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2nd of Yoweth

Session 36 - Malaphor's True Self

by Kaito "Oreson" Brinejaw

I asked Malaphor if he's ok, and he brushed it off as just exhaustion from the earlier fight and tiredness. He did at some point suddenly sit up straight and start sweating before relaxing.
 
On our journey, Malaphor is looking incredibly rough. I cast Lesser Restoration on him as we slow and as I pull away I see a flash of 2 white beacon eyes, and 2 more below open up.
At the end of my fingers are what look like could be a form of necrosis.
Malaphor then says out loud to Ape, "Kill me" and he crumples to the floor and then stands back up, his eyes no longer red but white, resembling the eyes I saw earlier. He tries to play it off as him feeling ok but I know it's not him. He says "It's been fun travelling with you, but Malaphor's job is nearly done" and he reaches into the ground and the sand around us begins to fall and drags us into old ruins of a lost civilization.
 
We start fighting Malaphor, and after Raskin hits him, Malaphor responds "Well, you just killed your friend" and black smoke appears out of him and coalesces into a black cloaked figure with 4 beacons of white light in a diamond shape.
The figure takes control of Ape during the fight and uses him against us, knocking Raskin down and nearly knocking me out. We take Ape down, and the creature as it moves past me and Malaphor, we manage to deal a hefty blow to it but it merges with it's summoned creature.
 
The newly transformed creature bites down on Austar, and his Cloak of Displacement was destroyed due to the bite. Ape manages to get up, and hands me the purple potion that Vallo from the Concocted Chaos gave us, I pour it into my Chalice to increase it's potency and Ape drinks the potion. Purple mushrooms grow on his head and he heals a decent amount. After an epic battle, where Malaphor allowed Asgorath back in and regained his cold power, on top of his magic powers back he dealt the killing blow to the creature that once resided within him.
 
I find a ropey twine bracelet, a reddish gem in the centre, marble/glass like with lines of brighter orange in it in a chest behind a collapsed door. On the other side of the room we fell into is another door, and behind here I here skittering and we decide to ignore it and get out and start our journey back to Midelina.
 
Austar casts Fly on Ape and he carries us back up the sinkhole and we then journey towards Midelina. We arrive atop a dune and we're looking down towards our destination, and the ocean which is a calming view for me. There's a large estate like building at the back of the Midelina, and further back from that we see ruins not of the same archaeology.
 
We find our way to The Wandering Prince and find a table. Austar starts playing with the band but overwhelms them and they leave. Raskin gets a room and I buy a house special for Ape, which if he manages to drink it without passing out, our drinks are free for the night. Ape managed to drink it and we have free drinks for the night. We find out the last person to have drank it was Carcan, from the Storyteller.
 
Malaphor mentioned burying a spherical like object of dark essence at the base of the Oak Tree in Trentsigrad. I sent a message to Etcher and let him know about this object and he said he'll look into it.
 
The bar keep has striking resemblance to the same grey coloured Orc that Raskin killed on the ship that we commandeered and scuttled. He also told us that Rosie does frequent The Wandering Prince but hasn't been in for a few days.
 
We then head to the Shaded Face Inn to get more rooms for the night. I get a balcony room, enjoy the ocean view and breeze and then head to bed.

Continue reading...

  1. Session 1 - New Beginnings
  2. Session 2 - Drunk and Disorderly
  3. Session 3 - Crossroads and Giants
  4. Session 4 - Lorger's Thicket
  5. Session 5 - Pentareach Beginnings
  6. Session 6 - Pentareach Rumble
  7. Session 7 - Friend of the King
  8. Session 8 - Forgotten Ruins and Mystery
  9. Session 9 - Blacktop's Secret
  10. Session 10 - Depths of the Blacktop
  11. Session 11 - Morgan's Mystery
  12. Session 12 - Visions and a Cleansing
  13. Session 13 - The Long Road
  14. Enemies
  15. Session 14 - Laelos Arrival
  16. Session 15 - A Royal Mistake
  17. Session 16 - Revenge and Truth
  18. Session 17 - Trouble and Research
  19. Session 18 - Lonely Toad and Proposition
  20. Research
  21. Session 19 - Vellsten and Disappearances
  22. Session 20 - Wear-wolves, bears and rats?
  23. Session 21 - Heroes of Vellsten
  24. Session 22 - Raven Queen's Champion
    12th of Morne Yowa
  25. Session 23 - Revelations and a Chaotic Victory
    14th of Morne Yowa
  26. Session 24 - The Manor and Word
    15th of Morne Yowa
  27. Session 25 - Isaiac's Maw
    15th of Morne Yowa
  28. Places of Interest
  29. Allies
  30. Session 26 - Manor Gains and Desert Travels
    22nd of Morne Yowa
  31. Session 27 - Hashal and Partha
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  32. Session 28 - Hashal's Rift Ki
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  33. Session 29 - Sol'Partha
    24th of Morne Yowa
  34. Session 30 - Partha's Mystery
    24th of Morne Yowa
  35. Session 31 - Odror Partha's Fall
    24th of Morne Yowa
  36. Session 32 - Odror's Sentinel VS The Paragon
    1st of Yoweth
  37. Session 33 - Asgorath Revelations & Beast Rescues
    1st of Yoweth
  38. Session 34 - An Exotic Rescue
    1st of Yoweth
  39. Session 35 - Demonic Beast and Desert Travels
    2nd of Yoweth
  40. Session 36 - Malaphor's True Self
    2nd of Yoweth
  41. Session 37 - Triumphant Winnings
    3rd of Yoweth
  42. Session 38 - Sailing the seas and Chankata
    6th of Yoweth
  43. Session 39 - Asgorath's Chosen United
    7th of Yoweth
  44. Session 40 - The Doyen's Teachings
    1st of Uthwix
  45. Session 41 - The Ninefold Rise
    1st of Uthmix
  46. Session 42 - The Ninefold Scatter
    3rd Uthwix
  47. Session 43 - Troll's Denthoum
    3rd of Uthwix
  48. Session 44 - Denthoum's Spectator
    3rd of Uthwix
  49. Session 45 - Talona's Plant
    4th of Uthwix
  50. Session 46 - Diege Entities & New Headings
    5th of Uthwix
  51. Session 47 - Poacher's & Mystery Dice
    5th of Uthwix

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