Sapphire:Sessions:20151024
Feast Time 13: Sten, the twelve-year-old boy to whom Branamin had earlier given a lightstone, joins Chalker, Yasser, and Branamin at the breakfast table. Branamin asks Sten to tell him stories about monsters, darkness, and treasure; Sten relates tales of knights and heroes.
Chalker remarks, "Our work here is done. Where to next?" Yasser wants to go to the Troubled Lands; "There's plenty of stuff to find and take, and we can kill orcs for stress relief." Chalker: "Maybe we can go back to where you found your ring." Yasser: "I killed an orc chieftain for it. But I don't think I could ever find that exact place again."
Branamin suggests that he might be able to magically locate the source of the jasper used in making the figures that Tholadan had spent so much effort and gold to acquire. He borrows the shards of the mithril dagger from Chalker and locates a source of mithril in the capital of Smorshal, but concludes that it is someone's private collection.
Chalker is all for going straight to the Troubled Lands, but Shawna reminds him that he has unfinished business in Sapphire. Eventually it is decided that the ship will be sent to Sapphire while the group goes back through the gate.
At noon the Count and his retinue arrive. The next day the group rides to Pendleton, where their ship and crew await them. The morning after that, the group arrives in Eimoor. Jacinto has not returned, but his man brings out a glass rod crafted for one-time communication with him. Branamin attunes himself to the glass rod. Chalker uses his journey book to update Rory and Trace. Shawna sends a hawk with a message for Sa'tire Belandrie in Kell. Barak, the goblin mage, bids farewell and heads toward Bordertown.
The group rides part of the way to Kervin, sells their fine horses to a trader named Reuben, and continues on foot the rest of the way. Chalker shows Branamin where to pull up the earthen plug; Branamin marvels at the stairway and tunnel, which Chalker explains were shaped by an earth mage named Trace Dreygon.
The group goes through the gate to Sapphire. A lot of progress has been made in repairing and restoring the building. A street kid named Ted runs up to Chalker; he was sent by Rory to make contact with us and see if we needed anything. Chalker tips him a copper. Shawna and Chalker go to the Boar's Head to meet with Rory, while Yasser, Branamin, and Ahn-Lee head for the Green Lantern Tavern.