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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1389719" data-attributes="member: 9744">Part 11 The Modrons Are Back in Townchapter 1 Spread the Word Around"Sweet Tomeri," Serena exclaimed upon hearing the news."ISN'T THAT A BIT EARLY?" Caleb was by nature not one to rush in to things and felt disturbed by how fast things were moving. "CAN YOU SCRY AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON?""I've got no one to scry on." The Heart Seer of Tomeri remembered her promise to Kendrick. "Oh bother.""It will take the better part of an hour to do so," added Malkir dismissing Caleb's idea."Yes," Serena confirmed. "It will take an hour.""Well, do you want us to go?" Malkir adapted to the changing situation quickly and was ready to go that instant."Yes," Serena nodded. "I think that we have to.""IS THERE A PORTAL TO THIS PLACE?" Caleb asked. Even if they could find a portal, he wondered how close it might be to Tomeri's realm."I have no idea." The seer shook her head and looked somewhat lost."CAN ZAKAR TELL US ANY MORE?" Caleb asked wondering where the hound archon had gone."Zakar!" Serena called out, unconsciously clutching the silver locket. The tall, golden furred hound archon appeared next to her and dropped to one knee to bow to his mistress. He got up and adjusted his sword which was slipping off his back."Zakar, I need a portal to Haven and I need to find it now." Serena stated in a commanding and anxious tone."Hmm," the hound archon thought briefly. "There is a portal to Elysium in the Temple of Tomeri.""Of course there is." As soon as the hound archon had said it, the beautiful seer knew it to be true. It was more as if she was remembering it, than hearing it for the first time. "Right, let's go.""OK," replied Andrew simply. He left his chair and went over to the doorway to stand next to Malkir."PERHAPS WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS?" Caleb was still sitting in his chair, oblivious to the fact that the others were about to leave the house. "PERHAPS THERE IS A FIRE?""An infinite march of modrons," commented Malkir, but the earth genasi did not hear him."I'm not sure that being on fire constitutes an attack." Andrew smirked and wondered how long it would take Caleb to assimilate the information."OK," Caleb looked up to see the others standing by the door and got up to join them. "LET'S GO THEN."When they left the front door, the discussion came on to the subject of how best to get across the Cage."I'm not going in that darned mephit chair," stated Serena. She recalled the wicker chair that the Githyanki owner of the Night Below tavern had lent to Littleby. The bamboo shoots at the top of the chair fanned out and were carried by many mephits all trying to fly in roughly the same direction. Littleby had felt as if every bone in his body had been shaken loose and he'd never trusted a mephit again. Serena and Kendrick had tried to use the chair to escape being caught by Callista Redstrike and her Mercykiller patrol. Thanks to Littleby's intervention they'd got away and the chair ride had remained a less than pleasant memory."I have an idea," said Littleby, remembering the magic carpet that they'd hired to fly from the Temple of Tomeri to the City Barracks. Assassins had tried to intercept them and Caleb had stayed behind to take on some of them. That was also when they'd learned that their former companion Max still carried the cursed knife and was in league with the assassins working for Serena's step-mother."I'M NOT FLYING." Caleb crossed his arms and stood his ground. The collar on his armour prevented his head from tilting back, preventing him from looking up. Even if he could look up he would not have done so based on religious reasons. The thought of being lifted off the ground in to the hated element of air filled the earth genasi with fear and loathing."Ah," Littleby dismissed the idea of hiring another carpet and instead decided to set off on foot."Tell me what is going on, but tell me along the way," Serena commanded the hound archon. Not even pausing to wonder how Zakar knew of the attack in the first place. As they were walking from the Lower ward to the edge of the Lady's ward Zakar informed his mistress of the events unfolding in the port city of Haven. The defenders of the city had attempted to slow the March at the walls on the hills surrounding the town. That had worked for a short while, but as soon as they began to actively block the modrons, the defenders were attacked and overrun.When asked what the towns folk were doing, the hound archon described a mixed picture of events. Some of the townsfolk were evacuating across the mile-wide river in boats, whilst others believed that the modrons would simply pass through the city without any incident. The hundreds of children in the Healing Heart orphanage had been prepared for the evacuation, but no consensus could be reached on whether to leave or not.When they reached the Temple of Tomeri in the Lady's ward, they saw first hand the effects of the modron march. The small courtyard was filled with refugees and the clergy were walking around comforting people and handing out food. Pushing their way past the throng of people, Serena finally reached the high priest, Addon, who stood in a circle of priests and priestesses directing them how to deal with the refugees. He gave Serena a white pearl and told her of the portal to Tomeri's realm in a window on the second floor.Inside the Temple there were even more people and climbing the stairs felt like trying to go up a waterfall the wrong way. With Caleb's large form leading they ploughed a path through the refugees and made it to the window. Using the white pearl as a gate key they stepped through the portal and out in to the fields of Elysium.The portal from Sigil was located in the back door of a bakery shop. Walking past the line of people queueing up to escape the oncoming modron march, the companions made their way down the street to get their bearings. At the end of the road they found the waterfront with many boats unloading people. However, there was not much of a harbour. Looking across the river they realised that they were in a small village on the other side of the river to Haven. There were many boats laden with people slowly making their way across from the brightly painted port city, but the journey took some time as the river was a mile across.</blockquote>

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