The Attack

Disaster / Destruction

The day that everything changed.

• While eating breakfast the party hears alarm bells and the sounds of panicked people in the streets. As they head out they here that the city is under attack and head towards the gates - meeting up with Theodoric along the way
• Party assists in the city's defense again an army of automata, buying time for the city's defensive barrier to be raised
• As the battle progresses a strange looking Goliath, with Aasimar abilities appears and engages the party - he is identified as Gar Naz, the former bandit leader who killed Mons' father
• Party barely manages to defeat Gar Naz, taking him alive so he can be interrogated, the remaining automata that are functioning disappear in a flash of light
• Party assists the troops with various things throughout the day and recuperate from the battle
• That evening the party is invited to the castle, the king wanting to meet and thank them personally for their efforts in the battle
• While the party is in the throne room that castle is attacked, more of the automata appearing within the castle itself
• The party defeats multiple waves of enemies before a strange Aasimar called "Ardiykhal" arrives and effortlessly brushes them aside. He then proceeds to kill the king and his remaining guards and steals a strange artifact that was concealed in a compartment behind the throne
• Gar Naz arrives accompanied by a Drow referred to as Arsene before all three intruders step through a doorway of light, leaving the party and Theodoric alive