Sagiro's Story Hour Returns (new thread started on 5/18/08)

[Plane Sailing]

What an excellent conclusion to the Black Circle business! Coming right down to the wire, heroes putting their life force on the line, Grey Wolf being a descendant of Moriel (had we known that? I don't remember that snippet of info), Bad guys being hit by the backlash of their foul magics, Mokad biting the dust. Yay Abernathys Company!! (or whatever they get called now...)

I felt a warm glow of satisfaction at the resolution here. Sometimes it is best for the villains to not escape

(does that only leave Meledian(sp?) of the red-armoured warriors still extant?)

 

[RavenSinger]

It comes down, then, to Kay, who is flying in pursuit. She just catches up to him before he can fly off into the twilight of Kallor, and takes a last desperate swing with her war hammer.

Crunch!

Can I just say, all my coworkers were startled when I let out a heathy "WOO-HOO!" when I read this.

Thanks Sagiro and Abernathy's Company for such a GREAT campaign!

--RavenSinger

 

[Enkhidu]

It's a rarity that I post in a Story Hour - even one I've read since the party was whisked to Abernathy's Tower - but I just have to say one thing.

Thank you!

My favorite campaigns have always been "save the world" campaigns that start with 1st or low level characters, and this is one of the best ones I've ever seen.

I could go one and on about the breadth and depth of the campaign, but instead I'll just say this. I actually find myself caring about these characters - more so than in much of the published fiction I've read.

If you do eventually turn this into a book of some sort, you'll have at least one buyer!

And don't count out the possibility of a book based on a campaign: if I remember rightly, a certain pair of writers (Hickman and Weiss was it?) used campaign inspiration to create one of the quintessential pieces of gaming fiction of the 80's...

Anyway, thanks for the fun!

And keep it up, dang it!

 

[KidCthulhu]

What Sagiro hasn't described here is the long, terrible moment, when the globes merged. Remember that the characters didn't know that Greywolf was free. We just knew he wasn't dead, and the sphere's had joined.

Dranko is panting outside Mokad's pit, his shoulders slumping. Kibbe grips his axe tighter. Kay nocks an arrow, the wind blowing her hair, even here. Flicker raises himself on one elbow, worry etched in the lines of his face.

The allies look up from healing Step, certain that something bad is coming, although they know not what.

Aravis is still sunk deep in the Maze and in front of him, Greywolf's limp form hangs, like an unwanted sacrifice to some finicky god.

Ernie spins his blade, and drops the visor on his helmet, prepared to take some of the bastards with him if he can.

Then, slowly, imperceptively, the sphere's move apart.

And the whole world breathes again.

And all hell breaks loose.

That's what a rat bastard Sagiro is. All hail his squeaky, long tailed greatness.

 

[Zaruthustran]

Holy smokes

That....

was.....

AWESOME!

Many thanks, Sagiro, for a wild ride. Once again, I beg you to make a full novel of this creation. Actually, I suppose that'd be a series of novels.

Can't wait to see what's next!!

 

[RangerWickett]

It's like Twin Peaks. I love it, I know it's brilliant, but I have almost no idea what just happened. So, please, remind us of all the details when you get a chance. Mainly, how did you know Grey Wolf was supposed to be there and die? And what did the Eyes of Moirel and traveling nowhere have to do with this? Ack. Too many old hints and foreshadowings.

Sagiro, you wouldn't happen to be an illustrator, would you? Or if not, do you have aspirations for writing comics?

 

[Lord Pendragon]

And what did the Eyes of Moirel and traveling nowhere have to do with this?

My guess is that that part is yet to come. The Black Circle's been defeated, but Naradawk Skewn is still in that alternate prime, and he's probably still battering at the barriers the Archmages have been holding shut. The Black Circle was working a short-cut, but with Naradawk alive and kicking, he's still a threat.

So the Company's going to have to track down another Eye of Moirel so they can pass into the alternate material and take care of the problem for good.

[Edit] Unless the red-armored soldier who was torn apart was Naradawk... [/edit]

 

[Little_Buddha]

Sagiro’s Story Hour, Part 141c

[Aravis] has also seen thousands of dots of light hovering between the planes – all of them planar travelers on the verge of crossing over at the completion of the ritual. Strangely, only about two dozen are likely to come out in this particular vicinity.

The other thousands have also been dismembered, right?

 

[Carnifex]

Woohoo! A truly glorious victory - congratulations to the party!

 

[madriel]

Was that Naradawk? Either way, that was simply amazing. It was really cool how Kay's last-ditch effort paid off. For us at least. Were you really hoping Mokad would make it out, Sagiro, or were you happy to let the party finally nail him?