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Burning the Midnight Oil
As the outbreak of dragon worm subsided in Citado Cavallo, Dr Recklinghausen had the time to reattach Doran’s severed foot. Wolfgang mentioned that his skill at restoring severed limbs has come a long way. His earlier attempts resulted in odd detachable limbs supported by external magical girdles. His refined methods now truly knit the limb back onto the body. Doran thought the idea of detachable limbs could be interesting tactically, but a disembodied foot probably wouldn’t be that useful.
The Liss railroad reached the walled village of El Fuerte Toro. The workers were quite happy for better food and accommodations for at least one night. Liss himself moved into the towns Inn from Aigotsura. The following day as the railroad made its way past El Fuerte toro, a cold snap came through, and the constables considered bringing in cold weather gear as the rail headed into the Abismo Condendado. Shortly thereafter, Kirk’s crew got word that Surtan Liss had locked himself into his room at the inn while raving about the ghouls of the frozen marsh.
Meanwhile in Citado Cavallo, Cavallo de Guerra was surprised to receive a letter from the Bruse. The letter confirmed his daughter, Corta Nariz, as successor to the throne provided Cavallo officially pledged fealty and paid his share of infrastructure costs. Cavallo admitted to the constables that he’d given them the task thinking full well that it was impossible. Cavallo agreed to the terms, and Shakul left to take Cavallo’s response back to the summer court. The constables decided to head for the Griento railhead to deliver the contract to Asteron and persuaded Dr. Recklinghausen to accompany them. With the outbreak under control Wolfgang had little reason to stay in Citado Cavallo.
At the Griento railhead, Asteron was surprised that the constables had managed to arrange a meeting with his mother. Irony opted not to keep Shakul’s involvement a secret as he had initiated the meeting with an anonymous letter. Asteron was gratified that the constables had not stooped to sabotage on the Griento railroad. He’d kept in touch with Glaucia and had received troubling reports from the Liss railroad. Irony had also received troubling news about the weather from Kirk via sending stone, so the meeting with Asteron was a brief one before they made their way back to the Liss railhead.
The constable reunited well after sunset at the Liss railhead camp. The constables had only just gotten each other up to speed on events in both locations when a chorus of howling came from the north. A small army of reptilian ghouls charged the camp led by a team of undead priests riding a skeletal sled mounted with a great dragon skull.
Maddox was the first to react as the ghouls closed in on the camp. He let loose with his typical volley of grenades upon the bone sled, devastating its occupants and effectively destroying the sled. Rai finished the job by stabbing his burning blade into a ghoul’s chest and kicking it into the sled’s remains where it exploded killing the last priest. Two ghouls wearing skin masks attacked from the south as the constables contended with the army of ghouls from the north. They unleashed a terrifying wail that disoriented the constables. After a brief bout of friendly fire, the constables quickly shook off the confusion and struck back at the fiends. The battle ended as abruptly as it began when Irony magically split herself to three locations overlooking the battlefield and invoked the memory of the fall of Srasama to engulf all the ghouls in holy fire.
As the outbreak of dragon worm subsided in Citado Cavallo, Dr Recklinghausen had the time to reattach Doran’s severed foot. Wolfgang mentioned that his skill at restoring severed limbs has come a long way. His earlier attempts resulted in odd detachable limbs supported by external magical girdles. His refined methods now truly knit the limb back onto the body. Doran thought the idea of detachable limbs could be interesting tactically, but a disembodied foot probably wouldn’t be that useful.
The Liss railroad reached the walled village of El Fuerte Toro. The workers were quite happy for better food and accommodations for at least one night. Liss himself moved into the towns Inn from Aigotsura. The following day as the railroad made its way past El Fuerte toro, a cold snap came through, and the constables considered bringing in cold weather gear as the rail headed into the Abismo Condendado. Shortly thereafter, Kirk’s crew got word that Surtan Liss had locked himself into his room at the inn while raving about the ghouls of the frozen marsh.
Meanwhile in Citado Cavallo, Cavallo de Guerra was surprised to receive a letter from the Bruse. The letter confirmed his daughter, Corta Nariz, as successor to the throne provided Cavallo officially pledged fealty and paid his share of infrastructure costs. Cavallo admitted to the constables that he’d given them the task thinking full well that it was impossible. Cavallo agreed to the terms, and Shakul left to take Cavallo’s response back to the summer court. The constables decided to head for the Griento railhead to deliver the contract to Asteron and persuaded Dr. Recklinghausen to accompany them. With the outbreak under control Wolfgang had little reason to stay in Citado Cavallo.
At the Griento railhead, Asteron was surprised that the constables had managed to arrange a meeting with his mother. Irony opted not to keep Shakul’s involvement a secret as he had initiated the meeting with an anonymous letter. Asteron was gratified that the constables had not stooped to sabotage on the Griento railroad. He’d kept in touch with Glaucia and had received troubling reports from the Liss railroad. Irony had also received troubling news about the weather from Kirk via sending stone, so the meeting with Asteron was a brief one before they made their way back to the Liss railhead.
The constable reunited well after sunset at the Liss railhead camp. The constables had only just gotten each other up to speed on events in both locations when a chorus of howling came from the north. A small army of reptilian ghouls charged the camp led by a team of undead priests riding a skeletal sled mounted with a great dragon skull.
Maddox was the first to react as the ghouls closed in on the camp. He let loose with his typical volley of grenades upon the bone sled, devastating its occupants and effectively destroying the sled. Rai finished the job by stabbing his burning blade into a ghoul’s chest and kicking it into the sled’s remains where it exploded killing the last priest. Two ghouls wearing skin masks attacked from the south as the constables contended with the army of ghouls from the north. They unleashed a terrifying wail that disoriented the constables. After a brief bout of friendly fire, the constables quickly shook off the confusion and struck back at the fiends. The battle ended as abruptly as it began when Irony magically split herself to three locations overlooking the battlefield and invoked the memory of the fall of Srasama to engulf all the ghouls in holy fire.
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