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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 7349201" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Chapter 1: Windshire in Flames</strong></span></p><p><strong>Session 2.5</strong></p><p></p><p>Back at the keep, the party decides to interrogate Francine, but despite Merla’s… successful-ish disguise and interrogation method, she’s unable to get much more useful information out of her. They do find something quite interesting about her, however; a tattoo on her arm. The tattoo is the shape of a five-pointed star, but each of the points of the star are curved, as if they were the shape of claws or talons. </p><p></p><p>Before they can finish their interrogation, they hear a bellowing voice outside: “People of Windshire! I wish to face your strongest champion in single combat!”</p><p></p><p>A heavily-armored Dragonborn paces anxiously in front of the keep. Near him are two of the strangest looking men the party has ever seen: barbarians in heavy cloths with long hair bleached bronze (the color of the Dragonborn’s scales) matted and braided. Each of these two men sported intricate facial tattoos designed to make their faces look more draconic. Each one held hostages; one with a pair of young children in each arm, the other holding a dagger to the throat of a woman. Kazik thinks he recognizes these barbarians from his research: clansmen of Seren, an island of dragon worshippers near the dragon continent of Argonesson.</p><p></p><p>Markguth instantly recognizes the hostages as her sister, niece, and nephew. As the party debates on who should face the challenge and what else, if anything, they should do, Markguth rushes to grab a greataxe off of the wall, nearly falling over from the weight of it. Herb attempts to calm the woman down with a nice cup of tea while the rest of the continued their deliberation.</p><p></p><p>The choice is made for them, however, as the Dragonborn outside bellows: “I’ve heard there’s a Dragonborn champion among you. Come, face me!”</p><p></p><p>Anakendrick is healed and sent out to face the Dragonborn, who introduces himself as Langdedrosa of clan Cyanwrath. Anakendrick introduces herself as well, and when she mentions that she’s a member of clan Norixious, Langdedrosa’s eyes widen slightly. He orders the children released and they quickly flee into the keep. Merla, Herb, and Kazik ready themselves on the wall, preparing to attack with their cantrips when the moment is right.</p><p></p><p>Langdedrosa asks Anakendrick if she knows the story of Rhashaak, and Anakendrick admits she has not. Langdedrosa shakes his head, ashamed at a Dragonborn that does not know her people’s history. He relates the story: “Long ago, Masvirik, the Cold Sun, threatened the mortal races of this world. Rhashaak, a great and powerful black dragon, was sent with a retinue of dragons and dragonborn to defeat him. Many dragons died, and Rhashaak and Masvirik fought three duels. Rhashaak won each of them, sealing the Cold Sun away within Khyber after the last. Rhashaak stayed to guard the seal, and many dragonborn stayed as well, settling and spreading across this continent. I wonder how many duels we will fight? Draw your weapon.”</p><p></p><p>Anakendrick draws her new blade, the byeshk shortsword. Langdedrosa laughs at the size of her weapon, before remarking that Masvirik, too, was more subtle in his ways. He draws his own weapon, a byeshk greatsword, and the duel commences. Anakendrick goes first, taking the Dodge action in hopes of distracting his opponent and drawing the battle out as long as possible. She’s able to dodge Langdedrosa’s first attack but not his second, taking a powerful blow that nearly knocks her out.</p><p></p><p>In an instant, chaos breaks loose.</p><p></p><p>The Seren barbarian holding Markguth’s sister screams and lurches backwards as the dagger plunges deep in his back. Brother Alwyn appears behind him, the <em>spell scroll of invisibility</em> wearing off with the attack. In an instant, Alwyn strikes again, clocking the Barbarian in the head, as Kazik fires an <em>eldritch blast</em> but misses horribly. The barbarian’s arm jerks back, slices his hostage’s neck but not very deeply, and the woman is able to break loose and flee towards the keep.</p><p></p><p>In the confusion, Anakendrick draws upon a source of inspiration to sneak attack Langdedrosa, driving his shortsword deep into a gap her opponent’s armor. Langdedrosa gasps as the blade drives home, and headbutts Anakendrick, dealing not damage but staggering her back a few feet. Blood trickles down Langdedrosa’s mouth, and he spits a mixture of saliva and blood on the ground that crackles with electricity. He drops his heavy sword as he clutches his side, then begins to laugh hysterically. “Yes!” he shouts. “Excellent!” He raises a hand to stop his barbarian comrades from advancing. “Forget the woman! Forget the elf! I want to finish this!”</p><p></p><p>All parties seem to agree to back down, and Markguth’s sister makes it safely inside the keep. The duel commences once more, but it does not last much longer.</p><p></p><p>Langdedrosa draws a spear from his back, with Kazik recognizes is made of flametouched iron, a metal considered sacred to the Church of the Silver Flame. Anakendrick is unable to dodge Langdedrosa’s second blow, which drops her to the ground, barely conscious.</p><p></p><p>Langdedrosa kneels down, raising her spear up high, and plunging it straight down… inches from Anakendrick’s head. “You were a worthy opponent, Anakendrick of clan Norixious,” the dragonborn whispers to her. “I pray we meet again.”</p><p></p><p>As he turns to walk away, the half-orc woman they saw on the hill approaches, flanked by four of her massive lizardfolk guards. “Cyanwrath!” she exclaims. “I gave the order to withdraw twenty minutes ago! What are you doing here?”</p><p></p><p>But the dragonborn ignores her, striding confidently and contentedly past her, the two Seren barbarians following in tow. The half-orc turns to glare at the party before shaking her head and following suit, leaving the town of Windshire behind them.</p><p></p><p>Merla quickly rushes to Anakendrick’s side, bringing her back up with a quick <em>spare the dying</em>, and brings the wounded dragonborn back inside the keep. There they find their missing comrade, Rylorn d’Tharashk, waiting for them. “I know who their leader is,” he says to the others. “We need to stop her.”</p><p></p><p>The sun slowly begins to rise over the town, and two figures emerge as they make their way to the keep: a tall blonde woman in chainmail armor and a tight ponytail, dragging a heavily injured by still very much alive dwarven warrior with a big, bushy red beard.</p><p></p><p>A young man rushes up to Kazik; it is Nasim Weladra, a student from Morgrave University who was a part of Kazik’s retinue. “Mr. Thibideux, it’s… it’s… Professor Erlanthar… Leosin… they captured him… I think they took him with him…”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Preview for Session Three:</u></strong></p><p><strong>Play Date:</strong> 03/03/18</p><p></p><p>The party is tasked with tracking down the cult to their headquarters, where they must find and rescue Professor Leosin Erlanthar, and find out what they can about the Cult of the Cold Sun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 7349201, member: 57112"] [SIZE=4][B]Chapter 1: Windshire in Flames[/B][/SIZE] [B]Session 2.5[/B] Back at the keep, the party decides to interrogate Francine, but despite Merla’s… successful-ish disguise and interrogation method, she’s unable to get much more useful information out of her. They do find something quite interesting about her, however; a tattoo on her arm. The tattoo is the shape of a five-pointed star, but each of the points of the star are curved, as if they were the shape of claws or talons. Before they can finish their interrogation, they hear a bellowing voice outside: “People of Windshire! I wish to face your strongest champion in single combat!” A heavily-armored Dragonborn paces anxiously in front of the keep. Near him are two of the strangest looking men the party has ever seen: barbarians in heavy cloths with long hair bleached bronze (the color of the Dragonborn’s scales) matted and braided. Each of these two men sported intricate facial tattoos designed to make their faces look more draconic. Each one held hostages; one with a pair of young children in each arm, the other holding a dagger to the throat of a woman. Kazik thinks he recognizes these barbarians from his research: clansmen of Seren, an island of dragon worshippers near the dragon continent of Argonesson. Markguth instantly recognizes the hostages as her sister, niece, and nephew. As the party debates on who should face the challenge and what else, if anything, they should do, Markguth rushes to grab a greataxe off of the wall, nearly falling over from the weight of it. Herb attempts to calm the woman down with a nice cup of tea while the rest of the continued their deliberation. The choice is made for them, however, as the Dragonborn outside bellows: “I’ve heard there’s a Dragonborn champion among you. Come, face me!” Anakendrick is healed and sent out to face the Dragonborn, who introduces himself as Langdedrosa of clan Cyanwrath. Anakendrick introduces herself as well, and when she mentions that she’s a member of clan Norixious, Langdedrosa’s eyes widen slightly. He orders the children released and they quickly flee into the keep. Merla, Herb, and Kazik ready themselves on the wall, preparing to attack with their cantrips when the moment is right. Langdedrosa asks Anakendrick if she knows the story of Rhashaak, and Anakendrick admits she has not. Langdedrosa shakes his head, ashamed at a Dragonborn that does not know her people’s history. He relates the story: “Long ago, Masvirik, the Cold Sun, threatened the mortal races of this world. Rhashaak, a great and powerful black dragon, was sent with a retinue of dragons and dragonborn to defeat him. Many dragons died, and Rhashaak and Masvirik fought three duels. Rhashaak won each of them, sealing the Cold Sun away within Khyber after the last. Rhashaak stayed to guard the seal, and many dragonborn stayed as well, settling and spreading across this continent. I wonder how many duels we will fight? Draw your weapon.” Anakendrick draws her new blade, the byeshk shortsword. Langdedrosa laughs at the size of her weapon, before remarking that Masvirik, too, was more subtle in his ways. He draws his own weapon, a byeshk greatsword, and the duel commences. Anakendrick goes first, taking the Dodge action in hopes of distracting his opponent and drawing the battle out as long as possible. She’s able to dodge Langdedrosa’s first attack but not his second, taking a powerful blow that nearly knocks her out. In an instant, chaos breaks loose. The Seren barbarian holding Markguth’s sister screams and lurches backwards as the dagger plunges deep in his back. Brother Alwyn appears behind him, the [I]spell scroll of invisibility[/I] wearing off with the attack. In an instant, Alwyn strikes again, clocking the Barbarian in the head, as Kazik fires an [I]eldritch blast[/I] but misses horribly. The barbarian’s arm jerks back, slices his hostage’s neck but not very deeply, and the woman is able to break loose and flee towards the keep. In the confusion, Anakendrick draws upon a source of inspiration to sneak attack Langdedrosa, driving his shortsword deep into a gap her opponent’s armor. Langdedrosa gasps as the blade drives home, and headbutts Anakendrick, dealing not damage but staggering her back a few feet. Blood trickles down Langdedrosa’s mouth, and he spits a mixture of saliva and blood on the ground that crackles with electricity. He drops his heavy sword as he clutches his side, then begins to laugh hysterically. “Yes!” he shouts. “Excellent!” He raises a hand to stop his barbarian comrades from advancing. “Forget the woman! Forget the elf! I want to finish this!” All parties seem to agree to back down, and Markguth’s sister makes it safely inside the keep. The duel commences once more, but it does not last much longer. Langdedrosa draws a spear from his back, with Kazik recognizes is made of flametouched iron, a metal considered sacred to the Church of the Silver Flame. Anakendrick is unable to dodge Langdedrosa’s second blow, which drops her to the ground, barely conscious. Langdedrosa kneels down, raising her spear up high, and plunging it straight down… inches from Anakendrick’s head. “You were a worthy opponent, Anakendrick of clan Norixious,” the dragonborn whispers to her. “I pray we meet again.” As he turns to walk away, the half-orc woman they saw on the hill approaches, flanked by four of her massive lizardfolk guards. “Cyanwrath!” she exclaims. “I gave the order to withdraw twenty minutes ago! What are you doing here?” But the dragonborn ignores her, striding confidently and contentedly past her, the two Seren barbarians following in tow. The half-orc turns to glare at the party before shaking her head and following suit, leaving the town of Windshire behind them. Merla quickly rushes to Anakendrick’s side, bringing her back up with a quick [I]spare the dying[/I], and brings the wounded dragonborn back inside the keep. There they find their missing comrade, Rylorn d’Tharashk, waiting for them. “I know who their leader is,” he says to the others. “We need to stop her.” The sun slowly begins to rise over the town, and two figures emerge as they make their way to the keep: a tall blonde woman in chainmail armor and a tight ponytail, dragging a heavily injured by still very much alive dwarven warrior with a big, bushy red beard. A young man rushes up to Kazik; it is Nasim Weladra, a student from Morgrave University who was a part of Kazik’s retinue. “Mr. Thibideux, it’s… it’s… Professor Erlanthar… Leosin… they captured him… I think they took him with him…” [B][U]Preview for Session Three:[/U][/B] [B]Play Date:[/B] 03/03/18 The party is tasked with tracking down the cult to their headquarters, where they must find and rescue Professor Leosin Erlanthar, and find out what they can about the Cult of the Cold Sun. [/QUOTE]
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