Many Feet Underground

Session S5.O-19

1629, Fire Season, Probably Truth Week, with at least one group experiencing Fireday

Dramatis Personae

PCs

Berra
Dormal
Maalira
Rajar
Serala

NPCs

A horsehoof statue
Some humourless centaurs
Some even more humourless people
The Earth

Events

Serala and Rajar had split away from Wilmskirk, with Serala going to go take the good news of her motherhood to the Grazelands, but not actually take the child, because she had no idea how to be a mother. They rode1Note-taker wrote ‘road’ twice, which was exactly the opposite of what they did. west, accidentally cutting through Beast Valley, where they were challenged by centaurs. After some discussion they turned back and went towards Sun County, where there were roads. They found out a festival was about to happen.

Meanwhile, the group investigating the white horse on the hillside was leaving Richberry. They passed over more surprisingly well-laid road bed, this time towards the West. After some time, the road dipped down into a tunnel, obviously Dwarf-made, with Runic decorations. The week-Runes progressed back and forth in a set of mixes2“Sort of like… bell changes.” – GM
“Yeah, I was thinking that.” – Berra, who has that one book where Peter Wimsey is a campanologist and is therefore basically an expert
. They emerged from the tunnel on the far side of the Zethnoring, which apparently had missed out on having the road. They spent some time calculating just how many kings’ ransoms were tied up in that amazing bit of pettiness, and decided that it had to be calculated in terms of Queens of Nochet. Berra kept Lord Raven informed of what was going on throughout.

Arriving at the Pegasus Plateau, they were greeted immediately by an initiate, and then had a Priestess step in, presumably because they looked rich and powerful. Berra spend some time mentioning what she could and could not eat, so that they could all accept hospitality. They explained the oddity in the hill, and asked about available shamans, having been told there was an Earth Witch nearby. Dormal made the question more palatable by nudging a wheel towards the lage.

Serala and Rajar, riding up towards the Sun Dome, could see the white horse cut into the hillside. They were impressed by the scale of it, as well as the awkward positioning. It was visible all the way up the road towards the city, where they made no mention of it at all when challenged at the gate. The guards eyed up Pag’s ironmongery, but decided not to say anything about that, and let Serala and Rajar into the city, directing them to an inn in the lower quarters, rather than the officers’ barracks. They were better dressed than everyone else there. Serala was rather on edge, possibly because she was in a Sun Dome town. Rajar was happy because he had found something that looked like water but seemed to be very strong alcohol. Rajar spent some time wandering around the city, being charming and making sure nobody smelled of Chaos.

The underground group was swiftly taken by a very nervous initiate to a low cave under the Temple, where they met the Earth Witch at the end of a long, low tunnel down which they had to crawl. The initiate left the light for them so they could get back. The Earth Witch was every age of Ernalda and all of the other Earth Goddesses, all changing from moment to moment, and she started off as Ty Kora Tek. Maalira was briefly too shocked or suprised to speak, but Berra introduced her and Maalira touched the hand she was offered by the Earth Witch. It was soft and warm and small, and the woman was Voria. Maalira gave a gift and explained the problem with a potential large spirit cult nearby, and the fertile Ernalda spoke in all her voices, including that of Babeester Gor, to say she would come with the group. The rock and earth moved out of her way so that she could leave.

Session Quotes

  • 1
    Note-taker wrote ‘road’ twice, which was exactly the opposite of what they did.
  • 2
    “Sort of like… bell changes.” – GM
    “Yeah, I was thinking that.” – Berra, who has that one book where Peter Wimsey is a campanologist and is therefore basically an expert