Blood on the Petals (TF006)

“Blood on the Petals” is the sixth session of the Team 3.5 campaign, and the second session of the second arc (“Weed Control”). After arriving in Arborro, the team are immediately beset upon by this “infestation” issue they’ve been sent to handle.

= Synopsis =

Abralis 9
Picking up immediately from the last session, Aine took off on Sheila, running full tilt through the Paramour Fields. In doing so, she ran by several couples wandering the fields as well, including a couple in a very… intimate… situation. Meanwhile, Lemmy and Lath entered Arborro proper, where they met Zolis Roh: the Fyarch of Kotune, and as such the religious leader of Arborro. Zolis asked the two what brought them into town, and directed them to the Gardenbed Inn.

As this was happening, Aine had gotten off of Sheila to wander amongst the sunflowers on foot. After taking one of the sunflowers as a souvenir, she returned to Sheila to find a dwarf in a thick black cloak staring at her. The dwarf made a grab for her, which she neatly dodged out of the way of, knocking the hood back in the process. Revealing a set of yellow erises with blood red sclera, Aine immediately tried to hop onto Sheila and ride back into town. She was cut off, however, by a group of wolves with those same colored eyes. Smacking Sheila on the flank to get her to run away, Aine entered into combat, with Lemmy and Lath sprinting to join her after the commotion began in earnest.

The battle in the Paramour Fields was complicated somewhat by the presence of multiple civilians, whom the wolves (who opened their mouths to reveal roiling, barbed vines) went after. While some civilians made it out, a couple were brought to either near death or were killed outright. Aine sacrificed her healing potions on one of them, a woman by the name of Nesro. Aine herself was knocked out by the assault, but was brought back by Lath.

Eventually, the wolves and the dwarf were neutralized, and Aborro’s forces sprung into action. Two of the civilians that had been killed, McGuwin and Aeolore, were hauled to the Church of Kotune by Divergent Legion members and Aine, while Lemmy and Lath looked over their slain foes. The wolves were almost hollowed out of their internal organs; in their place were those roiling vines, which seemed to originate from a bloodred seed found in the base of the skull (which Lemmy took). Lath looked over the dwarf, and found that the internal vines had burst out of his skin in multiple places.

Aine met with the woman that she saved, Nesro, as she was receiving healing from an acolyte of Kotune. While alive, her throat was an abbatoir of nasty red gashes. Aine, Lemmy, and Lath were later called into the Church, where they presided over Zolis and Grogu calling upon Kotune to bring their spirits back to their bodies. Aine provided emotional support to one of them as they succeeded.

This was capped off by an extended period of the citizens of Arborro coming to give thanks: at the end of a long and taxing day, the three were emotionally exhausted and retired to the Church, where Zolis and Grogu had kindly offered them free room and board.

Abralis 10
The next morning, they were woken up by Tuuzi, a high ranking member of the Divergent Legion. Tuuzi debriefed the five of them on what the Legion was able to figure out: the dwarf and the wolves were a symptom of this greater “infestation” issue happening in Crusene, which is several days away. Worried of the implication of it spreading this far, Team 3.5 prepared to hit the road once more.

Aine went and met with the three civilians that had been injured last night. After meeting with Nesro, Aine was given Nesro’s family brooch as a sign of “favor”, much like a knight from the stories of yore.

Lath attempted to do research on if there were any cults that specialized in body modification with plants, but was instead distracted by the first volume of the Love, Distilled franchise.

= Featured Characters =

Player Characters

 * Aine Solana, nephilim monk
 * Glath an Latha, drakeblood cleric
 * Lemmy, automata bard

Non-player Characters

 * Zolis Roh, aetherite cleric
 * Grogu Roh, half-orc cleric
 * Tuuzi, half-orc fighter
 * Nesro, human, the one that had a little something something with Aine.
 * Aeolore, human, the one with the kid
 * McGuwin, human, part of the polygamous relationship