Session 34 Recap

Our mountain travellers found themselves encamped upon the side of Hol'Mahard, with Fluff and their supplies somewhere lost in the blizzard. However, Fluff was able to find her way back to the camp using her expert knowledge of mountainous terrain. Reunited, you set off up the mountain. After a few hours you spotted a rickety bridge in the distance, leading towards a cave. Grundull and Shadow decided to investigate with Grundull holding the rope bridge secure while Shadow made his way across. Inside the cave, Shadow found a small shrine with a pool of water. The shrine had  depictions of giants and mountain spirits, and within the pool there were gold offerings. Shadow decided to offer a gold piece to the shrine, and as the day progressed he realised he felt satiated and content and didn't need to eat that day. As the day neared its end, you were very close to the top of Hol'Mahard, when you spotted a procession of White Dragonborn descending along the path. Grundull approached them while the rest of the party hid and he was quickly dismissed by them. He bowed his head and they continued along the path. You made your way to the top of the mountain where you saw the area that the Dragonborn had come from. It was at the peak of the mountain, and featured a huge cairn which you ascertained had been built by Stone Giants. There was a large hoard of treasure, which Qelgar recognised to be a dragon hoard, next to a gigantic rock. On investigating the rock and the treasure you realised the rock was in fact a slumbering white dragon. Qelgar immediately knew Bahamut expected him to obey the first and principle Tennet of Bahamut, to Combat Evil in all its Forms. But he was afraid that this foe was beyond his capabilities. HE prayed to Bahamut, who confirmed he expected Qelgar to fight the dragon. But Qelgar was either too afraid or too lacking in faith to confront such a dangerous foe, and so he turned his back on the dragon. In doing so, Qelgar faced the consequences of disobeying The Tennets, and he suffered a terrible flashback of the torture of a small child which he had a part in. He knew he had experienced the fourth Tennet of Bahamut - to offer mercy but once. His faith tested, he was exhausted by the religious power of the vision, and he collapsed.

Seeing Qelgar fall, the rest of the party carried him away from the mountainside after a day of travelling, you came to the bottom of the mountain where you rested. Shadow used his Crown of Greater Restoration that was stuck on his head to help relieve some of Qelgar's exhaustion. He was able to maintain control of his mind despite the wailings of the trapped spirits within, but Flint suddenly realised the Crown was of Assyrian origin. In a moment of brilliance, Flint lifted the crown and it came away from Shadow's head. In ding so, Shadow was saved from the curse placed upon the crown. Flint didn't put the crown on, but on hearing the exclamations from the group when the crown was removed from Shadow's head Grundull came for a look at the crown. And that's when he realised - he knows this crown.