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<blockquote data-quote="Shieldhaven" data-source="post: 2019899" data-attributes="member: 23427"><p>We’re now on our way back to Sharn. We slept late yesterday morning, then spent some time debating a course of action. We eventually settled on going back to the observatory to speak with some of the druids. The walk was uninterrupted, with Fel scouting ahead just a bit. And to think that I had written that the Eldeen Reaches didn’t agree with me before this…</p><p></p><p>The horror was revealed as soon as Fel could see into the clearing. An aberration of Khyber, kin to a beholder or perhaps one in truth, led a group of lesser aberrations that Gerron called dolgaunts and dolgrims – creatures made out of goblins and hobgoblins. I wove a Cloak of Transparency around Fel so that he could get closer and examine the murdered druids that lay in the clearing. Apparently something caused my spell to fail intermittently and reveal Fel’s presence. I am uncertain whether it was a trait of the area that I had not previously noticed, or if it was some action on the part of the creatures. He fled after pocketing what he could from one of the druids, leading the lesser creatures on a merry chase back to us. We made good our escape once the Cloak became a little more reliable and the creatures could no longer find Fel. The pouches he had taken off the druid contained magical and alchemical components of considerable value.</p><p></p><p>We fled back to the village and warned the residents. We helped them pack up all of their possessions and leave for Greenheart, but we could not accompany them, as we had to meet up with our contact in House Vadalis if we ever wanted to get home. It’s seriously inconvenient to have an itinerary one simply can’t break when one discovers that abominations from Khyber have taken up residence and caused property values to bottom out. Darien d’Ghallanda indicated the road that the Vadalis would use, and we set off to meet him halfway. We made camp a few paces off of the road so that I could sleep and prepare more spells – Maeve had used almost none, and was not so concerned with resting. So Gerron, Maeve, and Fel kept the vigil for the rider from Vadalis.</p><p></p><p>Something else showed up first, though. I’m still not exactly sure what they were, but they were not unlike centipedes animated in the manner of zombies. Two of these creatures attacked us, and were on top of me before I was even awake. I was considerably wounded by their attacks. I got enough breathing room to cast a few spells, and we eventually pounded them into dust. I tried to sleep again, but the Vadalis rider showed up not long thereafter and we headed for Varna, where we boarded a skyship for Sharn.</p><p></p><p><strong>Some questions that remain:</strong></p><p>Now that we’ve seen another powerful agent in this mess, WHAT THE FLAMING HELL IS GOING ON? Intelligent aberrations are most likely working to release their masters in Khyber. Is that all part of the Dhakaani plan? Or did we stumble onto a completely different evil plan that we can’t possibly do anything about because the conspirators are completely out of our league? Did any druids survive? Did they come up with any more useful information on that prophecy? Were these same creatures behind the attack that came during the eclipse? It’s awfully strange if the druids suffered two unrelated attacks, but why would this second group be so overwhelmingly successful while the first failed utterly? We didn’t play that big a part. Maybe the zombie eyes were just testing their defenses?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shieldhaven, post: 2019899, member: 23427"] We’re now on our way back to Sharn. We slept late yesterday morning, then spent some time debating a course of action. We eventually settled on going back to the observatory to speak with some of the druids. The walk was uninterrupted, with Fel scouting ahead just a bit. And to think that I had written that the Eldeen Reaches didn’t agree with me before this… The horror was revealed as soon as Fel could see into the clearing. An aberration of Khyber, kin to a beholder or perhaps one in truth, led a group of lesser aberrations that Gerron called dolgaunts and dolgrims – creatures made out of goblins and hobgoblins. I wove a Cloak of Transparency around Fel so that he could get closer and examine the murdered druids that lay in the clearing. Apparently something caused my spell to fail intermittently and reveal Fel’s presence. I am uncertain whether it was a trait of the area that I had not previously noticed, or if it was some action on the part of the creatures. He fled after pocketing what he could from one of the druids, leading the lesser creatures on a merry chase back to us. We made good our escape once the Cloak became a little more reliable and the creatures could no longer find Fel. The pouches he had taken off the druid contained magical and alchemical components of considerable value. We fled back to the village and warned the residents. We helped them pack up all of their possessions and leave for Greenheart, but we could not accompany them, as we had to meet up with our contact in House Vadalis if we ever wanted to get home. It’s seriously inconvenient to have an itinerary one simply can’t break when one discovers that abominations from Khyber have taken up residence and caused property values to bottom out. Darien d’Ghallanda indicated the road that the Vadalis would use, and we set off to meet him halfway. We made camp a few paces off of the road so that I could sleep and prepare more spells – Maeve had used almost none, and was not so concerned with resting. So Gerron, Maeve, and Fel kept the vigil for the rider from Vadalis. Something else showed up first, though. I’m still not exactly sure what they were, but they were not unlike centipedes animated in the manner of zombies. Two of these creatures attacked us, and were on top of me before I was even awake. I was considerably wounded by their attacks. I got enough breathing room to cast a few spells, and we eventually pounded them into dust. I tried to sleep again, but the Vadalis rider showed up not long thereafter and we headed for Varna, where we boarded a skyship for Sharn. [B]Some questions that remain:[/B] Now that we’ve seen another powerful agent in this mess, WHAT THE FLAMING HELL IS GOING ON? Intelligent aberrations are most likely working to release their masters in Khyber. Is that all part of the Dhakaani plan? Or did we stumble onto a completely different evil plan that we can’t possibly do anything about because the conspirators are completely out of our league? Did any druids survive? Did they come up with any more useful information on that prophecy? Were these same creatures behind the attack that came during the eclipse? It’s awfully strange if the druids suffered two unrelated attacks, but why would this second group be so overwhelmingly successful while the first failed utterly? We didn’t play that big a part. Maybe the zombie eyes were just testing their defenses? [/QUOTE]
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