Architects of Balance

Architects of Balance

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Kir Sabal
  1. Session 1Day 3 · Mirtul 30

    Five strangers take Syndra Silvane's commission, arrive in Port Nyanzaru, collect a debt from a gladiator and ask the Temple of Savras where the Death Curse comes from.

    Baldur's GateHarbor WardPort NyanzaruKaya's House of ReposeExecutioner's RunTemple of Savras
  2. Session 2Day 8 · Kythorn 5

    Zitembe finishes his ritual, the party takes Azaka Stormfang as its guide, travels five days along the Soshenstar River and finds the Snake Temple in the Aldani Basin.

    Port NyanzaruTemple of SavrasSoshenstar RiverCamp RighteousAldani BasinSnake Temple
  3. Session 5Day 10 · Kythorn 7

    Zitembe confirms the Soulmonger is the cause of the Death Curse, Taenae offends Inete, and on the way to Firefinger the party loses its canoe, fights su-monsters and finds a dead beholder.

    Temple of SavrasRiver Tiryki
  4. Session 6Day 11 · Kythorn 8

    Separated from the others, Vogal and Vonara join Fenro Silver in defending the polymorphed wizard Finethir Shinebright from Master Noke, who dies when his wand backfires.

    Noke's Keep
  5. Session 7Day 29 · Kythorn 18-26

    The party frees two triceratops from a tar pit, talks its way past a Red Wizard patrol, learns that Azaka Stormfang is a weretiger and begins the climb of Firefinger.

    Firefinger
  6. Session 8Day 31 · Kythorn 27-28

    The party climbs the rest of Firefinger, frees the Aarakocra Nephyr, defeats Nrak and his minions at the top and rests on the spire.

    Firefinger
  7. Session 9Day 32 · Kythorn 29 - Valachan Day 1

    Azaka Stormfang leaves the party, a stone guardian on the bridge at Ataaz Muhahah freezes them in place, and their minds are carried to a rainforest in Valachan.

    FirefingerAtaaz MuhahahValachan
  8. Session 10Day 32 · Valachan Day 1 (Trial of Hearts)

    In the bodies of strangers at the Pantara Lodge, the party hears Chakuna's rules for the Trial of the Hearts, sets out last, fights giant snakes and camps under a tree hung with hearts.

    ValachanPantara LodgeVillage of Valachan
  9. Session 11Day 33 · Valachan Day 2 (The Massacre)

    Vogal kills Taban at Chakuna's demand, and the next day the whole party dies in a field of spike traps and wakes again in Chult.

    Valachan
  10. Session 12Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Return to Chult)

    The party wakes in Chult, Taban says farewell, Asharra of Kir Sabal asks for a black orchid from Nangalore, and Glade wakes a teleportation circle that carries the party toward the Aldani Basin.

    Ataaz MuhahahKir SabalAldani Basin
  11. Session 13Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Morning)

    At Camp Vengeance the party writes the Book of Wellness and digs a sewer, then follows Wulf Rygor to the Aldani Shrine, where his wife Lorsa holds a barricade against the undead.

    Aldani BasinCamp VengeanceAldani Shrine
  12. Session 14Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Afternoon)

    The party finds the Aldani Shrine sealed behind them and answers a riddle in a flooding corridor while invisible water creatures attack.

    Aldani Shrine
  13. Session 15Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Evening)

    In the Chamber of Echoes the party watches illusions of the fall of the Aldani while the Hungerer mocks them, then descends to the Flooded Library.

    Aldani Shrine
  14. Session 16Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Night)

    The party jumps into the deep water of the Flooded Library, defeats a water elemental and a water weird, and enters the Hall of Regret.

    Aldani Shrine
  15. Session 17Day 38 · Kythorn 30 (Midnight)

    In the Aldani Shrine the Hungerer devours Lorsa Rygor, the party shatters his physical form, and beneath his throne they find treasure worn by statues in their own likeness.

    Aldani ShrineAldani Basin
  16. Session 18Day 59 · Kythorn 30 -> Flamerule 21 (The Lost Weeks)

    The party learns at Camp Vengeance that three weeks passed while they were in the shrine, flies back to Port Nyanzaru, sets Zitembe two tasks, and Taenae's proposal to Inete ends in a rift.

    Aldani BasinCamp VengeanceRiver TirykiPort NyanzaruTemple of Savras
  17. Session 22Day 60 · Flamerule 22 (The Day Before)

    The day before the gala, Tyde Caller points the party toward Mezro, Lord Cedric Montclair sneers at Vonara outside Wakanga's Villa, couriers deliver gilded invitations to every member of the party, and the party orders outfits at SURE.

    Grand SoukSorceries' SundriesWakanga's VillaThe Dead FishSUREGrand Colosseum
  18. Session 23Day 61 · Flamerule 23 (Evening - The Gala)

    At the Cultural Unity Gala a note warns Vonara of poison in the air, she dispels it, a few nobles and servants die, Jessamine flees under accusation, and a Changeling confesses that he serves Ras Nsi and was sent to frame her.

    SUREWakanga's Villa
  19. Session 24Day 61 · Flamerule 23 (Night - The Gala)

    At the gala's auction the party takes Jannalor Tezim's money and wins the black orchid for three favors, Inete learns that Zitembe has left the city, Taenae meets Alice, and Lady Nyrule wins the Eye of Ubtao.

    Wakanga's Villa
  20. Session 25Day 62 · Flamerule 23 (Night) -> Flamerule 24 (Morning)

    The gala ends with Lady Nyrule gone with the Eye of Ubtao, and the next morning Alice's otter leads the party to her ransacked pet shop, where they save the poisoned animals and find a key marked with a smiling skull.

    Wakanga's VillaThe Dead FishCritters, Creepers & CrawlersHarbor Ward
  21. Session 26Day 62 · Flamerule 24 (Mid-Day)

    The party follows the blood trail to a smugglers' warehouse in the Harbor Ward, talks a dock guard into leading them inside, and fights on the second floor after the guard implodes and a serpent creature erupts from his remains.

    Critters, Creepers & CrawlersYuan-ti Warehouse
  22. Session 27Day 63 · Flamerule 24 (Afternoon) -> Flamerule 25 (Mid-Day)

    The party loots the Yuan-ti warehouse and finds the key to the Maw Below, Vogal wins his duel with Tharn with help from Vonara and Glade, and Taenae and Takhesis go down into the Maw Below and find Ifan Talro'a draining Adani's blood in a ritual.

    Yuan-ti WarehouseMaw BelowGrand ColosseumCritters, Creepers & CrawlersThe Dead Fish
  23. Session 28Day 63 · Flamerule 25 (Afternoon)

    Ifan Talro'a kills Takhesis and Taenae in the Maw Below, the whole party shares a vision of the fall of Skyfang Keep, the two are returned to life by their patrons and slaughter him, and the rest of the party brings them back to the surface.

    Maw BelowSkyfang Keep
  24. Session 29Day 64 · Flamerule 25 (Night) -> Flamerule 26 (Day)

    The party frees Jessamine from the Yuan-ti cells and hears how she was captured, then spends a day in the city signing Antonio of SURE as its clothier, asking Tyde Caller about the golem core and selling the Statue of Acererak to Kwayothé.

    The Dead FishMaw BelowSURESorceries' SundriesKwayothé's Villa
  25. Session 30Day 65 · Flamerule 26 (Afternoon) -> Flamerule 27

    At Jessamine's word the party bursts through the wall of a warehouse in the Harbor Ward and kills the Yuan-ti lieutenant Goldtooth, takes his ledger and other spoils, and Ricardo calls on Taenae at The Dead Fish.

    Port NyanzaruHarbor WardThe Dead Fish
  26. Session 31Day 65 · Flamerule 26 (Day) -> Flamerule 27

    Alice turns Taenae down and gives her a whistle, Inete receives Zitembe's journal and sees him dying in the Sunken Temple, Taban summons the party, and Vonara trades her darkest memories to Lady Sansa for passage to the temple's door.

    Port NyanzaruCritters, Creepers & CrawlersTemple of SavrasRiver TirykiSunken Temple
  27. Session 32Day 65 · Flamerule 27

    Inside the Sunken Temple the party balances the plates beneath two statues, mixes a green draft in the garden, destroys two girallon zombies at the Gorge of Teeth, answers a voice that asks whether they serve Order or Chaos, and finds Zitembe chained beneath the scales.

    Sunken Temple
  28. Session 33Day 65 · Flamerule 27 (Afternoon)

    Taban fights the party beneath the scales of the Sunken Temple, Taenae's vow to Chakuna brings the scales to balance, Taban and Zitembe ascend as the guardians of Chaos and Order, and the Eye of Ubtao gives the party the temple as a Bastion.

    Sunken Temple
  29. Session 34Day 65 · Flamerule 27 (Dream/Vision)

    Acererak punishes Takhesis for the souls lost at the Sunken Temple and sends him into the ruins of Skyfang Keep, where he binds the greatsword Vigil's End to himself and beheads Ras Nsi.

    Sunken TempleSkyfang KeepSunken Temple
  30. Session 35Day 66 · Flamerule 27 (Night) -> Flamerule 28 (Morning)

    The party sleeps in the Sunken Temple, each of them dreams and wakes with a gift, Taenae's dream sends them toward Dungrunglung, and Takhesis steps out of an icy rift with the greatsword Vigil's End and throws the head of Ras Nsi on the floor.

    Sunken Temple
  31. Session 36Day 67 · Flamerule 29

    Back in Port Nyanzaru the party finds Alice wounded by the Beggar King and her shop turned into a triage center, Wakanga shows them the ash of Syndra Silvane, and they learn that the Death Curse has taken Kragga and three priests of Savras.

    Port NyanzaruCritters, Creepers & CrawlersWakanga's Villa

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