GM’s Observations
- Cutting down on the detail of the next few session write ups as blow-by-blow isn’t needed.
Major Characters
- Ethan, Isabelle, Hilda
Adversaries
- None
Adventure Hook
- Hephaestus has asked for help to ‘complete’ himself. Ethan and Isabelle are attempting to help.
Background
- Out of frustration from Zeus’ many dalliances, Hera attempted to produce a child by herself. The result was Hephaestus and she was so disappointed that she cast her son out of Olympus, permanently damaging his leg. Hephaestus wants to rebuild his relationship with Hera, and also to improve his relationship with his wife Aphrodite.
- This is an almost impossible task as Hephaestus has always been incomplete. He is brilliant and strong, but also shy and socially awkward.
Adventure Summary
- Ethan and Isabelle spend time with Hephaestus, seeking to understand as much as possible as to what makes him incomplete and why previous attempts have failed. They conclude that there are three major traits in which Hephaestus is weak: Courage, Wits and Grace.
- The plan is to prime a vessel for each of these three traits (Courage, Wits and Grace) which will then enable Hephaestus to complete tasks aligned to these traits. They expect this to be very challenging, and some of the Olympians will not be supportive if they learn of Hephaestus’ attempts. They may even attempt to interfere.
- This will be a long-term project. Hephaestus is not comfortable leaving his forge until the three vessels have been prepared and primed. He is very nervous about what lies ahead.
- Ethan and Isabelle decide to work from Marindar. Ethan convinces Isabelle to move some of her workshop to Marindar and Hephaestus offers to provide additional equipment as required. Ethan and Isabelle make frequent trips to the Agora. They treat the assignment as a holiday and take time to show Hilda the sights. Ethan is relaxed and not in a hurry - this has to be done right.
- In the Agora, Steeeeve (a deva) helps them to locate merchants that sell vessels that could be used to store essences (traits). Over weeks of searching, they find many examples but some are more promising than others:
A crystal ball capable of storing psychic essence
A scroll capable of absorbing an essence in the written words that are inscribed upon it.
An alien rotating ‘gizmo’ that can be used to hold essence if probably configured.
- Ethan and Isabelle take these devices and reverse engineer them to figure out which will work best and then build vessels of their own design.
They make a crystal decanter to hold ‘liquid’ Courage.
Reverse engineering the alien ‘gizmo’, they plan to make a puzzle which can be used to store Wits
They begin constructing a scroll capable of holding a lengthy poem, intending that it can be used to hold Grace.
- Hilda surprises them by naming the Courage decanter ‘Leorum’. This seems to strengthen the magic further. (Hilda has strange Invocation powers that neither of them truly understand).
- Isabelle nudges Ethan to take a night off. It is the regular poker game and she encourages him to spend some time with the other Lords of Gossamer. (However, she decides not to go - she says that someone has to look after Hilda, but Ethan suspects that she has something else in mind. Perhaps a chat with Abbie? He doesn’t know)
Other Impacts
- None as yet. The Olympians are not yet aware of what Hephaestus is planning.
- Lady Sophia and Vidaniel remain on Tyrnador (while Sophia recovers).
- Yaeger Zane continues towards the Gates of Night on Tyrnador.
- There are no other interruptions (eg: Icon contacts, emissaries from the Winter Court etc).
- Ethan continues to wonder why he has not heard from Abigail. He attempts a Divination spell and finds that she is well, so he decides not to be concerned.
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