group chooses to follow up with Tylieri on the invitation to get a Maius Hunter license from Emerald Scent. Upon arriving at Greenhall, they meet once more the illustrious Capitoline Flashlyte, who brings them further up the building up to a large bustling room with a raised platform in the center. Upon walking atop it, the party sees an interesting figure on a raised throne in the back. She is somewhat amphibious, with sea-colored pearlescent skin, long blue hair, and shining glass-sequined wrappings. She introduces herself as Sila Ularien, the leader of Emerald Scent. She talks about the nature of the gang: fostering stability within Saile. Before she can ensure the team's licenses, however, she requires a trial.

She jumps from her throne to the raised platform, summoning two fighters by her side and a healer. Combat ensues. The healer backs off into a corner and casts Bless on her allies. Gab does the same for the party. Sila sings out an entrancing song, which only briefly affects a few of the party. The two fighters square off with Gab, Toni, and Patch while Vordia and Onika step back to throw spells. The fighters are quickly dispatched and knocked unconscious by the melee-goers when Sila moves up to Toni and lands a few strikes. Gab wheels around Sila's back to flank, but she gets a brutal stab at both Toni and Gab after they exchange some blows. Gab rebukes the violence and unleashes a whack from his flail and Sila starts to fall unconscious. The healer yells out her name and pours a Healing Word into Sila before she hits the ground. Meanwhile, Vordia slings eldritch blasts across the arena and Onika manages to whack the healer a few times with their staff. Sila runs over behind some weapons racks and begins to cast some large incantation before Toni manages to reach over the clutter and strike her down. The healer once again brings her back up but Gab strikes her down again. Onika tries to shove the healer off of the arena platform, but she holds firm and raises Sila yet again. Seeing this, Onika throws a glyph under Toni to try and shoot her up and over for an attack on the healer who had hid behind a barrel, but a sudden cloud of mist shoots out from Sila's chest. A moment or two pass before it dissipates, and Sila Ularien once more sits upon her throne, clapping. Toni then falls and Onika gets completely squished trying to catch her.

Sila announces that they satisfied their trial. Though, she requests an actual name for the group. They all yet again struggle to come up with something, but eventually settle on Harmonious Hunters. Sila sends one of her underlings to go get the paperwork written and invites the whole gang--but especially the Harmonious Hunters--to celebrate with some drinks on the house in the upper bar of Greenhall. A party is had in which Sila herself comes to sit with the Hunters, bringing with her the most foul smelling black drink imaginable. A few of the party decide to take sips and instantly regret it, while Sila just keeps chugging away. They learn that Sila is hundreds of years old and used to spend her youth roaming the Mire on her own adventures, searching for the most fascinating aspects of the world she could find. Toni asks about the wildest Maius encounter she's had, to which she responds with a description of a Maius that sounds just like Melodious Vow from Gab's younger days. She was around the Corbin Coast when she caught sight of the peculiar Maius, but was unable to ascertain much from it aside from the fact that it seemed to be struggling. Gab mentions that he had a very peaceful and formative encounter with this very same Maius, to which Sila urges him to speak with her should he learn more.

After much noise and storytelling, Onika tells the group that they are getting a little overstimulated. And thus, they decide to leave and head for somewhere more peaceful. Onika leads the group to a nice park on the outskirts of Upprenk district where the newly named Harmonious Hunters take a moment to breathe after an eventful morning.