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→2016-04-06 - Jaxson, Jaxson, Jaxson!
Later, when he returns, he spies upon Joran, who is up to something in his room involving an unearthly light and guttural speech. From the window he sees Joran interacting with the devil he had trapped in a bottle. Jaxson then returns to the corridor and intentionally makes a racket outside Joran's room before knocking on his door. Joran greets him, and the bottle and any evidence of what was going on are gone. Joran does tell Jaxson that he has isolated the poison afflicting the royal family, but confesses he does not have the skill to prepare an antidote. Jaxson recalls Marby mentioning at some point that her mentor in Silvermist was an alchemist. Joran provides Jaxson with a sample of the poison to bring to her. He also states that he will be leaving Datha soon to return to Sigil.
In the morning, Marby and Grodd go to Jaxson's room to awaken him. Jaxson collects Zevine from her room, and finds that she had an adventurous evening, which she promises to tell him the tale of some other time. They go to the throne room where the regency council sits, to find that Jaxson's aunt the lady Lady Nareema is before the council demanding to be named Queen, because the realm needs a leader and she is the next in line with the entire royal family comatose or missing. Jaxson then makes his glorious entrance, Vulmon quips about a superior claimant on the throne having appeared, and then everyone stood up and clapped. Lady Nareema makes nice at Jaxson, but is then asked to leave so they can attend to other business. The primary item the council needs from Jaxson: that he name a single one of them regent, to avoid the deadlock that has quagmired their efforts over the last two months. After some thought, Jaxson names his good friend Abbot Norry to be regent.
Meanwhile, the quartermaster is giving Grodd a hard time about supplies [https://youtu.be/Y-Hv4GvvHkQ?t=45 no matter how hard he flexes about it]. Jaxson walks in and lists the quartermaster two weeks of supplies that they will be needing, along with a pack mule, which the quartermaster promises will be ready within the hour. Grodd takes the opportunity to visit the Queen's favorite blacksmith, who provides him with elven chainmail at cost. Not to be outarmored, Jaxson requisitions some chainmail for himself from the quartermaster.
