Dawn of the Warforged

[Shayuri]

Alecto looks towards the door the ruckus is coming from, but the slow movement and sound of the crystals alerts it to a possible imminent danger here as well. Pinpoints of wispy blue light collect around the flat emitter aperture on its right arm, swarming like fireflies just before coalesceing into a three foot long slash of blue-white light that hums slightly as it's moved to a guard position.

The mithril warforged moves to interpose itself between Facet and the crystals, and the shield plate on its left arm unlocks with a ching noise, and unfolds to its ready state.

"Facet, do you know what this is?" Alecto asks.

 

[Mosier]

Zeta is taken a bit off guard by the sudden attack, and doesn't react as quickly as usual. Zeta wordlessly raises its sword and shield in a defensive position close to Muncher, ready to strike if the attackers don't immediately back down. There's nothing more to be said, so it remains silent.

Initiative roll: 3 (+1 dex) = 4

 

[TillForPie]

"Please stay near the carriage," Valharath says with a bow of his head to the dromite. "Rothitash and I will only be gone a short while, my friend."

Valharath nods to Rothitash and falls in behind him. He murmurs his thoughts directly into his fellow kalashtar's mind, as is his natural inclination. Let's take a closer look at these ruins. He'll stay within ten feet or so of the psychic warrior and continue to defer to him in matters of safety.

 

[Rubberneck]

Rothitash leads the way back to the ruins. Now that Valharath is with him he draws his massive sword from his back, ready to defend him.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Facet, female personality psiforged psionic artificer with packmate homonculus Trundle

Alecto looks towards the door the ruckus is coming from, but the slow movement and sound of the crystals alerts it to a possible imminent danger here as well. Pinpoints of wispy blue light collect around the flat emitter aperture on its right arm, swarming like fireflies just before coalesceing into a three foot long slash of blue-white light that hums slightly as it's moved to a guard position.

The mithril warforged moves to interpose itself between Facet and the crystals, and the shield plate on its left arm unlocks with a ching noise, and unfolds to its ready state.

"Facet, do you know what this is?" Alecto asks.

Facet wrenches her attention away from the murals, fascinated by the appearance of warforged in ruins so ancient. Her people were so new, how could there be ancient murals here depicting them? But before she could speculate on that, she first had to survive the possible trap or foe assembling before them.

"Not as such," she said quietly, her deep purple crystals beginning to glow as she focused her power. "At least not in this form..." She waited for the thing to show itself to be hostile or merely a diversion before committing herself to violence. "Zeta, Muncher, we have potential hostiles!"

OOC: Knowledge (psionics) roll - 11, Psicraft roll - 21 1d20+10=11, 1d20+11=21

 

[JustinCase]

"Probably just rats," Glitch responds quietly, but he nevertheless focuses his eldritch powers to create out of nowhere a fine reddish mist around the three warforged companions, which somewhat decreases their visibility. "But this is just in case there is an actual threat."

OOC: Glitch uses the invocation Miasmic Cloud (creates a cloud of fog in a 10-foot radius; grants concealment but does not block line of sight; Fortitude save (DC 16) upon entering fog or be fatigued).

 

[EvilPlatypus]

Ancient ruins, Somewhere in the swamps north of Zarash'ak, Shadow marches.

With a mighty swipe of his glaive Muncher brutally chops the charging guard in half, showering himself, his compatriot and the remaining guard in gore. The remaining guard hesitates, then charges onwards, but his strike is deftly parried by Zeta. The nobleman in the background stands up again, seemingly undisturbed by the bloody scene in front of him.

meanwhile, in the entrance room the crystals slither together, forming a humanoid figure vaguely reminiscent of a cristalloid warforged. It bellows a challenge in an unknown language and seems to await a response. Two shimmering blades of psychic energy form at the end of its arms.

 

[EvilPlatypus]

Ruins near the roadside, Adar.

The ruins are ancient and clearly draconic in origin. Weary of the legens surrounding the Storm Guardians and the terrible things they supposidly do to those who defile their ancient site the two Kalashtar start looking for clues to who (or what) performed a ritual on this site.

(spot/knowledge/religion and or search check)

 

[Shayuri]

"I don't understand the words," Alecto says with deceptive calm, "But its actions are hard to mistake."

For a moment its eyes flick down to the 'blade' of psionic force shivering in the air before its own arm, then back to the crystalline thing before them.

"But...I'm new," it adds, a surprised tone in its voice.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Facet, female personality psiforged psionic artificer with packmate companion Trundle

Facet stares at the crystal warforged with the same incredulity at Alecto, feeling as if all the information she had been told upon creation was little more than a lie. How could they be the first, if these ancient ruins and traps existed? And how tragic would it be if they were to be permanently deactivated before they learned more?

"Be strong," she says to Alecto, and puts her hand on his back. A glow from within her flows down into Alecto, lines of purple and blue flaring momentarily between them as her power improves the efficiency of his strength matrix.

OOC: Infusing bull's strength into Alecto.