Silver Moon
Adventurer
Chinese Take-out
Chapter 76, “A calling from an unlikely place”, September 28, 1018, 1:30 P.M.
Ebony Shadow returns. She tells the party that she has spoken with the Hengeyokai Elders, and that they will allow the Silver Moon to leave, along with the monster army, Li-Tak's daughters, and the contents of the castle. They want the castle itself, but view the contents as being the rightful property of the girls. They will allow the party to take a maximum of three trips, and are required to use the river as their route.
She also reports that, as Barthrock suggested, she checked on the ship. It appears to be seaworthy, and could be hauled by the giants as a barge.
She then adds that there is one condition to this, namely that they take her with them when they leave. When pressed for the reason she indicates that she has never fit in to this society, but because of the slavers, never had an opportunity to leave before now. She also says that it might be helpful to have somebody teach the girls more of their Hengeyokai heritage. The group decides that Ebony has been trustworthy and open to them, and accepts these terms.
Mojo starts to do some calculations, saying "Let's see, we have to wait for over forty women to pack. It's a good thing that I have an elvan life span, that could take forever."
Cassie and the group check out the library. Looking at the 400 feet of bookcases, 30 feet high, Aradyn comments that "It will take forever to pack all of these up. Inspecting the bookcases, Tokrah discovers that they were not part of the original castle construction, but were put in later, and that the solid oak bookcase is comprised of 150 separate ten-by-eight foot bookcase segments that have been nailed together. He suggests having the bugbears take the sections apart, and each section could then be used as containers to transport the books in. He is sent to get a squadron of Bugbears to begin this task.
The party spends the remainder of the afternoon checking out the castle. They all get together for an elaborate supper, prepared for them by Li-Tak’s daughters. After the meal the group continue to check out the massive building.
Meanwhile, Kim-Sung begins to hear singing in her head, recognizing it as the melodic voice of Finder Wyvernspur. She heads off into a private room of the castle, activates her magical harp, and then begins to communicate with the demigod. Ten minutes later she reduces the harp in size and goes off looking for the rest of the party.
Kim-Sung quickly assembles the party and tells them that she has just heard from Finder Wyvernspur, and that he needs their help. “A demigod needs us?” inquires Fiona. “Demi-yutz is more like it” comments Lono. “Damn it! I told the big guy that we would kick his butt if he screwed this up,” comments Narg, who rants and raves for a few more minutes.
Narg finally calms down, and asks “So Kim, what exactly is going on?" Kim says “I don’t have all the details, but apparently he separated the evil that was Morgarth from Mordenkainen and it then escaped to the Abyss. Finder now has him trapped there, and needs our help to defeat him.” “The Abyss, “ comments Lannon, “My, this gets better every minute.”
“Haven’t we already done enough,” comments Mojo, “This is his screw up. Let him get that other group of his followers to help him.” Kim replies “He can’t. This anti-magic sphere is so powerful that it transcends all planes. He has the Morgarth evil contained within this Anti-Magic Shell’s location on the Abyss. Since he is inside the shell he can only communicate with those who are also inside of the shell that or other planes. That basically means us. He also says that we need to act soon, or else the evil will find a way to escape on its own.”
“And how exactly are we going to get there?” asks Cassie. Kim-Sung answers “Well, you remember that song he taught me on the harp that will draw him to wherever I am. He has now given me an additional chord to that song, which will reverse the spell, and transport me to wherever he is.” “What about the rest of us?” asks Lannon. She replies “The final chord only requires the use of one of my hands. Finder says that if five of you each grab onto a finger of my other hand you will be transported with me.” The group debates the possibility of sending others within the Bags of Holding, but decide not to risk it.
[DM's Note: My primary reference source for the Abyss was the following Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7117/planes/abyss/abyss1.html ].
Chapter 76, “A calling from an unlikely place”, September 28, 1018, 1:30 P.M.
Ebony Shadow returns. She tells the party that she has spoken with the Hengeyokai Elders, and that they will allow the Silver Moon to leave, along with the monster army, Li-Tak's daughters, and the contents of the castle. They want the castle itself, but view the contents as being the rightful property of the girls. They will allow the party to take a maximum of three trips, and are required to use the river as their route.
She also reports that, as Barthrock suggested, she checked on the ship. It appears to be seaworthy, and could be hauled by the giants as a barge.
She then adds that there is one condition to this, namely that they take her with them when they leave. When pressed for the reason she indicates that she has never fit in to this society, but because of the slavers, never had an opportunity to leave before now. She also says that it might be helpful to have somebody teach the girls more of their Hengeyokai heritage. The group decides that Ebony has been trustworthy and open to them, and accepts these terms.
Mojo starts to do some calculations, saying "Let's see, we have to wait for over forty women to pack. It's a good thing that I have an elvan life span, that could take forever."
Cassie and the group check out the library. Looking at the 400 feet of bookcases, 30 feet high, Aradyn comments that "It will take forever to pack all of these up. Inspecting the bookcases, Tokrah discovers that they were not part of the original castle construction, but were put in later, and that the solid oak bookcase is comprised of 150 separate ten-by-eight foot bookcase segments that have been nailed together. He suggests having the bugbears take the sections apart, and each section could then be used as containers to transport the books in. He is sent to get a squadron of Bugbears to begin this task.
The party spends the remainder of the afternoon checking out the castle. They all get together for an elaborate supper, prepared for them by Li-Tak’s daughters. After the meal the group continue to check out the massive building.
Meanwhile, Kim-Sung begins to hear singing in her head, recognizing it as the melodic voice of Finder Wyvernspur. She heads off into a private room of the castle, activates her magical harp, and then begins to communicate with the demigod. Ten minutes later she reduces the harp in size and goes off looking for the rest of the party.
Kim-Sung quickly assembles the party and tells them that she has just heard from Finder Wyvernspur, and that he needs their help. “A demigod needs us?” inquires Fiona. “Demi-yutz is more like it” comments Lono. “Damn it! I told the big guy that we would kick his butt if he screwed this up,” comments Narg, who rants and raves for a few more minutes.
Narg finally calms down, and asks “So Kim, what exactly is going on?" Kim says “I don’t have all the details, but apparently he separated the evil that was Morgarth from Mordenkainen and it then escaped to the Abyss. Finder now has him trapped there, and needs our help to defeat him.” “The Abyss, “ comments Lannon, “My, this gets better every minute.”
“Haven’t we already done enough,” comments Mojo, “This is his screw up. Let him get that other group of his followers to help him.” Kim replies “He can’t. This anti-magic sphere is so powerful that it transcends all planes. He has the Morgarth evil contained within this Anti-Magic Shell’s location on the Abyss. Since he is inside the shell he can only communicate with those who are also inside of the shell that or other planes. That basically means us. He also says that we need to act soon, or else the evil will find a way to escape on its own.”
“And how exactly are we going to get there?” asks Cassie. Kim-Sung answers “Well, you remember that song he taught me on the harp that will draw him to wherever I am. He has now given me an additional chord to that song, which will reverse the spell, and transport me to wherever he is.” “What about the rest of us?” asks Lannon. She replies “The final chord only requires the use of one of my hands. Finder says that if five of you each grab onto a finger of my other hand you will be transported with me.” The group debates the possibility of sending others within the Bags of Holding, but decide not to risk it.
[DM's Note: My primary reference source for the Abyss was the following Internet site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7117/planes/abyss/abyss1.html ].