Tough As Dirt #13

• The group kicked off the battle in Zapoi Distillery against Zapoi's automatons in order to free the creature Zapoi had hooked up to his distilling apparatus

• After a hard fought struggle, the group not only defeated the mechanical menaces protecting the rum distiller, but also murdered Zapoi

• The group freed the creature, a Sphinx named La'Nesh, who claimed she'd fallen victim to Zapoi's charms 33 years ago, believing he could have "ruled by her side:

  • Upon being freed, La'Nesh regained her strength and said she would go back to the life she lived before she was ensnared by Zapoi's artificer magicks

• La'Nesh flew out of the disillery and the group gained the keys to the grounds. Brother Moore believed the distillery would make a good workshop for the followers of Calypso

• Varsmack drank a bit of the Sphinx essence which was being used to make the "Spice" rum, and experienced an astral projection where he overheard La'Nesh and another Sphinx speaking over a vast distance

  • The other Sphinx informed La'Nesh that "the fight in the Final Sea was progressing, and Harrowdance's strength was waning. It's yet to be seen whether that bodes well or ill for them."

• Tough As Dirt locked up the grounds and went to retrieve Babbitt, who was getting kicked out of the "library" with an armful of books she kept for herself

• On the way back to the ship, she claimed she thought she'd seen a Sphinx in the skies about Cypress, which the rest of the group confirmed

• Upon learning La'Nesh's name, Babbitt showed Gideon a book of recorded Cypress history in which a Sphinx once had a tyrannical rule over the city 33 years ago

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