Spider Parachute Fails, Deacon's Mother Burns

“Fresh off binding Delilah the spider demon prince, the party looted the Obitis Scolare tower's ruined Tesla coil lab for magic items before improvising a desperate spider-web parachute escape that sent Derrin and Deacon plummeting toward a rooftop. Fleeing Gray Templar Brood and his militia through the streets, the party demolished a Scar barrier, stole Brood's warhammer with help from Azquireth and Tavaria, and escaped home. That night, Cain contacted Deacon with an ultimatum: surrender a seal or his and Derrin's mother would be tortured, sparking a raw family confrontation at the house that ended with Derrin refusing the deal and his totem miraculously healing itself. A flashback and scrying session the next day revealed that Tavaria's childhood friend Dave Harp was murdered years ago with a gilded rapier matching Malak's porcelain hilt, and that the red-winged mother of the orphanage baby has joined Killian's resistance. The session ended with the party plotting to approach Killian for intel on both threads. Combat was light this session but the character drama around Derrin and Deacon's confrontation was the clear centerpiece.”