Seeing Stars

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion is the heart of the Hoju Monastery. It was, and still is, a place for quiet contemplation and reflection under the protection of its gilded walls. Of late, the monastery grounds are filled with young warriors, monks, and scholars hoping to prove themselves worthy to learn the sacred techniques of Jugan, the Rising Star. As Jugan was renowned in his day for the defeat and banishing of many malign spirits, these hopefuls train to be the guardians of this generation. You have been hired by Kiyoko, a shrine maiden that tends a small lakeside shrine on the outskirts of the monastery. She was warned in a dream to wake and ward the shrine and barely did so before a miasma of foulness broke over the shrine like a dark wave. Your mission is to find the source of this foulness and banish it.

Agents arrived at a temple at the monastery and met the shrine maiden who told them of a foul miasma that had recently surfaced. The agents cast some wards around the shrine then did some preliminary scouting with their avian companions. Upon seeing a disturbance in some buildings towards the Golden pavillion, they ventured in that direction.

Agents encountered six initiates at an encampment. They attempted to quell the fight by using a magic candle, which calmed them slightly, but ended up opting for retreat onwards towards the pavillion. Both avian companions were injured by laser beams shot by the initiates.

Upon arriving at the pavillion, the initiate guards were distracted and the agents slipped in. They discovered that the magic seemed stronger here, and was making all the occupants act out of a single-minded desire to achieve their goals, to an alarming extent. Climbing the tower, the agents warded off an enchanted origami, forging their way to the top of the pavillion.

Atop, they faced with walls imbued with 50 golden throwing stars, which seemed to have magical properties. One in particular stood out, taking aggressive action against the agents. With effort, they shattered the star and released the monastery from its curse! Leadership of the monastery was transferred to a certain initiate with a head trained for high-impact tasks.

• Morgan Darillium

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