War Council
Free Alador War Council
and
Lord Gregory Havre - work it out with a gentleman's brawl and are side by side as brothers.
Map of
Alador - City.
Havre and Epron have concerns.
Shades are empty
army of animal people
colosseum full of undead spore citizens
Alador army encampment - they mostly own
construction of another pyre cordoned off, along with shades and south ward
if we destry the pyre that exists
they know where we are, ware of what will happen they know where we are
Cernan - we have a ticking timeline
Cintanon Calderone - what I see is that the south eastern side of Alador. Embbassy row is empty. And we could empty out another sword area. Could barricade the bridge. Boats would be a lot slower.
Stormy - will
Grasti be there? She has a nasty sword. (They expect her to be at the castle.)
Alphonse - Locke - is worried about his people. Once that pyre falls, everything they have will go on the attack. He's worried about the western portion of Alador.
Canto Garcia Sarez - we have a bit boat now. We could send the women and children go far away. If not hear from us in 3 days they go north to New Heran and don't look back.
We asked about the concentrations.
Lyda Tyfalim - Archangel - most of the red sworn army. Has been concentrated around the areas they trust. The unsworn army does the regular guard routes. The people we want to talk to have been pretty much separated out for us.
Cintanon will guide us back to where he took us out the first time. A house built up against the barricade wall.
Dwarves can baricade the bridge in.
Epron - we need 2 armies in reserve. One to defend docks. And one up by the cathedral - so can deal with there or help with the bridge.
Rashid Fen Rey
Epron - We have what you gathered the dwarves, the Arrends, wizards, theives guild, etc.
Havre - has the weapons that would have gone to the red guard.
Alphonse - anyone in the unsworn guard we trust?
Cintanon - Lt. Aria? (gruff, and we can trust her not to go tell)
Shorren Brevus - will fetch Aria for Alphonse
We have a way to communicate when we attack. The transfer tablets. (Leave one with army at bridge and one at cathedral army. We have the pair to either of those.)
Master Havlock Ramkin - we may have to transfer a message between teams.
Havre says it will take 16 hours to setup.
Ramkin suggests a runner every 15 minutes between the groups. If a runner is late, assume the worst.
Theives guild to station people to watch.
Sorpress will go in with us and watch the sky for red sparks. if we fail.
Alphonse - we didn't realize Alador has been under siege. It's our turn to siege them and take back our homes!
Darius Espada will take us - it's his hall.
We'll rest at the Craftsmans Hall. Cernan will summon steed to fight with us before resting.
Our plan:
we saw one unactivated - and took out the aspects dedicated to Amanita
it's a magical tower
Resting
Resting at the craft hall.
Cernan calls his horse - burst of flowers and fresh. And Bridger appears. I told you to call me when you need me. :D
Long rest then on our way
Thoradin tires to call his horse too. Alas.
Everyone but our guide is gone.
Princess Prentis Leon - thieves guild leaving and stops by. She's left a spy on the roof with a runner to swim across the river.
Wizards stop in and let us know. It's sealed and magically locked. They are leaving too.
Felga Mitgarn - and a few others stop in. She gives Thoradin the rest of the ball berrings. And they are leaving.
The Arrends - are mostly scattered about. They won't stop by. Embassy already empty.
Were the bricks easy to identify that held the sacrifices for the tower in
New Haran - they were bigger.
Thoradin can take one and attach it to his shield - the bridge crew. Cernan will take the cathedral reserve army - and attach to his shield also.
Bridge is ready. Dwarves are mainly there.
Alphonse will be with the north group, in case he needs to get to the castle. Many free Aladorans.
Heading toward the tower
Espada takes us around. More creepy and quiet than normal.
In the Shades.
Sorpress is along to get up high and watch. Stella - the doggy says things are about.
When we turn south - we send message to the armies.
Aproaching the Pyre
Cernan will cast bless before attacking - Stormy, Rashid, and Cita
Cita scouts:
The pyre is huge. There's a very big person sitting on a chair. Has a giant axe. Is sharpening it. She sees Cita.
Says: Grasti said you'd be here. That was 5 days ago. Do you know how bored I am. You are so going to stuffer.
When we were at Cita's family's house. There were noises.
This lady says "Boys we have guests!"
Sporephants!
Stormy is praying!
"Every dwarven charge is a prayer!" — Thoradin
First Battle Round
Crew guarding the pyre
Cernan first attack and casts lance on one of the sporephants.
19 hits! First hit.
Thoradin uses
Valkyrja to hit the same sporephant. Multiple hits! Nat 20.
killing blow!
Thoradin uses last hit to get the General. Nat 20 again!
hits hard!
Cita hits!
General Brelda up next.
attacks Thoradin and hits hard. ugh!
Rashid will use fireball to catch her. will apply runic empowerment. Use windrune to help himself more next time.
does damage!
Stormy - hits twice on the General
Sporephant - uses ranged weapon. Spews cloud of poisonous yuck.
Thoradin and Cernan have to make a constitution save.
Further rounds
Cernan takes out the General!
Cernan goes down
Cita takes out a sporehound
Cita takes out a gnoll - sporehound
Stormy takes out the Sporephant
Suddenly everything just starts falling over! You're are a cool crew — DM
Pyre
Looking at the brickwork
Made of large dark red bricks
We can id the particular bricks - compass rose points - bricks about head height. More ornate than the others.
Rashid
Targeting one of the bricks - with shatter
Crack, rumble rumble!
It doesn't break the brick completely. Something happened.
Thoradin also tries shatter with Valkyrja
Same brick - damaged more
Rashid
something magic happened, beyond breaking the brick
Cernan
nothing noticable yet
Rashid
Will remove the thing in the brick. A degraded head. EWW!
Now we notice - the pyre shifts a bit. Wobbles
Stormy can help look out
(No messages)
Thoradin, Cernan, and Rashid go around.
Next pyre contents
(previous - was skull)
normal looking long sword inside - something about it...
a LOT of gold coins spill out
a heart
a little black marble - radiating hatred toward us
Cernan moves it out
Size and shape feels familiar to you.
Cernan stomps on it - breaks like a fish egg. Evilness disappates.
Rashid - does an experiment
tries to punch through the back of the brick
Rashid feels something else happening. Something opening and closing really quick. Be aware could be something else that happens.
Thoradin break through - hammer comes back sluggishly - pit of darkness behind.
Continued pyre contents
(6) lumps of charcoal - one of the exports (pride of aladore) - handmade charcoal they produce. Important to the town.
(7) hands severed, this time - wave of arcana overcomes Rashid -
(8) an entire set of dry skeleton bones. Really old.
The pillar getting weaker! Wobbles and shakes. Black hole opening up beneath it.
Dex saves!
Cernan can only move 5 feet away
Column drops
beaked head and claws.
The thing is standing in front of us
Like a powerful skeksis. - A greater devil.
Fight # 2
Demon from the pyre
Against the demon thingy.
He flies over Cernan - poison drips off
Screeches at Cernan and Thoradin - const saves
Attacks Cita (and she gets poison acid damage) - bites and latches on and rakes her with his talons.
Thoradin boingy jumps near the demon to throw his hammer
(15 is barely a hit) - Thoradin took it out!
We send a message.
A spot of light above us
white noise stopped - we can breathe a little easier. Less oppressive.
It's only been a few hours.
burn the body components and charcoal
timeline wise - this pyre was up before the king died
wrap the things and body parts and take them out of the area
we want to keep the coins - they belonged to someone
the ball of evil - Rashid says the spore applicator with the pocket at the tip. We destroyed a true spore.
We leave the area. Expect troops through here soon.
Post Session Notes
Stormy recalls the General waiting for us. 5 days.
They've been spying on us.
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