Session 14: The Den of Flame Report

General Summary

With the barracks of the warehouse secured, the heroes began deliberating on their next steps. Dane discovered all of the information he was bound to uncover in this place, and Nahar was left with nothing but questions and anger at the discovery of the staff in the barracks.   After some discussion, they decided the best thing for their mission, and for the Seaport District of Aerdaris would be to clear out the rat's nest they found themselves in. Nahar used some of his nature magic to take on the form of a small rodent and scurried beneath the door into the warehouse proper.   Inside, he got a better view of the room and the number of adversaries inside. He spotted three members of the Children of Cinder, with one clearly being the leader of this outpost, as well as four Fire Scamps and two fire wisps. As he continued to scout the room, one of the scamps noticed him and began to chase after him until he swiftly slid his way under the door again and returned to the group.   Nahar relayed this information to the party, and they agreed to try and sneak their way into the room to get a tactical advantage. However, as the entered the room they were unsuccessful in sneaking past the various creatures. Immediately, a battle began to rage across the room.   The heroes split up and took on various different opponents. Vallis and Omar ran to the north end of the chamber and started slinging spells at the leader. Marnie and Ralphie ran to the southern end to deal with some of the fire scamps. Meanwhile, Dane and Nahar stayed in the middle of the room and fought with the Kindling that were present.    The leader ordered some of his men to start opening the doors to the boat slip at the far end of the room so they could get the sloop out to sea. As one of them ran for the door lever, Nahar cast Entangle to stop him in his tracks with vines. At the same time, Omar cast a brilliant illusion spell to trick the men into thinking their sloop was on fire. They all stopped fighting for a short moment and rushed over to the boat to try and put out the flames in panic, and to get the doors open as fast as possible.   However, this angered the leader, full began call forth his strongest spells to fight the heroes meddling in his plans. He choked the entrance with burning smoke, and sent jets of flame shooting at them. He slowly managed to whittle at their defenses until the heroes finally started to retreat out of fear they might die in this fight. As they all began to retreat, the other Children of Cinder members realized they were duped by the illusion and rejoined the chase to hunt down the heroes.    Dane posted himself at the corner of the hallway and made a valiant effort and show of bravery in a final attack and last stand, allowing all of his allies a chance to escape the building. He gripped his holy symbol and began charging himself with radiant energy. It kept building, leaving him open for attack and defenseless. The men and scamps all began to funnel their way into the hallway after him and rushed at him to attack and slay him. But, as they got within arms reach, Dane loosed all the stored divine energy within his body in a bursting radiant beam. Bright light shot forth from him and through them for hundreds of feet, sending a blast of light out of the open boat slip doors in the night sky.   As the light faded, Dane remained standing, his body glowing with the holy energy blessed onto him. Most of his enemies were naught but ash in the wind as the holy current obliterated their evil existence. Only a few remained, and as his allies realized there was hope yet of victory, they returned. Together, the heroes made quick work of the stragglers, and the defeated the leader of this output.

Rewards Granted

• Unless something changes, the heroes have full access to the warehouse and its supplies.

Missions/Quests Completed

• The heroes defeated the Children of Cinder members in the warehouse.