Frei's Memories: Day 5

Day 5:

The people of Berlitz were still very grateful.  The innkeeper promised us free room and board for a month, the tailor gave us a good discount on nice clothes for us and even the dragonborn, and a the winery sold us a cheap case of nice wine.  Several ladies even baked us some tasty looking pies!  Later that day, we brought the wine, pies and dragonborn with us to Katja's party.

Katja's Party

We were the only guests, but it was still a good time.  Katja, startling all of us, appeared as a very fat drow woman.  We noticed she was wearing the comb the sniper gave her.  He complemented her on her appearance.  I was beginning to suspect something awful was about to happen, but I kept it to myself.

Katja offered to restore the group's memories if they brought her a soulstone (condensed, crystallized, essentia).  She once had a few from the mine, but sold them to Eibelstat a while ago. That's when I started getting nervous.  I didn't think we'd be able to find a soulstone, so I didn't say anything. I wish I knew what was in their memories.  I hope there's not something Victor really doesn't want them to know.  Katja helped me send a message to Zerthadium.  I worded it carefully so I wouldn't attract too much attention from the group.  "Dear Family:  I just wanted to tell you that I'm alive and well and will be coming home as soon as I can.  I'm bringing my new friends with me---they're   great!.  --Frei"

Katja was very interested to hear about our adventure in Letherna.  She wasn't happy to hear someone else was making essentia (she doesn't like competition).  She pledged to help us fight the wizard.    She assured us that we are privileged in our ability to cross the breach, so the wizard should not be able to send an army after us or Berlitz in revenge since we destroyed the portal.  Ark promised to keep an eye on Berlitz and keep the cave well lit at all times.  Katja suggested trying to find a spy to keep an eye on Nashik and the wizard.  Anyway, we should be safe from Helmut in Eibelstat.

We learned quite a lot about the dragonborn at dinner.  They were insulted when our priest again assumed they worshiped Bahamut (I guess he constructed that fantasy since they looked dragon-like).  What a gaffe!  The priest also made the mistake of promising to find them some fine females.  Ark and the rest of her team ARE females.  That was a laugh.  Most importantly, they are some kind of warrior nuns of a nontheistic religion.  Ark said that they died fighting to keep Zerthadium's armies from tearing down their temple.  I'm amazed they aren't more hostile to us! 

We stayed the night at Katja's mansion, which she had fixed up just for us.  We each had our own cushy room for the night.  I ended up in an unlucky room, though, because I think the room right above me was the lucky one.  Don't get me wrong, this mansion is nice, but it sounds like the floor must be paper-thin.  I guess Katja's been alone too long.