The Egg
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The Egg is the campaign’s central quest object — a chromatic-dragon-essence-absorbing artefact provided by Sevryn to the original five party members at the Hollow Hall Tavern in session 1, intended (per Sevryn’s framing) to repair the failing magic of Eldurae by sequentially absorbing the hoard-essence of chromatic dragons. The Egg absorbed the essence of Death-at-Sunset’s hoard at the end of session 3 and turned permanently green. The party never absorbed a second dragon’s essence. The Egg was stolen by Aurelian forces in s15. Its exact current location is unknown.
Overview
The Egg is the principal McGuffin of the egg-quest era of the campaign. It was provided to the original five party members (Cholmondeley, Caelumn, Hugo, Vasquez, Harvo) by Sevryn in the unrecorded session 1 at the Hollow Hall Tavern in Gloamhearth, and was carried in a bespoke contraption that Harvo had been told to build (the egg-carrier).
Its mechanism, per Sevryn, is to absorb the essence of chromatic-dragon hoards. By some process not fully explained even to him, this is meant to repair the world’s failing magic. The Egg has absorbed exactly one dragon’s essence — Death-at-Sunset’s, at the close of session 3 — and turned permanently green as a result.
Recorded interactions
- Session 1 (unrecapped). Delivered to the party by Sevryn alongside the briefing on Eldurae’s failing magic.
- Session 2. Carried into the Corrupted Redwood Grove in the egg-carrier; did not feature in combat.
- Session 3. Absorbed the essence of Death-at-Sunset’s hoard at the climax of the Sunset is Nigh’s Lair arc and turned permanently green.
- Sessions 4 through 14. Carried by the party (typically by Caelumn in his backpack) without further essence-absorption events.
- Session 15. Stolen by an Aurelian chain in the smoke during the Aurelian chain-master ambush outside Eldwythe [3]. The party did not see it leave; the chain’s grappling effect retrieved it from Caelumn’s pack as part of the same action that decapitated Ruin.
- Session 16. Confirmed lost; the party heads north toward the White Lantern Shrine partly with the goal of recovering it. The Egg was stolen by Aurelian forces in s15. Its exact current location is unknown.
Physical description
A dragon’s egg, sized accordingly. After session 3, permanently green in colouration. The egg-carrier contraption it travels in is a Sevryn-designed cage-and-strap rig. The party have not characterised the egg as warm, vibrating, or otherwise active beyond the absorption events.
Status as of session 16
Lost. The Egg was stolen by Aurelian forces in s15. Its exact current location is unknown. The party’s stated objective in sailing north is, in part, recovery.
See also
- Sevryn — the egg’s provider and the architect of the egg quest.
- Death-at-Sunset — the only dragon whose hoard the egg has absorbed.
- The Egg Quest — the quest entry that the egg drives.
- Aurelia — the city the egg is presumed to be travelling toward.
References
- ^ Session 2, line 20 — Recapped origin in Cholmondeley's session-1 summary.
- ^ Session 3, line 1526-1542 — Egg absorbs Death-at-Sunset's hoard essence, turns permanently green.
- ^ Session 15, line 500-504 — Egg stolen by an Aurelian chain in the smoke.