Chance Encounters

"This session's theme song is Thus Always to Tyrants by The Oh Hellos."

Major Characters
Bonny Nimstride

Lillia Beldoni

Lenn Catulae

Torran Duel-Eyes

Oreb - only mentioned

Minor Characters
Mariam Kiseer (the tavern owner)

Thug #1 - K’lani

Thug #2 - Jyn

Thug #3 - Pani

Thug #4 - Cassemir

Roya

Rollis

Katya

Varteen

Harken

Setting
Woodpine Hollow

Intro
A letter written by "A" to a person called "Z" detailing changes being made and events happening in recent times. "A" seems to be an all-knowing narrator of sorts, being able to recall accounts of the journey the three main characters took over the course of two years. The letter ends with "Your sister, lost and found, 'A'" ("A to Z")

The Tavern
Bonny, Lillia, and Lenn all happen to be in a bar at the same time when a fight breaks out just outside. Lillia notices first because she is closest to the door. She notices a tall, purple tiefling woman with long, curly hair, and ram horns (Later identified as Torran) being attacked by four thugs. She attempts (and fails) to convince the thugs to let Torran go. Bonny asks Lillia to throw her into the middle of the fight, and after some scrapes and confusion, Bonny drags Torran into the bar and away from the thugs. Torran tells Bonny about her sword that was recently stolen from her, and Lillia and Lenn come over and introduce themselves. The three of them decide to help Torran and set out the next day.

Torran's Sword
The four of them leave the tavern and walk along a path in the woods. They talk some more about what brought them all here, Bonny spotting a few squirrels along the way. They make so much noise that the four thugs from earlier (who they didn't defeat, only ran away from,) ambush them. After way too much time, they kill the thugs.

The group has to cross a stream to reach the mine. They all walk through and find a giant snapping turtle. Bonny climbs on Torran's shoulders and everyone makes it across safely. They end up at the mine, which is guarded by Roya. Bonny introduces herself and encourages Roya to leave her post because of poor work conditions and Roya is inspired to follow her dreams. Bonny gives Roya 20 gold pieces.

They go into the mine where they find more thugs working for Rollis and/or Oreb (Katya, Varteen, and Harken). The party fights them and wins, gaining Torran's sword. The main party is impressed (and maybe intimidated) by Torran's power, thinking "It's a good thing we're on her side!" Torran says "Tell Oreb I said hello" in Infernal. After the encounter, Lillia finds a piece of ripped black fabric with embroidery on it.

Torran's tent
Torran gives every member of the group a choice between a Major, Minor, or Personal prophecy. Every member picks a personal prophecy. Before each prophecy, her eyes roll back into her head as she starts to speak.

Lillia's Prophecy
“Lillia... You will make choices.”

“Ok you are going to make so many goddamn choices they will affect not only people in this realm but people beyond here and there and beyond. So many choices affect millions of people, and if you choose wrong they will all die. No pressure.”

Lenn's Prophecy
“Lenn… You will carry the weight of the world, and if you are not strong enough you could drop it. There is something calling to you, people, people who need you, and if you choose wrong you could let them all down. You must help save the elves.”

Bonny's Prophecy
Torran looks at Bonny with a bit of sadness.

“You are clouded with the dark scent of the dead. Not only will you lose things, but you have a connection to those already lost. If you use that connection wisely it could change things forever for you. But if you use it wrong….”

Pain.
The three party members feel "so much goddamn pain" (in the words of the DM) in their left wrists. Torran's tent glows, she jumps back, and her eyes change color. They turn pure white and she starts crying blood. They keep feeling unbearable pain. When Torran's mouth opens, many voices come out, yet none of them are her own. She says "La, Nya, Bow... Where are you?" and collapses.

It feels like their wrists are bleeding, but when they look, there's a tattoo. The tattoo consists of ten lines all wrapping around the wrist, representing the Ten Strings (and Ten Realms). Torran asks "You're not holes, are you?".

The strings in order are white, yellow, purple, orange, green, blue, brown, red, grey, and black.

A new prophecy
Torran tells the party members they aren't here, not "fully", that's why their prophecies were like that. They are only "parts of souls". The people on the other strings are them. Something went wrong and they need to find out what.

She gives them a map and points to where they are, then trails down and points at a star, a city, the research capital of the world. She tells them to find an air genasi and get his notes on the portals. Tell him "Juno" sent them.

She also gives them a rose and a compass. The rose is pink and tends to glow, and the compass doesn't seem to work correctly. She tells them to use the rose when they "need someone to trust us", and the compass leads to her if they ever need to find her again.

"Sadness and longing and loss"
A montage of scenes, different people across the world. They all feel alone. They feel sadness and longing and loss.

A woman in Goldreach who takes off her armor. She has tawny brown hair shaved on the sides

A tiefling girl with many scars and roses on her horns looks for her parent.

A man with blue skin looks at a painting. The last time he felt this, the people in the painting were still here.

A girl looks at a painting of her wife and feels the same way as the man above.

A blonde boy in a forest feels alone. He has thorns in his hands.

"It is starting... and it is going to be bad."

Epilogue
Torran walks out of her tent, looks at the name of the tavern (The Burning Witch), and walks away.

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