Chapter 3 - Greenleaf Temple

"A child overpowered grown men and women in feats of strength, a topless gnome performed incredible feats of acrobatic grace and precision in snatching arrows mid-flight, and friendships began to form as a young gnome and a young human tail a suspicious Master Daine back into the temple." - Malzara Ayj-Iarud

A violent night eased into a peaceful morning for the young adventurers. Twy took the first watch, spying only a conspicuous raven high in the canopy above. Daphinia sought counsel from a local, possibly misunderstanding the small squirrel’s guidance. Janna practiced her tongue technique. Maja enjoyed some early morning reading in the creeping daybreak while Zip played with a rusty scimitar that he retrieved from one of the fallen elven assailants.

The details, for one reason or another, become fuzzy as the adventurers find their way to the long-lost Greenleaf Temple. A conversation with Master Daine revealed an order lost, with hope for redemption lying beyond a trial in the temple’s basement.

Although there are few credible accounts of what happened the night the adventurers arrived at Greenleaf Temple, this much is certain. A child overpowered grown men and women in feats of strength, a topless gnome performed incredible feats of acrobatic grace and precision in snatching arrows mid-flight, and friendships began to form as a young gnome and a young human tail a suspicious Master Daine back into the temple. The roar of the crowd, stoked by the antics of Twyla, Janna, and Tsip, fade away as Maja and Daphinia carefully make their way up to the Master’s meditation room. The duo observe Daine, perhaps struggling through too much sunshine, trying to unlock the door to the chamber above the meditation room. Lending a gentle mage hand to his cause, Daine finds the keyhole and stumbles inside. Perhaps now grateful for the Master’s sunshine, Maja and Daphinia manage to keep the door ever so slightly ajar to see what they can learn about the mysterious Master and his presumed bedchamber. They hear voices grumbling in the dark room – Gofuku sees three figures – from the two waking beings, the third sleeping soundly. As the figure Maja and Daphinia understand to be Master Daine collapses onto a bed, Master Daine makes his way to the top of the stairs. Some quick thinking, a stroke of luck, and a mysterious fog cloud see Maja and Daphinia into the kitchen where Master Daine confronts them a few moments later. Apparently, none of the trio have any idea from whence came the fog cloud. Master Daine also appears to have little recollection of the deal he struck with the young party. He then makes his way out of the kitchen to rejoin the celebration, and the largely triumphant and somewhat bloodied competitors Twyla, Janna, and Tsip reunite with their new companions. The adventurers seek lodging in the temple’s residential hall, Tsip’s new cloak billowing out behind him, as they find a clean and unoccupied dormitory at the very end of the corridor. Though none get a truly deep sleep that night, Daphinia suffers an all too familiar nightmare.