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Visit to the Temple of Knowledge

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Session 02: Visit to the Temple of Knowledge

Canon Summary

Physical date: 2025-03-02
In-game date: 1832 AS Apollal 11, 1832 AS Apollal 12, 1832 AS Apollal 13
Primary location: Fey Woods
Review status: applied, applied 2026-05-05

Canon Events

The party visits the Temple of Knowledge in Bentrios, seeks Father Joseph, and asks him about the infernal orb, the animated construct, the storms, Salazar, and the Great Axe of Urgan. [Bentrios] (social)
Father Joseph says the orb is likely tied to the Demon Lord of Rage, says powerful magic may be controlled by another being like a marionette artist, and explains that self-aware construct magic is rarer and stronger than ordinary somatic construct magic. [Bentrios] (discovery)
Father Joseph believes Salazar, the Demon Lord of Lightning, is probably separate from the Demon Lord of Rage seen in the orb; he recommends carrying the orb in a padded case and says the Fey Woods are the best place to look for Urgan's Axe. [Bentrios] (discovery)
After leaving the Temple of Knowledge, the party visits a leathersmith to buy a padded container for the orb, returns to Alexander's Inn, and Faban busks, including a successful performance of The Fate of the Emerald Eel. [Bentrios] (social)
On Apollal 12, the party leaves Bentrios for the Fey Wilds, seeing how the city's machinery has failed and older practices like sundials and oil lamps have returned; along the road they encounter a blacksmith trying to rouse a failed warforged, and he tells them Urgan's Axe was crafted by dwarves a millennium ago. [Bentrios] (travel)
On Apollal 13, during the second day of travel, the party meets an old man near the Fey Wilds who warns them not to make deals with the fey, mentions a pack of gnolls about a half-day from the woods, trades riddles with Faban, and gives him a potion of healing. [Road to Fey Woods] (social)
Near the outer Fey Woods, Faban tries to light a fire while the party discusses blazing a trail, and a nearby tree strikes him; the tree is Oak, a dryad, who says she is bound by a vow of silence about the axe but warns that fey are hostile to outsiders. [Fey Woods] (social)
Oak says a hag or gnoll might know more, suggests seeking a satyr or centaur for safe passage, and directs the party toward a lightning-struck tree and then west to a lake where they may find a centaur. [Fey Woods] (discovery)
During watches in the Fey Woods, Faban follows a vision of Alexander Veder and gets lost before Brigit calls him back; other party members also see visions of people from town, leaving the party confused the next morning. [Fey Woods] (discovery)
The next morning, a blue-skinned fey creature tells the party she knows about Urgan's Axe but wants them to lead gnolls to the Satyr camp in exchange; the party refuses, and she brandishes her claws as combat begins. [Fey Woods] (social)

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