Episode 5: Greater than Royalty

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June 17, 2020

The group started out with the king, heading towards the Towenaar’s quarters. The king revealed he hadn’t actually asked permission, but instead intended to ask forgiveness. Upon arriving at the quarters, only Dienaar Josephine was there. She received the king and the party and said they should wait for the Towenaar. Eventually the Towenaar came, and the reception was as cold as expected…  But after an explanation from the king, the Towenaar at least let them speak their piece. They told her of the hag and the other creatures, which she was able to identify as chokers. Though she was interested, she did know of similar fey occurrences in other places. The party attempted to get various bits of information out of her, but she suggested that perhaps they could trade something for something. The party was given a quest to seek out the source of the Gale, and Josephine was to accompany them. Within hours, after a brief stop at the market for a few of the party, they were on their way on horses out of Kirogate. After riding roughly 30 miles, they stopped for the night and had a bit of conversation around the fire. We learned some about Rhistel’s philosophy on solitude and nature, thanks to some probing questions from Muud. Finally, Josephine told them of how she expected to find the source of the Gale, which effectively was to search and follow whatever clues they could find.