Frei's Memories: Day 11

After recovering from our trip to Grandma's house, we headed back to Eibelstat to claim the rest of our reward. Vel paid us in full. She noticed the soulstone we were carrying and offered us citizenship in exchange for it. I thought it would be a go way to protect us against our problems in Nashik, but the rest of the group really, really wanted the soulstone. Vel seemed disappointed---she curtly told us Albrecht had no more work for us and she sent us on our way. The offer is probably still open, but I don't think they'll want anything to do with us otherwise.

I could tell immediately on arrival that Katja wanted our new shadowstone and I was frankly surprised she didn't just demand it. Instead, we overpaid the dragon to enchant some more of our equipment. I think that made her happy enough to forget about the shadowstone for a while.

Soulstones II:
We asked Katja what she could do with the soulstone. She said the easiest way is to use it to recharge other magical items, but they have to be serious equipment. That is, there's an appreciable chance the energy from the soulstone will obliterate a garden variety enchantment. It is possible to make a piece of equipment out of the stone, but Katja warned us that the item would have a mind of it's own. I wonder what Eibelstat does with them.

Weary Elves:

We ran into Nico and friends while we were poking around Berlitz. The seemed in ragged shape so we gave them a cut of the money we received from our collusion against Herrick---the elves did deserve it, after all and it did make them considerably happier. They reported falling into the Shadowfell in the woods East of Keening. I suppose that explains how those thugs from Nashik tried to ambush us around there. They elves lucked out, though. They had a close encounter with the crawling city in Neth. Nico said it seemed to be stalking them. They managed to escape through the mountain portal to Letherna with Ark's help.

Herrick's Request:

We got a letter from Herrick requesting a meeting with us. He wasn't clear about the purpose, but we went anyway. We were treated well when we arrived a Herrick's place and later had a secretive meeting with the mining tycoon. He offered us a large reward if we could tell him how Katja refines the essentia ore. He didn't seem to know much about her and (luckily) he was unaware of our relationship with the dragon. He told us we might start with Ward, since he's Katja's representative to the outside world. We accepted the job and acted enthused about it. Herrick was happy. Katja was livid, but not surprised. She told us not to worry about Herrick; she would have a nasty plan ready soon enough.