==Roll Call==
Childe Raymonde, Githyanki Paladin (Doty)
Bell, Kenku Cleric (CJ)
Blynce, Human-hybrid Fighter (Eric)
Vaal, Eladrin Rogue (Tim)
Bumi, Goblin Sorcerer (Matt)
To the Sanctuary of Albahith, Jigow Township
Greetings to the Masters of the Pilgrims, and hail to The Luxon:
Mission Report from Childe Raymonde (Part 9)
Our group of adventurers had delivered the envoy from Urzen swamp town safely, and now we found ourselves in Jigow for the Festival of Merit!
Most of us stayed the night at the Sanctuary, but Vaal demanded more luxurious accomodations, in accordance with his self-proclaimed social status.
I did manage to have a talk with Bumi about his experience with The Luxon. I'm not sure how much I learned, but I think I understand a bit more about what it's been like for him to have memories of past lives. "When you get older, you go through 'amanesis' which helps you remember the past lives. As long as you've been through the consecution -- binding your soul to The Luxon -- and die within range of a beacon, you should come back." He also mentioned how this "life" has been harder than previous ones -- poverty and discrimination were his lot growing up.
In the morning, Bumi told of a vivid dream he had about an "angel lady." Also, the augury stones we had retrieved from the swamp were hot! "Something about saving someone, but Bumi not know who to save."
We went to collect Vaal. Bumi flabbergasted me by stating that his and my destinies were entwined -- this was in the context of enlisting my aid in his cheating in the arm-wrestling contest at the festival. I was so rattled that I agreed to do whatever he said.
The town streets were crowded, as usual during the festival. We went to the arm-wrestling. The champion, a female orc of the Aurora Watch, had just dispatched a challenger. Merrill Bronzefang, the champion, would not face Bumi until he'd defeated one of the other arm-wrestlers (there were two Drow of the Aurora Watch fulfilling this function at the moment).
Bumi turned me invisible so I could aid him in arm-wrestling. After defeating a lieutenant, we took on the champion. Bumi -- we? -- won again. The crowd surged towards Bumi to congratulate him, and I slipped away to avoid being bumped into.
The bookmaker said that one other contestant had beaten Merrill today, an ogre named Maggie Keen-eyes, and that he would have to defeat her to get the medal today.
Bumi dropped the invisibility on me and instead used an enchantment on himself. He altered his own density, increasing his strength. He won!
We went to the maze event -- Blynce spoke with a Goblin, who was friends of the same Ogre that Bumi had just defeated. This Ogre told Blynce a strategy to win the maze. With Maggie's help, Blynce succeeded! (Afterwards, Maggie's friend asked Blynce to find his friend Ayo and ask what the plan is after the final ceremony.)
We went to the riddles event. Vaal guessed correctly on the "lock box" riddle and won. Vaal guessed the second one and won! He agreed to attempt the third riddle -- Bumi guessed correctly!
We had prevailed in three of the events during the Festival of Merit!