pneumatik's WotBS 2 - The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

[pneumatik]

"Gwenvere, Gwenvere, hmm ... Oh, right. I learned a song about her when I was little. It was really popular because Anyariel had just defeated Indomitability. Okay, so Anyariel and Timbre were lovers. That's why Timbre gave Anyariel a wooden sword made from herself. But Gwenvere loved Anyariel, too. I think she might have blamed Timbre for Anyariel's death. Supposedly Gwenvere's really a nymph, but every says she looks like a monster now, made grotesque by her hatred for Timbre. I think she still lives in her pool at the lake shore a few miles from the village. Gwenvere didn't keep it a secret that she hated Timbre, so I'm not surprised Timbre mentioned her."

It's starting to get dark.

 

[Rhun]

Hollister nods sagely. Lover's triangles were always a bad thing. He had heard stories of more than one mage that had been destroyed by such things. He turns to his companions. "Well, it seems as though we must needs find this Gwenvere. However, I would prefer to rest this evening, and continue our search at daybreak."

 

[HolyMan]

"Are you sure I'm not even tired." Shaylir says to Hollister's words.


[sblock=OOC] Plus Shaylir has all her spells and abilities. [/sblock]
[sblock=stats]
HP: 26/26
AC: 19
Init: +3
Fort: +7
Reflex: +5
Will: +8(+9)

Sling = +7 to hit, (+3 dex, +2 BAB, +1 size, +1 morale, +1 item, -1 stone); 1d2 dmg; range: 50'

Spells:
Druid
0- Create Water (2/2), Guidance, Detect Magic
1- Shillelagh, Stand the Heat, Cure Light Wounds - 1d8+4
2- Resist Energy, Cure Light Wounds (2/2) - 1d8+4

Cleric
0- Mending, Resistance, Read Magic
1- Bless, Shield of Faith, Cure Light Wounds(d)- 1d8+2

Pearl of power (1st lvl): unused
Turn undead: 4/4
Speak with Animals: 1/1
Vow of Healing: 4/4 [/sblock]

 

[Thanee]

Lytha

“If it's just a few miles, we could manage that today, or not? The sooner we get this whole mess cleaned up, the better!”

 

[Arkhandus]

"Yes, we should head over there now, and try to resolve this quickly, or at least learn if this Gwenvere may be able to solve our problem with Timbre and her guardians. Or at least hold more information on the whole Innenotdar conundrum. I would very much like to see Shahalesti again, and preferably not as a specter," Liiros replies. He takes only a few minutes to rest.

 

[pneumatik]

Torrent looks at the sun sitting low on the horizon. "If we go into Gwenvere's pool, just be careful. Swimming in the dark can be very dangerous. And I'm saying that as a priest of Osprem."

"Gwenvere's pool is basically at the opposite end of the lake for our village," Tiljann says. "I think it's a little faster to get there if you go around the lake in that direction. The pool's just beautiful. There's a little island in the middle and the last time I saw it there were scattered patches of burning reeds in it. Good luck!"

It takes you just under an hour of walking on the exposed lake bed to reach Gwenvere's pool at the other side of the lake. The scene is stunning. The fading daylight is just bright enough for you to see the entire pool, but dark enough for the flicking flames to cast dancing shadows. The pool is filled with scattered patches of burning reeds. Crimson flowers crackle atop an island in the center of the pool, their embers drifting lazily in a slow breeze. Tree branches sway above the water, their heat almost hypnotic. However, the water itself is flat gray, coated in ash, and scattered along the shore are bits of animal bones.

The pool is irregularly shaped, ranging from 75 to 150 feet across. The island in the middle is circular and about 50 feet in diameter. The southern shore of the pool is steep and almost cliff-like. In middle of it there's a cave large enough for a person to walk upright. You can't see how deep the water is.

 

[HolyMan]

Shaylir follows everyone not really sure what they will do when they arrive. When they find the small pool of water with it's burning reeds and ash covered waters she sighs.

"I bet this place was once very beautiful, before that fire eyed guy showed up and ruined it," she says to the others. "Where do you think this Gwenvere lives? Out on the island?"

 

[Rhun]

Hollister shrugs. "I do not know. However, I do not fancy a swim in the lake, espcially with darkness falling." The wizard stares at the placid waters of the lake, noting the animal bones upon the shoreline. "The fact that the area is littered with bones would seem to indicate an unseen danger."

 

[pneumatik]

"Well it's getting dark. If we're just going to stand here and look we should come back tomorrow. Even in abundance firelight isn't very good." Torrent speaks to the party as she warily eyes the many shadows around the pool.

[sblock=Lytha]Lytha, you see the water move in a way that makes you think something might be moving underneath the water.[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

"Let's see if she is home first." Shaylir says steeping up to the waters edge.

"Gwenvere! Gwenvere! Mistress of The Burning Reeds Pool! We have come to speak with thee!" she calls out towards the island.