Downtime
We decide to bring back an armorer, a blacksmith, and a priest of Tromar to the town for the people. We head to reliant, and into the temple. We tell them of our situation. He tells us of a Knight of Galas that comes through occasionally called Jeremy Randon. He travels the outskirts, and many locals respect him.
Laquavious sends a message to Sir Jeremy for help in recruiting. He sends back to go to the temple of Galas in Reliant, and to ask for Brother Francis, that we were sent by him.
We meet up with Martin, who looks a little ragged. Hana questions his faith, as he does not seem to be looking very "priestly".
We ask Martin to join us into the town. The next morning we head to the temple of galas. We look for Brother Francis. We find him working on a sword near the forge. We explain the situation to him, and we are able to talk to Jeremy. Jeremy tells us of a town that is in need of other townspeople. We may be able to move some of the people to the town. We head to the town. We shrink, and then move everything to the Sapphire Lake village.
We are introduced to Marian, the priestess of Tromar. She is willing to help all around the village. Hana makes a point to go back to the town on the next downtime, to see how they are doing. The name of the village is "Sixtowns".
We go back to see the fire weird, and ask Laquavious to come back to check on us in 5 days. We head to see the fire weird, and ask her the history of the item.
It has had many names. "maiden blade" mostly because it is only worn by Human Females. Crafted in earliest memories of humankind in days following the "mad gods war". Some historians refer to it as the "chaos wars" ~ shortly after that time, man ruled and woman was subserviant. At the time women were a second-class citizen. It was deemed by the wise men of the time that man was dangerous. As women could not rise to power, they did not have a greed and desire for it. To protect them, they forged a weapon. An ancient woman most likely not of this world aided them in their design. Took 3 generations to complete. The gem was taken from a powerful being that lived in the plane of fire. The arm bracer that links to the ring, and the ring itself were given as a gift to the wife of the first king of humans. There are only three ways to remove it. Death, removing limb, or willing desire of wielder to remove it forever. A man had tried to use it, and by the time they could take it off his arm, he lost use of it forever. It is a sensient weapon. A part of each who wields it is given to it. It is a tool, can be wielded for either the good of man, or the woe of man. Historically the wielders have been heroes. It has developed its own decisions to what it believes in, but the strength of the weilder determines how it shall be used. It has been present in many of the greatest battles. 6 millenia ago, was the last time it was sought after. Almost 20 millenia ago was the last time it had seen any use.
Asked about evil wielders, the fire weird mentions that there was a woman in the mid-years of the Asgardian calendar, she resided in Kesh. She led a small party of mercenaries, which grew over time, to slowly conquer various areas, until she held a large portion of Kesh under her command. She was able to slay any that were sent against her. Her name was Tiasha. Many referred to her as "The Butcher". Near the end of her campaign many towns just surrendered. She died under "mysterious" circuimstances. The guards found her one morning with a dagger in her back.
With what I wield today, I have seen the powers already. the ring and the bracer offer no magical powers, they just augment themselves through the gem. With the ring, offers a pact with the wielder. It can bring dreams in which previous wielders will speak to you. It offers respect from those of fire. They can recognize the power of the gemstone. It offers barriers of protection, and bolsters resistances to all varieties of effects. Its weilder can also call upon forces of flame, giving fireballs. Also protections against psychic attacks increase somewhat.
When the bracer is attached it becomes the actual maiden blade itself. It can be a ring, a bracer with ring attached. When called to the maiden blade, the bracer transforms into a steel gauntlet running up the arm, with a sword. The sword cannot be taken from your hand. Its protections increase again. The blade itself is enchanted with fire. The strength of the weilder holds its potential. The blades true purpose is that it holds an enchanted blade, but it takes the weilders strength in personality into what it can harm. It does not have alignment. Not considered a "mortal weapon", more a weapon of the gods.
Hana goes back to the temple of Skydred to get the information she had paid them for. No knowledge of a deity that is a mordehel deity. Does tell of a Mordehel deity called the "handmaiden of slaughter" ~ Nexia was her name. More warlike, with assassins. The closest deity it would match to was someone by the name of Limdrau.
Hana talks to Elayshea about kiddo, and she says that she revels under the moon, that it is very beautiful. She tends to be more of a mischievous or playful goddess.
From Thalantyr: In the outer planes, there is a society that is reputed to have magical stones that can hold and record memories, feelings, thoughts. When another being picks up the stone, they can draw out the information. They are a hedonistic society, bordering on insanity. They value feelings, thoughts, emotions, experiences. They are known as the Society of Sensation. They reside within the outer planes. They have a large structure / temple in the planar city known as Sigil.