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 Included in the caravan is a young bard by the name of Cyranna who is a dear friend of Lurien. For most of the journey to Garingold the party is unmolested. Shortly after they leave the port city of Tearshy they do run across a small carriage that is under siege by some roving goblin wolf riders.The party rescues and befriends Siriun Osmund, the cousin of Lady Oringil, who is the Matriarch of House Oringil.
-They stay at the inn with Cyranna, waiting for her next engagement. Dusky meets another demon by the name of Mr. Rasmussen. Rasmussen trades Dusky’s one ill fated favor for four favors. Mr. Rasmussen’s first favor is to have Dusky party with him at the Temple of the Lady Dressed in Scarlet and Flowers. After a two day bender, Dusky tries to piece his missing time together.
+They stay at the inn with Cyranna, waiting for her next engagement. Dusky meets another demon by the name of [[:npc:rasmussen|Mr. Rasmussen]]. Rasmussen trades Dusky’s one ill fated favor for four favors. Mr. Rasmussen’s first favor is to have Dusky party with him at the Temple of the Lady Dressed in Scarlet and Flowers. After a two day bender, Dusky tries to piece his missing time together.
 The party meets a Gnome by the name of [[player_characters:alston|Alston Nomlon]], who is intrigued by their story and  offers to accompany them to Terandeal. A handful of days into the route to Terandeal, they are assaulted by goblins led by a hobgoblin war leader. It quickly becomes apparent that a large hobgoblin horde has made it past the guards of House Tyrallon and is now sacking any caravans and travelers on the road to and from Terandeal.
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 The Companions were given a feast and celebrated as The Heroes of Valishdal. Princess Aeliona wed the King and became Queen Aeliona.
+===== The Obsidian Box =====
+See Also: [[story:obsidian_box|Scroll VI - The Obsidian Box]]
+//These events take place during the first days of Rimrost until Primus the 1st of Shadrun, year 897 7th age//
+While they group celebrated the wedding of the King and new Queen, [[:npc:rasmussen|Mr. Rasmussen]] approaches Dusky for the first of his two major favors owed charges Dusky with collecting an Obsidian box. Dusky, Clover, Alston, Glimmer, Tenzien and Thresh hire an airship, travelling for two weeks to arrive in Dar’Amkul.
+The current owner of the box, Rakran Arctos, agrees to sell it to Dusky. As the finish their transaction, a shadowed man killed Rakran and stole the box. The Greyslayers easily recover the box, but also alert the city guard that the Butchers of Izeh have arrived. The man they capture had been hired by the Collector to retrieve the box. The Greyslayers learn that the Collector is planning on selling the box in an auction that would bring a bidding war.
+Knowing they are over their heads, in a hostile city, they escape by boat to the closest port of call, Port Riston of Azhim, which happened to be the hometown of Dusky. Arriving in Riston, Dusky finds that the family thinks he had been killed by the the Grey Worm. They had performed a small funeral and his father had given his house to his brother Rictus. His father tells him he can win his house back if he finds out what the Priestess Sadiaa was doing.
+They receive an invitation from the priestess to meet them in a warehouse. Unfortunately, Priestess Sadiaa is power hungry and attempts to ambush the Greyslayers, revealing that the shipping boxes are filled with demons instead of just lavender.  After the retreat, the group asks for some intel help, but ends up assaulting the cult's villa estate. The priestess has been sacrificing slaves to get more demons to ship worldwide. In an epic battle of wizardry, the Greyslayers kill the Priestess and put an end to her plans.
+Royal investigator, Bakram Assam is waiting to question them about their involvement in the murder in Dar'Amkul. He clears their name and takes back news of the Cult/Demon activity, shutting down the cult in Dar'Amkul
+Since they are unable to complete the favor until full moons on Primus the 1st of Shadrun, the group decides to plan ahead. Alston sets up an exclusive bloodsport event, charging the elite of the city to watch them take down a demon. He also reaches out to several of his contacts for help, hiring a mercenary group with balistas and investing in silver goop to help with damage against the demon. Cassandra Sochess and her Red Boars arrive in Riston to assist.
+On the night of the full Razrahim, the group has a hard fight, pulling some very clutch moves from their repertoire to defeat the demon. Dusky falls, but is healed just in time to land the striking blow to the demon, a mortal enemy of House Iniket, sworn to destroy them.
+Mr. Rasmussen approaches the Greyslayers, taking the box from Dusky. He removes the bone and chain phylactery that held the Chain Demons soul, and put inside the box the small black jewel that he called the “The Black Heart of Na’Az’Karumin”. He then took the Chain Demons phylactery and fed it to the Obsidian box, forever killing the demon and adding its strength to the box. Afterwards, he handed the box back to Dusky and told him to take good care of it.

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