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<blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 5541638" data-attributes="member: 5675"><p>16th April</p><p></p><p>* So we still find ourselves in the village / caves of the Seela, the race of singing fairyfolk that are bound to the forest. Having weighed up our options we decide upon our plan of action, visiting the Hag of the Lake (Gwenlyn) and retrieving the lock of Anyariel’s hair with which to make contact with Timbre the dryad that leaves in the first tree of the forest and is guarded constantly by large indomitable creatures of fire.</p><p></p><p>* Recalling mentions that the Seela often offered her gifts of meat we hunt down a beast of the forest, douse its flames in the river and then take our gift to her. Following the lake we eventually find a little offshoot leading to a large pool of grey ashen water, wading through the water until we find a small island, on top of which dotted amongst the burning bushes and plants are ornaments of bone and stones that seem to arranged in some sort of tranquillity garden.</p><p></p><p>* Urien takes charge here, first merely called for the hag, and when that gets no response he hails he by name, the water ripples slightly and she rises from the water inches from him, the nauseous aura rippling from her almost overpowers him but he resists the reflex, swallowing hard to keep his composure. “Oh my dearest, the jealous here come to gaze upon our love” she starts before her ode turns slightly poisonous and immediately calls us upon our reasons for seeing her.</p><p></p><p>o Urien being close to her spies that she is not “ugly” as you would expect of a hag, merely tainted, she still moves with unearthly grace and agility, but as if some how cracked or broken beneath.</p><p></p><p>o Meanwhile the others notice that the lock of hair is not about her, we must learn where she has hidden it.</p><p></p><p>* Urien protests our innocence, twisting her accusations towards the idea of mere knowledge, we wished to hear her side of the story, how she was wronged and turned upon, and it is while telling her story that she seems to have a moment of clarity, a single crystal clear tear rolls down her cheek and drips into the ashen water instantly purifying the water around it. She confesses to herself the Anyariel, her love is dead, more tears fall and suddenly she throws her head back and wails in grief.</p><p></p><p>* Shortly after she bids us to follow her, she turns and wades back towards the island, diving underneath and into a small cave hidden in the hollow of the island. Inside the cave is a small shrine, a huge polished mirror (in a very cracked and broken frame) and an assortment of shiny things amongst various ruined pieces of furniture.</p><p></p><p>* She takes the hair from the shrine and hands it to the paladin, already the changes across her are visible, and the dirt begins to flake from her skin and hair as she begins reverting to her true form as a lake nymph. She must travel to a shrine further up the river to regain her strength, but as reward for opening her eyes she gives us the treasures of her cave and her blessing (which allows us to swim through the water like fish until the next sunrise) and so she departs, the ashen water filters turning crystal clear behind her as she slips through the water and vanishes from view.</p><p></p><p>* Armed with the lock of hair we can now try to track down Timbre, Tilljam gives us the directions we need and soon we’re approaching the huge willow tree that is the First Tree of the Forest (naturally burning). Herds of Fiery Stags and Boars form a protective ring around the forest but they spread as we present the hair, a figure peels itself from the burning trunk and steps towards us.</p><p></p><p>* After a little chit chat finally we get some answers as she tells us the history of the wood and how the first tree was planted by a Gold Dragon (keen gardeners obviously) at a key location, here the ley lines of the feywild touch very closely to our world, the seed was further blessed by a deity of the wilds so that it grew in both the material world and the feywild and soon grew into a mighty forest in this world and theirs.</p><p></p><p>* This link drew the Seela to the forest, forming a bond with the first tree, and soon elves came from the Feywild to the Material Plane and settled.</p><p></p><p>* But of course peace doesn’t last eternal and various wars and battles were fought with Timbre picking her lover Anyariel as a guardian of the forest, giving her a branch from the First Tree (and thus part of her self) is was carved into a weapon used to defend the forest.</p><p></p><p>* Then came Indomitability, who couldn’t be defeated and mortally wounded Anyariel, who then used the sword to imprison the stag, pinning it beneath the lake. When she died “ownership” of the blade passed to the stag as it lay stabbed through his heart and his own twisted link passed through to the forest, to ever burn but never die.</p><p></p><p>* The sword is the Key, being a part of the first tree the Seela are still bound to it, should the blade be pulled free and the stag slain the forest will have a new guardian, and through them the Seela will be saved. The forest will grow again and in time life will once more prosper here.</p><p></p><p>* Lembit is the only one who wishes to be a champion for the fairies of the forest and so he shall be the one to draw the blade free. Satisfied Timbre agrees to accompany and fight with us against the stag, we tell her that Papu’Van of the Seela wished to speak with her and head to the village.</p><p></p><p>* Just outside we are met by Vuul, who offers a cloak to the dryad explaining in silvery words his plan to hide her, so the salvation of the village can be revealed in a dramatic fashion and once covered he calls to the village, we wait as they gather up (the faithful still continuing their song, seriously in the minority among the gathered Seela) and he prepares his speech “Beyond, the time of our salvation is at hand” and he gestures at the Dryad who begins to shed her cloak, like lighting Vuul produces a twisted black dagger and hurls it straight and true, slamming into the wooden heart of the dryad who stands stunned… the song abruptly stops as everyone gasps in confusion.</p><p></p><p>* Before anyone can react Vuul’s hand twists and stretches into a writhing mass of tentacles and grabs the dieing dryad, flinging her burning body over the village towards the lake, her flames doused the moment they touch the water. His body starts to ripple and twist, growing extra limbs and a horribly hooked nose, he begins to laugh. There is an ominous churning of water from the lake, a dreadful red glow starts to appear deep within the lake.</p><p></p><p>* The “fight” continues to go down hill for us as he manages to rip several Seela apart with his tentactles before we can do anything about it, Urien, Brick and Lembit goad and encourage the fairy folk to start the song again, scared they begin singing… only to stop again as with a crack of thunder Kazzik appears “I COME AT YOUR CALL, THE SLAUGHTER HAS BEGUN!” and begins summoning lesser demons… the rest of us can merely groan… apart from Urien who stares dagger eyes at Lembit and his conspiring with devils… immediately the Shaman begins trying to reason with the bearded devil, “we did not call you!”.</p><p></p><p>* Brick tries to salvage the situation by screaming at the little devils, killing a few of them, however the attack on Kazzik is blocked by the demon dragging one of the Seela in front of him, Brick’s magical enhanced voice ripping her to pieces “YES, YES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT!” cries the devil in glee! He then teleports over to the shaman whispering in his ear “I thought we had an agreement, I would come to finish this!” the two then begin arguing, until the demon is attacked again, he then vanishes leaving behind the promise of having another “chat” later about our deal.</p><p></p><p>* To further confuse methods Vuul disguises himself magically as various member of the party, causing a little friendly fire here and there as people can’t pick one from the other. However eventually the Seela are all encouraged to sing, the Song of Forms affects whatever Vuul is or has become and as the song grows in strength he is restrained back into his fairy</p><p></p><p>form and killed. However the damage has been done, the bind on the stag has been weakened, the lake bubbles and churns, and sooner or later the stag will be free.</p><p></p><p>* So after seeing to our wounds and head stagwards, the Seela follow all singing in harmony stopping at the edge of the lake (ready to douse the flames the moment the stag is freed and his curse lifted) as we head into the water, take deep breaths and using the boon given by the nymph swim quickly down to the stag. Down in the darkness we spy him, wreathed in flames even while underwater he is pinned to a great rock, the wooden Sword of Anyariel impaled through its side, as the beast thrashes left and right the sword groans in protest, slowly being levered out.</p><p></p><p>* As we get close two aquatic ogre like creatures (perhaps the hags children, we never did see them before) attack us, demonstrating a rather nasty attack ability as Urien gets grabbed and the thing clamps its huge mouth over the paladins face and tries to force water into his mouth and nose!</p><p></p><p>* Once they are dealt with only the stag remains, we take our positions around the thing and wish Lembit luck as he swims close, takes hold of the sword and then tries to brace his legs on the thrashing beast and wrench the blade free. As soon as the blade is free of the rock the beast kicks throwing the Shaman off and makes a dash for the side of the lake leaving a trail of fire (yes even underwater!) behind it. We chase after it and manage to kill it (or banish it, whatever it does when it “dies”) however it would seem it knew its days were numbered and enacted one last final act of spite. Upon its death it exploded, causing a huge plume of water to spout some 30ft up into the air from the lake service, dangerously close to the edge, this searing hot water boils about eight of the Seela alive.</p><p></p><p>* We drag ourselves out of the lake to be greeted and thanked by the Seela (about as well as you can thank people that saved you but also saw some of your closest friends boiled alive) and they give a chorus of the Song of Forms welcoming in their new champion Lembit who grasps the sword in both hands, and suddenly transforms from a mighty weapon into a length of throbbing wood (or a stave as some may call it) as the song peaks a huge gust of wind whips through the entire forest, fanning the flames and beating them out in a single moment.</p><p></p><p>* We retire to the Seela village for a rather meagre victory feast, work is starting to be done to rebuild and settled. It appears while the fires are out most of the forests wildlife was not so fortunate and either burnt to death upon the release of the stag of flambéed during the back draft that blew the fires out. (Still for a short time meat was plentiful and precooked).</p><p></p><p>* And so we end the session as we started it, inside a cave in the Seela village, starting to make choices about when to leave the “not so Indomitable” Forest of Innenotdar, once Lembit has done all the speeches and ceremonies required of the “Guardian of the Forest”, which probably involves a lot of seed planting and hugging trees or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eccles, post: 5541638, member: 5675"] 16th April * So we still find ourselves in the village / caves of the Seela, the race of singing fairyfolk that are bound to the forest. Having weighed up our options we decide upon our plan of action, visiting the Hag of the Lake (Gwenlyn) and retrieving the lock of Anyariel’s hair with which to make contact with Timbre the dryad that leaves in the first tree of the forest and is guarded constantly by large indomitable creatures of fire. * Recalling mentions that the Seela often offered her gifts of meat we hunt down a beast of the forest, douse its flames in the river and then take our gift to her. Following the lake we eventually find a little offshoot leading to a large pool of grey ashen water, wading through the water until we find a small island, on top of which dotted amongst the burning bushes and plants are ornaments of bone and stones that seem to arranged in some sort of tranquillity garden. * Urien takes charge here, first merely called for the hag, and when that gets no response he hails he by name, the water ripples slightly and she rises from the water inches from him, the nauseous aura rippling from her almost overpowers him but he resists the reflex, swallowing hard to keep his composure. “Oh my dearest, the jealous here come to gaze upon our love” she starts before her ode turns slightly poisonous and immediately calls us upon our reasons for seeing her. o Urien being close to her spies that she is not “ugly” as you would expect of a hag, merely tainted, she still moves with unearthly grace and agility, but as if some how cracked or broken beneath. o Meanwhile the others notice that the lock of hair is not about her, we must learn where she has hidden it. * Urien protests our innocence, twisting her accusations towards the idea of mere knowledge, we wished to hear her side of the story, how she was wronged and turned upon, and it is while telling her story that she seems to have a moment of clarity, a single crystal clear tear rolls down her cheek and drips into the ashen water instantly purifying the water around it. She confesses to herself the Anyariel, her love is dead, more tears fall and suddenly she throws her head back and wails in grief. * Shortly after she bids us to follow her, she turns and wades back towards the island, diving underneath and into a small cave hidden in the hollow of the island. Inside the cave is a small shrine, a huge polished mirror (in a very cracked and broken frame) and an assortment of shiny things amongst various ruined pieces of furniture. * She takes the hair from the shrine and hands it to the paladin, already the changes across her are visible, and the dirt begins to flake from her skin and hair as she begins reverting to her true form as a lake nymph. She must travel to a shrine further up the river to regain her strength, but as reward for opening her eyes she gives us the treasures of her cave and her blessing (which allows us to swim through the water like fish until the next sunrise) and so she departs, the ashen water filters turning crystal clear behind her as she slips through the water and vanishes from view. * Armed with the lock of hair we can now try to track down Timbre, Tilljam gives us the directions we need and soon we’re approaching the huge willow tree that is the First Tree of the Forest (naturally burning). Herds of Fiery Stags and Boars form a protective ring around the forest but they spread as we present the hair, a figure peels itself from the burning trunk and steps towards us. * After a little chit chat finally we get some answers as she tells us the history of the wood and how the first tree was planted by a Gold Dragon (keen gardeners obviously) at a key location, here the ley lines of the feywild touch very closely to our world, the seed was further blessed by a deity of the wilds so that it grew in both the material world and the feywild and soon grew into a mighty forest in this world and theirs. * This link drew the Seela to the forest, forming a bond with the first tree, and soon elves came from the Feywild to the Material Plane and settled. * But of course peace doesn’t last eternal and various wars and battles were fought with Timbre picking her lover Anyariel as a guardian of the forest, giving her a branch from the First Tree (and thus part of her self) is was carved into a weapon used to defend the forest. * Then came Indomitability, who couldn’t be defeated and mortally wounded Anyariel, who then used the sword to imprison the stag, pinning it beneath the lake. When she died “ownership” of the blade passed to the stag as it lay stabbed through his heart and his own twisted link passed through to the forest, to ever burn but never die. * The sword is the Key, being a part of the first tree the Seela are still bound to it, should the blade be pulled free and the stag slain the forest will have a new guardian, and through them the Seela will be saved. The forest will grow again and in time life will once more prosper here. * Lembit is the only one who wishes to be a champion for the fairies of the forest and so he shall be the one to draw the blade free. Satisfied Timbre agrees to accompany and fight with us against the stag, we tell her that Papu’Van of the Seela wished to speak with her and head to the village. * Just outside we are met by Vuul, who offers a cloak to the dryad explaining in silvery words his plan to hide her, so the salvation of the village can be revealed in a dramatic fashion and once covered he calls to the village, we wait as they gather up (the faithful still continuing their song, seriously in the minority among the gathered Seela) and he prepares his speech “Beyond, the time of our salvation is at hand” and he gestures at the Dryad who begins to shed her cloak, like lighting Vuul produces a twisted black dagger and hurls it straight and true, slamming into the wooden heart of the dryad who stands stunned… the song abruptly stops as everyone gasps in confusion. * Before anyone can react Vuul’s hand twists and stretches into a writhing mass of tentacles and grabs the dieing dryad, flinging her burning body over the village towards the lake, her flames doused the moment they touch the water. His body starts to ripple and twist, growing extra limbs and a horribly hooked nose, he begins to laugh. There is an ominous churning of water from the lake, a dreadful red glow starts to appear deep within the lake. * The “fight” continues to go down hill for us as he manages to rip several Seela apart with his tentactles before we can do anything about it, Urien, Brick and Lembit goad and encourage the fairy folk to start the song again, scared they begin singing… only to stop again as with a crack of thunder Kazzik appears “I COME AT YOUR CALL, THE SLAUGHTER HAS BEGUN!” and begins summoning lesser demons… the rest of us can merely groan… apart from Urien who stares dagger eyes at Lembit and his conspiring with devils… immediately the Shaman begins trying to reason with the bearded devil, “we did not call you!”. * Brick tries to salvage the situation by screaming at the little devils, killing a few of them, however the attack on Kazzik is blocked by the demon dragging one of the Seela in front of him, Brick’s magical enhanced voice ripping her to pieces “YES, YES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT!” cries the devil in glee! He then teleports over to the shaman whispering in his ear “I thought we had an agreement, I would come to finish this!” the two then begin arguing, until the demon is attacked again, he then vanishes leaving behind the promise of having another “chat” later about our deal. * To further confuse methods Vuul disguises himself magically as various member of the party, causing a little friendly fire here and there as people can’t pick one from the other. However eventually the Seela are all encouraged to sing, the Song of Forms affects whatever Vuul is or has become and as the song grows in strength he is restrained back into his fairy form and killed. However the damage has been done, the bind on the stag has been weakened, the lake bubbles and churns, and sooner or later the stag will be free. * So after seeing to our wounds and head stagwards, the Seela follow all singing in harmony stopping at the edge of the lake (ready to douse the flames the moment the stag is freed and his curse lifted) as we head into the water, take deep breaths and using the boon given by the nymph swim quickly down to the stag. Down in the darkness we spy him, wreathed in flames even while underwater he is pinned to a great rock, the wooden Sword of Anyariel impaled through its side, as the beast thrashes left and right the sword groans in protest, slowly being levered out. * As we get close two aquatic ogre like creatures (perhaps the hags children, we never did see them before) attack us, demonstrating a rather nasty attack ability as Urien gets grabbed and the thing clamps its huge mouth over the paladins face and tries to force water into his mouth and nose! * Once they are dealt with only the stag remains, we take our positions around the thing and wish Lembit luck as he swims close, takes hold of the sword and then tries to brace his legs on the thrashing beast and wrench the blade free. As soon as the blade is free of the rock the beast kicks throwing the Shaman off and makes a dash for the side of the lake leaving a trail of fire (yes even underwater!) behind it. We chase after it and manage to kill it (or banish it, whatever it does when it “dies”) however it would seem it knew its days were numbered and enacted one last final act of spite. Upon its death it exploded, causing a huge plume of water to spout some 30ft up into the air from the lake service, dangerously close to the edge, this searing hot water boils about eight of the Seela alive. * We drag ourselves out of the lake to be greeted and thanked by the Seela (about as well as you can thank people that saved you but also saw some of your closest friends boiled alive) and they give a chorus of the Song of Forms welcoming in their new champion Lembit who grasps the sword in both hands, and suddenly transforms from a mighty weapon into a length of throbbing wood (or a stave as some may call it) as the song peaks a huge gust of wind whips through the entire forest, fanning the flames and beating them out in a single moment. * We retire to the Seela village for a rather meagre victory feast, work is starting to be done to rebuild and settled. It appears while the fires are out most of the forests wildlife was not so fortunate and either burnt to death upon the release of the stag of flambéed during the back draft that blew the fires out. (Still for a short time meat was plentiful and precooked). * And so we end the session as we started it, inside a cave in the Seela village, starting to make choices about when to leave the “not so Indomitable” Forest of Innenotdar, once Lembit has done all the speeches and ceremonies required of the “Guardian of the Forest”, which probably involves a lot of seed planting and hugging trees or something. [/QUOTE]
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