Orhan 4 Day 36 TE 6057

Before we can leave to liberate the Reuleran mine, priests of Cay catch up to Alynna and tell her that Cay has decided it is time to reclaim the temple that Xiax has taken. A penitent from abroad will come to reclaim the temple, and they think it's Alynna. They also seem to have a glowing thumb among the holy artifacts. It's a relic.This is the thumb of St. Dekdarian. It was a part of the original altar of that temple and was kept in the altar there before being moved into town. Alynna should take it with her and can use it to re-bless the altar and call upon Cay. Oathar checks it out and makes sure it's not evil. (Like we haven't heard that before.)

Imre asks the previous council leader to watch the other councillors in his absense, though there's really little she can do to keep them in check.

Orhan 4 Day 46 TE 6057

We arrive at the mine and find it mostly abandoned, at least on the outside... There's a clearing at the base and a track leading up to the mine.

Haeraan does some serious scounting and determines that a large bunch of people came in from the NorthEast and then headed up into the mine. They seem to be regular booted tracks rather than nasty skeletons or such, but we do note that the fallen temple of Cay is to the NorthEast. Searching the little local huts, Imre finds a small white mask. Sigh, darn Ulor. Up to the mine we go!

Tradewind notices two cleverly disguised people on a cliff above the railroad tracks, one about 1/4 of the way up and one about 1/2 the way up. Oathar manages to sleep the high one, but the middle one resists, so Imre and Haeraan teleport up there to deal with him. He triggers a small rockslide, and turns to face them. They deal with him.

We bamf up to the mine entrance and find it is all blocked up. Sigh. Imre corridors us through. A fireball comes out. Combat!

After we win, Oathar charms a guy and we interrogate him. There's an earth mage, a zatar priest, a snake priest, and 12 goons.

We wander in and find the ice crystal that freezes everything. Perhaps we'll get that later. We proceed further down the corridor. Then we get to the two whirlwinds. They appear to be Earth Guardians, so Oathar takes offense. He gets grievously wounded, but the guardians go down.