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| === Session 1b: Sro === | | === Session 1b: Sro === |
| <u>Characters</u>: [[Tordek]] (Starting XP 6500), [[Durzibethinus|Durian]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Ulka]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Spinel]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Dancer of the Boreal Valley]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Grandmush]] (Starting XP 1500) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Tordek]] (Starting XP 6500), [[Durian]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Ulka]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Spinel]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Dancer of the Boreal Valley]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Grandmush]] (Starting XP 1500) |
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| A perfectly pleasant festival was happening. Dancer won a tree-climbing contest and Tordek bought a rock. Durian and Spinel got their fortunes told. And then dragons appeared. This particular group of adventurers ran to the capital building after Sro to try to save the mayor. His breath weapon was too powerful and put the militia to sleep. And even in Sro’s humanoid form, he moved far too quickly and was totally scary. Ulka saved the real mayor, picking him up and jumping out a side window. Several others were saved. A person in the library told Sro he was the mayor and, although Spinel tried to intervene with words (not her strong suit), Sro took the man and left. | | A perfectly pleasant festival was happening. Dancer won a tree-climbing contest and Tordek bought a rock. Durian and Spinel got their fortunes told. And then dragons appeared. This particular group of adventurers ran to the capital building after Sro to try to save the mayor. His breath weapon was too powerful and put the militia to sleep. And even in Sro’s humanoid form, he moved far too quickly and was totally scary. Ulka saved the real mayor, picking him up and jumping out a side window. Several others were saved. A person in the library told Sro he was the mayor and, although Spinel tried to intervene with words (not her strong suit), Sro took the man and left. |
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| 1/21: I came to Synara. A big tree told me they saw shifters, but I thought Cobalt traveled alone. A fortune teller told me something about the last one being reborn and a victory will shift the power. But I met a Dragonborne (Durian) who also got his fortune read and I think the fortuneteller is just bad. All of a sudden lots of dragons attacked. We followed a big white one toward the mayor’s mansion. I guess it was after mayors. We were sorely underpowered for this scary dragon. Ulka rescued a lot of people, including the real mayor. A dude told the dragon, named Sro and now in human form, that he was the mayor. I tried to tell him it wasn’t him (“MAYORS DON’T READ BOOKS”) but Sro didn’t believe me. Sro got in my face but I was too scared to engage. So Sro took the dude and flew off. I don’t like this town.
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| === Session 1c: Flame === | | === Session 1c: Flame === |
| <u>Characters</u>: [[Alenka]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Einari]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Jeb]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Violet]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Miles]] (Starting XP 1500) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Alenka]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Einari]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Jeb]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Violet]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Miles]] (Starting XP 1500) |
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| === Session 3: Sro II === | | === Session 3: Sro II === |
| <u>Characters</u>: [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Ulka]], [[Spinel]], [[Dancer of the Boreal Valley]], [[Grandmush|Aman]], [[Einari]], [[Stan]] (Starting XP 1500) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Durian]], [[Ulka]], [[Spinel]], [[Dancer of the Boreal Valley]], [[Grandmush|Aman]], [[Einari]], [[Stan]] (Starting XP 1500) |
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| Sro was rumored to have been stealing mayors from across Isonhound, and one town put up a bounty for his return. So, against better judgement, the adventurers made their way to his lair. There, a paladin of Bahamut named Belle stood in their way. Their antics took too long, and soon Sro returned. At first he wanted to talk. He said he was stealing mayors to see if the realm was ready for the dangers of Tiamot. He wanted to test the fighters and had them fight a polymorphed Belle in the form of a silver dragon. Some of the team sat out, thinking it unwise to fight a dragon in its own home (which turned out to be rule #1). After defeating Belle, Sro felt they had passed his test and gave them several rules of fighting dragons. | | Sro was rumored to have been stealing mayors from across Isonhound, and one town put up a bounty for his return. So, against better judgement, the adventurers made their way to his lair. There, a paladin of Bahamut named Belle stood in their way. Their antics took too long, and soon Sro returned. At first he wanted to talk. He said he was stealing mayors to see if the realm was ready for the dangers of Tiamot. He wanted to test the fighters and had them fight a polymorphed Belle in the form of a silver dragon. Some of the team sat out, thinking it unwise to fight a dragon in its own home (which turned out to be rule #1). After defeating Belle, Sro felt they had passed his test and gave them several rules of fighting dragons. |
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| We went to rescue the mayors but were really bad at being stealthy. They gave us bad guns. We met a lady named Belle who wanted to fight us. Ultimately we met Sro again, who mostly just talked to us. He said he was stealing mayors to see if the real was ready for the dangers of Tiamot. Then he said he wanted to teach us lessons about fighting dragons and some of our party fought him, but I feel like it’s bad news to fight a dragon in their home. Then he gave that as the first lesson, so didn’t I prove that I knew that lesson? It was a weird day.
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| Tasked with retrieving the "mayor" that was stolen by Sro, and enticed by the prospect of reward, Dancer set out with a party of eager adventurers to raid the Dragon's lair. Nestled high in the mountains of Isonhound, the hoard was not particularly hard to reach. The Dragon's ward, Belle, was formidable but our party was up to the task. We were eventually greeted by Sro, who was eager to divulge more information about the return of the other dragons. We were then presented an opportunity to test our mettle against Belle in dragon form to prove our readiness to Sro. After besting his ward we were rewarded with the return of the missing person and some recompense for the destruction of the town. While one of our dimwitted party members did their best to engage Sro in some kind of asinine debate, Spinel (a quite capable Shifter fighter) and Dancer decided to split the loot and walk out while no one else was paying attention.
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| === Session 4: Prelnirith === | | === Session 4: Prelnirith === |
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| === Session 5: Bleucorundum === | | === Session 5: Bleucorundum === |
| <u>Characters</u>: [[Trina]], [[Arlin]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Grandmush]], [[Violet]], [[Amber]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Zevendell]] (Starting XP 1500) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Trina]], [[Arlin]], [[Durian]], [[Grandmush]], [[Violet]], [[Amber]] (Starting XP 1500), [[Zevendell]] (Starting XP 1500) |
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| * 3/11: We went to a kobold cave because there was supposed to be a dragon there. We fought a lot of kobolds. I liked Ferris’s explodey pinecones. But we rested and the kobolds left with all the good stuff. We did find the bones of a dragon strung up to look like it was undead, but it was just a puppet. I did pick up a magical kobold shield. It’s small but useful. I took some dragon bones too, and they sold for a fair price.
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| === Session 7: Harkial === | | === Session 7: Harkial === |
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| === Session 8: Hydrinth === | | === Session 8: Hydrinth === |
| <u>Characters</u>: [[Búho]], [[Kristef Smoothroar|Kris,]] [[Tordek]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Violet]], [[Boros]] (Starting XP 2700) [[Dad-Bot]] (Starting XP 1500) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Búho]], [[Kris|Kris,]] [[Tordek]], [[Durian]], [[Violet]], [[Boros]] (Starting XP 2700) [[Dad-Bot]] (Starting XP 1500) |
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| <u>Dragons Encountered</u>: [[Bronze Dragon|Hydrinth the Bronze]] | | <u>Dragons Encountered</u>: [[Hydrinth|Hydrinth the Bronze]] |
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| * After returning the town of Galloway's porcelain, Tordek met up with other adventurers to protect a mining vessel captained by Mite and Tite down the [[River Titicaca]]. Tordek, Rocky, and Tordek's Giant Constrictor Snake (from the Staff of the Python), fought monsters of the forest who blocked up the river. After defeating the monsters, the crew continued down the river until the boat was attacked by a Dragon. Tordek threw his Staff of the Python into the water and his Giant Constrictor Snake was able to save [[Boros]], who had fallen into the water, before the boat sped away from the dragon. Upon arriving to the mine at the [[Nightfall Station]], the group noticed that some great force had destroyed the riverside station. The same dragon that attacked ealier flew down and confronted the party. The dragon explained how the people who ran this mine committed genocide and enslaved the locals for labor. The party offered up Tite and Mite, who were part of the people who ran the mine, and the dragon happily ate them. Tordek, calling upon his powers as the former Head Shaman of Hodlingar, felt trouble beneath him in the mines. Tordek was able to shift himself, [[Violet]], [[Boros]], and [[Dad-Bot]] through the stone at their feet and into the mine below. Upon entering the mine, the group found a collapse had occurred and 2 miners were stuck underneath the rubble. Tordek and the group were able to rescue the trapped [[Cobalt (shifter)|miners]] and evacuate them safely from the mine. While in the mines, the group was also able to obtain chunks of [[Wovenstone]] to power the boat and get the party back up the River Titicaca. Tordek turned the Wovenstone he took from the mines into a giant chunk of gold and in the process learned that his dear companion [[Rocky]] was also made of [[Wovenstone]].
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| * 3/24: We went to find a guy named Horatio who has been causing trouble. There were really big orcs with big glaives. We gave a barbarian speed juice and Falgrim's fire while raging. I mostly watched the show. Dancer set a trap on the cave's secret exit. Horatio almost got away in a mechanical contraption, but instead he got stuck and then fell into the ocean. We muscled him out of there. Where did these Cheshire orcs and goblins get their shiny armor? Maybe Horatio will know. I don't think I know enough to use this double-ended glaive well. Nockdus says Cheshire goblin flesh tastes bad.
| | * The tavern owner, a [[satyr]] named [[Into the Greedy Green/NPCs#Rory|Rory]], asked the party to travel North to [[Chillcrest Forest]] and bring his daughter home. Rory’s daughter is a [[New Dryad]] named [[Into the Greedy Green/NPCs#Wisty|Wisty]]. She was part of a relief effort in Northern Sylvanry; in an area with a series of recent attacks by unknown creatures. |
| | * The party traveled North to Chillcrest Forest, just as Wisty’s camp was under attack by [[Lindwurm|Lindwurms]]. The party engaged the Lindwurms on an icy pond just outside the camp. The battle was hard fought and unfortunately Wisty was slain by a Lindwurm just as Va’dath(?) was lunging to protect her. |
| | * The party vanquished the lindwurms and [[Tordek]] attempted to revive Wisty but it was too late. It’s possible that something in the Lindwurm’s vile saliva prevented such healing. |
| | * After the dryad perished, a purple sapling began to grow from the corpse. Dancer cut the sapling from Wisty’s body and placed it in a container. With Va’Dath(?) carrying the corpse itself, the party returned to Rory and gave the satyr his daughter’s corpse. He didn’t seem too distraught; claiming that he can have her brought back because “i knows a guy”. The Wisty Sapling…. Well…. It’s in good paws. |
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| <u>Characters</u>: [[Einari]], [[Dur'kalak]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Indy]], [[Tokax]], [[Delphi]] (Starting XP 2700) | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Einari]], [[Dur'kalak]], [[Durian|Durain]], [[Indy]], [[Tokax]], [[Delphi]] (Starting XP 2700) |
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| <u>Characters</u>: [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Ensign]], [[Delphi]], Herneldo, [[Silent]], Cynthia | | <u>Characters</u>: [[Durian]], [[Ensign]], [[Delphi]], Herneldo, [[Silent]], Cynthia |
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| Delphi made a deal and freed Tasha’s pet god of death. After successfully killing Tasha’s 40 babies 2 out of the 3 nights. Ensign got half of a scrying orb to help fix his. And Durian learned about his egg. Oh and Cynthia now has a beetle mount. | | Delphi made a deal and freed Tasha’s pet god of death. After successfully killing Tasha’s 40 babies 2 out of the 3 nights. Ensign got half of a scrying orb to help fix his. And Durian learned about his egg. Oh and Cynthia now has a beetle mount. |
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| Cynthia’s introduction to the loose coalition of adventures known as the Greedy Greeners was morbid and sudden. A reclusive hag named Yggwilv put out a hefty bounty on the Green Stag, a dragon mob boss of sorts. Cynthia and another mercenary, Herneldo, had recently slain a young green dragon; believing it to be the Green Stag, they took its severed head to Yggwilv’s bird-legged hut in the woods. They were unfortunately mistaken, and for their error, were consumed by the hut and knocked unconscious.
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| I was requested to assist [[Delphi]], a friend who I had established communications with earlier, in a mission to return a trophy from a large green dragon to a female mage known as Ygilwiv. Delphi hoped to receive a promised reward, 3 ''wishes'' , for killing the dragon, but this required staying with the elder mage 3 consecutive nights. Hoping to recover the wishes for Delphi and her compatriots who eliminated the dragon, she, myself and [[Durzibethinus|Durian]] (another contact) enter the woods to find the mage's location. | | I was requested to assist [[Delphi]], a friend who I had established communications with earlier, in a mission to return a trophy from a large green dragon to a female mage known as Ygilwiv. Delphi hoped to receive a promised reward, 3 ''wishes'' , for killing the dragon, but this required staying with the elder mage 3 consecutive nights. Hoping to recover the wishes for Delphi and her compatriots who eliminated the dragon, she, myself and [[Durian]] (another contact) enter the woods to find the mage's location. |
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| | From Vadeth: Vadath and several others were employed by the Order of the Watchful Eye to hunt down Horatio Chesire. The captured goblin boss had given good information on his whereabouts as well as a potential secret entrance. The compound was stormed by the adventurers and a very roided up Goliath Barbarian. All enemies were slaughtered without prejudice and Horatio Chesire himself was successfully captured and has been brought back to Gammelgard for questioning! |
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| Also from Vadeth: Vadath and several others were employed by the Order of the Watchful Eye to hunt down Horatio Chesire. The captured goblin boss had given good information on his whereabouts as well as a potential secret entrance. The compound was stormed by the adventurers and a very roided up Goliath Barbarian. All enemies were slaughtered without prejudice and Horatio Chesire himself was successfully captured and has been brought back to Gammelgard for questioning!
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| While in the Greedy Green headquarters in Seglock, Cynthia was made aware of a great dragon’s hoard that lay in a cavern beyond the Dread Titan’s Firegates. The Firegates had recently opened, and the motley crew of people in the Greedy Green HQ at the time were tasked with retrieving the treasure. A recently-built altar to Silent meant that she too would come on the journey.
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| <u>Characters:</u> [[Trina]], [[Stan]], [[Reylendor]], [[Grandmush]], [[Nockdus]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Violet Lorinda]] | | <u>Characters:</u> [[Trina]], [[Stan]], [[Reylendor]], [[Grandmush]], [[Nockdus]], [[Durian]], [[Violet Lorinda]] |
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| * In the days since Cynthia aided in the defense of Gammelgard, a countermeasure had been found for Cheshire’s mutated monsters: Drakkoth’s blood. When Cheshire’s monsters were struck with a blade that had been coated in the blood of a Drakkoth (a sort of draconic centaur), they died instantly, with but a single strike. Unfortunately, Seglock University, which was responsible for processing the blood, had recently had its funding cut by Baron Faro, the uptight, elitist baron of Seglock. In addition, Drakkoths were in short supply. Baron Faro held a town hall to discuss the recent budget changes, and several members of the Greedy Green, including Cynthia, were in attendance. The baron went on a tirade against the Greedy Greeners, accusing them of attracting monsters to the city and even of smuggling dragon eggs in through the Moonwell’s shield. The adventurers in attendance objected, pointing to their work defending the city and to the fact that the entire continent was under attack by Horatio Cheshire’s monsters. In particular, Cynthia singled out the recent defense of Gammelgard. The baron seemed generally unconvinced, but begrudgingly agreed to restore the university’s funding. After the adventurers left the town hall, a mysterious figure approached them on the street. He introduced himself as Archie Stewart, a member of the Protectors of the People. The Protectors were an band of mercenaries that operated in the woods outside of Seglock, slaying “dragons” both literal and metaphorical. He told the party that he knew where to find more Drakkoth blood. They agreed to travel to the Protectors’ hideout and meet with their leader, Brenna. The party traveled to the location of the hideout and encountered a pine tree-shaped Ent named Neem. After some conversation, Neem deemed them worthy, and led them to a secret cave. There, Belle, a cleric of Bahamut, greeted them. The walls of the cave were covered in bounties for dragons that had been drawn over to make fun of various societal elites, among them Baron Faro. Belle told the party that the cave once belonged to a gold dragon, but that the Protectors killed it and moved in. She also revealed that the Protectors’ benefactor was a silver dragon named Sro. The Protectors of the People kept track of the Drakkoths’ movements, and revealed to the party that there was a band of Drakkoths preparing to attack the town of Raritan. They also revealed the location of a dragon’s hoard. Several party members had a blessing that would disappear if they attacked a dragon, so the party decided to go after the Drakkoths. The battle was not a terribly hard one, and the party kept two of the Drakkoths alive: one for Seglock University and one for the Protectors of the People. The Protectors also mentioned some sort of prophecy about something sealed away in the mountains. Perhaps they were onto something.
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| * Each time the plane was reverted, however, it started to fight back. Much fighting and yelling ensued, including one moment where Eurus threw a death knight over the edge of the town. The other death knight banished Ona back to Deeplake with one of the keys. Ultimately three keys were obtained. Spinel, and later Ahseer and Delphi, attempted to persuade Uhlm to return to world of mortals and help them in their cause, but he would not be convinced. Uhlm helped usher the adventures to the portal, before the second death knight could cause more damage. The team met up with Ona, and turned over the 3 fey keys to the Curator. | | * Each time the plane was reverted, however, it started to fight back. Much fighting and yelling ensued, including one moment where Eurus threw a death knight over the edge of the town. The other death knight banished Ona back to Deeplake with one of the keys. Ultimately three keys were obtained. Spinel, and later Ahseer and Delphi, attempted to persuade Uhlm to return to world of mortals and help them in their cause, but he would not be convinced. Uhlm helped usher the adventures to the portal, before the second death knight could cause more damage. The team met up with Ona, and turned over the 3 fey keys to the Curator. |
| * 8/17: We helped a scholar from Deeplake solve a riddle. Elric kissed a frog, but it was a weird guy called the curator. Said something bad about Horatio maybe going to the Shadow Forge and we needed to prevent that. And we needed a fey key from a dragon called Uhlm. He opened a portal and went to a different plane with people who seemed weird and brainwashed. He said we needed 3 keys to get to the forge, so we did weird time travel stuff to get the same key three times. But the realm kept attacking us and it wasn’t fun. Eurus did throw a death knight off a cliff, and I was impressed. We tried to convince Uhlm to help our cause, but he wouldn’t have it.
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The Currator use powerful and strange Fey magics to bolster all the adventurers. Vadaths greatsword became magical and was easier to swing, he felt heartier then ever before, and he felt like a colossus while mounted on Tempest. Vadath and his four companies were sent into their forge and upon entering found a group of Chesire Goblins and a Chesire Orc. They seemed to be arguing and getting ready to leave. Vadath immediately took the charge and rushed in on Tempest and began cutting down the enemies. He chased them down a hallway into a more open room to find even more Chesire Orcs working some strange machinery. To his right were three portals spewing out different things the furthest from him was exoelling boddies into the room. Tristram attempted to hypnotize the orcs but only managed to snare one in his spell. Vadath and the group began fighting not only the orcs but the forge itself. It seemed to him like the forge was defending itself. Before long a strange flesh monstrosity materialized from the center of a magical ring on the far end of the forge. Vadath disengaged the orcs and along with Zen began to fight the hideous beast. As they fought on the beast swallowed Zen whole and the forge began to animate the corpses that were piling up from the portal. Tristram used magic to free Zen from the beast and before it could fall the yet another mound of animated flesh was summoned from the forge. Vadath, Tempest and Zen dealt with the first and engaged the second as they did this the other party members were attack the forge machinery. Two orcs remained as one attempted to wake his friend from Tristrams spell sadly he was successful. The Orc woke up and smashed down a giant red button and from the same part of the forge that summoned the flesh beast came forth a Sentinel like no other. Vadath knew the group was in trouble and left the second flesh beast to Zen. The Sentinel teleported into the middle of the group and began its assault. Vadath and Tempest charged in hoping to draw its attention and were successful. While fighting this metal behemoth Vadath heard Zen getting swallowed again and Tristram yet again came to Zens aid. The Sentinel summoned for lightning blast that arced in between the party striking multiple members at once. As the battles raged Tempest was magically banished from the forge. The group had used most of its resources and still fought on even though the odds were agaisnt them. It was then Tristram deployed a curious strategy he had used before. Tristram summoned what he called his pop corn hut. This was truly a sanctuary. The group ran into this opaque hut for safety. The flesh monster and the Sentinel were not able to penitrate its magic. Linden summoned a swarm of magical bunnies on the machinery and Delphi used her magic to create a cloud of Daggers. This magic destroyed the the forge machinery. The two spell casters then used their abilities to move the magics to hit the remain flesh monster and the Sentinel. The hut held fast as the enemies fell and forge buried the party in over three tons of rubble. The Iron Hawks had stopped the forge and its creations but were now trapped under rubble. The group had no way to escape till they called out to the Currator for aid. With his mysterious power the Currator was able to teleport the adventurers to safety. It wasn't long after that that Arlins group returned from their forge also badly wounded and barely alive. Vadath waited eagerly for his 1st Lieutenant Percy to return with his group. Vadath and Delphi knew the group was in trouble and asked the Currator to send them to the last forge to help. Upon entering into the last forge Vadath and Delphi were greeted with carnage similar to what they had experienced. The party was struggling to survive fighting the forge and a Sentinel of their own. Vadath immediately and without hesitation charged the Sentinel. He attacked it wildly scoring several solid strikes on the colossus. Delphi healed those she could as the rest of the partied rallied what they could and attacked the Sentinel and the forge. Eventually they were successful in shutting down the forge and destroying the Sentinel. The group was teleported back to the Currator where all the adventurers prepped for the coming battle agaisnt Horatio Chesire himself inside the final forge of which he was its master. As preparation began the Currator explained that the last forge would have three areas to it. There would be two areas with portals being held open by other Fey and then the forge of Horatio himself. The group began planning to split into three groups yet again. Tokax a friend of Vadaths posed that the Iron Hawks make up the strike force that would go into Horatios forge. Vadath began to take charge of the situation and explained his plan. Boros ,a warlock with a foul temper, protested in amger amd questioned Vadaths leadership. He also voiced quite loudly that he would not be on a team defending a portal that he was going to be on the strike force. So the teams were divided Vadath, Delphi, Tristram, Linden, Boros, Cynthia and a monk Vadath never met formed the strike force to storm Horatios forge. Upon entering the forge the group was met with three of Horatios greater creations, Teo glaive guardians and a shield master. Behind those three was aassive five headed dragon each head a different color of chromatic dragon. This dragon was the one that broke Hortatio out of prison and seen fleeing Seglock after the attack on the collage. With no hesitation Vadath charged into the middle of the three enemies and began the fight. Boros after speaking so boldly about wanting to be in the fight began stealing Horatios research from the tables in the forge. The monk quick as lighting made his way to Horatio and caught him by surprise landing a few blows. Tristram cast a spell of suggestion over Horatio and told him "Why don't you leave and go get soem rest. We will clean this place up and you can come back later." Surprisingly the spell worked and Horatio began to do as he was told. Evetually Horatio grabbed a strange black object from a table smashed it and disappeared from the firge in a sphere of magicak darkness. With the three Horatio monsters down the five headed beast began to stir and wreak destruction. Vadath heard Boros mention that he was going stealing more research and take a portal and escape beacuse he was afraid to fight the five headed beast. After several swings of Vadaths sword the red head went limp and soon after two more red heads sprung free in its place. It was then the adventurers realized this was not Tiamat herself but some form of hydra like creation made in her image. Several adventurers swapped back and fourth the portal but Vadath stood strong keeping the dragons attention. The white head of the dragon spewed a chilling breathe and in doing so froze Tokax killing her withing seconds of joining the fight. Boros attempted to use the spell message a few times on the dragon in hopes to take it under his control. Vadath questioned Boros' motives but continued to fight on with the help and support of his friends and guildmates. As the forge began to take damage it summoned yet another Shadow Sentinel. Vadath understood the dire straights everyone was in and called for Tristram to set up another one of his valuable shacks. Tristram cast the spell and in doing so locked Vadath from accessing the portal. For the portal mysteriously moved into the impenetrable magic hut. Vadath riding upon Tempest was unable to enter and he refused to leave his mount companion behind. Vadath made peace that this may be his final stand. He continued to fight the Dracohydra as the Shadow Sentinel closed in. As the Sentinel closed the distance Vadath and Tempest skirted the Dracohydra getting close to his companions. Much to his and everyone's surprise the Sentinel attacked the Dracohydra. The Sentinel landed a few solid punches and Vadath joined in swinging furiously his greatsword. The adventurers in the hut attack the forge itself as one of the sections the Fey were keeping upon collapsed killing the Fey and the monk that attacked Horatio. The Sentinel began to charge up and it fired off a chain lighting attack. Vadath recognized this attack and used a magical gift from the Currator and was able to teleport with Tempest to the opposite side of the forge. The Dracohydra fell to the lightning spell and Vadath helped slay another flesh monster that the forge summoned. Before the Sentinel could begin to wreak death and destruction on the adventurers the Currators voice was heard by all and all that he said was "I have him." With that the Currator summoned every adventurer back to his safe area were at his feet laid the dead body of Horatio. The Currator explained when he figured out Horatio left his forge he began to search for him and was eventually successful. The Currator stated he was thankful the adventurers were successful in shutting down the forges and keeping Horatios vile research locked in that micro plane. Vadath heard this and turned to Boros stating loudly that he needed to disclose to the Currator what he had stolen from Horatio. Boros recoiled in protest and refused. As the Currator expressed his thanks Vadath grabbed the body of Horatio and fed it to Tempest. He found some justice in fulfilling his words to Fulgrim that he would see Horatio devoured by his own creation. The Currator would go on to grant a boon to each adventurer. Delphi and Vadath began to talk and realized they both had a connection to a red dragon. They asked the Currator the whereabouts of this beast so that they could take their revenge. The red dragon that decimated the Band of the Hawk and killed Vadaths adoptive parents was the same as the one that destroyed Delphis hometown. They plan to seek it out with fellow Iron Hawk members and finally bring an end to its life. Due to Boros' actions in battle and theft of some of Horatios research Vadath has a strong mistrust of Boros.'''</small>
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| A kidnapping! Belle, the paladin of the Protectors of the People, told several of the Greedy Greeners that the mayor of Synara had gone missing, and she suspected that the silver dragon Sro was the one who did it. Sro apparently had a penchant for capturing government officials, believing that the cities and towns of Isonhound would be better off without them. The party traveled with Belle to Sro’s mountaintop lair, trudging up a long, winding path. Cynthia and Arlin, in particular, wore themselves out lugging their heavy armor and equipment up the mountain.
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| The party arrived in Gammelgard because they were hired to help transport something from Gammelgard to Sneerwell. The person told us that he has sent out two other parties before us but every time they would be knocked out and wake up later to there cargo being gone. No memory of what exactly happened. After learning about this we set off onto Sneerwell, it did take quite long though because the issue of payment came up quite often. While on the road to Sneer well Tristam spotted a statue like figure on the road and decided to investigate. The structure ended up bopping Tristam on the end. With this the other four structures appeared out of thin are on the road as well. They had no mouths and no eyes all that was there were deep dark sockets. Eerie. As soon as they appeared they went directly towards whoever was closest to them. The team fought hard to try and that down the structures, two people did get knocked out during the battle. Not killed though because it was all no-lethal damage. Even so one was taken down by Tristam. Once this one was taken down though the structures changed there focus into taking a cart and fleeing. During that two more were taken out, the other two began to take the cart away. The team tried to stop the cart from being taken away. Thankfully Tristam in his dinosaur form was able to crush the cart and prevented the two structures to take it away. The team ended up making it too Sneerwell with all the cargo. | | The party arrived in Gammelgard because they were hired to help transport something from Gammelgard to Sneerwell. The person told us that he has sent out two other parties before us but every time they would be knocked out and wake up later to there cargo being gone. No memory of what exactly happened. After learning about this we set off onto Sneerwell, it did take quite long though because the issue of payment came up quite often. While on the road to Sneer well Tristam spotted a statue like figure on the road and decided to investigate. The structure ended up bopping Tristam on the end. With this the other four structures appeared out of thin are on the road as well. They had no mouths and no eyes all that was there were deep dark sockets. Eerie. As soon as they appeared they went directly towards whoever was closest to them. The team fought hard to try and that down the structures, two people did get knocked out during the battle. Not killed though because it was all no-lethal damage. Even so one was taken down by Tristam. Once this one was taken down though the structures changed there focus into taking a cart and fleeing. During that two more were taken out, the other two began to take the cart away. The team tried to stop the cart from being taken away. Thankfully Tristam in his dinosaur form was able to crush the cart and prevented the two structures to take it away. The team ended up making it too Sneerwell with all the cargo. |
| ===Session 53: DOS III === | | ===Session 53: DOS III === |
| <u>Characters:</u> [[Clank]], [[Dad-Bot]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Feyjin]], [[Linden Rue]], [[Ona]], [[Thuchor]] | | <u>Characters:</u> [[Clank]], [[Dad-Bot]], [[Durian]], [[Feyjin]], [[Linden Rue]], [[Ona]], [[Thuchor]] |
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Having been forcibly split up, they were forced to venture deeper into the mine down separate tunnels. One path led to a hole with a shadow rift at the bottom, so they chose to go in a different direction. Along the way, they ran into a series of metal doors and levers, soon catching on that pulling a lever in one tunnel would open one of the doors in the opposite tunnel. After some hijinks which included jumping through a rapidly opening and closing door, the party solved this puzzle and were reunited on the other end. One of the metal doors toward the end of the tunnel appeared guarded by two metallic creatures, but nothing the party did seemed to activate them. The tunnels terminated at one final, large metal door with a slot in it which dispensed a questionnaire. The group answered the questions to the best of their abilities and, upon submitting the paper, they were deemed worthy of entry and the door opened. They were greeted by a large laboratory inhabited by several gem-colored [[Warforged]] who introduced themselves as the '''Most Sanctified Disciples of Sardior'''. One side of the headquarters contained docking stations which housed resting '''Warforged-Centaurs'''. Opposite that was an under construction spacefaring vessel. More interesting still was a gold [[Dragon]] egg sitting on a pedestal. Additionally, the headquarters was lined with ancient-looking tapestries, some of which depicted four dragons. The [[Warforged]] answered the party's questions, explaining their plan to resurrect the deceased '''Topaz''' dragon from the court of '''Sardior''' in order to fulfill a prophecy which came to them from space via a metal construct they called '''Zodar''', "''Court is Called. The Five Complete the Four. The Ruby Will Be.''" The party offered to donate whatever [[Wovenstone]], '''Fellstone''', and '''Aerocrystals''' they had on hand towards finishing the construction of their ship, so that the '''MS-DOS''' could sail into the astral sea in pursuit of the soul of the '''Topaz''' dragon in order to rebirth them using the gold [[Dragon]] egg. After departing the '''MS-DOS''' headquarters via a backdoor, the party decided to lie to the [[Wold Order]] about what they found, claiming they simply discovered another '''Shadow Breach'''. | | Each member of the party received an invitation to [[Synàra]] in order to meet with representatives from the [[Wold Order]] at their base. Upon arrival, they were all separated into separate rooms and interrogated on individual topics of interest to the [[Wold Order]] (for example, [[Durian]] was questioned about how he was able to remain invisible to dragons). Afterwards, they were all joined into a large meeting room where they were debriefed on the mission that the [[Wold Order]] had selected them for. They explained that supply chains of [[Wovenstone]] were being disrupted by strange '''Warforged-Centaur''' creatures of unknown origin, one of which they had traced back to the '''Northern Snowy Mountains'''. The party agreed to investigate this lead, so they set out and discovered a mine leading into the '''Northern Snowy Mountains.''' They entered the mine and the party was quickly separated by a rockfall. Having been forcibly split up, they were forced to venture deeper into the mine down separate tunnels. One path led to a hole with a shadow rift at the bottom, so they chose to go in a different direction. Along the way, they ran into a series of metal doors and levers, soon catching on that pulling a lever in one tunnel would open one of the doors in the opposite tunnel. After some hijinks which included jumping through a rapidly opening and closing door, the party solved this puzzle and were reunited on the other end. One of the metal doors toward the end of the tunnel appeared guarded by two metallic creatures, but nothing the party did seemed to activate them. The tunnels terminated at one final, large metal door with a slot in it which dispensed a questionnaire. The group answered the questions to the best of their abilities and, upon submitting the paper, they were deemed worthy of entry and the door opened. They were greeted by a large laboratory inhabited by several gem-colored [[Warforged]] who introduced themselves as the '''Most Sanctified Disciples of Sardior'''. One side of the headquarters contained docking stations which housed resting '''Warforged-Centaurs'''. Opposite that was an under construction spacefaring vessel. More interesting still was a gold [[Dragon]] egg sitting on a pedestal. Additionally, the headquarters was lined with ancient-looking tapestries, some of which depicted four dragons. The [[Warforged]] answered the party's questions, explaining their plan to resurrect the deceased '''Topaz''' dragon from the court of '''Sardior''' in order to fulfill a prophecy which came to them from space via a metal construct they called '''Zodar''', "''Court is Called. The Five Complete the Four. The Ruby Will Be.''" The party offered to donate whatever [[Wovenstone]], '''Fellstone''', and '''Aerocrystals''' they had on hand towards finishing the construction of their ship, so that the '''MS-DOS''' could sail into the astral sea in pursuit of the soul of the '''Topaz''' dragon in order to rebirth them using the gold [[Dragon]] egg. After departing the '''MS-DOS''' headquarters via a backdoor, the party decided to lie to the [[Wold Order]] about what they found, claiming they simply discovered another '''Shadow Breach'''. |
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| === Session 61: Silent IV/Feredemius I/Smargarg I ===
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| '''<small>Vadath's Log: Vadath joined a group taking a job from Falgrim and the Pendergras Company. The job was to explore the northern snowy mountains. This would be the second expedition as one was done about a week prior to an almost catastrophic end. Vadath, Linden, and several others took to the skies in the Pendergras [[airship]] and made their way to the top of the mountain. Linden and Vadath both spotted a small outcrop barely visible in the snow. Though truth be told Linden saw it before Vadath. As yo not put the ship in danger Vadath used his winged boots to check out the area with Linden. He used his flaming greatsword to clear some of the snow out of the area and they found what looked like an outpost of some kind. They fastened a rope from the ship to wall so the rest of the parry could join them. As they explored they discovered a journal on a dwarven corpse. This journal described the his last days. This place was indeed a guard post for somthing called the Citadel. The journal spoke of a war agaisnt the dragon queen as well as shadow like monsters. The group decided to hold onto the journal and give it to Falgrim when the job was done. The party began to excavate the tunnel that the ancient dwarves collapsed. Before they got to far in some odd Mephits sprung from the stones and began attacking. Without much trouble the group disposed of them. As they continued to dig the roof above them gave way and more Mephits attacked. Again the group delt with them. Vadath and Drang decided to climb up the hole the Mephits came from. They eventually entered an icy cave system. Lindens magic compass seemed to be responding to some Pearl Dragon bones near by. Vadath led the group in the direction the compass was pointing. The air was bitter cold and before long they entered into the main part of the cave. What they found there was an adult white dragon and three ice elementals. Vadath flew into battle with his winged boots getting up on the dragon as fast as he could. Linden succeeded in banishing one of the ice elementals almost instantly. The white dragon clung to a pillar of ice on the ceiling of his cave. Vadath charged and attempted to stay in the dragons face. Vadath and the dragon exchanged blow after blow. The dragon would beat its wings trying to knock Vadath away and was successful a few times but each time Vadath was able to close the distance. Vadath would meet the dragons attacks with his flaming greatsword and a wide smile, for he had grown to enjoy fighting these powerful beasts. Vadath kept the dragon occupied while the parry dealt with the elementals. As the final elemental fell Vadath was on his last legs. With the elementals dealt with Corbie amd Drang, two friends from the Protectors of the People, joined the fray against the dragon. Linden healed Vadath with her magic as Drang drank a Potion of flight amd joined Vadath in the air. Corbie summoned his echo and fired several volleys of arrows at the dragon. The three companies worked together and were able to finish off the dragon. By the end of the fight the party had discovered a new dragon mark as the dragon released its life energy. They had all gained the ability to control water to an extent. The group melted free the treasures of the hoard and after much debate divided it out as fairly as possible. The journal was given to Falgrim and another dragon slain.</small>'''
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Vadath scooped up Linden and flew into a rage at the sight of the dragon that took his family from him. Using his winged boots he closed the distance and charged recklessly at the dragon. Linden gripes with fear held onto Vadath for dear life. Vadath swung his sword a few times but only struck one blow on the beast. Linden could feel Fey energy filling the area from the Currator. Linden gripped Vadath and teleported them into a Feyline passage. Vadaths rage ended and Linden let Vadath know that had she not done that they both would have died. The Feyline the entered led them to the northern snowy mountains where they both were at previously and killed an adult white dragon. Though this fight would be much harder. As they appeared they were greated by a dire scene. Shadows filled the area and corrupted creatures were everywhere. Chief Medical Officer Ensign saw his guild leader appear and urged him to pull the leaver and free the [[airship]] from where it was at. Linden still on Vadath shoulders cast the daylight spell in an attempt to keep the shadows at bay. This spell seemed to work well. Vadath pull the leaver with Ensign releasing the ship. Vadath then flew to the tower were some dwarves were fighting off shadows and get back to the ship. Vadath couldn't leave them behind and went to grab them. As he got to them Joshua a adventurer thay fell into a shadow portal apeared from one of the shadow portals and begged for help. As he flew with the dwarves he went to try and grab Joshua. As he attempted to do so Joshua apologized and shadow burst from his mouth ripping Joshua in half. Were Joshua was lay now stood a massive shadow creature. The Demi God Silent was near by and was able to summon her pet dragon Flame to help aid those escaping. As they all boarded the ship in an attempt to escape the ships engines failed them. The fellstones corrupted the others. Those on board braced themselves for impact. As the dust settled from the crash what stood before them was a terrible and all consuming darkness. In that darkness a ruby Citadel was seen and onop of that Citadel was a obsidian Greatwyrm. Those staring into this void could all tell this monstrous Greatwyrm must be The One That Waits they have been warned was coming. The shadows begin to creep ever closer and some humanoid entities emerged. One was on horseback and challenged Vadath. Somthing seemed familiar about this warrior with skeletal wings but Vadath wouldn't find out till later on. This warrior was once Markoth now corrupted and engulfed in shadow. Vadath fell for the bait and charged at the warrior. In an instant Vadath was on the group paralyzed with black foam spilling from his mouth. His eyes rolled back in his head and he began uttering strange prayers. Linden was as always by his side and feared for both of their lives. She borrowed some of the Currators powers and instantly teleported them both to safety. Markoth reached for them in a desperate attempt to finish what he started but was to late. The pair found themselves yet again in the Feylines. Linden said she would go to Seglock to help those in that city. Vadath got a telepathic message from his friend Delphi saying Kennandra was in Sneerwell. Vadath thanked Linden and hugged her tightly not knowing if he would ever see his love again. The two parted ways and Vadath took off to Sneerwell. Vadath was greeted yet again with devastation. Sneerwell was in flames and Kennandra was burning the city to the ground. Delphi and the goblin Pot'tu were the only survivors he saw as he arrived. Vadath charged raged at the site of Kennandra and charged her yet again. Pot'tu used support magics and mischief to aid Delphi as she fought fiercely by Vadaths side. Kennandra and Vadath exchanged blows in the air. Before long the dragon reared its head back and let forth a burst of flame from he'll itself. Through blood and gritted teeth both Vadath and Delphi survived. It wasnt long before back up arrived in the form of a drow assassin named Silythm and the new Dryad Grandmuush. Kennandra was grievously wounded and flew away toward Seglock. Delphi and Vadath exchanged knowing looks and once again entered the Feylines. They reimerged in Seglock to more destruction and death. The moonwells barrier was down, Kennandra raging, and a shadow giant rampaging in the streets. Several adventurers were pinned down by the giant. Vadath charged the giant and ended it swiftly. He looked up to see the Dread Flame raining fire down on the city and vowed to himself only one of them was going to leave the city alive. Hellfire fell from the sky as the adventurers assaulted Kennandra. As the battled raged on the dragon Echamus joined the fray engaged Kennandra from above. With Echamus above her and Vadath below they had Kennandra pinned. She dug deep down and summoned strange magics and was able to heal herself. This did not deter those fighting her. Vadath stayed withing striking distance of the Red beast as Echamus took to the ground. Delphi pleaded with Wchamus to take her into the air so she could aid in the fight. Echamus while hesitant did as requested and dropped Delphi ontop of the ancient red dragon. Vadath continued to rage and land devastating blows on Kennandra. Silytham appeared yet again and landed a killer surprise attack on her, Aaravata threw her javelin of lighting, Delphi stabbed with her magic sword and Vadath cut deep with his fathers blade. The brave adventurers fought unwaveringly against the beast. Vadath called out for help from Linden as he knew she was close by in Seglock. As always when he needed her most she came to his aid. Vadath raged and fought in the air with Kennandra as Linden healed those on the ground. Vadath saw the dragon getting ready to bellow another devastating blast of hellfire. He goaded her to attack him so that she wouldn't burn Delphi to ashes. With a wicked grin she turned her head and let loose fire so hot it melted the ground beneath them. Kennandra smiled feeling that she had killed one of the adventurers that slew her son. Vadath began to fall to the ground his boots slowing his fall slightly. He closed his eyes and began to great death like an old friend. He knew he fought well and gave his all to keep his friends safe and avenge those slaughtered by Kennandra. As he fell he heard the voices of his companions called out to him amidst the roars of the raging dragon. Linden seeing Vadath on the brink of death summoned her owl familiar. The owl flew up to him and Linden channeled her deities divinity through it. This brought Vadath back from the brink of death and gave him a second wind. His eyes opened, he clenched his jaw, flexed his muscles and flew once again at his hated foe. Vadath landed two mighty blows back to back. The first one opening up a wound in Kennandras chest and the second one was Vadath driving his sword directly into her heart. The air stood still ad the life drained from the Dread Flames eyes. Kennandra had been slain. Though Vadath would not know the true cost until later. As the flames subsided the gravity of the situation was all around them. Whatever happened in the mountains had gone horribly wrong. Shadow now engulfed all of Isonhound. Sneerwell was destroyed and the Pendergras Company with it. Dur'kalak had fallen in battle and devoured by Kennandra and the Demi God Silent was seen shaking hands with the corrupted Markoth and disappearing into the shadows.The only remaining safe havens now seemed to be Seglock protected by the moonwell, Gammelgard protected by the Astrolobe, and Synara protected by 'elven magics'. Though the battle against Kennandra was won it seemed The One Who Waits had won the day. The survivors would not fall into despair though. A new coalition was rising. One that would hopefully spur all of Isonhound into action. Leaders from every faction joined together and formed the Lightsworn a coalition of all guilds and organizations dedicated to brining the light back to Isonhound.</small>'''
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| === Session 69: The One That Waits VI/Smargarg II ===
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| Dragons Encountered: The One That Waits, Gideon/Jerubbal, Smargarg (psionic voice appearance)
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| === Session ??: The Hundred Acre Woe === | | === Session ??: The Hundred Acre Woe === |
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| Some of the previously comatose children (thanks to hag candy) have been leaving their houses in Seglock at night. On their return, their concerned parents took them to the Moonwell to be cleansed and this behavior stopped. One child, however, had not yet returned after more than a day. The adventurers talked to the child’s parents (Kristoff and Magnolia Kristofferson) about their daughter Robin, as well as Cletus the Sellsword they hired to find her. Cletus had tracked her to the swamp and called it quits and returned. The party searched the area, finding signs the child was not quite of her own mind and left for the swamp, taking Cletus with them. In the swamp were several beasts possessed by towie, including a boar, an owl, a rabbit, and others (corrupted Pooh gang!), who were protecting the child and a lumpy mound of flesh. The mound turned out to be a young black dragon named Gharzolv, and the towie-possesed Robin was trying to feed it suspicious food. After a conversation, the party let Gharzolv go free and took Robin back to Seglock to be cleansed. | | Some of the previously comatose children (thanks to hag candy) have been leaving their houses in Seglock at night. On their return, their concerned parents took them to the Moonwell to be cleansed and this behavior stopped. One child, however, had not yet returned after more than a day. The adventurers talked to the child’s parents (Kristoff and Magnolia Kristofferson) about their daughter Robin, as well as Cletus the Sellsword they hired to find her. Cletus had tracked her to the swamp and called it quits and returned. The party searched the area, finding signs the child was not quite of her own mind and left for the swamp, taking Cletus with them. In the swamp were several beasts possessed by towie, including a boar, an owl, a rabbit, and others (corrupted Pooh gang!), who were protecting the child and a lumpy mound of flesh. The mound turned out to be a young black dragon named Gharzolv, and the towie-possesed Robin was trying to feed it suspicious food. After a conversation, the party let Gharzolv go free and took Robin back to Seglock to be cleansed. |
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| 2/13: Some of the once-comatose kids have been disappearing at night. Some were cleansed of corruption by the Moonwell, but one didn’t come back. We talked to the family, who I had met before (downtime). The bounty hunter they hired wasn’t very good, but did figure out where the kid had gone. We went to the swamp and fought zombies that belch leaches again. There were a lot of weird corrupted animal dudes that were ruled by Towie (a big bad guy, I’m told). There was also a young black dragon that had been captured. Towie wants him for his purposes. But we let it go and it told us where to get nice things.
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| ===Session ??: The One That Waits VII/Bleucorundum III/Amethyst === | | ===Session ??: The One That Waits VII/Bleucorundum III/Amethyst === |
| <u>Characters:</u> [[Clank]], [[Cynthia]], [[D'Kacilius Venrai|D'Kacilius]], [[Durzibethinus|Durian]], [[Ona]], [[Spinel]], [[Vessel]] | | <u>Characters:</u> [[Clank]], [[Cynthia]], [[D'Kacilius Venrai|D'Kacilius]], [[Durian]], [[Ona]], [[Spinel]], [[Vessel]] |
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| After reconvening on a rooftop, Durian Dimension Doored into one of the buildings and found Father Mel, who noticed him (due to the short period of time where Invisibility drops when you cast a spell). Ona flew to another building and cast Detect Magic to find out the armory had some animated armor and weapons. In the third building, there was a strange humanoid (The Amethyst Greatwyrm) that seemed to meditate on a bed. After getting their attention by throwing a shingle, the Greatwyrm opened their eyes and warned us that [[Att-Annalo]] and/or Towie knew we were here. Father Mel also was able to slightly detect us (we rolled low on stealth) and started sounding alarms. I teleported Vessel over to the Greatwyrm (and hit some cultists because we took too long, dropping my boon), and we unsuccessfully tried to dispel Towie’s control. The Greatwyrm was holding the shadows back by sheer will, and they were unwilling to leave because there were still people in the city. We tried Protection from Good and Evil (apparently abjurations were not involved), Dispel Magic (failed), and Suggestion (failed). The Greatwyrm then transformed and started bringing the building upwards (with Vessel, Spinel, Ona, and myself still inside). Ona flew out and Vortex Warped me out while Vessel Misty Stepped away. Spinel tried to escape as well, but the Greatwyrm grappled with an opportunity attack. She was able to escape after five rolls (with a Nat 20). The rest of us were able to distract and escape the City. | | After reconvening on a rooftop, Durian Dimension Doored into one of the buildings and found Father Mel, who noticed him (due to the short period of time where Invisibility drops when you cast a spell). Ona flew to another building and cast Detect Magic to find out the armory had some animated armor and weapons. In the third building, there was a strange humanoid (The Amethyst Greatwyrm) that seemed to meditate on a bed. After getting their attention by throwing a shingle, the Greatwyrm opened their eyes and warned us that [[Att-Annalo]] and/or Towie knew we were here. Father Mel also was able to slightly detect us (we rolled low on stealth) and started sounding alarms. I teleported Vessel over to the Greatwyrm (and hit some cultists because we took too long, dropping my boon), and we unsuccessfully tried to dispel Towie’s control. The Greatwyrm was holding the shadows back by sheer will, and they were unwilling to leave because there were still people in the city. We tried Protection from Good and Evil (apparently abjurations were not involved), Dispel Magic (failed), and Suggestion (failed). The Greatwyrm then transformed and started bringing the building upwards (with Vessel, Spinel, Ona, and myself still inside). Ona flew out and Vortex Warped me out while Vessel Misty Stepped away. Spinel tried to escape as well, but the Greatwyrm grappled with an opportunity attack. She was able to escape after five rolls (with a Nat 20). The rest of us were able to distract and escape the City. |
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| '''Third account from Spinel'''
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| 2/28: Towie found us while traveling and it wasn’t pretty. Ona got mind-addled and I bit her to try to get her to wake up. We ran away. We found a river and heard a voice that said it was Bleucorundum. I followed the voice! She led us to her lair, where we healed up. There were interesting images of war and battle on the walls. I would like to study them more. I couldn’t see her, but we had a nice chat. I asked her what it meant to be a harbinger, and she said it was a from long ago. Without the court, it has no meaning. BlueC seems good. I would like to help her.
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| She told us about another dragon in a town with a name no one remembers. She gave us a boon so we were invisible to the cult members there. We tried to sneak in, but I ran into an invisible person and ran away. We found a crazy halfling cult leader and left him be. Then we found the amethyst dragon we were looking for. The dragon said they were corrupted by Towie, but not to save them. If we saved them, they couldn’t protect the townspeople from the shadows. We were conflicted but overpowered. I was grabbed by the dragon and the building started to rise. I tried and tried and tried to get out. Finally, FINALLY managed to beak the grapple and jump. I am not made to fly, but I’m sure glad I learned feather fall. Ona was there to help me too. We ran so hard away from that place.
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| 4/13: I have been fighting in the Tournament of Fist and Fury but lost in the quarterfinals. I went to the finals to see who would win and found some adventurers to team up with for the exhibition cash grab tournament. We fought a bunch of tabaxi and then some hybrids. Then we fought a team called Chef’s Surprise, but one of the members was actually Cobalt. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to fight me, but we were in a tournament and I was mad at him so I didn’t hold back. I helped Cecil take him out so our team won.
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| I asked Cobalt hard questions. He said he had to leave to help the world or he would be drawn to me and never be able to leave. He said he couldn’t take me with him because he didn’t want me to get hurt. He said he wanted to be a champion to impress me. But even though I didn’t win the main tournament, I have something better. I am a real hero and I have helped a lot of people. I am a harbinger and I know my worth. We need to talk more, but the world is too crazy right now.
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| == Finale Megagame ==
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| 4/23 (megagame): Taking a brief rest on the mountaintops. This has not gone as planned. Bleucorundum has not appeared, so I have taken necessary steps so the ceremony can be completed. I know my guildmate [[Delphi]] and former guildmate [[Durzibethinus|Durian]] are doing the same. I discussed this possibility with Cobalt last night and he was not happy. It is unfortunate we cannot spend more time together after so many months of misunderstanding. But I have found purpose in fighting to protect Isonhound and in being a harbinger, and if my death can bring back Sardior, then it must be so. As I write, we are getting desperate. TOWIE took the form of Bleucorundum and took the corundum egg. He was so convincing! And we were so tired from his previous attacks. But Vadeth's ring might be the answer. I will make one final plea to my guild leader to see if we can get this done. I hope Bleucorundum is proud of me.
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