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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6318587" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 119 - Tatzel</strong></p><p></p><p>There was no time to lose: the hordes of bugbears and ogres encamped outside the palace were beginning to enter in response to the disturbance inside. Nbed was back on his feet and fought his way through stray vampire spawn to join the others in the portal chamber.</p><p> </p><p>They dared not linger to explore the area, but sought instead a way to chase down Ambertain and confront Tatzel. There was a second exit from the chamber, with another black glass door. They were difficult to break and when Redcoat took down one, he found another just behind it.</p><p> </p><p>Nbed dimly remembered that he had been to this place when dominated and thought that the portal chamber connected to spiral stairs via a corridor barred by five such doors. It would be impossible to break them all down in time. There was another way to reach the stairs, but it was guarded by dragonborn and the hallways between there and here were now swarming with vampires, bugbears and ogres.</p><p> </p><p>The Huldregarl then noticed that the shadowy, vaulted ceiling of the chamber was not complete - it was formed from two overlapping plates and gave free access to the upper reaches of the twisted palace - a gaping hole large enough for a dragon to reach the portal chamber, but hidden from plain sight by the gloom. They made their way up in their various fashions and found themselves in an area of marmoreal white stone even more tortuously twisted than elsewhere, like the interior of a cavern carved by fast-flowing water.</p><p> </p><p>They could hear Ambertain addressing Tatzel in draconic. None of them could speak the language, but he was clearly cajoling, goading, beckoning the dragon, who seemed reluctant to show himself. Instead, their intrusion was met by dragonborn warriors, wizards, and archers, kobold slingers and shaman. All were mutated and twisted, their scales (once of varying hues) blackened and slick, with prehensile tendrils and vestigial limbs where they needn't ought to have been. A hard fight ensued, during which Ambertain appeared and cast mind-affecting spells before retreating when Tatzel's minions began to falter. But by the time the last dragonborn fell, the adventurers were bloodied and exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>At last, Ambertain's exhortations drew Tatzel into the fray. The dragon was now wholly corrupted, surrounded by a cloud of fog, within which it could move freely, as if disappearing and reappearing completely. The creature lashed out with its bite and claws and beset the intruders with mad visions. Ambertain kept to the fringes of the fight and hurled more mind-affecting spells.</p><p></p><p>When they got close, they could see that Tatzel was behaving more like a deranged wild animal than a noble dragon tyrant, seeming almost fearful of those he attacked. The dragon was muttering and mumbling to himself, and clutching something jealously to his chest with one foreclaw, a fact that limited him from full combat effectiveness. Nonetheless, the party realised that there was no way they could hope to defeat it, given how hard the last fight had been.</p><p></p><p>Nbed peeled away from the fight and launched himself at Ambertain, who gave a loud, long laugh and declared himself to be the 'vampire master; master even to Thania, who commanded <em>you</em>' then he sought to dominate Nbed as she had done. But Nbed had had enough - and what's more, he now remembered the treachery of Ambertain - how it was the black fey warlock who had ambushed the satyr warband Nbed had summoned and slain them all. He struck the arrogant vampire down, much to Ambertain's surprise.</p><p></p><p>The Huldregarl told Etiotek - the only one of the group who could understand the wave-like hissing produced by the creature - that Tatzel was suffering from the same malady that once afflicted the Huldregarl. The Oak King, too, had been maddened by the blight in this way, and the Huldregarl now remembered that it was Etiotek's song which had soothed him. While Redcoat went toe-to-toe with the dragon and kept it at bay, Etiotek began rubbing his legs and wing-case together to produce that same chirruping tune. Much to everyone's astonishment, the look of wildness left the dragon's eyes and it broke off combat with Redcoat. The whirling mists dissipated and dragon crouched, panting and wary, some distance away, still clutching one claw close to its chest in a calcified, arthritic claw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6318587, member: 79141"] [b]Session 119 - Tatzel[/b] There was no time to lose: the hordes of bugbears and ogres encamped outside the palace were beginning to enter in response to the disturbance inside. Nbed was back on his feet and fought his way through stray vampire spawn to join the others in the portal chamber. They dared not linger to explore the area, but sought instead a way to chase down Ambertain and confront Tatzel. There was a second exit from the chamber, with another black glass door. They were difficult to break and when Redcoat took down one, he found another just behind it. Nbed dimly remembered that he had been to this place when dominated and thought that the portal chamber connected to spiral stairs via a corridor barred by five such doors. It would be impossible to break them all down in time. There was another way to reach the stairs, but it was guarded by dragonborn and the hallways between there and here were now swarming with vampires, bugbears and ogres. The Huldregarl then noticed that the shadowy, vaulted ceiling of the chamber was not complete - it was formed from two overlapping plates and gave free access to the upper reaches of the twisted palace - a gaping hole large enough for a dragon to reach the portal chamber, but hidden from plain sight by the gloom. They made their way up in their various fashions and found themselves in an area of marmoreal white stone even more tortuously twisted than elsewhere, like the interior of a cavern carved by fast-flowing water. They could hear Ambertain addressing Tatzel in draconic. None of them could speak the language, but he was clearly cajoling, goading, beckoning the dragon, who seemed reluctant to show himself. Instead, their intrusion was met by dragonborn warriors, wizards, and archers, kobold slingers and shaman. All were mutated and twisted, their scales (once of varying hues) blackened and slick, with prehensile tendrils and vestigial limbs where they needn't ought to have been. A hard fight ensued, during which Ambertain appeared and cast mind-affecting spells before retreating when Tatzel's minions began to falter. But by the time the last dragonborn fell, the adventurers were bloodied and exhausted. At last, Ambertain's exhortations drew Tatzel into the fray. The dragon was now wholly corrupted, surrounded by a cloud of fog, within which it could move freely, as if disappearing and reappearing completely. The creature lashed out with its bite and claws and beset the intruders with mad visions. Ambertain kept to the fringes of the fight and hurled more mind-affecting spells. When they got close, they could see that Tatzel was behaving more like a deranged wild animal than a noble dragon tyrant, seeming almost fearful of those he attacked. The dragon was muttering and mumbling to himself, and clutching something jealously to his chest with one foreclaw, a fact that limited him from full combat effectiveness. Nonetheless, the party realised that there was no way they could hope to defeat it, given how hard the last fight had been. Nbed peeled away from the fight and launched himself at Ambertain, who gave a loud, long laugh and declared himself to be the 'vampire master; master even to Thania, who commanded [I]you[/I]' then he sought to dominate Nbed as she had done. But Nbed had had enough - and what's more, he now remembered the treachery of Ambertain - how it was the black fey warlock who had ambushed the satyr warband Nbed had summoned and slain them all. He struck the arrogant vampire down, much to Ambertain's surprise. The Huldregarl told Etiotek - the only one of the group who could understand the wave-like hissing produced by the creature - that Tatzel was suffering from the same malady that once afflicted the Huldregarl. The Oak King, too, had been maddened by the blight in this way, and the Huldregarl now remembered that it was Etiotek's song which had soothed him. While Redcoat went toe-to-toe with the dragon and kept it at bay, Etiotek began rubbing his legs and wing-case together to produce that same chirruping tune. Much to everyone's astonishment, the look of wildness left the dragon's eyes and it broke off combat with Redcoat. The whirling mists dissipated and dragon crouched, panting and wary, some distance away, still clutching one claw close to its chest in a calcified, arthritic claw. [/QUOTE]
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