TOA: Session 2

Day 2
The party meets with Jessamine who:

• Heads what is considered the assassins’ guild in Port Nyanzaru
• Is under the death curse herself

She asks someone from the party to participate in that day’s Dinosaur races in an effort to prevent ‘Big Honker’(T-Rex) from winning the race. If they accomplish this, Jessamine will reward the party with 100 gp.

Zalmy rides ’Ubtao’s Favorite’(Triceratops) in the no-holds bared race against Big Honker and 3 other beasts. Big Honker performs particularly badly and Zalmy not only prevents him from winning, but is the winner himself. (winning 50 gp in additional to the 100 gp from Jessamine)

Shortly after the race, two Allosaurus’ go wild with black eyes, breaking free of their cages and attacking a priest hiding behind some boxes that the dinosaurs are quickly breaking through. The party leaps to his rescue and quickly kills the wild beasts before they can hurt the priest.

The priest thanks the party and introduces himself as Father Zitembe, the head priest of the Temple of Savras. (Savras = god of wizards and fortune tellers) As a reward he offers to perform a ritual to help find the location of Soul Monger. (the source of the death curse)

His ritual reveals that the Soul Monger is likely in the lost city of Omu, located far to the south… or so he thinks… the city has been lost for more than 100 years.

Omg History from Father Zitembe:
– Once was the jewel of Chult
– 200 years ago, their god, Ubtao, turned his back on them due to their greed and hubris
– Priests lost spells and disease wrecked the city. It became the ‘forbidden city’.
– The city turned to worshipping 9 trickster gods
– 100 years ago ‘a darkness fell on the city’ and it disappeared (this happened within a decade after the undead army was raised by Ras Nsi that now plagues Chult that was discussed previously)

The party returns to the Inn as the day grows late. Azaka (their guide) informs them that maybe the Aarakacra bird people in the temple of Kir Sabal might still know how to get to Omu. So the plan is the head in that direction.

Volo, of ’Volo’s Guide to Monster’ is in the inn promoting his book, which the party buys for 50 gp. (gives advantage on knowledge monsters going forward [house rule])

A young lady names Xandala approaches the party asking for help in finding her father, the adventurer Artus Cimber, who went missing in Chult 6 months ago. She asks for the party to send word back to Port Nyanzaru if they learn anything.