Tough As Dirt #21
Where Dead Things Dwell
01/19/2024
After getting Brother Moor and Gideon back from Mt Celestia, Lillium and Winslow had a heart to heart in which Winslow talked about how his sister was lost in Mythrasil Forest as a child and he was never able to find her. Lillium spoke about how the dragonborn bodies found in Mt Celestia were her brother and his wife, who worked on the Healing Bell with her.
Winslow thanked Lillium for the device as it helped him learn his sister was still alive. They decided to change the Healing Bell into a device which could find lost people instead of a healing item.Â
Before that happened, however, Gideon went back to Mt Celestia and met a creature named Plumpler who harrassed him for food.
Gideon sketched the beauty of the realm with Lillium's family, grabbed some dirt for Winslow, and retrieved personal effects for Lillium
Gideon tried to take Plumpler back with him but it didn't work
Back at the boat, Lillium was comforted by the sketch and removed the portal from the Healing Bell, so it could never be corrupted or be a danger to anyone again.
The crew sailed the Gateway Clipper down the River Still to Othrund, passing many ships along the way filled with undead soldiers, seemingly bound for somewhere.
In Othrund they set about shopping and exploring the city, ending up at an Inn called the Black Mass.
While in the city, they witnessed a procession of undead soldiers amassing at the docks
They decided to visit the vast and sacred library in Othrund to gain more knowledge on their quest to take back the Divinaxiom from Thrax and his cohort, Middalah.