When we last ventured to the Great Basin…
It was last at night on the 18th of Whitermire. The members of the Task Force where holed up at the Lost Palm Tree, a dingy motel towards the outskirts of Kerkard after a scary encounter that Meru and Gwen had with Dauntless. You realized that without immediate action, the members of LAKE would just try to pick you off one by one until you were too weak and paranoid to resist them.
You decided that information was the most important this to gather, and thanks to Meru and Jusa, something you could do without having to leave the motel room.
Jusa cast Divination twice, the first time asking
Where will Ambition be tomorrow morning?
and receiving the answer
Atop the hill in the halls of governance.
which you interpreted as the Central Forum or the Delegate tower for the Principality of Vi.
Concerned about Dauntless, a powerful foe capable of manipulating your memories and perceptions, she also asked
Where will Dauntless be tomorrow morning at dawn?
and learned
Returning from the field of dreams.
This one was distinctly less help, as you interpreted it as basically that Dauntless would be waking up for the day.
Regardless, you pressed onward with Meru’s daily questions, learning among other things that Clayton Willock, the new Delegate from the Principality of Vi is a member of LAKE. You also learned that
- Daalvis Zidba, a.k.a. Freedom does not play to betray you if you attack Ambition.
- That Ambition was ready but not waiting for your next move.
- That Vessimur’s staffers are not aware of his membership in LAKE.
- That Vessimur will be sleeping in the Delegate tower for the Principality of Vi tonight and should still be there around dawn.
Putting all of these bits of information together, the unthinkable happened: everybody agreed with Zorro. It was time to use the barrel of Cylex recovered from the Taerwyn Dock Explosion oh so long ago. You decided to strike at dawn, when Vessimur is likely to just be getting up for the morning and other staff are the most likely to be away from the tower. Using Blue Eyes to place and detonate the explosive, you plotted a bombing of the Forum not unlike the one that started this whole adventure. Zorro separates the Cylex in half, creating two 15 pound charges.
We now resume as you approach the Central Forum complex. Blue Eyes has just taken flight to place the bomb outside Ambition’s bedroom window. You’re located just outside the patrol lines around the building, preparing for the fight of your life.