Episode 16: Arrival at the Arcanum!

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September 2, 2020

We began this session on The Flying Boulder, three days out from the Arcanum. One night, Rhistel used his crafted shrine to attempt to contact the spirits of the sea. He summoned a bear totem in the form of a shark, and then he transformed into a shark himself and swam with the spirit. There was a brief conversation confirming what the party thought they knew - there is a darkness/corruption originating in the fey. The day before arrival, the group worked together to woo Josephine into revealing more about the Arcanum, which she was open to doing as she now trusts the party, and they were all about to arrive there anyway.

Upon arrival at the docks in Knife's Edge, they disembarked The Flying Boulder and Rhistel paid for the ship to get a little extra love while docked. They were lead by Josephine through the city to a central building that had a cable extending from it to the top of the cliffs overlooking the city, upon which the Arcanum sits. They were parted from Josephine, and taken into the care of Nolan, a snooty Dienaar. They managed to offend him by not being as polite as he expected, so he left them to their own devices while he rode in the forward cabin of the gondola up to the Arcanum. When the got close to the Arcanum, they passed through some sort of force field and an entity called Gid made a glowing, bright appearance. Gid introduced himself as an escort for them around the Arcanum, and gave them a brief introduction to the rules of access within. The group were all given gray eyes, which is the lowest level of clearance. When they arrived at the top, Nolan was there to greet them again, this time much more coldly. They apologized and convinced him to give them one more chance. He guided them to their rooms in the residential wing of the Arcanum, where he left them, and we ended the session.