28th day of Snowmoot: Morning
Garet was of a mind to take the sword from Fargrims backpack as he slept. He had a feeling Aerie had a connection to the sword and she may be able to find out more about the sword from having physical contact with it. As he reached over to take it he noticed...........
Fargrim was awake and saw Garet reaching for the backpack........turning to his backpack Fargrim saw the longsword was no longer there......
Fargrim: "Which one of you has taken it?"
Garet: "No-one's taken it, I was reaching for it and it's not there".
Fargrim: "So why would you want to take something that isn't yours?"
Garet: "No-one's taken it, I was going to let Aerie look at it whilst you were sleeping, she may have more insight into the sword, during our discussion as you were sleeping, it appears the sword may just be an Avariel relic of some import".
Fargrim: "So why didn't you just ask instead of taking it?"
Garet: "You were sleeping, didn't want to disturb you, Aerie and Aramil had a shared vision which seemed to be about........ ".
Fargrim: "So you thought to take it without permission, stealing it?"
The others looked on bemused at Fargrims accusation.
Garet: "I can only say no-one took it, however we all had different visions/dreams through the night. Some seem to have a common theme, did you have any visions or dreams?".
Fargrim: "Why should I tell you, they are for me to know and I wont be telling any of you?"
Things looked like they would turn ugly as just then a cackling laugh could be heard on the other side of the north door. It was the laugh of the Hag. Garet sprang to his feet and opened the door but couldn't see anything.
He ran to the gap in the wall in the next 'room' again nothing. Aerie and Aramil had followed, Fargrim stood by the open door, Bandur close behind. Zindra told Fabien to grab on to her cloak and follow close. Grog brought up the rear.
Garet shadow jumped out of sight, Aerie and Aramil followed as quickly as they could jus as Garet moved stealthily down a corridor towards the large area lit by a torch they had found yesterday (22).
Fargrim and Bandur close behind moved cautiously into the well room. Zindra headed over with Fabien in tow to peer down the well. Grog brought up the rear. Aerie and Aramil had moved into the large room as Garet hid in shadows behind a pillar. A voice echoed down from the large room (22).
Garet could see a figure standing in the entrance to a corridor, arms outstretched a sword on the ground in front of it sharp end pointing towards the figure.
Voice: "Ghar Shatterkeel, Prophet of the Water Cult, demands to know why the Prophet of the Air Cult is here and alongside a Sacred Stone Monk?" The figure pointed towards Garet.
Another Voice: "If you kill Shatterkeel I will give you what you want". Whispered in Garets ear, it was the Hag!
Garet shadow jumped behind the figure and struck with sword and dagger. The 'figure' disappeared. Garet looked around, Aramil moved to a better position as did Aerie.
The figure re-appeared:
Voice: "Is this how you treat with us Aerisi, Prophet of the Air Cult. You and the Monks of the Earth Cult are our, shall I say, allies. Next you will tell me that you have joined with our 'enemy' the Fire Cult. Enough, you have stated why you are here by your actions, so be it."
The figure disappeared. By this time the others had move up. A wild yell and a horde of Lizardmen backed up by 2 trolls attacked from the east passage. The fight was on. Aerie took to the air. Fargim and Bandur form a line by a pillar, Aramil moved over to the north wall by Garet as Grog took position behind Fabien who was behind a pillar. Zindra took up position to Fabiens left.
Arrows let fly, the lizardmen attacked.
Aerie scored a lucky hit and knocked a troll off a table stunned. Garet took out a Lizardman before Aramil could act as more lizardmen swarmed Fargrim and Bandur. Another yell and Reavers and Cultists burst out of a door in the north east corner. More yells and bugbears charged up the southern corridor to hit Bandur in the flank.
Aramil cast magic missile after magic missile, Bandur fought bravely, Fargrim was hit severely and dropped back leaving Bandur to fight 3 assailants at once. Fabien sang song of bardic inspiration that spurred Aramil and Zindra to greater things. Garet used his skills to dash in hit then dash out of harms way, whittling down the resolve of the enemy. Grog cast prayers to aid in the fight as Zindra and Aerie let fly with arrow after arrow.
Grog stepped forward to aid the badly wounded Fargrim only to be hit with deadly force by a troll. Grog went down. Fargim was sorely pressed, wounded thinking this could be the end. Bandur went down under a hail of deadly blows. Aerie moved forward and cast a healing prayer, revitalising fallen comrades and getting them back into the fight.
Another yell and more enemy poured out of the east corridor, Reavers led by a Knight, the same one that had been riding the shark. Bandur was constantly surrounded, Fargrim moved back into the fight. There were a ,ot of enemy dead but there seemed to be no end. Fabien dashed around a pillar to cut out the downed/dead trolls heart as Aerie screamed what to do from on high. Dagger and rapier slashed and cut, victorious she pulled the trolls still beating heart out of its body and flung it into the face of a cultist blinding him.
Garet was trying his best to kill and kill more, just stepping back out of harms way as Aramil let fly burning hands, 3 enemy lay dead before him.
Bandur went down for a 2nd time. Fargrim was again badly struck by the deadly blows from a Reaver. Aerie swooped down and struck the last troll but was badly injured in the process. Fabien managed to cast a heat metal spell twice in this part of the fight. She watched as first a cultist in front of her and the Knight, standing on a table, tried to rip off armour and drop weapons as they began to become unbearably hot. Zindra dispatched the Knight on the table with 4 fire arrows. Aerie cast a group heal again, which allowed the group to keep fighting. Grog got back to his feet having been feld a 2nd time, Bandur struggled to his feet and used his battle master skills to great effect. Garet was burning ki points to enable him to strike and move, strike and move.
Fabien was now faced by a Reaver but after a hard fight, which he took considerable damage, Fabien managed to skewer the Reaver on the end of his Rapier. Bandur and Fargrim killed the last of the bugbears. Aramil ran forward and cut the heart out of the 2nd troll and threw it at a Reaver.
As quickly as it had begun, it was over. The enemy lay dead all around. The group took stock..........still injured, many spells cast, they were in a poor shape. They needed rest, time to recover.
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