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<blockquote data-quote="Pacio49" data-source="post: 2532703" data-attributes="member: 28472"><p><strong>The Sword of the Last Hope</strong></p><p></p><p>Marcus identified himself as the 'future brother of the Midnight Cabal' and the party took to heart the fact that they would need to find the Sword of the Last Hope. They investigated the scepter and determined that they should next go into the courthouse and look for the gem which had been dropped. Seeing that they still had several daylight hours left, they went into the city below and made their way to the courthouse.</p><p></p><p>When inside the courthouse, they ran into several ghouls, a few zombies, a magical trap that cast 'darkness' on the skylights, and a few wraiths. The clerics were turning quite a few of them, dusting some and repelling others. For the first encounters with Undead, the party did rather well. Narya managed to spot the missing gem down the hole that the ghouls were coming up into the ruins from, and with some spellfire assistance Valar managed to scamper down, grab the gem, and scamper back up again.</p><p></p><p>The party then made to the center of town where they put the gem in the scepter, placed the scepter in a slot on the anvil of Moradin, and twisted the scepter so that the month and day were properly aligned to the current date (they tried the dates in the journal first, then gave up and went one by one. Luckily it was April, or they'd have spent much longer trying to get through the days). One the gemstone of the Deepsetters was hooked up correctly and aligned properly, a ball of golden energy formed, then shot out leaving a faintly glowing trail as it raced its way flying through the city. The party gave a yelp and then followed in hot pursuit.</p><p></p><p>The energy guide led straight to a building which had runes on it marking it as the Hall of Weavers. The ball stopped at the side of the building, then went straight up into the air, and disappeared onto the roof. Narya climbed up and fixed up the rope of climbing, and the party soon followed. There, on the roof, they found a dove cote, and after some prying they managed to find a secret compartment under the fouled nests. Upon opening it up, they found a seven foot long box by four inches wide by four inches deep, coated with lead in which had been scratched the holy symbol of Mysta.</p><p></p><p>Marcus opened the box, revealing that the inside of it was lined in gold and in the box was the Sword of the Last Hope. Actually, it was a double-sword with a slot near the middle that looked like it would accomodate the gem of the Deepsetters. Yovaire took the sword from Marcus, and the n placed the Deepsetter gem in it. The sword of the Last Hope blazed to life, glowing with power, until finally it sent forth a fiery ball of energy up into the sky that raced up into the clouds of the mountainside, aiming in a straight line for the broken tower, the place of the Bone Lord, and the resting place of the Sword of Despair. </p><p></p><p>As the party watched in amazement, they saw storm clouds beginning to amass around the broken tower, and a wave of darkness answered the volley fired off by the Sword of the Last Hope. The party very quickly headed back to their tower, amazed that the darkness fell upon the city so quickly, and the mists rose up from the ground with the chill of the grave. They fled to their tower, and then from there along the carved ledge over the mountain entrance until Narya spotted a concealed path leading into the mountain off of the carved rock ledge. Narya led the way, following the directions in the journals of Tiriel Midnight.</p><p></p><p>The party was amazed to see that the mines of the dwarves were still being worked by the undead, and as they passed several of the more intelligent undead began to follow along behind them, drawn toward their life energy but repulsed by the Sword of the Last Hope. At long last the party arrived at the point where three tunnels diverged. One led upward toward the Bone Lord's domain, and two led downward, but the rightmost tunnel was blocked by a cave-in. The party was accosted there by a few of the wraiths who had been turned back in the courthouse and had finally overcome the turn and located the party. Although the wraiths scored several hits on the party, no one failed their Fortitude saves and lost any Con. (Most upsetting to the DM). </p><p></p><p>The party did some investigation of the cave-in and found that it wasn't actually a cave-in at all, but a cleverly constructed barrier of loose rocks and dirt that had been piled there to stop up the most direct route to the sunless sea. They used spells and the Dire Lion to blast and dig their way through, and they began to slip through one by one when more wraiths attacked. Arien used another of the Wall of Thorns charges from her Staff of the Woodlands to block those following them, and also to prevent anyone from coming down from the Death Knight's land. </p><p></p><p>As half of the party was through the rock pile, Yovaire felt the Sword of the Last Hope begin to throb with anticipation. He saw several figures blasting their way through the thorns as they approached, with the Death Knight wielding a black sword that burned with dark fire flanked by a mummy and a vampire lord. Yovaire and the others dispatched their foes and scrambled down the tunnel, stopping at the sandy shore of a large underground lake, and followed the instructions in the journal, calling out for Merradh to come get them.</p><p></p><p>The ghostly boat appeared almost immediately, and the paladin Merradh arrived quickly. He was human, but his skin seemed to have gone translucent, with light radiating outward from him and ghostly after-trails of energy following his movements. There was one tense moment when the party was half-aboard as the Death Knight and entourage made it down to the shore, but Merradh simply held up his hand and forbade the Bone Lord to come any closer. "They have agreed to pay the price: you have no power over them here. They are mine, now."</p><p></p><p>The Bone Lord gave a contemptuous shrug and simply drew a line in the sand with the Sword of Despair, then retreated with his entourage back up the way he had come.</p><p></p><p>The party had made it! Now they just had to face whatever 'price' Merradh spoke of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pacio49, post: 2532703, member: 28472"] [b]The Sword of the Last Hope[/b] Marcus identified himself as the 'future brother of the Midnight Cabal' and the party took to heart the fact that they would need to find the Sword of the Last Hope. They investigated the scepter and determined that they should next go into the courthouse and look for the gem which had been dropped. Seeing that they still had several daylight hours left, they went into the city below and made their way to the courthouse. When inside the courthouse, they ran into several ghouls, a few zombies, a magical trap that cast 'darkness' on the skylights, and a few wraiths. The clerics were turning quite a few of them, dusting some and repelling others. For the first encounters with Undead, the party did rather well. Narya managed to spot the missing gem down the hole that the ghouls were coming up into the ruins from, and with some spellfire assistance Valar managed to scamper down, grab the gem, and scamper back up again. The party then made to the center of town where they put the gem in the scepter, placed the scepter in a slot on the anvil of Moradin, and twisted the scepter so that the month and day were properly aligned to the current date (they tried the dates in the journal first, then gave up and went one by one. Luckily it was April, or they'd have spent much longer trying to get through the days). One the gemstone of the Deepsetters was hooked up correctly and aligned properly, a ball of golden energy formed, then shot out leaving a faintly glowing trail as it raced its way flying through the city. The party gave a yelp and then followed in hot pursuit. The energy guide led straight to a building which had runes on it marking it as the Hall of Weavers. The ball stopped at the side of the building, then went straight up into the air, and disappeared onto the roof. Narya climbed up and fixed up the rope of climbing, and the party soon followed. There, on the roof, they found a dove cote, and after some prying they managed to find a secret compartment under the fouled nests. Upon opening it up, they found a seven foot long box by four inches wide by four inches deep, coated with lead in which had been scratched the holy symbol of Mysta. Marcus opened the box, revealing that the inside of it was lined in gold and in the box was the Sword of the Last Hope. Actually, it was a double-sword with a slot near the middle that looked like it would accomodate the gem of the Deepsetters. Yovaire took the sword from Marcus, and the n placed the Deepsetter gem in it. The sword of the Last Hope blazed to life, glowing with power, until finally it sent forth a fiery ball of energy up into the sky that raced up into the clouds of the mountainside, aiming in a straight line for the broken tower, the place of the Bone Lord, and the resting place of the Sword of Despair. As the party watched in amazement, they saw storm clouds beginning to amass around the broken tower, and a wave of darkness answered the volley fired off by the Sword of the Last Hope. The party very quickly headed back to their tower, amazed that the darkness fell upon the city so quickly, and the mists rose up from the ground with the chill of the grave. They fled to their tower, and then from there along the carved ledge over the mountain entrance until Narya spotted a concealed path leading into the mountain off of the carved rock ledge. Narya led the way, following the directions in the journals of Tiriel Midnight. The party was amazed to see that the mines of the dwarves were still being worked by the undead, and as they passed several of the more intelligent undead began to follow along behind them, drawn toward their life energy but repulsed by the Sword of the Last Hope. At long last the party arrived at the point where three tunnels diverged. One led upward toward the Bone Lord's domain, and two led downward, but the rightmost tunnel was blocked by a cave-in. The party was accosted there by a few of the wraiths who had been turned back in the courthouse and had finally overcome the turn and located the party. Although the wraiths scored several hits on the party, no one failed their Fortitude saves and lost any Con. (Most upsetting to the DM). The party did some investigation of the cave-in and found that it wasn't actually a cave-in at all, but a cleverly constructed barrier of loose rocks and dirt that had been piled there to stop up the most direct route to the sunless sea. They used spells and the Dire Lion to blast and dig their way through, and they began to slip through one by one when more wraiths attacked. Arien used another of the Wall of Thorns charges from her Staff of the Woodlands to block those following them, and also to prevent anyone from coming down from the Death Knight's land. As half of the party was through the rock pile, Yovaire felt the Sword of the Last Hope begin to throb with anticipation. He saw several figures blasting their way through the thorns as they approached, with the Death Knight wielding a black sword that burned with dark fire flanked by a mummy and a vampire lord. Yovaire and the others dispatched their foes and scrambled down the tunnel, stopping at the sandy shore of a large underground lake, and followed the instructions in the journal, calling out for Merradh to come get them. The ghostly boat appeared almost immediately, and the paladin Merradh arrived quickly. He was human, but his skin seemed to have gone translucent, with light radiating outward from him and ghostly after-trails of energy following his movements. There was one tense moment when the party was half-aboard as the Death Knight and entourage made it down to the shore, but Merradh simply held up his hand and forbade the Bone Lord to come any closer. "They have agreed to pay the price: you have no power over them here. They are mine, now." The Bone Lord gave a contemptuous shrug and simply drew a line in the sand with the Sword of Despair, then retreated with his entourage back up the way he had come. The party had made it! Now they just had to face whatever 'price' Merradh spoke of. [/QUOTE]
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