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<blockquote data-quote="Zora" data-source="post: 3112300" data-attributes="member: 30156"><p><strong>Journal entry 10/6/06</strong></p><p></p><p>Well Pepa, it begins.</p><p></p><p>They are telling us that the first and last hours of the Twelve hours of Night are the hardest. And that Set and his minions will attempt to divert the barge to prevent the sun from rising again.</p><p></p><p>I determined to set myself near the rudder, to prevent anything from diverting the barge from its course. However, we were called up front briefly by Liadan to receive Lathander’s righteous blessings upon our weapons. </p><p></p><p>That is of course when the attack started. Cursing myself for abandoning my post for something that initially seemed minor, it would eventually turn out to be my saving.</p><p></p><p>So many horrible things dropped through the sun’s corona it would be near impossible to describe all of them, so I won’t try. Most were burnt to some degree passing through the corona itself, but it would seem the same positive energy the barge emits also affected our enemies, healing their wounds as rapidly as ours.</p><p></p><p>I immediately headed towards the rear of the barge, where an enormous monstrosity with six arms holding 5 weapons landed and made it’s way to the rudder, where Re-Horakhty and Captain Kherp stood. Telemnar joined me, proving the quicker of the two of us. As he engaged and I was about to, a fiery elemental of sorts landed on the barge and started chanting in the middle of symbol of the sun engraved in the deck. I turned and rushed it in an attempt to stop whatever magics it might be attempting to produce. I assumed that much like our rune circles, this symbol might enhance whatever magics it used. I could not allow that.</p><p></p><p>After striking it a couple of times, another terribly large monster landed near the front of the barge: a cadaver collector. Liadan yelled in pain and both she and Nekaya faced off against it, while Liadan was attempting to strike at a nightmare-mounted woman flying around the barge. From their cries, I could tell they were hurt. And seeing Telemnar deftly dancing around the multi-limbed creature to the rear, I went to the aid of Liadan.</p><p></p><p>It would soon be Nekaya that needed the help. I just prayed to Dumathoin that I would not need to be using the burial rites she had just taught me so soon.</p><p></p><p>Truly Grandfather, I was afraid of the collector. It slammed into us with mighty force, but after my initial strike, I could tell it was made of non-living materials. ‘Tis a shame I had to forego my hammer in favor of the adamantine axe I carry, but you’ve always told me “It’s okay to prefer one weapon above others, but don’t forget that all weapons have their uses. If they didn’t everyone would be carrying around battleaxes.”</p><p></p><p>This is when I truly appreciated Lathander’s blessings upon our weapons, as the axe chipped away at the collector, and the righteous blessing allowed it to dig deeper than it normally would have. It grabbed Nekaya and stuck her on the spikes on its back, where she struggled helplessly to escape. I re-doubled my efforts and put everything I had into it before it could grab me and add me to its “collection”. Eventually I was able to destroy it and free Nekaya, and some timely healing from Re-Horakhty kept us all standing.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Re-Horakhty actually spoke where we could truly hear it. It was a glorious sound that was almost more than we could bear. But it healed some of our wounds and Captain Kherp stated that the first part was over, whilst random smaller things attempted to assault the barge, but were easy enough for us to handle.</p><p></p><p>Nekaya has just informed us that the last hour of night is an actual battle with Set.</p><p></p><p>I’m not looking forward to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zora, post: 3112300, member: 30156"] [b]Journal entry 10/6/06[/b] Well Pepa, it begins. They are telling us that the first and last hours of the Twelve hours of Night are the hardest. And that Set and his minions will attempt to divert the barge to prevent the sun from rising again. I determined to set myself near the rudder, to prevent anything from diverting the barge from its course. However, we were called up front briefly by Liadan to receive Lathander’s righteous blessings upon our weapons. That is of course when the attack started. Cursing myself for abandoning my post for something that initially seemed minor, it would eventually turn out to be my saving. So many horrible things dropped through the sun’s corona it would be near impossible to describe all of them, so I won’t try. Most were burnt to some degree passing through the corona itself, but it would seem the same positive energy the barge emits also affected our enemies, healing their wounds as rapidly as ours. I immediately headed towards the rear of the barge, where an enormous monstrosity with six arms holding 5 weapons landed and made it’s way to the rudder, where Re-Horakhty and Captain Kherp stood. Telemnar joined me, proving the quicker of the two of us. As he engaged and I was about to, a fiery elemental of sorts landed on the barge and started chanting in the middle of symbol of the sun engraved in the deck. I turned and rushed it in an attempt to stop whatever magics it might be attempting to produce. I assumed that much like our rune circles, this symbol might enhance whatever magics it used. I could not allow that. After striking it a couple of times, another terribly large monster landed near the front of the barge: a cadaver collector. Liadan yelled in pain and both she and Nekaya faced off against it, while Liadan was attempting to strike at a nightmare-mounted woman flying around the barge. From their cries, I could tell they were hurt. And seeing Telemnar deftly dancing around the multi-limbed creature to the rear, I went to the aid of Liadan. It would soon be Nekaya that needed the help. I just prayed to Dumathoin that I would not need to be using the burial rites she had just taught me so soon. Truly Grandfather, I was afraid of the collector. It slammed into us with mighty force, but after my initial strike, I could tell it was made of non-living materials. ‘Tis a shame I had to forego my hammer in favor of the adamantine axe I carry, but you’ve always told me “It’s okay to prefer one weapon above others, but don’t forget that all weapons have their uses. If they didn’t everyone would be carrying around battleaxes.” This is when I truly appreciated Lathander’s blessings upon our weapons, as the axe chipped away at the collector, and the righteous blessing allowed it to dig deeper than it normally would have. It grabbed Nekaya and stuck her on the spikes on its back, where she struggled helplessly to escape. I re-doubled my efforts and put everything I had into it before it could grab me and add me to its “collection”. Eventually I was able to destroy it and free Nekaya, and some timely healing from Re-Horakhty kept us all standing. Yes, Re-Horakhty actually spoke where we could truly hear it. It was a glorious sound that was almost more than we could bear. But it healed some of our wounds and Captain Kherp stated that the first part was over, whilst random smaller things attempted to assault the barge, but were easy enough for us to handle. Nekaya has just informed us that the last hour of night is an actual battle with Set. I’m not looking forward to that. [/QUOTE]
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