At Parnast, we were waiting for a way to get to the cloud castle. To pass the time, Posmet and Fynn tried to intimidate the two cultists who they tasked with watching “their” Drake, Larry. Eventually, we found the dwarf Othelstan who told us to stay put and rode up to the castle on a Wyvern.
While the caravan on the ground and the castle in the sky arrived at Parnast, we discussed what to do with the indestructible black dragon mask. We agreed to ask around at Waterdeep, possibly with the Order of the Gauntlet. For now, we placed it in Kaiyas bag of holding, to make it harder to detect.
Finally, the castle descended, an intimidating structure made out of white icy material. Thoredim carried a box with a cultist to the castle, striking up a conversation. The cultist was excited that after this mission, they would go to the “Well of Dragons” to witness the summoning of Tiamat. He could not tell where this location is though. Kaiya also questioned a cultist, learning that this castle has a lot of inhabitants at the moment:
What was notably absent, however, are the Cloud Giant themselves. We were wondering what kind of deal the cultists have struck with the Giants to use their castle. Or maybe they took it by force? Especially since historically, Giants were at war with dragons.
As we entered the castle, we entered the first room that we saw, because we had no better plan. As part of the group ended up in the sleeping chambers, trying to keep their cover, Posmet and Shan walked into the stables, almost starting a fight with 2 Wyverns. They could lock them back in at the last moment, but the commotion alarmed the other cultists. Their boss confronted Posmet who pulled the “We are undercover, the castle might be in danger”-card once more. This might become our signature move.
The boss thus wanted to take us to Rezmir! She is apparently back, although heavily wounded. We better find a way out of this situation fast.