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<blockquote data-quote="Pour" data-source="post: 4602785" data-attributes="member: 59411"><p><strong>Wednesday, December 17, 2008</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong> <a href="http://othyr.blogspot.com/2008/12/session-1-as-fate-would-have-it.html" target="_blank">Session 1: As Fate Would Have It</a> </strong></p><p></p><p> <strong>Delempar 30th,</strong> <strong>17 AD</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Waking in a Wagon</strong></p><p>The group awoke tied and in the back of a wagon, a voice outside confirming the sleeping root had finally run out. They'd been kidnapped, stolen from their very beds, and were now in nothing but their night clothes. From what the group could recall, they'd been traveling many days.</p><p></p><p>Takeshi and Geirs managed to get themselves free just as the wagon turned off the road and into the uneven wilds. They helped free the others, two of whom still slept, as the wagon parked. They made some quick introductions, some of the children already knowing each other, but all quickly quieted as voices approached.</p><p></p><p><strong>Abelerd and Bathild</strong></p><p>One voice belonged to a woman calling for a man named Abelerd. Abelerd, in turn, eagerly moaned the woman's name, Bathild, to the sound of unbuckling and the rhythm of wet noises. While he was being serviced outside, the group began to form an escape plan.</p><p></p><p><strong>Escape!</strong></p><p>On the count of five, Hulda kicked her mighty leg against the door, which shuddered but refused to break. Geirs followed with a second kick, this one sending the door swinging wide. By this time, Abelerd had his pants up and a mace drawn. He was dressed in a juggler's finery. Abelerd ordered the children back into the wagon, but obviously they refused, and a fight was on.</p><p></p><p>Hulda tore the door off its hinges and used it as a shield to ward the man back, even as he clocked her good in the face and drew blood. Takeshi sensed Bathild about to strike from off the side and quickly knocked the camp follower out with one strong punch. When Isabella missed with a magic orb of force, Abelerd whistled for some help in repelling the kids. That's when Takeshi and Giers finished him within an inch of his life, the latter threatening to kill him if he ever touched his sister again.</p><p></p><p>The sound of others approaching spurred the group into the forest, Takeshi in the lead with an unconscious boggart over his shoulder. Before they left, they noticed a name painted on the wagon side: Dolphus-DeWitt's Traveling Circus!</p><p></p><p><strong>Into the Nameless Woods</strong></p><p>They blindly fled into the woods, making sure they were well away from camp before deciding on a course of action. In the mean time, the boggart awoke, eventually revealed to be Portia Torban. So it seemed all the children did share a common link, each of their parents in one way or another contributing to the mythic victory over Shalraza, Krysarok, Kultuss and the demon armies.</p><p></p><p>Despite Portia's offerings of aid, Takeshi went back to the camp to see if he could retrieve the group's personal effects. Isabella in the lead, the rest made downhill as they looked for a river, and subsequently looked for civilization. In the dark woods in the middle of the night, they could find none.</p><p></p><p>The group eventually grew cold and tired enough to start a fire.</p><p></p><p><strong>Takeshi Scouts</strong></p><p>Takeshi snuck back to camp, spying the entire circus of twenty as they sat around several fires and had dinner. Some were panicking over the loss of the children, worried they'd never be paid and the circus would be ruined. Others assured them that the show would go on and that Dolphus would find the group soon enough. Takeshi made a bit of noise as he attempted to circle around the four wagons, the most likely place their things were kept, and drew the attention of The Fattest Woman on Othyr and The Sword Swallower. Well, the fat lady wasn't leaving her meal, but the swallower investigated, unsheathing a blade from his throat.</p><p></p><p>Takeshi managed to hide from him, then circle around to the wagons, but found an armed guard stationed at each of the doors. Knowing he would need help, he backtracked and found the group. Little did he know he was being followed...</p><p></p><p><strong>Information Gathered</strong></p><p>Takeshi eventually returned to the group with what he learned. They had been spirited away to The Black Forest, a five hundred mile stretch of woods in none other than the xenophobic Kingdom, where only humans were tolerated and arcane magic forbidden. And worse, the circusfolk had sent out a man named Dolphus after them, who they felt confident could find them. They had to keep moving.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dolphus</strong></p><p>No sooner had Takeshi mentioned Dolphus, the man appeared, looking like an unsavory jester in drab gray-blue motley. He brought an armed company consisting of The Bearded Lady, The Strongman and The Sword Swallower. After a futile demand by Isabella to surrender, The Bearded Lady asked if she could have the little princess for her own. Dolphus reminded the hairy woman of her manners and said he wanted to have a little fun first.</p><p></p><p><strong>SLEEP!</strong></p><p>Revolted, Isabella cast one of her most powerful spells, sending the quartet into the depths of unconsciousness. They dropped like rag dolls, where upon the princess demanded the group kill them. Takeshi hacked at Dolphus, but Geirs froze when looming over The Strongman and cut his hamstring instead.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Weight Guesser</strong></p><p>Before they group could coup de grace all the circusfolk, a knife flashed through the air and narrowly missed Isabella. A cried guess of her weight, 125, went with it. Isabella angrily denied such poundage and fired an orb, missing entirely. The Weight Guesser was very well hidden in the forest darkness, prompting Portia to sneak out in search of him.</p><p></p><p>The knives kept flying, one eventually planting into Isabella's side and proving the most pain she'd ever felt in all her years. While the hidden carnie could have kept up the attack all night, Hulda eventually scared him off when she played a little golf with The Bearded Lady's face, knocking off half her jaw with a makeshift greatclub and killing her.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hulda's New Squeeze</strong></p><p>The sounds of wolves echoed in the not too distant distance, likely drawn by the smell of blood. The group made haste further east, as Isabella read the stars. Hulda kept a souvenir, though, slinging the sleeping strongman over her shoulder. Takeshi asked why she was bringing him, but the oafish ten foot girl only shrugged.</p><p></p><p><strong>Portia Scouts Ahead</strong></p><p>Meantime, the boggart rogue scouted the immediate area. She discovered some well-used game trails and prints of animals and men. All signs pointed to this being close to a hunting lodge or perhaps a small village.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jolo Wakes</strong></p><p>As the sound of wolves eventually died out, the strongman woke. In a thick accent he revealed his name was Jolo. He was a very burly, broad man with a waxed handlebar mustache and red furs. Though he played dumb, he seemed to know more than he let on.</p><p></p><p>Geirs and Hulda played a hard game of interrogation, using sexual threats to pry information from the carnie. Jolo revealed that the group was to be taken to Mightstone in the southern Kingdom, the headquarters of the Imperial Dragoons (dragonrider knights) and the lair of Yathnoc the Red (elder red dragon). After a little more prying, they eventually got him to name the man who hired the circus troupe, one Valdemar Volker.</p><p></p><p>It was at that point the group finally discovered a river, or more a large stream if truth be told. Takeshi made a tremendous leap over and turned to help the others across.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Human Furnace</strong></p><p>As soon as Jolo divulged the name Valdemar Volker, he broke into a hot fever and soon began convulsing. Hulda put him down just as his insides ignited, flames spewing from his eyes, nostrils and mouth. Jolo looked a human furnace. Jerking on his feet like a marionette, he attacked the half-giant. Each of the possessed strongman's strikes was incredibly powerful, and set whatever he hit on fire. Hulda was beaten within an inch of her life before leaping into the river to douse the flames.</p><p></p><p><strong>Giants Sink</strong></p><p><strong></strong>As the group laid attacks into the monster Jolo had become, Takeshi even performing an impressive leap back over the river and landing an attack, Hulda fought a very different battle. She was a terrible swimmer and the current quickly took her down the river and around a bend.</p><p></p><p>Portia threw a rock at the human furnace's head, forcing it back. Isabella followed suit, launching a wave of thunder that forced the monster even further back. Geirs attempted to bull rush Jolo right into the river, but tripped up on a rock and dove head first after his half-sister. The half-raptoran managed to tread water, though.</p><p></p><p><strong>Taking Care of Business</strong></p><p>Frantic splashing down river alerted the group to Hulda's desperate fight for her life. Geirs and Takeshi went after her, while Portia and Isabella finished the monster off. It was with no small skill the boggart rogue wheeled and jabbed, gashing and pounding the monster to the point of tatters. Isabella finished the job with some arcane force and the creature crashed into the water, the fiery spirit immediately exorcised.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hulda Drowns</strong></p><p>Hulda lost consciousness after a last ditch effort to break the surface, but big brother was there in a flash. However he could not muster the strength to lift her in her armor. Takeshi dove in after and even he could not manage to lift the giant, who sunk right into the afterlife...</p><p></p><p>As Jolo's lifeless corpse floated on by, the ranger and the paladin dragged Hulda to shore. There Giers tore off his sister's armor and began desperate first aid. The group watched in silent horror, willing her to breathe, but the half-giant did not stir. She was gone.</p><p></p><p><strong>A Cold Night's Goodbye</strong></p><p>Giers fell apart, then, even as Takeshi urged him on his feet. The circusfolk were still out there, still hunting them, and even darker forces seemed at work. They needed to keep moving, but Giers punched the other boy for his efforts. As Takeshi tried to lift Hulda, Giers punched him again. The ranger tried to reason with him, but there was no reason in the senseless death.</p><p></p><p><strong>Portia Scouts Ahead</strong></p><p>At Takeshi's bidding, the boggart scouted on ahead. She didn't have to go more than a hundred yards to stumble upon a small thorp, maybe twelve buildings total. The place was deserted in the middle of the night, not one light lit.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hulda Lives!</strong></p><p>As Takeshi tried a second time to lift the giant, with Geirs helping this go, they actually managed to lift her great bulk. It was then they heard something odd. Was it... could it be... snoring? Hulda was snoring. Hulda lived!</p><p></p><p>Isabella laughed and indeed the whole group was relieved, even as Portia returned and informed them of the village.</p><p></p><p><em>Experience:</em> 220 per player</p><p><em>Items:</em> Character Sheet Equipment</p><p><em>Money:</em> Whatever was left over on your sheet</p><p></p><p><strong>NPCs: </strong></p><p>Abelerd, juggler-jailer</p><p>Bathild, camp follower</p><p>Dolphus, half-owner of the circus (dead)</p><p>Jolo the Strongman (dead)</p><p>The Bearded Lady (dead)</p><p>The Sword Swallower</p><p>The Weight Guesser</p><p></p><p><strong>Monsters:</strong></p><p>The Human Furnace (Jolo Possessed)</p><p></p><p><strong>Places:</strong></p><p>The Black Forest (The Kingdom)</p><p></p><p><strong>Organizations:</strong></p><p>Dolphus-DeWitt's Traveling Circus</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pour, post: 4602785, member: 59411"] [B]Wednesday, December 17, 2008[/B] [B] [URL="http://othyr.blogspot.com/2008/12/session-1-as-fate-would-have-it.html"]Session 1: As Fate Would Have It[/URL] [/B] [B]Delempar 30th,[/B] [B]17 AD[/B] [B]Waking in a Wagon[/B] The group awoke tied and in the back of a wagon, a voice outside confirming the sleeping root had finally run out. They'd been kidnapped, stolen from their very beds, and were now in nothing but their night clothes. From what the group could recall, they'd been traveling many days. Takeshi and Geirs managed to get themselves free just as the wagon turned off the road and into the uneven wilds. They helped free the others, two of whom still slept, as the wagon parked. They made some quick introductions, some of the children already knowing each other, but all quickly quieted as voices approached. [B]Abelerd and Bathild[/B] One voice belonged to a woman calling for a man named Abelerd. Abelerd, in turn, eagerly moaned the woman's name, Bathild, to the sound of unbuckling and the rhythm of wet noises. While he was being serviced outside, the group began to form an escape plan. [B]Escape![/B] On the count of five, Hulda kicked her mighty leg against the door, which shuddered but refused to break. Geirs followed with a second kick, this one sending the door swinging wide. By this time, Abelerd had his pants up and a mace drawn. He was dressed in a juggler's finery. Abelerd ordered the children back into the wagon, but obviously they refused, and a fight was on. Hulda tore the door off its hinges and used it as a shield to ward the man back, even as he clocked her good in the face and drew blood. Takeshi sensed Bathild about to strike from off the side and quickly knocked the camp follower out with one strong punch. When Isabella missed with a magic orb of force, Abelerd whistled for some help in repelling the kids. That's when Takeshi and Giers finished him within an inch of his life, the latter threatening to kill him if he ever touched his sister again. The sound of others approaching spurred the group into the forest, Takeshi in the lead with an unconscious boggart over his shoulder. Before they left, they noticed a name painted on the wagon side: Dolphus-DeWitt's Traveling Circus! [B]Into the Nameless Woods[/B] They blindly fled into the woods, making sure they were well away from camp before deciding on a course of action. In the mean time, the boggart awoke, eventually revealed to be Portia Torban. So it seemed all the children did share a common link, each of their parents in one way or another contributing to the mythic victory over Shalraza, Krysarok, Kultuss and the demon armies. Despite Portia's offerings of aid, Takeshi went back to the camp to see if he could retrieve the group's personal effects. Isabella in the lead, the rest made downhill as they looked for a river, and subsequently looked for civilization. In the dark woods in the middle of the night, they could find none. The group eventually grew cold and tired enough to start a fire. [B]Takeshi Scouts[/B] Takeshi snuck back to camp, spying the entire circus of twenty as they sat around several fires and had dinner. Some were panicking over the loss of the children, worried they'd never be paid and the circus would be ruined. Others assured them that the show would go on and that Dolphus would find the group soon enough. Takeshi made a bit of noise as he attempted to circle around the four wagons, the most likely place their things were kept, and drew the attention of The Fattest Woman on Othyr and The Sword Swallower. Well, the fat lady wasn't leaving her meal, but the swallower investigated, unsheathing a blade from his throat. Takeshi managed to hide from him, then circle around to the wagons, but found an armed guard stationed at each of the doors. Knowing he would need help, he backtracked and found the group. Little did he know he was being followed... [B]Information Gathered[/B] Takeshi eventually returned to the group with what he learned. They had been spirited away to The Black Forest, a five hundred mile stretch of woods in none other than the xenophobic Kingdom, where only humans were tolerated and arcane magic forbidden. And worse, the circusfolk had sent out a man named Dolphus after them, who they felt confident could find them. They had to keep moving. [B]Dolphus[/B] No sooner had Takeshi mentioned Dolphus, the man appeared, looking like an unsavory jester in drab gray-blue motley. He brought an armed company consisting of The Bearded Lady, The Strongman and The Sword Swallower. After a futile demand by Isabella to surrender, The Bearded Lady asked if she could have the little princess for her own. Dolphus reminded the hairy woman of her manners and said he wanted to have a little fun first. [B]SLEEP![/B] Revolted, Isabella cast one of her most powerful spells, sending the quartet into the depths of unconsciousness. They dropped like rag dolls, where upon the princess demanded the group kill them. Takeshi hacked at Dolphus, but Geirs froze when looming over The Strongman and cut his hamstring instead. [B]The Weight Guesser[/B] Before they group could coup de grace all the circusfolk, a knife flashed through the air and narrowly missed Isabella. A cried guess of her weight, 125, went with it. Isabella angrily denied such poundage and fired an orb, missing entirely. The Weight Guesser was very well hidden in the forest darkness, prompting Portia to sneak out in search of him. The knives kept flying, one eventually planting into Isabella's side and proving the most pain she'd ever felt in all her years. While the hidden carnie could have kept up the attack all night, Hulda eventually scared him off when she played a little golf with The Bearded Lady's face, knocking off half her jaw with a makeshift greatclub and killing her. [B]Hulda's New Squeeze[/B] The sounds of wolves echoed in the not too distant distance, likely drawn by the smell of blood. The group made haste further east, as Isabella read the stars. Hulda kept a souvenir, though, slinging the sleeping strongman over her shoulder. Takeshi asked why she was bringing him, but the oafish ten foot girl only shrugged. [B]Portia Scouts Ahead[/B] Meantime, the boggart rogue scouted the immediate area. She discovered some well-used game trails and prints of animals and men. All signs pointed to this being close to a hunting lodge or perhaps a small village. [B]Jolo Wakes[/B] As the sound of wolves eventually died out, the strongman woke. In a thick accent he revealed his name was Jolo. He was a very burly, broad man with a waxed handlebar mustache and red furs. Though he played dumb, he seemed to know more than he let on. Geirs and Hulda played a hard game of interrogation, using sexual threats to pry information from the carnie. Jolo revealed that the group was to be taken to Mightstone in the southern Kingdom, the headquarters of the Imperial Dragoons (dragonrider knights) and the lair of Yathnoc the Red (elder red dragon). After a little more prying, they eventually got him to name the man who hired the circus troupe, one Valdemar Volker. It was at that point the group finally discovered a river, or more a large stream if truth be told. Takeshi made a tremendous leap over and turned to help the others across. [B]The Human Furnace[/B] As soon as Jolo divulged the name Valdemar Volker, he broke into a hot fever and soon began convulsing. Hulda put him down just as his insides ignited, flames spewing from his eyes, nostrils and mouth. Jolo looked a human furnace. Jerking on his feet like a marionette, he attacked the half-giant. Each of the possessed strongman's strikes was incredibly powerful, and set whatever he hit on fire. Hulda was beaten within an inch of her life before leaping into the river to douse the flames. [B]Giants Sink [/B]As the group laid attacks into the monster Jolo had become, Takeshi even performing an impressive leap back over the river and landing an attack, Hulda fought a very different battle. She was a terrible swimmer and the current quickly took her down the river and around a bend. Portia threw a rock at the human furnace's head, forcing it back. Isabella followed suit, launching a wave of thunder that forced the monster even further back. Geirs attempted to bull rush Jolo right into the river, but tripped up on a rock and dove head first after his half-sister. The half-raptoran managed to tread water, though. [B]Taking Care of Business[/B] Frantic splashing down river alerted the group to Hulda's desperate fight for her life. Geirs and Takeshi went after her, while Portia and Isabella finished the monster off. It was with no small skill the boggart rogue wheeled and jabbed, gashing and pounding the monster to the point of tatters. Isabella finished the job with some arcane force and the creature crashed into the water, the fiery spirit immediately exorcised. [B]Hulda Drowns[/B] Hulda lost consciousness after a last ditch effort to break the surface, but big brother was there in a flash. However he could not muster the strength to lift her in her armor. Takeshi dove in after and even he could not manage to lift the giant, who sunk right into the afterlife... As Jolo's lifeless corpse floated on by, the ranger and the paladin dragged Hulda to shore. There Giers tore off his sister's armor and began desperate first aid. The group watched in silent horror, willing her to breathe, but the half-giant did not stir. She was gone. [B]A Cold Night's Goodbye[/B] Giers fell apart, then, even as Takeshi urged him on his feet. The circusfolk were still out there, still hunting them, and even darker forces seemed at work. They needed to keep moving, but Giers punched the other boy for his efforts. As Takeshi tried to lift Hulda, Giers punched him again. The ranger tried to reason with him, but there was no reason in the senseless death. [B]Portia Scouts Ahead[/B] At Takeshi's bidding, the boggart scouted on ahead. She didn't have to go more than a hundred yards to stumble upon a small thorp, maybe twelve buildings total. The place was deserted in the middle of the night, not one light lit. [B]Hulda Lives![/B] As Takeshi tried a second time to lift the giant, with Geirs helping this go, they actually managed to lift her great bulk. It was then they heard something odd. Was it... could it be... snoring? Hulda was snoring. Hulda lived! Isabella laughed and indeed the whole group was relieved, even as Portia returned and informed them of the village. [I]Experience:[/I] 220 per player [I]Items:[/I] Character Sheet Equipment [I]Money:[/I] Whatever was left over on your sheet [B]NPCs: [/B] Abelerd, juggler-jailer Bathild, camp follower Dolphus, half-owner of the circus (dead) Jolo the Strongman (dead) The Bearded Lady (dead) The Sword Swallower The Weight Guesser [B]Monsters:[/B] The Human Furnace (Jolo Possessed) [B]Places:[/B] The Black Forest (The Kingdom) [B]Organizations:[/B] Dolphus-DeWitt's Traveling Circus [/QUOTE]
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