The Near Moon

They spend another week at the Pylon Kraal over the Moon River. Hamish is trying to find a new buyer for the biomancy gear and meets Dalani de Bianco, a cartographer who made a fortune and is willing to gamble it all away. Double or nothing on the flip of a coin. Hamish hesitates but Naida convinces him to be reasonable. The get rich either way. Azure spends a week in Post-Satrap 48’s solarium to get rid of her affliction and Saffron studies the sentient furniture of the Kraal to learn more about transitioning souls to bodies - never losing sight of the task to find a new body for mother.

In the shadow of the Near Moon

They follow a trail of decaying bitumen and ash to the strange sphere that looms on the horizon. Underneath the Near Moon towers and skyscrapers grow like mushrooms on the dank bog that had formed in its continual shadow. Azure performs an oracle and sees before her mind’s eye a pyramid of skin stretched over black iron, follows the calcinated arteries to its core where robed figures sacrifice a Quarter-Ling before a mouth-shaped altar. The mouth opens as the Quarter-Ling is bleeding out.

The Spectrum Lodge

When Azure tells of her vision the others are unimpressed about the prospect of killing innocent Quarter-Lings to gain access to the Moon’s core. They visit the Spectrum Lodge a black orb covered with lichen. Hamish gets into an arm wrestling match with Babeffe, a retired wrestler. He loses the game and some cash but is impressed enough by her grit to hire her as a caravan guard. Naida spots the familiar tattoo of a scope – a member of the Legion called Ostens, who wears a full suit of false limbs: Naida doesn’t ask - presumably to not embarrass him. He tells her about missing caravans at Three Sticks Lake and Naida promises to aid him in his quest.

A Ka-Elemental

They make camp after leaving the Near Moon when the towering whirlwind of an enraged Ka-Elemental attacks. While their henchmen drive away with the Auto-wagons, our heroes try to attack it from the flatbed of the Redlander pick-up truck with Vigo behind the wheel. The bone grenades and plasma projectile barely scratch the insubstantial form of the elemental but Hamish leaps and strikes the creature with his fractal blade that connects and branches in uncountable tendrils, solidifying the monster and crashing it in a devastating blow.

Actual Play: https://youtu.be/uroJYtJDchU