## Investigate the Morningstar Journal **Status:** 🔄 IN PROGRESS ### Quest Giver [[Gael]] (deceased) and [[Grimoir]] ### Objective Decipher the shifting [[Zenobarra's Diary|Morningstar Journal]] that contains a map leading to answers about Gael's origins and purpose. Complete her mission: "Finish what we started." ### Description Gael's dying words to [[Krule]] and [[Beldrin]] were "Finish what we started." She slid the journal into Beldrin's clothes while he was unconscious. The journal was given to Gael's father [[Steve]] by a mysterious black-feathered Aarakocra visitor 45 years ago, along with Gael's egg. ### Rewards Unknown, but connected to understanding the party's shared destiny ### Progress & Discoveries - **Session 1-2**: Gael introduces the journal, dies protecting it - **Session 3**: Party is shared the journal from [[Grimoir]] - **Session 9**: New page revealed mentioning the original adventuring party: - Nearly died, wings taken - Lost [[Onair]] and [[Stelios]] - [[Fable]] and [[Andromache]] survived - Freed by "mechanical man" [[Grimoir]] - Took [[Skull of Khufar]] from Serpent Queen - Guided by a Jezereen - **Session 9**: [[Grimoir]] reports: "I see it in my dreams. The Wind Lord speaks to me." - **Session 33**: Continued study at The Goddess library ### Journal Properties - Contents shift and change - Speaks to those who possess it - Has "a mind of its own" - Reveals new pages based on events - Contains "The Crest of [[The Wind Lords]]" - Missing the last 7 pages ### Historical Figures Mentioned - [[Steve]] (Gael's father, half-elf artificer) - [[Fable]] ([[Damien]]'s mother) - [[Andromache]] ([[Tycho Colkus]]'s mother) - [[Grimoir]] (freed the party) - [[Stelios]] ("got what he wanted") - [[Onair]] (lost) - Snow-feathered owl Aarakocra (male) - The Jezereen guide ### Threats - [[The Toymaker]] sent shapeshifters to steal it - Shapeshifter letter ordered it retrieved "INTACT" - Deposit box 69 at [[Snake Eyes]] was the delivery point ### Related Quests - [[Find Jazir]] - [[Uncover Ven's Past]] - [[Investigate The Toymaker]] - [[Learn About Fable]] ### Sessions 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 33