Chapter 4, Session 11: The Shaded Scar
General Summary
'You are a traitor... a truly hateful traitor'The Kaechaek Party geared up, prepared themselves and, leaving Peregrine in The Diamond, they set out to the Eyed Shade woods, specifically the Shaded Scar to hunt down the lost Sand Speeders upgrade parts for Eye-Sly's Sand Speeders. The group found no issues with Hermione of Vallea (of course) driving them to the Shaded Scar: though they found the overwhelming and pervasive darkness of the woods off-putting due to the space having such an overtly thick canopy that it almost entirely blocked out the sun and sky and made the forest feel like it was caught in the middle of dusk. Eventually, the group found the centre of the Scar, a large chasm carved out of the ground filled with grey, decaying nature and the silence of animals, almost like someone had carved a huge swathe of the ground and turned it into a deep trench. The group approached with far more caution and soon heard whispers in the distance (they realised there was a group of creatures that were possibly humanoid whispering a couple of hundred feet away). At this point, Sigholdt summoned Crumble in the form of an earthen horse using his Find Steed spell and Esmerae used Phantom Steed to summon a riding horse as well. The group concocted a quick plan of approach for this: Hermione and Mallus Somnium would stay in their Sand Speeder and approach, feigning being lost, whilst Esmerae and Sigholdt would climb above the Scar and flank the group in order to surround them. This plan gave the group a VERY good start as they approached and saw a lone humanoid (a member of The Ritual Masters) standing in front of a series of boxes and crates (the stolen Sand Speeder components). Hermione and Mallus took the centre of attention whilst Esmerae and Sigholdt dove into the fight as the ritual master was, strangely, joined by both Quori Hunters and Nocta Mori Anxiety Abstracts. Thus began one of the most brutal and close-call filled combats in the campaign so far. The fight was of such an epic magnitude I could write page after page describing the events... but I don't want to and so instead I will bullet point the key points below:
- The Chosen Ritual Master attacks Sigholdt Sofiasson.
- Sigholdt used his new paladin skills to act as an incredible Theoden cosplayer by charging straight into the action.
- Sigholdt prioritised the ritual master humanoid who was revealed to be a Dilated Kae who aggressively called Sigholdt a 'traitor' and also stated he was completing a 'grander work'. However, Sigholdt ended up executing the ritual master with the musket function of his Paime blade before the party could learn anymore... however, upon dying a strange whispering pervaded over the body of the man.
- Mallus and Hermione utilised a mixture of aether lance and desperation to stay alive as they drew almost all of the aggro, leaving them both unconscious and rolling death saves at one point.
- Mr Cat was knocked unconscious during the fight but later revealed he had just decided to have a nap and sleep off the damage he had taken.
- Esmerae CLUTCHED up, using the mobility of her horse to distract creatures and heal both Mallus and Hermione when they were knocked out.
- The party managed to just about defeat all of the creatures, notably preying on the superstitious weaknes of anxiety abstracts and stopping them from using the majority of their abilities.
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27 Oct 2024
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