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Tranq and Ophion set out to find the leader of the Revelations.

They decide to look for a secret place. They find a secret dive bar run by one of the factions of the Thieves Guild. They enter. Tranq notices that the boss tough guy has noticed Ophion, seemingly through his disguise. Tranq also notices one of the boss' companions is a tiefling in disguise, and that the boss himself is a vampire. Tranq tells Ophion what he has noticed. They sit and drink for a few hours, trying to subtly get information out of the barman.

Suddenly the earth rumbles and the room goes dark. Tranq and Ophion stumble and then look around. Only the vampire boss and his two thugs are left in the room, everyone else has vanished. The vampire beckons them over. They saunter over, grabbing a bottle and some glasses on the way.

The vampire says he knows that Ophion is Tali's brother. He says he owes her, and when Ophion asks for more detail, he shows off the scars on his arm.

The vampire's name is Armell Hart. He knows where the companions are staying. Ophion asks after his tiefling companion, Armell says she is not anyone important. He asks what Ophion wants. Ophion responds that he wants to find the leader of the Revelations. Armell says the leader is in hiding, that everyone is looking for him right now. Ophion suggests that Armell might have connections he can use. Armell asks what Ophion can offer him in return. Ophion offers to kill his sister, and Armell accepts. However he adds his own condition - that it is done within a year and a day, otherwise Ophion must return to Armell and serve as his minion. Ophion agrees. Armell puts his hand on ophion's forehead, burning his mark into him for a moment, and then the bar returns to normal, everyone in their rightful places, nothing seemingly out of place.

Atala goes to find her Silver Order.

The First Speaker appears in the mirror. She's really mad at Atala for appearing at the Emerald's Blaze without having been chosen by the Order as a representative. She tries to placate the First Speaker whilst also finding out the information the party is looking for. The First Speakers says she will organise an invitation for Atala to attend the Palace to find out what the Ruby Imperials are up to. The Silver Order is concerned about the Ruby Imperials more than the Revelation. The First Speaker also demands that Atala pass on any info she can about the ink. They want the ink and it's one of their top priorities.

the Silver Order's top priorities: - the ink - the 1st scale of Yorlunga (not to be confused with the scale of Yorlunga we have in our possession) - horn of Aves Reva

Atala goes back to Korro's Court, checks in with the library team and goes to bed.

Ruben admits to Mayb that he feels he can't trust his own thought processes at the moment.

Ruben, Mayb and Kunoh check out the Korro Court library. Ruben and Mayb look for mentions of cults. Kunoh helps by keeping guard and occasionally pointing out books to Mayb he thinks might be helpful. Mayb indulges him because she's kind, every now and then pointing out words that Kunoh might recognise to look for.

They find some minor and/or vague references. They note that every mention does correlate with a discontinuance event. They rush to the Seneschal and wake him up, asking how long the children have been sighted for around time. The answer is a couple of months.

The last discontinuance event was roughly 500 years ago, and was only minor. It was when the Witch Queens tried to take Hecate's spark but their ritual was interrupted, and they ended up being split over multiple dimensions.

It is obvious to Mayb and Ruben that this is what is happening now - a discontinuance event. Whether it's minor or major yet, is unclear - it won't be clear until more time passes and the length and impact can be ascertained.

Many hours pass, and in the morning, the Seneschal brings news to the team in the library that there are many people marching in the streets again.

Tranq and Ophion arrive, weary and a little drunk.

Kunoh turns and out of the corner of his eye is sure there was a figure in the corner of the room watching Ruben, but when he focuses, he sees nothing. He notes to himself it looked like a tall shapely female, wearing dark green war paint, perhaps of the Emerald's Blaze.

Atala awakes and joins everyone in the library.

An invitation arrives, an official decree from the Royal Palace, naming the 6 of us specifically.

We also receive the information from Armell Hart - the High Prophet's name is Demonere Devont, and there are 4 prophets beneath him,t he Polaris Prophets. We learn plans about where one of them, Temetric of Bankis, will be at sunset and where he is staying.

Atala decides to head out to see if she can find some information. Everyone else has not slept, and so goes to bed.

Atala find that the central city is closed off, with legions standing at every gate. The rioting is happening outside of the central city, so the legions are guarding the entrances to keep the riot from spreading in. The many towers ares till under siege, the Whitestar and Darksun shrines are burned to the ground, sacked. There are flames and smoke everywhere. It is clear those with divine connections are being targeted. There are volcanic eruptions seen and heard from the west, ash floating down among the rioting.

Rumours reach Atala that the High Prophet is at Glandri Tower, with a huge amount of people. She goes, there are tens of thousands of people, there is a force-field above and around the tower, in the plaza in front, a single figure dressing in red, screaming about how the gods are only taking care of themselves, that they are working against the people, blaming the gods and all divine practitioners and magic users.

He mentions Oberon and Yormosha, the father and mother of their new Pantheon, by name.

A large group of revolutionists are there, assembling catapults, balistae, and blasting against the forcefield trying to get to the tower itself.

Atala sees and feels that it suddenly gets very dark around the people, a strange pulsing. Then the earth between the forcefield and where she is splits apart with a massive explosion of force and radiant damage. Several hundred followers explode or disappear into the ground. The forcefield is down. The mob attack the tower directly now. The High Prophet pulses with energy and the crowd surges. Atala leaves as he and his followers begin to march forward towards the tower.

Atala then proceeds to the courtyard where Temetric is due to be at sunset, meeting his followers. The space was previously a huge barrack tower, now is ruins. She notes there is only a narrow way to enter, which opens onto a large open courtyard, with some hallways and rooms semi intact around the outside. It is in a shanty part of town, many abandoned buildings, but none too close to the space.

Atala returns to Korro's Court in the mid afternoon and awakes the companions to discuss plans.

Mayb and Ophion disguise themselves. Ophion also uses his skills to help disguise those who cannot disguise themselves. Ruben is dressed convincingly as an old crone. Tranq and Atala use people they have noticed around town as the basis for their disguises. Kunoh comes to Ophion with a collection of very odd garments to work with, he ends up dressed similarly to the local people but with an unusual flair due to his size and insistence on certain elements being incorporated into his disguise.

They head to the meeting place to arrive a bit earlier than sunset, to get into position and get the lay of the land.