Aboleths and Outsiders

"HI!" Kyle greets awkwardly. "I bet you're the River King aren't you?" The River King sits back down in his chair, which is made of pipes. "Well, we, um, came to talk to you. Well, specifically about one thing. Really what we're interested in is that statue behind you."

"You come into my sewers, murder my workers… Also, you destroyed a vast collection of mine."

"Well, your house is a little shoddy on the foundation work. Also it was an accident. And Eorin here feels really bad about it"

"You expect me to believe that this boy with a shovel cast the lightning bolt that caused the cave in?"

"No, I never said the person who did it felt bad about it. So we would like to deal with you about the statue"

Zelara gestures to Illythan. She noticed the water is slowly rising. Kyle and the River King continue talking, and he taps some tubes on his chair, causing the water to stop rising.

"Who sent you?" He asks

"That's a complicated question. Lets just say we're here."

Eorin blurts out the story about the Lenorm and the gods having sent them. The River King clearly does not believe us. We speak a little bit more, and then the River King goes into Eorin's brain.

After rifling through Eorin's thoughts, he comes out and says "You are not as ignorant as you appear."

The River King then attempts to look through the minds of the rest of the party, only succeeding with Zelara.

"Interesting. We will have to deal with this elsewhere."

The teleportation rune is back on now.

"You may go. I will send one of my men to bargain with you."

We go back through, and end up back in the house.

Illythan inspects the bag on Eorin's arm more extensively. It's a vastly superior version of Iron Flask. Whatever's in here could be as dangerous as those avatars we met. The conjuration on the bag summons and binds them. If you release them, they have to fulfill their bargain with you. While there are only 6 slots for demons, if you release one, you can put another one in. Illythan looks at Eorin and sees that Eorin is under a powerful enchantment. We figure out it's probably a Geas or quest spell, and that it will take a wish spell to rid Eorin of it, and that very bad things will befall Eorin unless he fulfills the geas.

We go back to the ladder and climb up it into the store room of the very inn we've been staying at. Zelara goes to reunite with Chubby Baby, as the rest of us contemplate what to do about the bag. Illythan suggest a temple of Asmodius. We decide to go there, and find ourselves at the doors. They charge 20 gp per head for non-believers to go in. They write us a receipt, and Illythan donates five extra gp. We try to go in, and there is a barrier preventing the bag from going in, and it tightens around his arm. Eorin feels the wards on the temple giving, and decides to wait outside. Illythan asks to speak to a priest and is given a number and told to wait in line. Kyle decides to wait outside with Eorin.

While we're waiting, the accountant from the River King's house comes to find Eorin and Kyle. He asks where the rest of the group is, and we explain that they're in the temple. He gives us a piece of paper and says he'll wait for us there, since he needs to speak to all of us. The address is the nicest restaurant in town. Illythan finally reaches the front of the line. He explains the problem, and they tell him they can't help him with the problem. The temple at the capital in Cheliax can. Their best recommendation is to kill Eorin. The offer Illythan a variety of poisons for sale, that are very lethal but painless which he passes on. They decide to go to Abdar's temple after meeting with the accountant.

We decide to go to a public bath house first to become not gross. We notice that there are water fountains and lots of bath houses, which are very clean due to the fantastic sewer system. Illythan goes to a tailor and gets a fantastic new outfit. We then go to the restaurant, which is very nice. The accountant says that first off, certain fees are to be paid due to the death of a sewer worker. The accountant then asks for the location of the Lenorm's minion's lair to know that they can trust us. Kyle tries to debate otherwise, but Illythan takes the map and draws the incorrect location. Eorin, who is completely guiless mentions that the location is wrong. After some back and forth, Illythan decides to show them the correct location. The accountant then suggests that we could send the demons in the bag after the Lenorm, so the demons will be death cursed instead of us.

The accountant then tells us that since the statue we seek is the only one left after the destruction of his home, the River King wants something in exchange instead. The accountant pulls out an old tome, that's waterproofed and written in ancient Azlanti. It describes beautiful art of the time, and the accountant tells us that any one of the pieces listed in this book would be highly desired by the River King. Kyle asks for information about Orias' mother. The accountant gives us the mother's location, and adds that if we bring back the statue, then they'll also give us the man we're looking for. We conclude the negotiations and head to the temple of Abdar.

This temple is much smaller than the temple of Asmodius. Eorin cautiously enters the temple, and finds he's able to do so. Eorin explains the situation to a priest, and is told they don't have a cleric that can help. After much debate, Eorin decides to order the demons back to their home plane and never to return to this plane, and lets them out of the bag. Five of them think this is the best deal and happily return to their home plane. One cannot, because it's a native outsider. Kyle attempts to detect evil, and she promptly goes blind - her eyes turning black. Unsure of what to do, Eorin orders to it to go and kill the Lenorm, but he cannot kill anything else. The outsider is frozen in place, explaining that he can't move because there are tiny microscopic lives that you kill just by moving around. Eorin amends the order to allow for the deaths of anything microscopic. The outsider begins to float through the air. The bag falls off Eorin's wrist, and Kyle pics it up. There are thick rope burns on Eorin's arm.

The Pathfinder society sends us notes on where we might be able to find old Azlanti art. Eorin reads through the notes and figures out the best place to look would be Riddleport. The outsider returns and has a very, very large bag over its shoulder. He starts pulling out corpses and piles them onto the ground. They're all undead, and the outsider asks if this is okay, and he's been consuming their souls. Eorin attempts to reprimand him, but the outsider tells him that he can't tell him not to consume souls. The outsider leaves, and everyone goes to sleep. Eorin decides to pray, HARD.

Sometime, in the middle of the night, the innkeeper knocks on Eorin's door, telling him that a "man" is here to see him. Eorin goes downstairs and is greeted by the outsider. He places the Lenorm's head on the table, and presents Eorin with a variety of sacks containing, a lifetime supply of Lenorm meat, scales, claws, bones, an undead lady thing with a scythe for a hand, rocks with holes in them, random shiny objects, and a goblin. He pulls the goblin out of the bag - it's wearing the same cloths as he is, and he clearly finds this entertaining. The outsider then goes upstairs to say "hi" to Kyle as Eorin and Zelara attempt to put as much of the stuff into the caravan as possible. He orders a few bags of holding through the imp to hold all the meat. They decide to leave the bags of rocks and random shiny things behind seeing as how they're not worth much. Zelara kills the goblin. 

The outsider asks Kyle if she's feeling better, and ruffles her hair. Kyle stabs him in the arm. He doesn't seem bothered, and begins to heal over the knife. Kyle pulls out the knife and attempts to kick him down the stairs and retrieves her bow. The outsider heals and stands at the bottom of the stairs dusting off his suit.  "Give me your soul bright one!" the outsider demands as Kyle fills him full of arrows. "Not too shabby! See if you can survive this!" Kyle takes 3 dex damage as her bones fuse together. She takes a step back and fires again. The melee continues ferociously, and Zelara and Eorin hear the noise and come rushing back into the inn. Illythan wakes up from where he was passed out at the bar and turns into an air elemental. Zelara rushes into the fray and Eorin goes to heal Kyle. Kyle attempts to use the bag to trap the outsider again. It doesn't quite work, but the bag is now on his head, blinding him for three rounds. The outsider stuns Kyle for ten rounds, and Zelara attacks him ferociously. He slowly devolves, saying "I'll be back, and next time, I won't return!" His suit and mace fall to the ground. Eorin heals and restores Kyle, while Zelara and Illythan have words about the wisdom of attacking a very powerful outsider.