Darksun Killer In Ravenloft PT I

[Jarval]

Odten shakes himself, wiping sand out of his eyes. New? No, not-new. He stares at the sky, his mind troubled as if by some distant memory.

Enough! Get to safety, get away from the fires. He walks up to Jayde, speaking softly to the woman. "We should find shelter, somewhere we can defend. This much destruction will make many of the city folk angry, and we'd be better out of the way." He peers around, trying to determine the direction he'd been heading... before?

 

[megamania]

KILLER IN RAVENLOFT
DARKSUN
EN WORLD
SEGMENT 102

Jayde touches the minds of three random individuals.

The first touched in a slave. She fears that her master will punish her for being late with the groceries despite the chaos.

The second mind is that of a noble. His mind is growing dark and dangerous. He seems to be becoming stronger even as the sky darkens.

The third mind touched is a templar. His mind has fragmented but still functions. Bits of information picked up includes- "Where's my mommy? I want my Mommy"
"That insulferable bi---!"
"I can't feel her- I can't feel Kalid-Ma...oh wait- There he is. There is our king- Tenk."
"I hope the children didn't have anything to do with this"
"hmmm? Do you wish to check my mind little one? perhaps I should check yours instead!"

Jayde's concentration is broken off at this point. Your mind is reeling as you see the very buildings begin to reshape and the fires quell. The building don't look right however. And instead of stone golems of Kalid-Ma. You see statues of Tenk...King Tenk.

Tallask can not understand how everything is reforming. Then he remembers Veena. She said something about this that psychic crazy!"

Maybe she knows more. You look at Krook whom is pale and has shallow breathing. As a druid connected to these lands he is feeling these changes directly. Sorren has disappeared, possibly down a tunnel. You are uncertain.

Odten is awestruck by the scenes around him. Jayde is trying to do something with her mind based on her look of concentration.
Then the buildings begin to remold before you! The fires and thick smoke disappear. Jayde loses concentration as the scene before her is too strong to ignore.

Actions?

 

[megamania]

OOC:

Yes. You folks are in Ravenloft.


Unlike the way Ravenloft generally works, you folks are here from the very beginning. The Dark Forces that created (or created by) the Demi-plane of Dread are still restructuring the world.

I am basing it losely on the 2e Darksun-Ravenloft.
Tenk=Thakok-An

For some unknown reasons, (perhaps a curse?) your minds are fighting the new memories. It will not always be clear to you, but you know that the current conditions are not correct. Tenk was a Hi-templar of the Arena / Justice, not the king.

The issue of the Killer of Kalidnay still remains hidden also. However, the killer may still exist and if so, he/she/it may know of you. hint hint.

There is also Veena and her plee for you to return to her. The city was "lost" as described by her but it still exists.

If you wish to escape the city that is fine also. You may want to explore the regions outside of Kalidnay. You may Tyr to be...different.

This is entirely in your hands. You folks get to direct the action. Once You get direction chosen, I will then build a story / adventure around it.

Enjoy.

(oh- we may have new players joining soon also.)

 

[dead_radish]

Tallask steps out of the tunnel, shaking his head again. He knows something is wrong. What it may be, he's not sure, but it will come. For now, he needs to find somewhere safe, and probably find Veena - she's the only thing that really seems to make sense at this point. There were others he adventured with as well, and they seem likely to stand out. He casts about the area, looking for anything that might seem right.

 

[Jarval]

"Hmm, that was... very odd." Odten looks hard at the buildings, almost as if daring them to change again. He keeps alert for any sign of his companions as well, hoping that some may have made it alive.

 

[megamania]

KILLER IN KALIDNAY IN RAVENLOFT
DARKSUN / RAVENLOFT
EN WORLD
SEGMENT 103

Tallask stares about walking. The grand Purple Rose gardens that made up much of the center of the city are much darker in color now, The stems look veined and the thorns look deadly. Several skeletons (of slaves unlucky enough to be there during the "switch") lay half buried in the earth within the roses.

You walk by the hangman's arch and spot something in the earth. It shines as if to beckon to you. A lone memory crystal!

Odten and Jayde marvel at the change of the buildings and decor. It fits Kalidnay but is not what you remember it being. Several templars gather up slaves through violent methods. It appears not everything has changed.

Odten and Jayde continue south and see Tallask shortly. He seems wary of the gardens. After looking at them, you relieze why. The evil emiting from these is almost tangible. The greatest beauty and object of desire in Kalidnay has become completely corrupted.

Where to?

 

[dead_radish]

Upon spotting the crystal, Tallask sighs. "Ah, I knew it would be something like that." For a moment, he wonders what it was that drove him to study the skills of the mindbenders, but he shakes his head, and sets about trying to find a way to retreive the crystal.

 

[megamania]

It may just be you, but anytime you go to reach towards the crystal- the roses move threatenly. When you think about it, they seemed active even when you were walking through the gardens.

 

[dead_radish]

Tallask shakes his head. "Sun damned things." He reaches his longspear out towards the crystal to see if the roses again react, and notices the others as he does. He gestures for them to come over.

 

[silvertable81]

I have a Dojre of Lesser Body Adjustment, but I fear I'll have not much else to offer in getting the crystal.