Sessions 10-11-12

1.  In Falkirk a first rate ship explodes and in the resulting turmoil Kramer is stolen from jail.
2. In the Parliament Royk is elected Lord, the Parliament of Lothian is not present.
3. The party is contacted by The Hand of God, a sect of the Inquisition that has kidnapped and interogated Kramer about the happenings in Ygdree and the role of the Purifiers.
4. The party locates and attacks the ship of the Hand of God, several members of which appear to be Devas. In the process Captain Beric loses a ship but they manage to warn Vice Admiral Wallace in time to save another first rate.
5. In Falkirk the meeting of the Purifiers takes place where they declare their faith and the vote of the Parliament declares that they will be allowed to stay in Falkirk but will be examined further.
6. The sentiment is that King Charles is using the purifiers in an attempt to peacefully have the church of Ygdree removed from the Council of Plancy.

Lamert:

1. The party leaves for Lothian where they fid out that Parliamentarians from Lothian have moved to occupy The south part of Lamert.
2. In the same time two "Witchfinder Generals" operate in the north and south of Lamert under the command of the King and the parliament of Lothian respectivelly. They already have executed many villagers and the children and staff of the orphanage.
3. The party locates the last remaining members of the hand of God on thelake island in lake Lamert. They admit to using the turmoil created by the Witchfinders to take the time and find Steinfeld's real treasure.
4. The party find clues in the chapel and manage to locat a crypt in the swamps where they find Father Pious who is one and the same with Abbot Steinfeld. They forcefully convince him to take them into a hidden area beneath the crypt where they meet again with Godfrey.
5. he has spent some time there studying a growing piece of Ad'ar, that seems to be what Steinfeld brought from the west.
6. They fight and destroy the creature.
7. In the discussion that followed, Godfrey exchanged information with them.

• He was the one to revive them in Anningley.
• He revealed the elven world is not independent from their own. They use certain old places of worship as entrances to the human world. Lately these places have been used by what proved to be Ad'ar. He begun to study this phenomenon in Anningley. He did not have actual access to their world and that is why he needed to revive them, to help him. He knew of Kezia's effects upon the world and thus he revived Captain Beric, who knew of storms and the seas. He knew the whole thing was started by a priest in the West and that is why he revived Roth who had fought there next to Steinfeld. He knew about the berserker and that is why he revived the Orc, since he knew the Northeners would not have come in peaceful contact with humans. He did not reveal how he knew this.
• He told them that Ad'ar's influence can bring dead religions to life in the way this happened in Anningley and is now happening in Lamert. Up to now he does not seem to have power over living religions, yet he seems to be able to have a strong grasp over Thelema. He does not know the reason for this.
• He reveals the location to an old place of worship where this is happening in Lamert. An old temple of a lost faith north of lake Lamert.
• He asks of Royk to come with, as the Lady has requested his presense and has a lot to teach him.

8. Outside they find soldiers of both armies have been abducted.
9.The party leaves for the north of the lake and stops at Hersh to try and convince a resident to go to the island and check on the members of the Hand of God tied up there. All villagers refuse to go in great fear and refuse to speak of what scares them. Mulgrad beats one of them and throws him into the lake. Captain Beric was present in the event and this has caused the villagers to send to the South and ask for protection from Lord Bothwell and the Parliament of Lothian. Under their request the Parliamentarian army has moved north and occupied Hersh, happily welcomed by the citizens.
10. The party meanwhile have located the old temple and have fought many of the reanimated undead inside. They also locate the lost soldiers in a sacrificial pit.