📜 Session Overview

Day 2 of the flight to Vysteeri, the party clung to a cramped sky-platform as the pteranodons hauled them onward. Broj stayed almost statue-still while carving his rune-stone, Egg (Agelaius) practiced writing with talons and "adapted" fresh down-feather tufts against the cold, and Warwick attempted to undo the party's ongoing baldness—successfully restoring Sinora's hair via Alter Self, though it flickered through colors (notably red, then black) like the spell itself was indecisive.

Tyelkoron, withdrawn and meditative, carried a new omen in plain sight: a red-orange, coin-sized sun-orb embedded in his hand, with dark veins webbing beneath the skin—power that still didn't feel real to him… until it did.

The day's final rest point was wrong in that special way only "ancient magic infrastructure" can be wrong: a mountaintop platform carved like a massive bowl, filled with stale water and grime. As the party disembarked, momentum and tight footing turned into catastrophe—Sorina went over the edge, and Warwick dove after her. She struck branches on the way down and hit the ground unconscious and bleeding out.

With no easy answer in Warwick's hands, he called for Tyelkoron. Egg empowered Tyelkoron with "Indestructible," and Tyelkoron stepped off the platform to reach her—landing hard, surviving harder, and getting Sorina stabilized while Broj used Realmstrider stonework to open a drain and empty the bowl. The victory had teeth: once the water cleared, the bowl became a slick hazard and, worse, the platform's protections were no longer something anyone trusted.

That night, unshielded and exhausted, the party tried to sleep—and sleep tried to eat them back. Screams tore them awake as Xerocomath rose into the air with golden-yellow eyes, moving like a puppet on a string, physically tracking party members and licking them with eerie curiosity while a psionic aura rippled outward. Guards and pteranodons seized in convulsions. Broj ended the episode the direct way: force, pounding Xerocomath back into himself until the dream cracked and he woke—memories of a Golden Naga clinging to him like dew you can't wipe off.

The party pieced it together: this wasn't "a bad dream." It was a Dream Deity—a presence that can move hosts. Warwick volunteered to take the burden, and the transfer came with shared glimpses: a golden-eyed figure, unfamiliar places, and the unsettling sense of being observed rather than attacked.

Morning brought consequences. The guards' minds were fraying—severe memory loss, confusion about who the party even was, and one guard (notably less affected) missing his tongue yet still trying to hold things together. The pteranodons struggled to fly; desperate fixes ended in a Fly-spell patchwork and reduced mounts. When magic and stamina failed, the platform crashed through treetops—party members breaking branches on the way down, guards injured or killed, and the remaining escort scattering into shock and silence.

In the aftermath, Egg took locks of hair from the dead with the practical optimism of someone planning a future resurrection fund. Vyr cautioned Egg not to mention realmstriding in front of Xavril, and the party did what they could with what they had: pyres for the fallen, salvaging what pteranodons remained, and searching for shelter as the journey to Vysteeri turned from "travel scene" into "survival arc."

⚔️ Key Events

• Sky Platform Journey: The party continues their cramped aerial journey on day 2. Warwick successfully uses Alter Self to restore Sinora's hair (which cycles through red and black). Egg adapts to grow feather tufts against the cold and practices writing with his talons. Broj continues his stoic stone carving.
• Tyelkoron's Transformation: Tyelkoron meditates on the changes from accepting the Oni's Sigil Mark from Sinora—a red-orange orb embedded in his hand and black veins beneath his skin. He can now occasionally blast fire beams from his fingers.
• The Bowl Platform Disaster: The party arrives at a mountaintop platform carved like a bowl and filled with stale water. Broj inadvertently knocks Sinora off the platform. Warwick dives after her, finding her unconscious and bleeding out. Egg empowers Tyelkoron with "Indestructible," allowing him to leap from the platform and revive Sinora while Broj drains the bowl using Realmstrider stonework.
• The Dream Deity Possession: During an unprotected night's rest, a golden-eyed entity appears in dreams to Xerocomath (as a Golden Naga) and Egg (as a child Oculon). Xerocomath's physical body rises with golden eyes, releasing a psionic aura that causes guards and pteranodons to convulse. Broj violently ends the possession by attacking Xerocomath.
• The Entity Transfers: The party realizes this is a Dream Deity that can move between hosts. Warwick volunteers to take it. During the transfer, Xerocomath sees visions of Lyra (a High Elven mage with golden eyes and silver hair), while Warwick meets a child Spectator in the loft of Gloomspire.
• Memory Degradation: The guards begin suffering severe memory loss, unable to remember who the party is or where they're going. Xavril, a guard missing his tongue, is the least affected. The pteranodons also start failing.
• The Crash: Unable to maintain flight, the platform crashes through treetops. Many pteranodons and two of four guards die in the fall. Egg collects locks of hair from the fallen guards for potential future resurrection.
• Funeral Pyres: With Xavril's guidance, the party prepares and lights pyres for the fallen, then makes camp in the bowl platform for another night.

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🎭 Looking Ahead