Bloody Blade Shrine

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A Blood of Vol shrine inside a Mabar manifest zone.

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011 The party head to the King's Swords Garrison and meets with Alastair Buchanan and Lord Clayton ir'Cullen. Lord ir'Cullen congratulates the party on the mission against Lan Hazal at the Bloody Blade Shrine. He ignores the party's concern about the still-at-large Jessel Tarra'az and feels that Lan (and the cultists!) are definitely guilty. The party learns that Wultram Kazkov (reportedly) killed himself shortly after confessing Lan's involvement in the plot. Buchanan reassures the party that the Shrine is under close guard. Nazari makes the connection that Lord ir'Cullen is Corwith ir'Cullen's father.
011 The party is interviewed by Monty Applebee. They admit to breaking into Wultram's Apartment and infiltrating the Bloody Blade Shrine. Nazari disputes the notion that the investigation is finished with Lan Hazal's arrest. They bring up Jessel Tarra'az as an open question and the possibility of a larger conspiracy. Zelandris tries to backpedal on this notion. Jacopo secures Wildnight advertising for Truffs n Stuff in exchange for giving Applebee a juicy quote for the paper.
010 The party discusses next steps with the investigation. Lark suggests disguising herself as Corwith ir'Cullen to get into The Hazal Residence. Nazari expresses discomfort with Lark's willingness to offer herself to Jessel Tarra'az, while Lark reminds Nazari of the mistakes she made at the Bloody Blade Shrine. While discussing support for this operation, Nazari and Zelandris disclose their psionic abilities. Talos and Jacopo recognize the powers as common amongst the ruling elite in the Unity of Riedra. Zelandris mentions the voice that rebuffed him when he tried to mind link with Wultram Kazkov at the Diamond Theatre.
009 As undead swarm into the inner cloister of the Bloody Blade Shrine, Nazari attempts to mind link with Captain Buchanan. Not knowing it as friendly, he rebuffs her.
009 The party and King's Swords regroup after the fight. Mikhael Fedorov escapes while Lan Hazal is apprehended. The party updates Captain Buchanan, emphasizing: (1) there was a blood ritual involving Vampire Mommy; (2) Lan demanded secrecy in a coming "war"; (3) the ritual to enter the Bloody Blade Shrine blasphemed the Sovereign Host; (4) the Shrine is a Mabar manifest zone; (5) the cultists mourned Wultram Kazkov.
009 Lan Hazal implores Lark (as "Vlad") to find Jessel Tarra'az and preserve the Mabar manifest zone. Alastair Buchanan thanks the party for infiltrating the Bloody Blade Shrine and promises a good word for Pyramus. Nazari apologizes for calling in the King's Swords early, but is reassured by Captain Buchanan. Lark is arrested alongside the rest of the cultists as the party leaves.
009 Lark (as "Vlad" from the Old Country) talks with other Graywall residents in jail. She learns nobody knew of Jessel Tarra'az until that night. They are angry at Vampire Mommy for what happened at the Bloody Blade Shrine, but still trust Lan Hazal and believe the blood ritual would have revealed the truth of the terror attacks. Their opinions of Wultram Kazkov are divided: some believing he was eccentric albeit harmless whilst others believed him erratic and insane. Lark takes away that the Graywall community was not responsible for the Diamond Theatre attack. While skeptical of "Vlad", the Sharn City Watch eventually release Lark after questioning.
009 The party takes Zelandris to see Minka d'Jorasco after everything that went down at the Bloody Blade Shrine. She gives him a clean bill of health except calls his missing shadow "probably some fey shit."
008 The party is separated as they enter the Bloody Blade Shrine. In addition to a lit candle and a dagger, each party member was given a phrase associated with a god of the Sovereign Host. They discover that the undead wandering the Shrine avoid their candlelight, which seems magical and can't be augmented despite Cinder's best attempt.
008 Lark aids a cultist in killing some undead. After passing a few statues she finds Olladra and stabs it. She gets a vision of a wasteland with obsidian spires, reminiscent of a feyspire like the elvish birthplace Shae Tirias Tolai. Lark realizes the Bloody Blade Shrine might be in a Mabaran manifest zone. She drinks more blood and sees a vision of the Court of Thalia with its flowers wilting and creatures turning to dust. Nazari arrives and stops her from stabbing the statue over and over again.
008 Lan Hazal and Vampire Mommy ask the Bloody Blade Shrine assembly to all donate blood to perform a clarifying ritual over events that have recently transpired. Jacopo slips Cinder the vial of blood from the Aureon statue. Nazari pretends to faint, knocking over the basin of collected blood. When they insist on getting her blood, she hurls the basin at Vampire Mommy and snaps her King's Swords coin.
008 Corwith ir'Cullen and the King's Swords pop into the Bloody Blade Shrine. They arrest cultists including Lan Hazal. Alastair Buchanan attempts to apprehend Vampire Mommy but he is thwarted as she shrouds the room in darkness, allowing the undead outside the door to gain strength and break into the room.
007 The party meets with Captain Buchanan, Constance d'Medani, Viktor d'Deneith and Corwith ir'Cullen to negotiate terms. Buchanan offers the party amnesty for prior actions in exchange for infiltrating the Bloody Blade Shrine. Buchanan wants the party for this task so that the King's Swords have plausible deniability if things go sour. He gives them "discs" to snap if the city is in danger which will summon King's Swords to their location. He also gives them 200 gold to help finance the infiltration. Buchanan allows the party to review the existing evidence. He is unsure where the Shrine is but knows that Lan Hazal has been staying at The Hazal Residence in Graywall.
007 After leaving Ignus behind to exfiltrate himself, the party dons their robes and masks and enters a series of tunnels through the trapdoor. They join a growing stream of cultists. At the entrance to the Bloody Blade Shrine, each cultist is given a candle, a knife, and a cryptic message about rebellion against the gods. The party is separated and enter the Shrine.
006 The following day, Lark heads to Morgrave University library and researches the Blood of Vol and the Bloody Blade Shrine. She doesn't find out much regarding shrines in Sharn but learns about the importance of blood in Blood of Vol rituals. She also learns that Seekers rituals manage the destructive impact of Mabar manifest zones.
005 The Party turns over Lan Hazal's office. They find a safe (which they take after failing to open it), a set of black robes and obsidian mask, and a letter to the foreman Bargast discussing a midnight meeting at the Bloody Blade Shrine. The Party finds more masks and robes and create a few distractions to escape Hazal Smelting largely unnoticed.