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Shilsen's Eberron SH (Finished - The Last Word : 9/20/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2822191" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Written by AviLazar:</p><p></p><p>Session 25 - March 4, 2006</p><p></p><p>We walk through the cavern, and enter a room only to see a Silver Dragon as it is about to breath heavily upon us a blast of cold. Most of us are able to make it OK from the blast and we quickly jump into battle. After a few moments I notice the dragon has some lesions on it. I start to run up to fight and my boots take control; I start to dance – only to realize my boots are cursed with Otto's Irresistible Dance! I drop to the floor, and through grace of the Silver Flame am able to remove the boots. This wastes valuable time, and the rest of the group is in their grove. Nameless casts his area spells, but catches Arrok – on purpose – inside the sphere. Note: I need to speak to Nameless about sacrificing group members for his plots. While it turned out OK in this instance, it is not OK to sacrifice group members. The ends do not justify the means. The dragon begins to radiate her fear power, which I am – through the grace of the Silver Flame – immune to. My convictions, and courage inspire the group and help those near me, though Six and Corven are terrified – and rightfully so. </p><p></p><p>Six tries to talk to the dragon – why I do not know, but even with my skill in diplomacy, I do not try such a tactic – as I think it would be a waste. The dragon responds and tells us she will kill us.</p><p></p><p>Finally, after removing the boots I am able to get up, I charge the dragon and call upon the power of the Silver flame to smite her causing some serious wounds in two hits. While hurting the Tyrass, it also draws her attention. She bites down on me and after I fall, she slams me with one of her wings – winking me out of consciousness. </p><p></p><p>I wake up later, to find the dragon dead and Nameless bathing in it's blood – drinking as deeply as possible. He shouts to us "Bathe in the blood" and I do so, but I do not drink it. Nameless has a crazed look in his eye, and this worries me – especially considering what he likes to delve into. The ground starts to shake, and the group runs down a corridor. We encounter two iron golems along the way, but Nameless is able to control them – probably due to the drinking of the Tyrass's blood. We then climb onto Luna, who is in dragon form and she bounds off taking us faster then we could normally run.</p><p></p><p>The group mentions the dragon said "The sword is the key, but the key is not the sword." Everyone looks at me, and then at Kizmet. I tell them it was a good thing we went and rescued Kizmet, though I worry if I will have to sacrifice Kizmet to stop this menace. We finally reach our destination.</p><p></p><p>We prepare ourselves for what will have to be a huge battle – and luckily we do. There is a mist in front of us, and my dark vision cannot penetrate it. We hold onto each other and walk through – but only a short walk. What we see is a large chamber, and in the center of it is a dimensional seal. This is similar to one we have seen in our earlier exploits – when we met the druid Gurr'khan. On the seal lays a two foot long dragon shard and a column of light. </p><p></p><p>We then feel this imposing presence on our heads, and we get a view of Eberron from high above the sky. We see creatures next to us – and they stare at Eberron and we realize they shape Eberron to their will. It is a strange sight, and I think this information will be valuable to the church. </p><p></p><p>Nameless summons his bison and there is some grin on his face – I am not sure why, but it looks like he is chuckling to himself. Then, Nameless does something very uncharacteristic of him – and I later find out it was due to some vision – he flies towards the dragon shard to grab it, putting himself in harms way of the Dalkyr that just materialized – though not fully. After he grabs it, he flies back and tells us that we need to sacrifice our health for the dragon shard to work. I sacrifice everything I have, short of dropping me unconscious. </p><p></p><p>A beam of light shoots from the dragon shard and hits that daelkyr in the chest. The creature looks injured and I step into action. Corven destroys the tail of the daelkyr, removing a great threat. Six trips the creature, while the Bison continue their assault. I charge up ahead and raise Kizmet to strike at it, when a vision enters my head.</p><p></p><p>I am at the Battle of Grace, looking through the eyes of my father. I know this, because I can feel Kizmet in my hands, and I can see my limp body a few feet away. I feel anguish at the falling of my son, and then a sensation pervades my body – Kizmet is giving me a command. I raise Kizmet to the sky and an intense shimmering field surrounds me and the demon – the demon is banished. </p><p></p><p>Instead of swinging Kizmet onto the creature, I hold it up and a shimmering light appears. The same as before, the field engulfs the daelkyr and the creature's skin starts to flake away. Then the daelkyr says something odd, something I do not learn until later due to the nature of the language. It calls me a fiend. I am not sure why it would call me that – but I do not think it was lying – as it has no need to lie. I also do not think it was incorrect. I then get slammed by the daelkyr by a wave of force and I hit the wall – unconscious. A moment later, Dala stands next to me healing me – the first thing on my mind is the lack of sentience from Kizmet, in addition to that – all of it's previous power – I do not sense it. This seems to happen often, but not having time to dwell on some issue I stand up and try and exorcise it hoping to stun it for a moment. Unfortunately, there is no effect on the creature. The group continues to pound it, with more bison being summoned. Everyone begins working on trying to get the daelkr into the seal and as he gets close the seal absorbs him. </p><p></p><p>The dragon shard, all of a sudden, leaves Nameless and is placed into the dimensional seal, firmly in place and hopefully keeping what is there locked up. The ground begins to shake, and Nameless spies another Dragon shard. He grabs it, holding onto it tightly. We mount up on Luna and get out of there as soon as possible. We charge the way up as the mountain starts to collapse on our heads.</p><p></p><p>A few moments later we all rouse up, realizing we are stuck under a mountain of rubble – probably going to die here. We can still hear rumbling in the distance, and then the dragon shard starts to glow and a sphere of some kind emerges – growing ever so, encompassing all of us and moving the rocks out of the way. The dragon shard flies up, taking us to safety and as we are in the air we can see the mass destruction. Nameless, Luna and Corven mumble the words "storm of vengeance" There is a huge flash of light, and as we turn around we can see the entire area was vaporized, and the island just sank. We land on a barron piece of rock, what could arguably be called an island. </p><p></p><p>We spend the next few days identifying the items we found and splitting them up. I got the ring I tried on earlier – Nameless finally agreeing with me. He is more happy about this decision because he can then use his poisonous spells without having to worry if I will get hindered by them. Luna, Six, and Nameless delve into the water to look for anything they can find, and only do find some mundane artifacts which we give to Dala.</p><p></p><p>Nameless straps the dragon shard to his wait, which given his size – a two foot long piece looks odd. He says he will hold onto the shard and we should keep it a secret. We start to argue. I tell him that he is not going to hold onto it- none of us are. We are simply not equipped to be a safe house for this device – which we have no idea what it is capable of. For fifteen days we argue, while the rest of the group contemplates suicide or drowning Nameless and I. </p><p></p><p>Finally the boat arrives, and we start making our way back to Stormreach. I receive a couple of letters from my mother, and grandmother as well as a letter from Lalia. I write back to them. We prepare to head back to Sharn – and I am looking forward to getting there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 2822191, member: 198"] Written by AviLazar: Session 25 - March 4, 2006 We walk through the cavern, and enter a room only to see a Silver Dragon as it is about to breath heavily upon us a blast of cold. Most of us are able to make it OK from the blast and we quickly jump into battle. After a few moments I notice the dragon has some lesions on it. I start to run up to fight and my boots take control; I start to dance – only to realize my boots are cursed with Otto's Irresistible Dance! I drop to the floor, and through grace of the Silver Flame am able to remove the boots. This wastes valuable time, and the rest of the group is in their grove. Nameless casts his area spells, but catches Arrok – on purpose – inside the sphere. Note: I need to speak to Nameless about sacrificing group members for his plots. While it turned out OK in this instance, it is not OK to sacrifice group members. The ends do not justify the means. The dragon begins to radiate her fear power, which I am – through the grace of the Silver Flame – immune to. My convictions, and courage inspire the group and help those near me, though Six and Corven are terrified – and rightfully so. Six tries to talk to the dragon – why I do not know, but even with my skill in diplomacy, I do not try such a tactic – as I think it would be a waste. The dragon responds and tells us she will kill us. Finally, after removing the boots I am able to get up, I charge the dragon and call upon the power of the Silver flame to smite her causing some serious wounds in two hits. While hurting the Tyrass, it also draws her attention. She bites down on me and after I fall, she slams me with one of her wings – winking me out of consciousness. I wake up later, to find the dragon dead and Nameless bathing in it's blood – drinking as deeply as possible. He shouts to us "Bathe in the blood" and I do so, but I do not drink it. Nameless has a crazed look in his eye, and this worries me – especially considering what he likes to delve into. The ground starts to shake, and the group runs down a corridor. We encounter two iron golems along the way, but Nameless is able to control them – probably due to the drinking of the Tyrass's blood. We then climb onto Luna, who is in dragon form and she bounds off taking us faster then we could normally run. The group mentions the dragon said "The sword is the key, but the key is not the sword." Everyone looks at me, and then at Kizmet. I tell them it was a good thing we went and rescued Kizmet, though I worry if I will have to sacrifice Kizmet to stop this menace. We finally reach our destination. We prepare ourselves for what will have to be a huge battle – and luckily we do. There is a mist in front of us, and my dark vision cannot penetrate it. We hold onto each other and walk through – but only a short walk. What we see is a large chamber, and in the center of it is a dimensional seal. This is similar to one we have seen in our earlier exploits – when we met the druid Gurr'khan. On the seal lays a two foot long dragon shard and a column of light. We then feel this imposing presence on our heads, and we get a view of Eberron from high above the sky. We see creatures next to us – and they stare at Eberron and we realize they shape Eberron to their will. It is a strange sight, and I think this information will be valuable to the church. Nameless summons his bison and there is some grin on his face – I am not sure why, but it looks like he is chuckling to himself. Then, Nameless does something very uncharacteristic of him – and I later find out it was due to some vision – he flies towards the dragon shard to grab it, putting himself in harms way of the Dalkyr that just materialized – though not fully. After he grabs it, he flies back and tells us that we need to sacrifice our health for the dragon shard to work. I sacrifice everything I have, short of dropping me unconscious. A beam of light shoots from the dragon shard and hits that daelkyr in the chest. The creature looks injured and I step into action. Corven destroys the tail of the daelkyr, removing a great threat. Six trips the creature, while the Bison continue their assault. I charge up ahead and raise Kizmet to strike at it, when a vision enters my head. I am at the Battle of Grace, looking through the eyes of my father. I know this, because I can feel Kizmet in my hands, and I can see my limp body a few feet away. I feel anguish at the falling of my son, and then a sensation pervades my body – Kizmet is giving me a command. I raise Kizmet to the sky and an intense shimmering field surrounds me and the demon – the demon is banished. Instead of swinging Kizmet onto the creature, I hold it up and a shimmering light appears. The same as before, the field engulfs the daelkyr and the creature's skin starts to flake away. Then the daelkyr says something odd, something I do not learn until later due to the nature of the language. It calls me a fiend. I am not sure why it would call me that – but I do not think it was lying – as it has no need to lie. I also do not think it was incorrect. I then get slammed by the daelkyr by a wave of force and I hit the wall – unconscious. A moment later, Dala stands next to me healing me – the first thing on my mind is the lack of sentience from Kizmet, in addition to that – all of it's previous power – I do not sense it. This seems to happen often, but not having time to dwell on some issue I stand up and try and exorcise it hoping to stun it for a moment. Unfortunately, there is no effect on the creature. The group continues to pound it, with more bison being summoned. Everyone begins working on trying to get the daelkr into the seal and as he gets close the seal absorbs him. The dragon shard, all of a sudden, leaves Nameless and is placed into the dimensional seal, firmly in place and hopefully keeping what is there locked up. The ground begins to shake, and Nameless spies another Dragon shard. He grabs it, holding onto it tightly. We mount up on Luna and get out of there as soon as possible. We charge the way up as the mountain starts to collapse on our heads. A few moments later we all rouse up, realizing we are stuck under a mountain of rubble – probably going to die here. We can still hear rumbling in the distance, and then the dragon shard starts to glow and a sphere of some kind emerges – growing ever so, encompassing all of us and moving the rocks out of the way. The dragon shard flies up, taking us to safety and as we are in the air we can see the mass destruction. Nameless, Luna and Corven mumble the words "storm of vengeance" There is a huge flash of light, and as we turn around we can see the entire area was vaporized, and the island just sank. We land on a barron piece of rock, what could arguably be called an island. We spend the next few days identifying the items we found and splitting them up. I got the ring I tried on earlier – Nameless finally agreeing with me. He is more happy about this decision because he can then use his poisonous spells without having to worry if I will get hindered by them. Luna, Six, and Nameless delve into the water to look for anything they can find, and only do find some mundane artifacts which we give to Dala. Nameless straps the dragon shard to his wait, which given his size – a two foot long piece looks odd. He says he will hold onto the shard and we should keep it a secret. We start to argue. I tell him that he is not going to hold onto it- none of us are. We are simply not equipped to be a safe house for this device – which we have no idea what it is capable of. For fifteen days we argue, while the rest of the group contemplates suicide or drowning Nameless and I. Finally the boat arrives, and we start making our way back to Stormreach. I receive a couple of letters from my mother, and grandmother as well as a letter from Lalia. I write back to them. We prepare to head back to Sharn – and I am looking forward to getting there. [/QUOTE]
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