L. Valeria Vatinius - DND Stats
The Valeriad: Book I, Chapter 1
The others have returned from unknown reaches, and Gash appears older somehow. With some prayer to the Lady of the Moon this was resolved. The others also resolved to return to Mysteria with more than a few from their last missions. They have claimed to be slaves escaped from a horrible fate on Poryphoros. Shortly thereafter a Feloran ship arrived bearing the colors of the Dotharan Alliance. It appeared that the the Dotharans, spearheaded by General Iymbryl, needed the assistance of the the Mysterian Band to eliminate Soren's strength once and for all. Naturally Valeria took up the cause alongside other, less prominent members of the Mysterian Band, sadly the other magnates of the band elected to remain behind to attend to civic matters. The travel by ship was mostly uneventful though Faolan was unnerved the entire time, mumbling about Krakens and other terrors from the deep. Valeria was concerned for the ever fading sanity of the stalwart fighter.
Our time in Til Formen'ya was mercifully short, and one could hope the Dotharans had become more competent since their last time to call upon the Mysterian Band. The Band was shuffled into the docks once more in short order. It was a five day trip down the canal, and the destruction of Soren had become apparent. The Band had passed a scuttled Feloran War vessel, otherwise perfectly operable, and it appeared the Soren was on its last legs. Valeria took stock of the situation and appreciated the annihilation of Sorenians, though her tender heart considered interning the bodies. Though she felt little sympathy for the Sorenians, and the mood of the crew make it impossible to push for it, and thus she elected to remain silent on the matter. In a few days, the Band had arrived near the opposing encampments.
The tactical situation was challenging, though the Dotharans had in fact made it far into Sorenian territory, Soren maintained firm control of relevant tunnels into their capital city as well as all major bridgeheads to the same. The possible courses of actions were few, and many odious and devastatingly costly. It did not help that there was an intelligence breakdown between Dotharan Camps, and to make matters worse the Generals of Dothara did not want the aid of foreign generals. Nevertheless the Band was sent to reconnoiter the area. On route, the Band was acosted by ununiformed brigands. They were dispatched with little effort. The sole survivor had mentioned that the other allied camp was operational at least, and that is compatriots had been ravaging the local countryside and disrupting lines of communication. Valeria believed then, that reestablishing communications was a priority.
The Valeriad: Book I, Chapter 2
The band of Mysteria had been accosted by bandits at the end of the previous adventure, and came into the frontier camp for the others of the Dotharans. The band had interrogated the survivor of the ruffians and had found out a rough disposition of the enemy encampment, which had been set up in a nearby town. One Hesior of Rime performed a reconnoiter of the hostile fortification finding out that their defenses had consisted of an old wall and a moat. Curiously the people were nowhere to be seen. Further reconnaissance had proven fruitful as it had appeared that populace took to their chapter house whence they believed themselves under attack, though the Sorenian Army had proven elusive.
The band of Mysteria elected to lead the charge in assaulting the fortifications of the Sorenian Township, with Hesior freezing the moat for the band to cross. The Band of Mysteria, had managed to get far into the town before encountering the paltry defenses. The Band was ambushed close to the center of town by paltry number of the inferior Sorenian Army. In a tremendous show of arms the Sorenians were slaughtered almost to a man before the few survivors surrender to superior arms. After some time securing the town on behalf of the Dotharans the band returned to the Dotharan camp to report on their success.
The Dotharan Camp was under attack when the Band arrived, having been bombarded by the laughably primitive yet still effective artillery of the Sorenians. The Band had reported to their success to Yusuf who was at that point engaged in managing the defenses of his encampment. Valeria and Bea had spent the time Yusuf was busy healing the many wounded and dead, and proved far more effectively than the poorly equipped healers were.
After some discussion it was decided that the bulk of the Dotharans would leave to pursue their own objects on the western approaches whilst the Band of Mysteria would assault the Sorenian fortification across the bridge. With impressive skill at arms, and far superior magics the Band of Myseria dispatched the pathetically guarded Sorenian outpost and seized a goodly number of their artillery platforms. The bridge had been destroyed by Sorenian forces and Valeria was forced to deliver the message alone, giving the enemy time to do something nefarious.
