Session 3 - Snake! Snake! It's a Snake!

Summary
The group saved everyone in Lord Vannifer's castle from an elven lady (Yuan-ti in illusion) and a giant skeletal snake. Lord Vannifer thanks the group and gave them the emerald Marduk wanted. On their way back to Loke's cave, they rescued Princess Anya and her hand maiden from a group of dragonborn guards (leader was the same guy... RIP). Min spoke with the parasite infested crows and found out that their only goal in life was to feed Loke. Not knowing how to deal with all these new information, they decide to head back to Marduk.

I got soul but I'm not a soldier
Tired decided to put the person in the farm house out of his misery by slashing his throat with a dagger. However, no blood came out of his throat and Max's flaming sword also seem to do no more than burn a hole through the guy's chest. The group felt that this should be reported to the owner of the castle (assuming it will be Lord Vannifer) as soon as possible so they set out to the castle. The castle was quite run down as it still bears the scar from the war of the dragons. Max knocked on the door and yelled for any response but heard nothing back. She squeeze through the door to see two kids mid running and under the same effect as the elf from the farm house. Tired walked through the corridor to find some kind of ritual statue next to a little girl, he called Min over to have a look and tried to identify the ritual without much luck. When Ipakas enter the room with Max, he identified the ritual as some kind of feeding mechanism to siphon souls from the suspended elves for an unknown entity off realm. Min and Ipakas decide to disrupt the ritual from afar with mage hand while everyone else investigate the castle.

Max went through the rest of the castle and found the dining hall filled with suspended individuals. She also spotted a giant snake skeleton in the dining hall that is covered in flesh colour skins (possibily humanoid skin). Tired went through all the rooms and drawers to look for the emerald with little luck. However, he found a note likely belong to the princess mentioning a "new lady" that showed up to the castle and a statue in a closet that he promptly disrupted by taking a bone."No daddy i dont want to marry the head ranger he's yucky and i think he is having an affair with that new lady that showed up. I see him sneaking out at night taking the animals he brings back to her. - Princess note"Max yelled out at the rest of the parties about the snake she found and heard an elf lady speaking back to her. The elven lady informed Max and Tired that she is feeding her lord Zehir and is summoning it through to this realm to fight the dragon lords.

Why does it have to be snakes
Hearing that the people are sacrificed to appease and summon a god entity Ipakas filled with rage and charged the elven lady. In his rage, he accidentally slashed Grace accross the chest. Grace exclaimed at Ipakas and back away to shoot at the elven lady. Tired attempt to damage the snake statue to distract the lady but she just laughed at him and put Ipakas to sleep with a wave of a hand. Min woke Ipakas up then ran off to destroy the ritual statues in sight. Ipakas moved in to flank her with Max but still missed due to his rage. Seeing the gash across his chest, Grace willed his body to recover from the injury and missed a shot due to the distraction. Tired attempt to hurt the elven lady for mocking him but failed to land a blow. Maybe it's because her mocking nature or the lack of damage she has sustained, the group focused up and almost killed her before she took out a red crystal, crush it and disappeared.

The snake abruptly came to life and now the group is faced with a giant snake staring them down. The group flew into a panic when it grabbed Max with its mouth and swallowed her whole. Min approach the snake, attempting to distract it but also got swallowed whole. Eventually, Max got her bearing's and put the snake down with a stab from within itself. As the snake die, Min and Max rolled out of the snake and the elves within the castle slowly recover from their suspension. The group try to calm the princess of the castle down and explain the situation to her. As a token of gratitude, the group was given the emerald they were looking for and they rest at the castle for the night (Level up). According to lord Vannifer, there's an elf elder (Goren) among them that could foretold danger for the clan and they'll just move to the next location, hence why they've moved to this abandoned castle a couple months ago. Grace then spoke with Goren to see whether he can have his future foretold. Goren informed Grace that there will be two points in time in his next combat where he should duck.

The attempt to finally bring back some shinny rocks
After a restful night, the group went back to find Loke at the edge of the forest. Since there's no sight of Loke, the group decides to head towards Loke's cave. On their way there, they encounter a prisoner escorting party (with some familiar members in them). Grace spotted the lady prisoner from a missing poster belonging to the Petven nobel family. After another small round of friendly damage, the guards were dispatched and Max the breaker of chain freed the prisoners. The female prisoner introduced herself as Princess Anya and her hand maiden (Delilah Petven). The handmaiden asked the group to not mentioning her in the capital due to the lost person poster. The group left the Princess's party to themselves and head towards Loke's cave once more. Unfortunately, Loke was no where to be seen in his cave either, so the group take a short rest at his cave. The group then depart towards Marduk's cottage, Min spoke with the crows that was watching the group and asked them if he could help them. The crow said they are looking for the green one, thus the group left a warning for Loke with Illusory script at the entrance of the cave. Because Min can communicate with the crows, they now start to follow him and keep pressuring him on the where about of the dragon and informed Min that their purpose is to feed the dragon. Not knowing what to think about this, the group hasten their pace back to the cottage where they could talk to Marduk about it. After half a day of journey, Loke popped out of nowhere and greeted the group with a bunch of deer in it's mouth. Due to the detour and the event that took place with the dragonborn guards, they couldn't make it back to Marduk without spending a night in the forest. The night went by without event and the group finally reached Marduk at long last.

Memorable Quotes
"Are you not entertained?" - Min before getting bitten

"They had a farmer..." - Cheyny

"YOU GUYS AGAIN!!??" - Leading dragonborn guard

"I don't care who Geneva is, she sounds like a bitch anyway!" - Pav

"I'm going to prestidigitation Yujia's blood off my arrows" - Cheyny

"We are off to see the lizard" - Pav