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<blockquote data-quote="Eosin the Red" data-source="post: 3446944" data-attributes="member: 168"><p><strong>Hiblus the Necromancer</strong></p><p>Lady Brennica proved to be a skilled hostess and eager for news of the raids. She renewed her oath of loyalty to Duke Wingate through his son and proxy, Kaid.</p><p></p><p>While in Highvale, the travelers rescued Hiblus the Black from the freak show of an itinerant circus where his charred, liquefied form earned him top billing as the “slug-man.” Hiblus readily admitted to deeds black enough to earn death a thousand times over which were attested to by Arron and Freya, both had survived his attentions as youths in the School of Peers.</p><p></p><p>Apparently, Hiblus had opposed Prince Rafn over some deed so foul that even a mass murderer and torturer such as himself could not stand by without trying to stop it. He lost the encounter with Rafn. The knowledge of what prompted him to oppose Rafn was no longer his. </p><p></p><p><strong>To Ridgewall</strong></p><p><em>Ridgewall is the most secure fortress in all of Middea – and boastfully— within the world. The fortress is situated atop a 200 mile long cliff face that ranges in height from 50 feet to 125 feet. The wall, while assailable in many places without rope, prevents any real mass assault. At the foot of the Fortress is a smaller fortification called Breaker Keep – to gain access to the narrow defile leading up the exposed cliff face one must first take the well fortified lower fortress while it defends itself. To make the task more harrowing arrows and worse rain down from the fortress proper. Many of the best generals will not even consider a siege, instead leaving a contingent of men out of bow shot to hem the garrison in. </em></p><p></p><p>The news learned from Hiblus was alarming enough that Kaid felt Duke Wingate, his father, should be notified immediately. However, the Duke had left Orenstone for the Fortress at Ridgewall shortly after the companions had left a few months earlier. He had indicated plans to spend the summer closer to the troubled areas in the Eastern Marches. </p><p></p><p>The travelers arrived at Ridgewall in high summer with a problem on their hands. Isolde was with Torean’s child and was in poor traveling shape. A quiet wedding was arraigned. </p><p></p><p>Kier Wingate, Kaids’ older half-brother and heir to the Wingate lands, was in command of the fortress. Duke Wingate and Isam Fenthalion, the commander of Ridgewall, were in the field with the armies of the Eastern March. Kier divulged his plans to enter the Ravenswood with a small number of cavalry to meet an army that had skirted his fathers own troops. </p><p></p><p><strong>Into the Ravenswood</strong></p><p><em>The Ravenswood was once an ideal sylvan type woods, but that was nearly a generation ago before the war between Middea and Lorain. The Mad Prince of Lorain, Weslyn Ragnerik claimed the throne of Middea as his own and with the support of Numeria he attacked and seized the land that now bears his mother’s name — Lorain. In the intervening 18 years, seasonal campaigns have fed the Ravenswood nothing but steel, blood, and misery. Now the lands, even the trees, are suffused with the power of death, a power that fuels necromantic magic. The balance of Élan (magic) is slanted so greatly in favor of necromancy that more benign wizards have watched their power wane.</em></p><p></p><p>Kier's plans prompted the group to enter the infamous Ravenswoods in search of Duke Wingate and his army.</p><p></p><p>[DM Note: Torean discovered a small note from Isolde shortly after entering the Ravenswood. It said, <em>“Beware of the man cloaked in black, if you face him you will die. Use the silvered blade against the nightwalker. It is difficult to explain my visions. I hope that when the time comes it will make sense."</em>]</p><p></p><p>Not long after entering the forest the party was attacked by infernal creatures and one of Rafn’s personal guards. The battle was closely fought. Without the wizardry of Kaid and Freya, there is little doubt that the demonic creatures would have overwhelmed the warriors. [DM Note: The party has never figured out how they were discovered.]</p><p></p><p>Days later, the travelers discovered the dukes army engaged in a running battle through Old Bone Pass with an army bolstered by the strength of necromantic magic. The black arts were being used to harass the Dukes army with attacks by the risen dead.</p><p></p><p>A plan was hatched by the Duke to counter the magic of the necromancer with the wizardry commanded by Kaid and his companions. The necromancer was slain but at the loss of several good men to a black troll who guarded him. The battle itself seemed lost until Torean recalled the cryptic warning from his wife after he mistakenly pulled a silvered dagger that reminded him of the prophecy. The party believes the message to mean that Torean would have died if he had faced the Black Troll <em>[DM Note: a man whose soul has been corrupted]</em> and that the nightwalker was the necromancer (or something worse?) whom he slew with a silvered dagger. The dagger punched through arcane defenses that had rebuffed Arron and Kaid’s most fearsome attacks. </p><p></p><p>The duke continued the fighting retreat while laying a trap the next morning. Several ambushes by the group and others had left the enemy supply train crippled and the army cut off from food and supplies. However, the rumored second army [the one being hunted by Kier Wingate] cut off any further retreat by the Duke. A ruinous battle was fought in the depths of a steep valley that left all three armies crippled. Kaid and his companions prevented the total destruction of his father’s army and were lauded as heroes for the second time.</p><p></p><p>The remains of the army limped back to Ridgewall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eosin the Red, post: 3446944, member: 168"] [B]Hiblus the Necromancer[/B] Lady Brennica proved to be a skilled hostess and eager for news of the raids. She renewed her oath of loyalty to Duke Wingate through his son and proxy, Kaid. While in Highvale, the travelers rescued Hiblus the Black from the freak show of an itinerant circus where his charred, liquefied form earned him top billing as the “slug-man.” Hiblus readily admitted to deeds black enough to earn death a thousand times over which were attested to by Arron and Freya, both had survived his attentions as youths in the School of Peers. Apparently, Hiblus had opposed Prince Rafn over some deed so foul that even a mass murderer and torturer such as himself could not stand by without trying to stop it. He lost the encounter with Rafn. The knowledge of what prompted him to oppose Rafn was no longer his. [B]To Ridgewall[/B] [I]Ridgewall is the most secure fortress in all of Middea – and boastfully— within the world. The fortress is situated atop a 200 mile long cliff face that ranges in height from 50 feet to 125 feet. The wall, while assailable in many places without rope, prevents any real mass assault. At the foot of the Fortress is a smaller fortification called Breaker Keep – to gain access to the narrow defile leading up the exposed cliff face one must first take the well fortified lower fortress while it defends itself. To make the task more harrowing arrows and worse rain down from the fortress proper. Many of the best generals will not even consider a siege, instead leaving a contingent of men out of bow shot to hem the garrison in. [/I] The news learned from Hiblus was alarming enough that Kaid felt Duke Wingate, his father, should be notified immediately. However, the Duke had left Orenstone for the Fortress at Ridgewall shortly after the companions had left a few months earlier. He had indicated plans to spend the summer closer to the troubled areas in the Eastern Marches. The travelers arrived at Ridgewall in high summer with a problem on their hands. Isolde was with Torean’s child and was in poor traveling shape. A quiet wedding was arraigned. Kier Wingate, Kaids’ older half-brother and heir to the Wingate lands, was in command of the fortress. Duke Wingate and Isam Fenthalion, the commander of Ridgewall, were in the field with the armies of the Eastern March. Kier divulged his plans to enter the Ravenswood with a small number of cavalry to meet an army that had skirted his fathers own troops. [B]Into the Ravenswood[/B] [I]The Ravenswood was once an ideal sylvan type woods, but that was nearly a generation ago before the war between Middea and Lorain. The Mad Prince of Lorain, Weslyn Ragnerik claimed the throne of Middea as his own and with the support of Numeria he attacked and seized the land that now bears his mother’s name — Lorain. In the intervening 18 years, seasonal campaigns have fed the Ravenswood nothing but steel, blood, and misery. Now the lands, even the trees, are suffused with the power of death, a power that fuels necromantic magic. The balance of Élan (magic) is slanted so greatly in favor of necromancy that more benign wizards have watched their power wane.[/I] Kier's plans prompted the group to enter the infamous Ravenswoods in search of Duke Wingate and his army. [DM Note: Torean discovered a small note from Isolde shortly after entering the Ravenswood. It said, [I]“Beware of the man cloaked in black, if you face him you will die. Use the silvered blade against the nightwalker. It is difficult to explain my visions. I hope that when the time comes it will make sense."[/I]] Not long after entering the forest the party was attacked by infernal creatures and one of Rafn’s personal guards. The battle was closely fought. Without the wizardry of Kaid and Freya, there is little doubt that the demonic creatures would have overwhelmed the warriors. [DM Note: The party has never figured out how they were discovered.] Days later, the travelers discovered the dukes army engaged in a running battle through Old Bone Pass with an army bolstered by the strength of necromantic magic. The black arts were being used to harass the Dukes army with attacks by the risen dead. A plan was hatched by the Duke to counter the magic of the necromancer with the wizardry commanded by Kaid and his companions. The necromancer was slain but at the loss of several good men to a black troll who guarded him. The battle itself seemed lost until Torean recalled the cryptic warning from his wife after he mistakenly pulled a silvered dagger that reminded him of the prophecy. The party believes the message to mean that Torean would have died if he had faced the Black Troll [I][DM Note: a man whose soul has been corrupted][/I] and that the nightwalker was the necromancer (or something worse?) whom he slew with a silvered dagger. The dagger punched through arcane defenses that had rebuffed Arron and Kaid’s most fearsome attacks. The duke continued the fighting retreat while laying a trap the next morning. Several ambushes by the group and others had left the enemy supply train crippled and the army cut off from food and supplies. However, the rumored second army [the one being hunted by Kier Wingate] cut off any further retreat by the Duke. A ruinous battle was fought in the depths of a steep valley that left all three armies crippled. Kaid and his companions prevented the total destruction of his father’s army and were lauded as heroes for the second time. The remains of the army limped back to Ridgewall. [/QUOTE]
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