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Tue 20th Aug 2024 04:23

This is it

by Zith Zinyra

This is it, this is the day I've foreseen, the day I've feared and the day I've anticipated more than any other since I joining up with the Stormbreakers. Ularan is must be near and if somehow we survive this invasion without letting the dead and the cultists overrun the town before the Neverwinter troops can dig in and get their bearings, we may get a chance at to rid this world once and for all of that pissbucket of a priest. I'm not going to lie, I think we barely held off the south front incursion before having to head north and we are worse for that wear. Their paralyzing bites almost killed our newest Stormbreaker just after joining up, poor Cassius must be wondering what the hell he's gotten into and how we've managed to stay alive all these weeks. It wasn't our best work but damnit I don't think we've ever encountered so many, so quick, in a fight quite like this. Thinking about the different ways we might slowly and painfully end Ularan Mortis immediately triggered my most horrible thought of the day...where the f**k is Ebondeath? I shudder to think what shape we'll be in by the time she shows up; gods please give us a day or so before that happens.
 
As for what to do... we are admittedly against tall odds, outmanned and fighting a battle on multiple fronts against seemingly infinite and utterly expendable forces with few magic users to help the soldiers beat back this invasion. I don't see another way we can slow them down without taking a chance and splitting up. As we are running to the North wall I am going to propose maybe the worst idea I've had in a while. I believe there are windows up top of the Tower of Lathander. I can head up there and do my best to beat back the horde while they deal with the cultists up North. Potentially I can take Cassius with me but for that to work he'd need to follow my directions to the tee and I don't know if he'd want to go down the road I'd propose with barely knowing me; it would be dangerous but potentially glorious. If not, no bother, he will be safe and of great help with the others; either way I'll tell him that if there are any Harpers here who could help us, it would be a blessing to rally them to our side; short of that, if there was any fancy secret Harper knowledge that could help us, now would be the time. If he couldn't come with me I would look for a familiar experienced soldier as we head north, anyone I can trust with at least moderate experience; Hazyorum would be perfect but anyone near his level of experience could do. Finally I would write a quick note asking our crew to help out any way they could with this all fronts attacked; I don't know if anything on the ship could help soften up the back of this line of the wharf but if not, we could just use some great fighters. I'd hand the note to Ollie and send him on his way with instructions to drop it and come right back to find me, probably at the tower.
 
This fight is truly up to the gods, may they grant us favor.