Strahd's "RttToEE" CLOSED

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

The Kid begins to climb the iron rungs, upon reaching the top, he looks without touching the area but spots nothing out of the ordinary, the pillar and the above obelisk are one, no trace of Lenuran.

Lenuran pace back and forth along the room, suddenly he finds himself, with the fruit still in his hand, back in the cave, to the feet of the pillar, above him Thandis check the place were he vanished, the others surround the pillar.

 

[DEFCON 1]

"Well I was thinking that--" Suddenly the gnome appears next to Ithiken, who jumps about five feet in the air in surprise. "--BAHHHH!!! What the?!? Lenuran!!! DON'T DO THAT!!!"

The elf furrows his brow and looks at the gnome. "I didn't know you could make yourself invisible. Great. Makes one of my spells even more superfluous."

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades ignores the elf's babbling and checks Lenuran over visually. "What happened? And what is that?" he asks the gnome, pointing to the fruit.

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn moves to the remains of the dead cleric, tearing a peice from his cloak to use as a rag. Although he remains vigilant, the dwarf lovingly begins to clean the blade of his greatsword Anrak.



I finally got around to naming his sword; It has killed plenty of foes now, so it deserves a name.

Anrak roughly translates to Foehammer.

 

[stonegod]

The Kid shakily climbs down. Gnolls and dragons he can handle. Betrayers boil his blood. But this... this was getting too much for him. We was a solider. This was madness.

"We can talk about this later. We're done here, okay?"

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills, Bard 4, Hp: 24/24

"By the Hells, I am glad to be back into this cold, evil place, and out of THAT dark, evil place!"

The gnome looks around at his companions, notices The Kid looking at where Lenuran disappeared.

"Thandis - WAIT!" He yells out. The gnome then sits down, with his back against the pillar and calms himself down.

He begins to explain what just happened to him,"If you touch the junction of the pillar and obelisk, you'll get transported to a black room -- devoid of light, and spherical in shape."

He continues,"Although there was no light, I could see inside of it, the walls were smooth, but there were no exits."

"Then a loud voice boomed inside of my head -- I fear it was Tharizdun himself!" The small gnome shudders at the mention of his name.

"He told me to look for the 'Hearts of the Four Moons, for they could sunder the walls of his prison'"

"I don't know what the first part means, but the second part has me grievously concerned -- this cult that we've stumbled upon may be attempting to free Tharizdun!"

Miltiades ignores the elf's babbling and checks Lenuran over visually. "What happened? And what is that?" he asks the gnome, pointing to the fruit.

"The voice told me to eat of his fruit and be blessed. I am actually considering eating it, for whoever this was, Tharizdun or not, why would he want to harm one of his followers?"

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades shakes his head in negation "You do not want his blessings. Though they offer potent powers of destruction they drive mortals insane and corrupt their souls. Do not seek to become like the madman we have slain."

 

[Rhun]

His blade clean, Korbryn moves to rejoin his companions. "This sounds like a threat t' the dwarves, an' other goodly folk. We must be puttin' a stop t' it."

 

[s@squ@tch]

Lenuran of Lortmills

"I heed your wisdom and thank you for your council," He says, while looking at Miltiades.

"However, I am a collector of knowledge and obscure bits of information, and how better to know thy enemy, than to understand some of their dark secrets. I am quite intrigued by the knowledge that this fruit may bestow. But, my thirst for knowledge is tempered by the fact that most of the people we've met here so far have been batshiat insane."

"In the end, this fruit here could be the foundation for quite the tale -- an epic, perhaps -- about a gnome who either ate a piece of fruit and was granted a boon of some kind, or a gnome who foolhardily ate a bit of black fruit and then went off his rocker."

"I don't really know which pathway to take, honestly, but if we are to prevent the release of Tharizdun, which could destroy all existence, if the legends be true -- we need all of the help we can get against him. Perhaps eating of this fruit will give us some clue or weapon against him."

With that, Lenuran bites deeply into the black fruit, not knowing what exactly the outcome will be, but hoping for the best.

 

[Rhun]

As the gnome bites into the black fruit before anyone can offer further guidance, Korbryn quickly readies his blade, taking a firm grip on Anrak's hilt. "If'n ye go batty, be knowin' that me blade shall be the last thing ye see."