Sevendi and the Great Hunt

Sevendi

Arata-no-Oni

Mission: #enemy-of-my-enemy
Executor: Zieg Fellspoke

Master Rhydane from Viveni sent me a missive regarding the excursion of Sevendi into Nazathar. It turned out that his meeting with Arata-no-Oni proved to be a blessing and a curse, in a way. For one, their meeting allowed a method of freeing themselves from the Great Hunt, the orc pantheon of gods. It involved retrieving the Instruments of Strife, ancient deifacted artifacts that were once held by the Great Hunt (which I don't think really existed, by the way). The remaining three instruments were contained in Tuzal-mad, the Abode of the Cinder Herald, and the Labyrinth of Nezamiah.

The process by which they extracted this information took a toll on Sevendi's body, however. According to Corrumil, the spell they casted in order to commune with Devrak-Har nearly destroyed her body. She is currently holed up in Viveni, where her condition refuses to improve.

Mission: #answered-prayers
Executor: Aerivandor Rhydane

Sevendi had issued a "mission" to Sycamore, instructing him to fulfill a prayer that she received. Apparently, Sevendi can manifest power through prayers that she receives. Upon eliminating an Iudex captain of the Morensi named Kamek, the prayer was answered, granting power to Sycamore through a peculiar ring that he owns. Sycamore and his friends did not seem pleased to eliminate the man, however.

I'm more concerned about the Morensi carving out a portion of Nazathar for themselves. This may not bode well with our strained relationship with Nazathar.

Mission: #8
Executor: Zieg Fellspoke

After preparing the safe accommodations for our guest, Sevendi, in one of the Locking Rooms, the pseudo-deity requisitioned a group of mercenaries to do their bidding.

They were told to go to Nazathar and gain the blessing of Senso-Omo, a god of conquest. In doing so, they would gain a legendary pauldron that would empower its wearer. Having reached the temple of Senso-Omo, however, our mercenaries found that the pauldron had already been taken by a group of pale orcs, led by Shok, the Glass Blade (who is lauded as a war hero of the pale orc armies). After a brief communion with Senso-Omo, the adventurers had a hard-won battle against Shok and his warriors, cementing their right to claim the pauldron.

At the end of the adventure, Sevendi articulated the desire to regain more pieces of Senso-Omo's armor, among other things.

Mission: #7
Executor: None

The Mercenaries left again for Nazathar, no doubt to check up on that deity they discovered, Sevendi. After some inspection of its old temple, they found that the followers of a newer, rival deity named Arata-no-Oni had started trying to reseal Sevendi back into his original state. The group wouldn't have that, and engaged these orcs. It turned out that this group was being headed by a woman by name of Itto-Kyoshi Utsuki, and after their sound defeat, Sevendi expressed that having the seat of his power exposed in this area was too dangerous, and promptly transferred himself into the body of Utsuki to be able to relocate himself.

Sevendi is now freely roaming the world untethered.

Mission: #dag-nabbit
Executor: None

Five mercenaries left Viveni and headed to Nazathar. In there, they uncovered a temple dedicated to a god of opulence, named Sevendi. It turns out that the temple was somehow overrun by vegetation that its location was concealed by dense forest above. Inside, the mercenaries destroyed the bonds that sealed Sevendi, and they entered a deal with the now-awoken being. Sevendi seeks to reclaim some things that belongs to him.

Upon coming back, the noted mercenaries now flash each other weird gang signs during lunch break.

Mission: #breaking-wind
Executor: Aerivandor Rhydane

The mercenaries took it upon themselves to buy passage into the Heart of Kherix in order to gain a gale of wind from the heart of a storm. Kiit Sycamore made use of his friendship with the Left-Handed Hummingbird, or Captain Bird. With the help of the captain, they were able to enter the storm itself, but were barred passage by waves and storms that the captain deemed too dangerous to pass through. Due to the refusal of Captain Bird to proceed deeper into the tumultuous waves of the storm, the mercenaeries saw it fit to polymorph into a whale and venture inside alone.

According to the mercenaries, upon reaching into the brute storm over the Heart of Kherix, they were set upon by a huge dragon of metallic sheen. The dragon had a command of the waters and winds to a degree that rivals the strongest weatherweavers and ionothurgists.

This did not bode well with the mercenaries. Upon gaining the gale of wind, they retreated deep into the water in an attempt to evade the dragon. The problem, however, was making the journey back to the boat. Solaria's attunement to Sevendi, with the help of Faerwynd Silverwood's expertise in the trappings of magic, was able to create enough magical energy to polymorph once more into a whale and escape with their lives.

This power, however, was power drawn from Sevendi here in Viveni. At around the same time that this magic was used, Sevendi supposedly exhausted all the magic that was contained within their mortal body in order to assist the mercenaries. Upon doing this, the body they inhabited all this time finally expired, no trace of the orc deity to be found.

The mercenaries have decided not to further associate themselves with Sevendi. Gideon has asked to hold on to the paltry belongings that Sevendi held on to.