Session 8: The Aftermath of Anarchy Report

General Summary

Hardegraave's ballroom quickly becomes a bloodbath as Ydrenich attacks the party, leaving many seriously wounded. Kairon runs away from the hall in a ball of darkness whilst the rest hold off Ydrenich until he eventually teleports away. Upon returning to Elixin's manor, they find Sly Tony in the Lord's half wrecked foyer after experiencing his first magic surge. They sleep the night and after being hollered at by Elixin, leave to relocate Ydrenich in the early hours of the next morning. Meanwhile, Kairon awakens to a cold call from a High Dominion officer and figures out that him, Rostliem and Donevan are all wanted for the attempted murder of a noble. The rest of the party eventually run into their old friend Ecan Merimbo, now working as a guard in Ablefell and asks him to take them to Ablefell prisons, where Kairon is being held. After much convincing, a quick trial and a back-hand deal with Ecan Merimbo, Kairon is released from his shackles - leaving the party to find Elixin's blueprints once and for all. Around midday, Elixin himself eventually catches up to them and apologises for his hostility - patching up emotional wounds with a Bag of Holding he bought the party for their travels. He tells them that Ydrenich had been seen making his way to Ablefell Fortress this morning and so the party bolt there as quick as they can. A minor amount of trolling occurs as Averel makes two guards believe that they're magic and Tony and the Nine Elements bond with each other. Ydrenich is located and without hesitation, he is knocked to the ground under a pile of 192 rats as the party lay into him. However, just at that moment, his Uber in the form of an airship arrives and so, waving then bon voyage, he teleports onto the airship with the blueprints. The party has no choice but to follow; and so, as the airship pulls over 300 feet into the sky above Ablefell, the players are left stranded with one of the Empire's most dangerous men. A mortal battle ensues on the warship as the party juggle keeping the ship afloat and simply surviving Ydrenich ruthless attacks. When the situation turns dire, however, Ydrenich chooses to empty all of the Arcstone powering the ship and use it in one last attempt to kill his pursuers with a massive gravity surge. And just when the situation may have seemed infeasible, Sly Tony lines up a crossbow shot from across the airship and assassinates Ydrenich. There's only one problem. Now with no Arcstone powering the warship, it begins to nosedive toward the city - if it hit it would not only kill everybody on it but hundreds of innocents as well. And so, one last ditch effort is made - every mage channels their arcana into the stones and just before it hits Ablefell, the ship pulls up, soaring 20 feet above the city streets. It finally crashes outside of the city's walls, throwing everybody off the ship. Brushing a hair's-width from death, the party take a while to recover before thinking about what to do next. But with blueprints in hand, and the murder of Harlon Ydrenich on their shoulders, the players head back into the city - awaiting the aftermath of their anarchy.

Campaign

The Fall of Avaløn

Protagonists