Students of Life & Death #7

Arriving in Wayward, the group found the normally peaceful lakeside village abuzz with activity, the Dawn Chasers having set up many of their soldiers in town with the initiative to craft vessels to use to sail down the River Pryce toward Trine

The group stopped by a tavern to catch a show and saw an Orc woman tip the minstrel an entire platinum piece

Asking around for their target with the Voice, Thothrind Rher, they learned of Rher Materials, a market stall in Copper Ring Alley

• Tracking down the stall, they met Thandil Rher, Thothrind's wife, who eventually showed them to her husband, bed ridden in the back

  • He spoke the following riddle:
    A friend to those who are friends to trees
    Beneath the water but not the seas
    Encased in stone and worshiped there
    Where words are said without the air

The group noticed the Orc woman outside and sent Gore to find out what she was doing in Wayward

• Gore made friends with the woman named Breakblade, a Relic Hunter who was hoping to hear the riddle -- she didn't seem entirely kind or generous, but Gore convinced her to join up with them, with the understanding that a Relic Hunter with more relics always took precedent in the choosing of the relic in a team up, and would pass down whatever relic they needed least

Thandil informed the group that a friend, Elder Tiaesti Talindra, had heard the riddle and had been working on it

The Students found Elder Talindra, a master woodworker, on the beach, deep in his work crafting vessels for the Dawn Chasers

• After discussion, Talindra offered to give the group some plant to help them breathe beneath the water, as the riddle seemed to lead to an underwater locale, in exchange for them breaking into his home, which the Dawn Chasers had occupied, and steal a chest for him, which contained an item that would get him out from under the Dawn Chaser's influence

The group agreed and arrived on the dock outside his home, Goldcrest and Breakblade in tow, to steal the chest