House Millithor in COSQ: part 4

[Endur]

ooc: Does Quertus have permanent Arcane Sight? If so, he knows that the Forbiddance is no longer up.

 

[Xael]

"errr, master? I've , well, that is to say, I've seen flying pools of goo. In the, errrr, you know, the place I come from. All sorts of strange things happen there. The one known as the Faceless Lord has servants who look like flying pools of goo."

Quertus raises an eyebrow. "Interesting. I suppose that this one wasn't one of the minions of this Faceless Lord. Or can one really tell a difference between them?", he responds to Icho in quiet voice.

Then he proceeds to cast his general protective spells (Mage Armor, Protection From Arrows, Shield) and then follows others to near the warehouse.


In the case of Edwin:

Quertus readies to blast the whoever-mage into oblivion, and is rather surprised by his sudden change.

OOC: Does the Gargoyle radiate magic, and if yes, is it different or alike of Edwin's auras'.

Edit: Yes, Quertus has permanent Arcane Sight. When did the Forbiddance disappear, or has Quertus noticed it's disappearance before?

 

[Endur]

The Gargoyle radiates different magical auras than Edwin.

Quertus just noticed that the Forbiddance was missing when Edwin and the Gargoyle changed. Quertus is not certain when it stopped, but he is sure that the Forbiddance was in place yesterday.

 

[Dalamar]

"Damn you, Zieggrek! Don't shred them all, we need the lesser creatures later!"
Torellan runs past the incoming goblinoids, not caring about them one bit (double move, I should be pretty untouchable for them). He heads towards the chanting.

 

[Endur]

As Zieggrek stands knee deep in a pile of Goblinoid bodies, Torellan moves past him and the horde of Goblins and Bugbears by running on the ceiling.

Torellan takes several hits from Goblinoid weapons, but none do any damage as he runs down the tunnel into the Commoner level.

Several hundred Goblinoids are heading up the tunnel towards Zieggrek.

On the commoner level, the drow are all wearing robes that conceal their body and hoods that conceal their faces. They are chanting around the lake. The lake is green and yellow bubbles are floating out of it.

A line of normal Goblins leads into the lake.

A line of Mutant Goblins leads out of the lake heading towards the Warehouse level.

A couple of mutated stone giants are standing guard near the chanting drow.

 

[Dalamar]

"By the Abyss..."
Torellan looks for a few seconds, then throws his daggers at the chanting drow, both daggers to a different one.

 

[Xael]

Goblinoid Horde:

Quertus' stares at the hordes of goblinoids attacking them. "This might be more serious that I thought. We need to find and stop the chanters. Zieggrek seems rather capable of keeping the goblinoids in order at the moment, but we don't know how many there are. I should be able to get past the horde without being seen, so with your permission, Matron, I would like to go ahead."


OOC: If the Forbiddance isn't affecting the commoner level (and wherever Quertus is now) and Quertus gets the permission from Matron, Quertus will activate Fly from his Winged Boots, cast Improved Invisibility, and Dimension Door to the commoner level (or whatever is the probable source of goblinoids and chanting, preferably high in the air).

If the Forbiddance prevents it, he will just wait for Zieggrek to slaughter the goblinoids and/or Torellan to return with information.

 

[Endur]

The forbiddance only affects the noble level, so Quertus successfully manages to dimension door invisibly to the Commoner Level.

Arriving on the commoner level, Quertus sees the chanting Drow assembled near the lake and the mutating goblins.

Quertus immediately recognizes the eye symbol that many of the drow wear as amulets. The symbol of Ghaunador, the Elder Eye, an ancient horror that predates elven civilization. Patron of Jubilex, the Faceless Lord of the Abyss.

Quertus sees that Torellen is already tossing daggers to wound some of the chanting drow. Blood stains their black robes.

Quertus sees that one of the chanters is wearing purple robes and knows that must be the leader.

 

[Dalamar]

Once Torellan is done with a dagger to each chanter, he starts bombing the stone giants, concentrating his attacks first on the other, then the other.

 

[Xael]

As Quertus arrives to the lake, he takes few seconds to survey the area. *The Faceless Lord. What a surprise.* He gets to business quickly though, as his Invisibility spell doesn't last too long. He flies to a appropriate distance and casts a spell at the chanters.

OOC: If they're close enough each other, Evard's Black Tentacles on the robe-men. If not, Firebrand (explosions in order of importance: the drow, the giants, the mob).