Session 03
General Summary
When we last left them Magma Force were rushing forward towards a gasping chasm in the road
and the sounds of screaming. The chasm was clearly starting to close, trapping large numbers of
townsfolk below. Braken, Gotrek and Harley all leapt into the chasm bravely, using their
knowledge of the natural earth and their physical prowess to aid the townsfolk in their escape.
Camero stood on the precipice, his keen half-dragon eyes picking out perilous areas for the heroes
to avoid. And then Morgan was at the edge of the chasm, his plate mail back lit by the roiling
purple and green clouds, his silhouette highlighted for all below to see. In a commanding yet
benign voice he at once calmed and directed the townsfolk below, bringing order to the chaos.
Within moments the quietened townsfolk were escorted to safety and out of the chasm. Magma
Force hurried the rescued people towards a patrol of guards and continued their search for people
they could help.
Presently they came to an area on Ash Avenue, down by the crater lake. Ahead they could see a
house afire. This place had grown into a massive inferno and approaching they could hear people
calling for help from inside. Harley and Braken organised a chain gang of townsfolk to grab
buckets and anything that would carry water from the lake and help put the house out. Meanwhile
Gotrek and Morgan rushed into the flames seeking out and carrying townsfolk to safety. Camero
also entered the flames, his acute senses aiding greatly in the search for survivors. Before too long
Magma Force had found and recovered all they could from the house and as Braken tended to the
injured the building collapsed to the floor with a crash in the background.
Later, as the party moved towards the area of the town hall they came across a strange sight.
Ahead the cobbled street of Magma Avenue had been replaced with bubbled black rock. A group
of townsfolk found themselves amid the rubble and seemed unwilling to move at all. Two lay in
the middle, seemingly unconscious with wafts of smoke drifting up from their bodies. Braken
stepped out onto the black rock to help the injured and suddenly leapt back as the rock below his
feet cracked under his weight. Below this rock lay molten lava and the cleric almost fell in. Seeing
now why the townsfolk were not moving the party searched for better ways to help. Harley,
Gotrek and Braken moved around the immediate area collecting timbers, broken doors and
anything similar they could find to act as a weight distributing force across the rock crust. Morgan
stood on the edge of the crust extolling the townsfolk to slowly make their way to safety - this was
a task that was very hard to achieve as the people were in terror. Camero spotted a well across the
far side of the crust and began to carefully make his way around the edge of the crust where it was
lapping against some buildings. There was a small ledge of solid material to walk on there, but
about half way around he slipped and fell. The half-dragon split the rock crust and dropped into
the lava. His reactions saved him however. With the briefest of mystical words, he teleported the
short distance to the well and safe ground. As he did he instantly rolled to the floor to put out the
fire that had caught in his cloak.
Camero got to his feet and brushed himself down quickly, then drew a bucket of water from the
well and threw it over the crust. This boiled and steamed for a second but the crust seemed to
harden after the fact. Seeing this Camero summoned a magical blizzard across a large swath of the
crust. He watched as the crust quickly hardened in this area and then dispelled it so that the stuck
townsfolk could cross. He then walked out onto this newly hardened crust, almost falling through
one further patch, and lead many of the townsfolk to safety.
With this new safe location created Morgan was much more successful in convincing the others to
follow the first townsfolk, and people began to make their own way across the crust to safety. At
the same time, on the south end of the crust Harley, Gotrek and Braken were able to create a
lattice of wooden structures to help spread the weight of people moving on it, and Harley was able
to take a few people by the hand and lead them to safety.
Job well done, Magma Force successfully rescued all the townsfolk from a potentially deadly fate.
They lead them to the north gate and handed them over to a patrol for evacuation duty.
Feeling good about their success the party headed back down Magma Avenue and were soon in
the vicinity of the chasm that had split the road near Maavu�s warehouse earlier. But something
strange was afoot. This chasm was now glowing an angry red and flickering flames licked from its
insides. The red flames danced a clashing counterpoint to the green and purple clouds over head.
As the party moved closer the flames leapt up and climbing angrily from the chasm came two
huge flaming elementals and a host of smaller elemental sparks that floated alongside the large
creatures. The creatures spotted out heroes and moved towards them.
As the group rushed forward one of the large elementals threw its arms toward the party and a
large burst of flames caught Harley and Braken. It was so hot it ignited the very cobblestones and
would burn for a good few minutes. Camero rushed up and with a mighty word of power caused a
blizzard to strike where the large two elementals were, catching some of the many sparks in its
effect as well. To the group�s surprise these smaller sparks exploded as they were hit,
disappearing in a burst of flames. They were easy to destroy but clearly could cause some damage
as they were unmade.
Morgan and Gotrek charged into the melee and soon were toe to flame with the large creatures.
One of these grabbed Gotrek with a tongue of flame and tried to drag him into the inferno from
which they had broken, but Gotrek dragged his stubborn dwarven feet and would not go. At this
the group determined to hang back from the chasm as much as possible least they be dragged into
the lava.
Braken dealt death to many of the small sparks, getting fairly well singed for his efforts as they
exploded on death. Harley moved in to attack one of the large elementals that was distracted by
Braken�s magic. Gotrek and Morgan brought the other large elemental to the floor and Camero
finished the last one off with his magic. Putting out the small fires the fight had started, the group
looked about and found there were no more elementals in the area for now. So they moved on,
looking for more townsfolk to help.
As they moved back through the northern sections of the city later that morning they could see
that various fires had begun to sprout up in this section of the city. And as they looked to see what
they could do about them, they realised that there were some large groups of townsfolk gathering
in the area. Angry looking townsfolk. These townsfolk looked like people who had watched
homes and businesses collapse as the city began to break apart. They looked like people who had
lost loved ones and friends. The looked like people with nothing to lose. And they were looking
for someone to take their anger out on.
One of the mob spotted our heroes and pointed shouting something that the group could not make
out. But it was clear it wasn�t friendly. Why this mob felt it had some gripe with the group was
not clear. But they had definitely identified the group as a target and were moving in their
direction. And meanwhile fires which really needed dealing with as soon as possible were getting
out of control in the area�
Report Date
11 Apr 2024
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