Past Tense (05/05) - Summary

Note - contains brief description of violence 

Note - this was a very descriptive session. I am putting this up for those who just want to follow the plot, but it may be more dramatic to wait for a proper write up. This is just my notes tidied up so a little rough.

• Girelle invites the adventurers as body guards to protect him as he goes to Jarvenol
  
  Mace, Arkadius, Sheryl, BB, Serpentine and Taz go with him
  
• He is nervous on the way, and recounts his recent experiences.
  
• They go to a Gala in Jarvenol, invited by the mayor Gianna Madhand
  
• The gala is underground, in a new complex that’s like a huge maze
  that we've never seen before
• We go underground in a lift, then walk though a maze of corridors to get to a large underground banquet hall.
• It starts with chitchat and socialising, some adventurers focus on bodyguarding and other focus on swiping the cutlery (Mace) or making contacts (Serpentine)
  
• After some time, an air genasi with unusually dark skin made their way towards Girelle and tried to give him a ring as a gift from the mayor, introducing themselves as Tessera. Mace took it on his behalf - it instantly bound to mace. The air genasi said this was unexpected, but Mace would die first, and then disappeared into a flame
  
• Other people in the room noticed this, but kind of carried on their business for a bit
  

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Then shit really hit the fan.

• The mayor and other guards around put red masks on. Banners came down from the wall for the vanguard, and they started to murder the senators, nobleman etc who had been invited to the gala
  
• Our team managed to escape under a darkness spell, but were chased down by Tessera, who turned out to be some sort of winged demon
• Tessera announced that through their rings she was bound to Mace, both were invulnerable to all but each other. 
• We managed to escape the complex entirely, which by this point was burning up   
• Eventually we got to the elevator and out. We fought to keep mace and Girelle alive - Arkadius removed the ring with remove curse. Girelle and mace both went down but were brought up, eventually Tessera gave up and disappeared 
• Girelle was saved - we returned 
• Many senators and nobles of Kul Goran were lost. This was big news, everyone in KG is now fully aware of the Vanguard and the nature of the organisation. The mayor has not been heard from since.