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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Kendrik" data-source="post: 1165" data-attributes="member: 123">Well, here is the next instalment in the saga that is Sir Kendrik’s love life. After a marathon session that ended at 4am this is what happenedAs we left Sir Kendrik last week he and his travelling companions were riding full speed back to his home village Axbridge, where near by is a cave complex where the Ravager had taken the beautiful Elanor and the holy relic.Sir Kendrik hoped to ride into his hometown at night and to keep a low profile, unfortunately they arrived at lunchtime! He and his party rode up to the manor house and were greeted by the local bailiff/reeve and his cunning social climbing Brother Froderik. Froderik thought he was making his way up the social strata by toadying to the Bailiff and being betroved to his oldest daughter and was unaware that Sir Kendrik had been knighted. The look on his face when Kendrik took off his helm was priceless. The way the words my lord caught in his throat made up for all of the belittling Froderik had inflicted on Kendrik as they grew up. The final indignity was dealt to Froderik when the Bailiff/Reeve ordered him to take the horses to the stables as Sir Kendrik was led into the manor, the Bailiff fawning over him. The Bailiff offered the party lunch and lodgings to Sir Kendrik, just when he wanted to move on.Resigned to the fact that they would have to spend the day in Axbridge and head off the next day Sir Kendrik went to visit his family at the local Smithy run by his father. On the way he meets his little sister Betaine who is an apprentice Harper taking a lesson in the village green. They embrace awkwardly as in the year since Kendrik had left she had grown from a young lady to a woman. They chat for awhile before Kendrik continues down to the smithy to reunite with his father. Kendrik’s father Lars is a hard man. He doesn’t show his approval or emotion very often especially Kendrik to whom he was a tough taskmaster. He expected Sir Kendrik to take over the smithy when he retired but Kendrik’s adventuring ruined that plan. At first it was a cold conversation until the told his father to drop the My lords and call him son. The ten-minute conversation they had melted much of the barrier that had developed between the two. He even stated he was proud of Sir Kendrik. It was a real kodak moment! To top it off Lars asked Kendrik to help him in the smithy for a bit, something Kendrik agreed without hesitation.After returning to the manor Kendrik and his companions headed off to the woods where the Ranger, Jon and the Rogue, Callin had met with a member of the Border Watch, A ranger force that act as lookouts and guards in the forests. She had informed the group that there was strange goings on where the Evil clerics of Varakus we had brought to justice had been buried in the woods. The village elders had decided not to bury them in the graveyard, as they didn’t want them buried on consecrated land. So they bury them in the woods so they could rise again, go figure! We dig up the graves and surprise the clerics bodies aren’t in there.Returning for the evening meal the local Harper filled us in with the latest goings on in Axbridge and after retiring to the local inn for a meeting with the village elders. Kendrik visited his mother and younger brother’s grave vowing to his dead brother that tomorrow he will avenge his death by slaying his murderer.They head off to the caves there were two entrances to the caves Kendrik had decided to head for the cave that would give the best element of surprise. Unfortunately as is always the way, it had caved in so we had to use the hard way to get in an entrance with a secret mechanism to open it. The hard part is there wasn’t a mechanism on the other end to get out.We lost the element of surprise when we came across a shreiker fungus. That alerted a Chimera that attracted us, Kendrik slew it with a critical hit which sliced off all 3 of its heads. We discovered it’s lair which was full of booty and a girl chained to the wall. Kendrik instantly thought it was Elanor but it was one of the village girls who had been kidnapped over a year ago. We unchained her Kendrik gave her a drink from his waterskin as she was really dehydrated and the bard carried her.We heard some female screams and Kendrik pushes the party to hurry to save her. We try to leave the girl in a safe room but she wouldn’t as Elanor screamed again. Kendrik took off with the others in pursuit. They all get to the main altar room. When we got there we found Elanor in a circular depression chained with Caligulus behind her pulling her head back with a blade in his hand Caligulus in his bravado told the party “Ah you are just in time to see me sacrifice her to my father” Behind him was a necromancer. We then had to make a spot roll, which Kendrik and the cleric Arton failed. The others moved in time before the necromancer yelled the command to an undead ooze to drop from the ceiling on Kendrik and Arton. This left the others to fight Caligulus and the necromancer. Kendrik and Arton struggle to free themselves from the ooze, Arton broke out first then Kendrik, Caligulus was doing serious damage to Kendriks best friend Callin when Kendrik took over fighting him. Caligulus used a feat called the cruelest cut which did massive damage to Kendrik but he did not drop. Kendrik determined to slay the murderer of his brother Neeko continues to attack. Callin also with vengeance in his mind for friends death flanks him and lands the telling blow. Caligulus dropped and as Kendrik prepared to coup de grace him says to Caligulus “ With Pelors will return to the abyss where you belong” and drives his sword into the ravagers chest. Caligulus opens his eyes and screams as blood flys from his mouth and he twitches and dies.The Necromancer then opens a portal and escapes with his Stirge familiar who was attacking the Rogue Cain. Kendrik then runs over to his love Lady Elanor to remove the chains but his big hands and weaken state, he was seriously low on hit points couldn’t open the locks. He gets Cain to open them and Lady elanor leaps into Kendrik’s arms and hugs him tight. This leaping into Kendrik’s arms was too much for him to handle and they topple backwards. At this point a huge statue of Virakus , 30 feet tall, that was behind the altar comes to life and says ”You may have slain my son but now you have to deal with me your meddling will be tolerated no longer” The statue starts to move towards the party with Kendrik and Cain its first intended victims. Kendrik places Lady Elanor behind him saying "stay behind me my lady I will protect you" and he stands his ground. The statue takes a swipe at Kendrik and connects and by the grace of Pelor and Kendrik digging in his heals he doesn’t fall but takes more damage. Kendrik then attacks the statue with his trusty keen longsword. And with a timely critical hit Kendrik slices through the stone legs and the Statue slides off the legs and topples backwards. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief. Callin looking for the holy mace investigates what appears to be Caligulus’ room. Suddenly an inkbottle pops open and was we assume to be an imp appears laughing maniacally. End of sessionWell the party has this imp to deal with and finding a way out but the important thing is Kendrik saves his love.</blockquote>

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