Alea Iacta Est - Part 3

Written by Chrundle_the_Great

General Summary

From gruesome battle with the Mad God's servant to tense negotation with the other teams, Kapital finally closes this chapter by delivering a powerful relic to the most powerful person in Redgaard.

Session Notes

• Zena's spores have traveled over Gaes, across seas, and into the Nine Hells
  1. Her body was incinerated by the explosion in the Caves of Chaos
  2. She reanimated from spores, outside the city of Redgaard
  3. Recently, she was captured while exploring the chapel
• The Writhing Prophet commands strange slugs and warped glass puppets and casts mind-shattering spells
• Zena assumes her Wood Woad form and joins the group in the battle
• The group is confronted by dark, upsetting visions of possible futures
  1. Sarlen narrowly clings to life, as the Mad God lingers in his mind
  2. "Gifted" with truesight, he sees hornet-mutts attacking outside
• Zena obliterates the Writhing Prophet with the old druidic spell, earthmaw
• He returns, as a small gibbering mouther formed from too-little flesh
  1. The slugs were the corpses of adventurers, changed by the Prophet
• Cedric finally resists the Prophet's pernicious magic and cuts him down
• The statue of St. Brenna, who was martyred young, looks a bit like Lucretia
• Delerium fragments glow golden, the fountain shines, and mass cure wounds washes over the once-bloodied group
• Zena captures the mummified body of St. Brenna and promptly disappears
• Peter adheres the dowsing rod to S3NT1N3L, which keeps back three knights
  1. Ser Lur'zka joins the assault, but his horse, Survivor, is disintegrated
  2. Inigo fells the shield guardian, and the chapel collapses in their battle
  3. Eldemir heals their wounded and convinces Isabella to fall back
• Meanwhile, the others flee to the nearby orphanage to wait out the battle
• A scarred, vengeful Jorvan patiently waits for the group's meeting with Livia
  1. Peter convinces Cedric to aid the group in the battle with Jorvan
  2. Without ceremony, Sarlen puts an end to the Diamondback
• Peter formally allies with the Wounded Hearts and House von Myr
• The group recovers the dowsing rod and scurry to Champion's Gate
• They are ambushed and surrounded by a Hooded Lanterns strike team
  1. Sarlen confronts Captain Mercer, who carries his son's magical blade
  2. Peter quietly hands over the dowsing rod, and the strike team leaves
• Balthazar and Thorak lead the group to Lucretia, who welcomes them
  1. Livia swapped the dowsing rod and immovable rod before the ambush
• Lucretia accepts the dowsing rod and asks for the group's decision

Character(s) interacted with

The Writhing Prophet
Cedric Altammer
S3NT1N3L
Ser Lur'zka
Ser Inigo de Maravilla
Ser Isabella
Jorvan Silvershade
Lady Livia Astorio
Captain Mercer
Private Flare
Corporal Jaxon "The Bull" Brutson
Sergeant Kiera Morningsong
Balthazar Adamos
Thorak the Lungless
Lucretia Mathias

Report Date

31 Aug 2024

Primary Location

Chapel of Saint Brenna

Related Characters

• Eldemir Barling
• Grimgar Boomshot
• Peter von Drakken
• Sarlen Broadwing
• Zendrel "Zena" Inaro