Tournament wraps up and we go home.
Searching around this shrine proves to provide little of any information. There was a heavily warded door that defeated out attempts to gain passage. Wounded and weary we retreated back to the barraks to prepare for out fight the next day. We overheard some guards talking about the ice salamander that was giving them trouble. I suspected that Raknian would pit us against this ice salamander in the monster battle in hopes of killing us off. I was right and wrong at the same time.
Raknian did indeed have us fight in the monster round. However what we faced was not an ice salamander at all. It was this hideously huge, bloated froglike creature with tentacles. In the ensueing battle it proved resistant to fire spells. Raknian had pulled a fast one on us. But Ash's versatility in the elemental magics made the ploy of little use.
The behemoth was crushing everything it could reach and swallowed Solara. By the time we subdued the beast Solara had passed to the other side. I spent the evening calling her back. We needed her help to stop what ever Raknian was planning.
The next morning we prepared for the battle with Orreck the golems. What we got caught us by complete surprise. As the opening move the opposing mage cast a terrible spell on Ash rendering him as weak minded as a dog. That was just the start of our troubles. In the middle of the fight the center of the arena erupted in a shower on debris. Out of the chasm climbed an enormous green worms with numerous tendrils waving through the air around it. The tendrils caused severe pain at the slightest touch. We offered a truce to Orreck and we turned to face the thing together. The golems smashed away at the worms fibrous, slimy hide. We could have really used Ash's magic in this fight. The giant worm turned towards Orreck and slammed its head down to the ground around him. When it lifted its head Orreck was nowhere to be seen. A short while later the beast let out a terrible pulse of negetive energy that radiated all through the arena. Most of the people in the stands collapsed to the ground as thier life force was consumed. The worm spat our Orreck, but he had been transformed into one of the worm zombies. It then inhaled the life force of all the people in the arena. Its wounds healed instantly. However we heard a cry come from down below in the chasm. While we were busy taking care of the worm I sent the diabolical minion that I summoned down into the hole to take out whoever was responsible for this.
Just as we brought the lumbering slug down out of the chasm rides Raknian atop of some infernal mount. However Raknian had been changed into an undead being, a death knight. As he rode out of the arena we realized that we had failed. Raknian had used the Apostolic Scolls. We looked around at the devestation in the arena and realized we had little time to properly tend to the dead. Powerful magics that consume your life often cause you to come back as an undead being. We burned many that evening.
Later we stopped by Eligos' house. It had been ransacked and Eligos was dead. We found a letter that he had written to Alustan. Apparently they had both trained together under the same master and that this teacher of theirs would be able to get us more information on what is really going on. We do a sending to Alustan, but there is no reply. Worried, we fire off another sending to Alustan's brother. The reply we receive is troubling. A large black dragon has attacked the town and is demanding to see Alustan. We head towards Diamond Lake as fast as we can. Last seen Alustan was investingating the Whispering Cairns. We head there stopping at the old shack for the night.
The next morning we find the dragon. It was waiting at the mouth of the cairn. The power of a dragon is a terrible sight to behold. It is a mass of slashing claws, nashing teeth, and beating wings. Its fury was dropping people left and right. Somehow most of us made it out alive, but Ash has been taken from us again. His spirit needs rest and we lay him to rest at the shack.
Slivak had been tracking the dragon all the way from the marsh and joins us to find what caused the dragon to head all this way to find Alustan. The dragon will pay for destroying part of the town and killing innocent villagers. Wee Jas has allowed me to command the very bones of the massive creature. Tomorrow we will attempt to find Alustan in the cairn.
The collapsed section of the barrow has been cleared away and it leads to a strange black portal.
Some sort of spider-like ghoulish creature lurked behind it. We defeated it and proceeded to pass through the portal. We had to proceed one by one as we pushed through the gelatin like door. The room beyond is a corridor with howling wind sweeping through it. Six cloudy, winged elementals waiting in ambush for us. The wind swept corridor continues in darkness ahead. Hopefully Alustan is still alive.
Raknian did indeed have us fight in the monster round. However what we faced was not an ice salamander at all. It was this hideously huge, bloated froglike creature with tentacles. In the ensueing battle it proved resistant to fire spells. Raknian had pulled a fast one on us. But Ash's versatility in the elemental magics made the ploy of little use.
The behemoth was crushing everything it could reach and swallowed Solara. By the time we subdued the beast Solara had passed to the other side. I spent the evening calling her back. We needed her help to stop what ever Raknian was planning.
The next morning we prepared for the battle with Orreck the golems. What we got caught us by complete surprise. As the opening move the opposing mage cast a terrible spell on Ash rendering him as weak minded as a dog. That was just the start of our troubles. In the middle of the fight the center of the arena erupted in a shower on debris. Out of the chasm climbed an enormous green worms with numerous tendrils waving through the air around it. The tendrils caused severe pain at the slightest touch. We offered a truce to Orreck and we turned to face the thing together. The golems smashed away at the worms fibrous, slimy hide. We could have really used Ash's magic in this fight. The giant worm turned towards Orreck and slammed its head down to the ground around him. When it lifted its head Orreck was nowhere to be seen. A short while later the beast let out a terrible pulse of negetive energy that radiated all through the arena. Most of the people in the stands collapsed to the ground as thier life force was consumed. The worm spat our Orreck, but he had been transformed into one of the worm zombies. It then inhaled the life force of all the people in the arena. Its wounds healed instantly. However we heard a cry come from down below in the chasm. While we were busy taking care of the worm I sent the diabolical minion that I summoned down into the hole to take out whoever was responsible for this.
Just as we brought the lumbering slug down out of the chasm rides Raknian atop of some infernal mount. However Raknian had been changed into an undead being, a death knight. As he rode out of the arena we realized that we had failed. Raknian had used the Apostolic Scolls. We looked around at the devestation in the arena and realized we had little time to properly tend to the dead. Powerful magics that consume your life often cause you to come back as an undead being. We burned many that evening.
Later we stopped by Eligos' house. It had been ransacked and Eligos was dead. We found a letter that he had written to Alustan. Apparently they had both trained together under the same master and that this teacher of theirs would be able to get us more information on what is really going on. We do a sending to Alustan, but there is no reply. Worried, we fire off another sending to Alustan's brother. The reply we receive is troubling. A large black dragon has attacked the town and is demanding to see Alustan. We head towards Diamond Lake as fast as we can. Last seen Alustan was investingating the Whispering Cairns. We head there stopping at the old shack for the night.
The next morning we find the dragon. It was waiting at the mouth of the cairn. The power of a dragon is a terrible sight to behold. It is a mass of slashing claws, nashing teeth, and beating wings. Its fury was dropping people left and right. Somehow most of us made it out alive, but Ash has been taken from us again. His spirit needs rest and we lay him to rest at the shack.
Slivak had been tracking the dragon all the way from the marsh and joins us to find what caused the dragon to head all this way to find Alustan. The dragon will pay for destroying part of the town and killing innocent villagers. Wee Jas has allowed me to command the very bones of the massive creature. Tomorrow we will attempt to find Alustan in the cairn.
The collapsed section of the barrow has been cleared away and it leads to a strange black portal.
Some sort of spider-like ghoulish creature lurked behind it. We defeated it and proceeded to pass through the portal. We had to proceed one by one as we pushed through the gelatin like door. The room beyond is a corridor with howling wind sweeping through it. Six cloudy, winged elementals waiting in ambush for us. The wind swept corridor continues in darkness ahead. Hopefully Alustan is still alive.
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