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[FR] Heroes of the Vilhon Reach II (updated 3/6!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Broccli_Head" data-source="post: 362141" data-attributes="member: 105"><p><strong><span style="color: yellow">22 Ches, 1373, Year of Rogue Dragons, Beneath Twillight Hollow: <em> Conclusion, part II</em></span></strong></p><p></p><p>The heroes waited at the set of double doors a little nervous, even though Grim and Benito had assured them that all the traps had been disarmed. The floor on which they stood creaked almost beyond their range of hearing and they hoped that the spikes the halfling had used to secure the trap doors to the pit on which they stood would hold. As they readied for an assault on the underground temple to Lovitar, Grim worked the lock at the door. The <em>click</em> of lock as Grim conqured yet another door seemed way too loud.</p><p></p><p>Before that gave the enemy and advantage, Grim swung the doors open and tumbled left as Benito and Faun laid down <em>fireball</em> and <em>flamestrike</em> blowing up a host of crisping a host of undead servitors near a raised altar on which stood a black cauldron and the devourer. The elf shuddered as she saw the squirming body in the beast's ribcage, and both spellcasters grimaced as their magics seemed to have not affect on the fiendish creature. A wave of <em>confusion</em> swept over the heroes and Ivan saw Meliane turn into a ghazneth. He let out his savage Rashemani warcry and charged the druidess. Grim saw Ivan turn into a devil and attempted to flank the weapon's master, aiding Meliane. </p><p></p><p>Almost simultaneously, Benito flew over the exploded carnage coming out of the fire like a hero of vengeance to stand toe-to-toe with the evil undead while Faun skirted the walls of the temple to lay down another <em>fireball</em> blasting more abominations to pieces. Souliess wanted to avoid the bloody melee that was ensuing in front of him between his companions, and could not recall Meliane insulting the lionar. He moved forward and let loose a <em>mind blast</em> which had no effect on the devourer and fortunately, no effect on Benito...<em>oops!</em></p><p></p><p>However, the priest of Tyr was too preoccupied to care. Positive energy coursed through his veins and caused his gauntleted fist to glow with holy light. He <em>healed</em> the undead creature, penetrating its magic resistence and causing it to almost shrivel to its destruction. </p><p></p><p>From behind him, on the balcony over-looking the rest of the Temple of Pain, he heard a nasal shout, "I didn't like the devourer anyway!"</p><p></p><p>And fire blazed down from above on both the undead fiend and the cleric of Tyr. Benito screamed...but when the afterglow of the <em>flamestrike</em> cleared, Benito yet lived, and the devourer was a burned-out husk. He turned around and flew at the priest of Lovitar that fought from the balcony. Souliess still trying to get away from the madness of the fighting behind him decided to <em>fly</em> into the temple to get a better view. Two rasts appeared in midair to fight against him. Claws and teeth from the firey, blood-sucking, outsiders and the psionic wolverine clashed sending blood and scales and fur everywhere. </p><p></p><p><em>If anyone had been looking, they would have seen the spirit of Shaunnra floating upward and away from the smoking body of the devourer relief on her countenance...but they were too busy laying the smack down on bad guys!</em></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Meliane had been almost chopped to pieces by the crazed Ivan. She had to back away to heal herself. Grim attacked Ivan with a fury, but did not come close to felling the traitorous devil. From the hallway from where they had come, a priestess wielding a glowing kama, and an almost insubstantial cat with feral eyes and looking like it had just come from the Nine Hells, came charging at the three heroes who fought in a miasma of confusion at the doorway. Ivan turned his mad attentions the hellcat while Meliane closed with the screaming priestess. Grim just started wandering away...</p><p></p><p>Fortune favoured the heroes this day and they quickly overcame their adversaries. Meliane <em>dispelled</em> Ivan's madness. Benito dispatched the Lovitaran in melee combat and then went to help the whimpering wolverine against the rasts. They fell quickly. Faun finished up the undead with arrows and magic and Grim eventually wandered back to the main temple still looking confused. It wore off finally and then he and Ivan went snooping for treasure. </p><p></p><p>Benito and Meliane put their heads together and tried to figure out what to do about the evil cauldron. They settled for <em>hallowing</em> the altar and then casting a <em>protection from evil </em> until they could <em>commune</em> with their gods to find out how to destroy the unholy relic. Then Benito wanted to continue even though Ivan and his fellow treasure-seeker Grim, had found a good cache of items in several rooms on the level of the balcony where Benito had fought the last evil cleric. </p><p>===</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day went quickly and with some excitement. The heroes followed the catacombs to find a deserted bandit lair which they discovered lay underneath the inn in which they had been staying. Much to their chagrin, they found the innkeeper and the stable boy slain. Ivan went to retrieve his men and the party then went in search of what they presumed was the cowardly, half-dragon Harular and his band. Grim tracked and in a few hours, they found the fleeing bandits. </p><p></p><p>Before they even knew they were being followed, Grim stealthily slew three even as they marched, leaving their bodies for the carrion birds. Then the 32nd attacked, cutting the bandits off from escaping and peppering those that tried to flee with arrows from horseback. The only challenge was the gang's dire wolverine which raked Ivan badly as he sacrificed his body for his warhorse, Buttercup. The big wolverine was then dominated by its smaller, psionic cousin. However, among the bandits there was no Harular. Apparently, the main cadre of bandits had separated and escaped by magical means. Faun was angry, but Benito was confident that he could find them and bring them to justice. After a brief trial and some executions, the fighting force returned to Twilight Hollow, buried and consecrated the bodies of the innkeeper and the other innocent who had perished unneccessarily, and set up headquarters at the now ownerless Double Bolt Inn. </p><p></p><p>Benito was adamant about returning it to the town as communal property, but was too tired to argue his case to Ivan and his silent friend. The signing that went rapidly forth between them reminded him of his lost companions, Aris and Ellysidell. All of a sudden Benito felt very tired. It had been a long day. Tommorrow could be even more draining. He needed to <em>raise</em> Shaunnra, find out from Tyr how do destroy the cauldron, finish exploring the catacombs beneath Twilight Hollow to make sure they were clear for the safety of the villagers, and communicate what he had found to Alaghon and Westgate. He was sure more things would come up.</p><p></p><p>Outside he heard Ivan yelling orders to his men to secure the inn and stable their horses, and drifted off to sleep....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broccli_Head, post: 362141, member: 105"] [b][color=yellow]22 Ches, 1373, Year of Rogue Dragons, Beneath Twillight Hollow: [i] Conclusion, part II[/i][/color][/b][color=yellow][/color] The heroes waited at the set of double doors a little nervous, even though Grim and Benito had assured them that all the traps had been disarmed. The floor on which they stood creaked almost beyond their range of hearing and they hoped that the spikes the halfling had used to secure the trap doors to the pit on which they stood would hold. As they readied for an assault on the underground temple to Lovitar, Grim worked the lock at the door. The [i]click[/i] of lock as Grim conqured yet another door seemed way too loud. Before that gave the enemy and advantage, Grim swung the doors open and tumbled left as Benito and Faun laid down [i]fireball[/i] and [i]flamestrike[/i] blowing up a host of crisping a host of undead servitors near a raised altar on which stood a black cauldron and the devourer. The elf shuddered as she saw the squirming body in the beast's ribcage, and both spellcasters grimaced as their magics seemed to have not affect on the fiendish creature. A wave of [i]confusion[/i] swept over the heroes and Ivan saw Meliane turn into a ghazneth. He let out his savage Rashemani warcry and charged the druidess. Grim saw Ivan turn into a devil and attempted to flank the weapon's master, aiding Meliane. Almost simultaneously, Benito flew over the exploded carnage coming out of the fire like a hero of vengeance to stand toe-to-toe with the evil undead while Faun skirted the walls of the temple to lay down another [i]fireball[/i] blasting more abominations to pieces. Souliess wanted to avoid the bloody melee that was ensuing in front of him between his companions, and could not recall Meliane insulting the lionar. He moved forward and let loose a [i]mind blast[/i] which had no effect on the devourer and fortunately, no effect on Benito...[i]oops![/i] However, the priest of Tyr was too preoccupied to care. Positive energy coursed through his veins and caused his gauntleted fist to glow with holy light. He [i]healed[/i] the undead creature, penetrating its magic resistence and causing it to almost shrivel to its destruction. From behind him, on the balcony over-looking the rest of the Temple of Pain, he heard a nasal shout, "I didn't like the devourer anyway!" And fire blazed down from above on both the undead fiend and the cleric of Tyr. Benito screamed...but when the afterglow of the [i]flamestrike[/i] cleared, Benito yet lived, and the devourer was a burned-out husk. He turned around and flew at the priest of Lovitar that fought from the balcony. Souliess still trying to get away from the madness of the fighting behind him decided to [i]fly[/i] into the temple to get a better view. Two rasts appeared in midair to fight against him. Claws and teeth from the firey, blood-sucking, outsiders and the psionic wolverine clashed sending blood and scales and fur everywhere. [i]If anyone had been looking, they would have seen the spirit of Shaunnra floating upward and away from the smoking body of the devourer relief on her countenance...but they were too busy laying the smack down on bad guys![/i] Meanwhile, Meliane had been almost chopped to pieces by the crazed Ivan. She had to back away to heal herself. Grim attacked Ivan with a fury, but did not come close to felling the traitorous devil. From the hallway from where they had come, a priestess wielding a glowing kama, and an almost insubstantial cat with feral eyes and looking like it had just come from the Nine Hells, came charging at the three heroes who fought in a miasma of confusion at the doorway. Ivan turned his mad attentions the hellcat while Meliane closed with the screaming priestess. Grim just started wandering away... Fortune favoured the heroes this day and they quickly overcame their adversaries. Meliane [i]dispelled[/i] Ivan's madness. Benito dispatched the Lovitaran in melee combat and then went to help the whimpering wolverine against the rasts. They fell quickly. Faun finished up the undead with arrows and magic and Grim eventually wandered back to the main temple still looking confused. It wore off finally and then he and Ivan went snooping for treasure. Benito and Meliane put their heads together and tried to figure out what to do about the evil cauldron. They settled for [i]hallowing[/i] the altar and then casting a [i]protection from evil [/i] until they could [i]commune[/i] with their gods to find out how to destroy the unholy relic. Then Benito wanted to continue even though Ivan and his fellow treasure-seeker Grim, had found a good cache of items in several rooms on the level of the balcony where Benito had fought the last evil cleric. === The rest of the day went quickly and with some excitement. The heroes followed the catacombs to find a deserted bandit lair which they discovered lay underneath the inn in which they had been staying. Much to their chagrin, they found the innkeeper and the stable boy slain. Ivan went to retrieve his men and the party then went in search of what they presumed was the cowardly, half-dragon Harular and his band. Grim tracked and in a few hours, they found the fleeing bandits. Before they even knew they were being followed, Grim stealthily slew three even as they marched, leaving their bodies for the carrion birds. Then the 32nd attacked, cutting the bandits off from escaping and peppering those that tried to flee with arrows from horseback. The only challenge was the gang's dire wolverine which raked Ivan badly as he sacrificed his body for his warhorse, Buttercup. The big wolverine was then dominated by its smaller, psionic cousin. However, among the bandits there was no Harular. Apparently, the main cadre of bandits had separated and escaped by magical means. Faun was angry, but Benito was confident that he could find them and bring them to justice. After a brief trial and some executions, the fighting force returned to Twilight Hollow, buried and consecrated the bodies of the innkeeper and the other innocent who had perished unneccessarily, and set up headquarters at the now ownerless Double Bolt Inn. Benito was adamant about returning it to the town as communal property, but was too tired to argue his case to Ivan and his silent friend. The signing that went rapidly forth between them reminded him of his lost companions, Aris and Ellysidell. All of a sudden Benito felt very tired. It had been a long day. Tommorrow could be even more draining. He needed to [i]raise[/i] Shaunnra, find out from Tyr how do destroy the cauldron, finish exploring the catacombs beneath Twilight Hollow to make sure they were clear for the safety of the villagers, and communicate what he had found to Alaghon and Westgate. He was sure more things would come up. Outside he heard Ivan yelling orders to his men to secure the inn and stable their horses, and drifted off to sleep.... [/QUOTE]
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