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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6305475" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 116</strong></p><p></p><p>When the Huldregaarl drained the primal power of the blighted Oak King, it also gained some of his knowledge and memories. They assaulted the Huldregaarl's mind in a jumble which caused the creature to jolt and shake. His companions realised something was afoot and, in seeking to aid it, helped the creature to make sense of what it had learned. Etiotek then interpreted for the group:</p><p></p><p>The Huldregaarl confirmed what they already knew - that the blight had spread across the entire upper dreaming all and once and fully formed: that the landscape had changed instantaneously, although everyone felt they had a dim memory of its gradual spread. Leon and the other magic-users agreed that the level of power required to make this happen was unimaginable.</p><p></p><p>Gradually, other facts emerged - news that had reached the Oak King before the blight finally overcame him: The Birch Queen's Fair had been burned to the ground by her sister Jenny Greenteeth; The Rowan King was dead, his armies destroyed or defected to the new power - bugbears and ogres had gone to join the dark fey at the Palace of the River King; that Palace was now the seat of power for Tatzel and his allies - a host of dark fey vampires.</p><p></p><p>The group decided to travel to the Birch Queen's Fair. Once again, Ascodel summoned giant eagles to take them there. The Fair had indeed been razed. Charred bodies were scattered everywhere. They made camp while they poked about among the ashes. Shuffling footsteps told them of the approach of the Lizardman Minister, whom they had last encountered at the River King's Palace. He had traveled here to warn the Birch Queen of the approaching danger, but had arrived too late. </p><p></p><p>Leon talked with him, to mine what knowledge he could, telling him everything about his experiences - from the strange sense of deja vu to the sudden shifts in time and place. When he was in full possession of all the facts, the minister suggested that the dragon's possession of the crystal tesseract (stolen from unit B some months ago) might account for these effects, for the idol was attuned to the plan of time. And the jade leviathan, while conferring great stealth upon the wielder, also had the power to corrupt (which is why Leon had always been wary of using it).</p><p></p><p>They asked the Minister if he wanted to travel with them but he declined - they would be safer without him, and he without them, he said. His greatest ability was to travel unnoticed 'if a little slowly'. If he traveled with them they would have to worry about keeping him safe. So they set off for the Palace of the River King, on the backs of summoned eagles.</p><p></p><p>From a distance they could see that the Palace had changed. The beautiful, bright, white architecture had been twisted into strange organic forms, though the outer walls retained their integrity. An army was decamped on the plain beside the river, and the spidery black forms of vampiric black fey crawled over the battlements. Ascodel and Nbed set off to scout - Nbed taking gaseous form; Ascodel using a spell to make himself invisible. They entered the Palace through an upper window and found the interior to be almost cave-like, with a series of chambers and interconnecting tunnels. Many of the chambers were resting places for the vampires. Other areas were guarded by mutated dragonborn and were sealed by black glass doors.</p><p></p><p>Nbed saw Thania, his erstwhile mistress, moving around the Palace, clearly in a position of some authority. When the coast was clear, he adopted her form and bluffed his way past the dragonborn, finding himself in a chamber which crackling with the energy of five swirling portals, linked to a central dais upon which stood an object so brightly lit that Nbed could not scrutinize it for long.</p><p></p><p>Standing around the dais were several figures: Jenny Greenteeth, the hag who once served as the River King's debt collector; Ambertain the Black, a dark fey warlock who Nbed could see at once was now a vampire (he gestured at 'Thania' to wait and not disturb this gathering); three more hags - one with blue skin, and with the stink of the swamp about her; another wearing black plate armour and a huge greatsword; a third hooded and cloaked and dripping salt water; and a beautiful eladrin woman.</p><p></p><p>Nbed suddenly remembered that it had been Ambertain who led the fey that had slaughtered his kinsmen. His fingers twitched but he controlled his desire to lash out and tried to listen to their words.</p><p></p><p>Before he could hear much of import, the black glass door behind him scraped open and he turned to find himself face to face with Thania!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6305475, member: 79141"] [b]Session 116[/b] When the Huldregaarl drained the primal power of the blighted Oak King, it also gained some of his knowledge and memories. They assaulted the Huldregaarl's mind in a jumble which caused the creature to jolt and shake. His companions realised something was afoot and, in seeking to aid it, helped the creature to make sense of what it had learned. Etiotek then interpreted for the group: The Huldregaarl confirmed what they already knew - that the blight had spread across the entire upper dreaming all and once and fully formed: that the landscape had changed instantaneously, although everyone felt they had a dim memory of its gradual spread. Leon and the other magic-users agreed that the level of power required to make this happen was unimaginable. Gradually, other facts emerged - news that had reached the Oak King before the blight finally overcame him: The Birch Queen's Fair had been burned to the ground by her sister Jenny Greenteeth; The Rowan King was dead, his armies destroyed or defected to the new power - bugbears and ogres had gone to join the dark fey at the Palace of the River King; that Palace was now the seat of power for Tatzel and his allies - a host of dark fey vampires. The group decided to travel to the Birch Queen's Fair. Once again, Ascodel summoned giant eagles to take them there. The Fair had indeed been razed. Charred bodies were scattered everywhere. They made camp while they poked about among the ashes. Shuffling footsteps told them of the approach of the Lizardman Minister, whom they had last encountered at the River King's Palace. He had traveled here to warn the Birch Queen of the approaching danger, but had arrived too late. Leon talked with him, to mine what knowledge he could, telling him everything about his experiences - from the strange sense of deja vu to the sudden shifts in time and place. When he was in full possession of all the facts, the minister suggested that the dragon's possession of the crystal tesseract (stolen from unit B some months ago) might account for these effects, for the idol was attuned to the plan of time. And the jade leviathan, while conferring great stealth upon the wielder, also had the power to corrupt (which is why Leon had always been wary of using it). They asked the Minister if he wanted to travel with them but he declined - they would be safer without him, and he without them, he said. His greatest ability was to travel unnoticed 'if a little slowly'. If he traveled with them they would have to worry about keeping him safe. So they set off for the Palace of the River King, on the backs of summoned eagles. From a distance they could see that the Palace had changed. The beautiful, bright, white architecture had been twisted into strange organic forms, though the outer walls retained their integrity. An army was decamped on the plain beside the river, and the spidery black forms of vampiric black fey crawled over the battlements. Ascodel and Nbed set off to scout - Nbed taking gaseous form; Ascodel using a spell to make himself invisible. They entered the Palace through an upper window and found the interior to be almost cave-like, with a series of chambers and interconnecting tunnels. Many of the chambers were resting places for the vampires. Other areas were guarded by mutated dragonborn and were sealed by black glass doors. Nbed saw Thania, his erstwhile mistress, moving around the Palace, clearly in a position of some authority. When the coast was clear, he adopted her form and bluffed his way past the dragonborn, finding himself in a chamber which crackling with the energy of five swirling portals, linked to a central dais upon which stood an object so brightly lit that Nbed could not scrutinize it for long. Standing around the dais were several figures: Jenny Greenteeth, the hag who once served as the River King's debt collector; Ambertain the Black, a dark fey warlock who Nbed could see at once was now a vampire (he gestured at 'Thania' to wait and not disturb this gathering); three more hags - one with blue skin, and with the stink of the swamp about her; another wearing black plate armour and a huge greatsword; a third hooded and cloaked and dripping salt water; and a beautiful eladrin woman. Nbed suddenly remembered that it had been Ambertain who led the fey that had slaughtered his kinsmen. His fingers twitched but he controlled his desire to lash out and tried to listen to their words. Before he could hear much of import, the black glass door behind him scraped open and he turned to find himself face to face with Thania! [/QUOTE]
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