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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8057170" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Chapter One: Session OneThe Swallowtail Festival [SPOILER="Session One Journal"]First Tower stands on the banks of the Dagger River, 30 miles north of Sharn. Built where the Wroat-Zilspar caravan trail meets the lightning rail at its final stop before the City of Towers. First Tower is lucky to have road, rail and sea traffic and all of this takes place in the shadow of a ruined tower of ancient and unknown provenance on the towns western provenance.The festival was in full swing when the PCs arrived. Tharnlass, the disaffected Lyrandar heir, bard and spy arrived by road from the North. Nix the hooded warforged arcanist by boat. Followed surreptitiously by Addyson the grey-skinned half elf Paladin.Food stalls, vendors, acrobats, jugglers, and speeches from the worthies of the town filled the afternoon until the consecration ceremony of the new temple to the Sovereign Host. While none of the PCs were familiar they marked each other as having the countenance of someone who had served in the Last War. All gathered before the main stage at dusk to watch the ceremony as Father Zantus took to the stage, attracting the crowds attention with a thunderstone.Screams and shouts broke the silence though punctuated by the pained yelp of dog whose throat was slit by a goblin scuttling through the crowd. A cruel and violent war chant rose around the market as goblins assaulted the square sending townsfolk fleeing in all directions.Tharnlass sent a goblin reeling with a minor curse that left it clutching its head, but not before taking an arrow in the side, dropping him to the ground, blood pooling. Addyson strapped on their shield and drew a sword stepping in front of the downed half elf. Attention drawn, Nix saw the dying elf and reached down, extending a heated rod that cauterized his wounds before delivering a small jolt that caused his eyes to flicker open.Unleashing more powerful magic Tharnlass spat a barrage of wounding whispers that killed one goblin as Adysson disemboweled another with a long sword strike. Father Zantus was chased off the stage by a leering goblin and Adysson took it down as the aging priest grabbed the goblins leg from his prone position to distract it. The threat dealt with now, Zantus healed the group and then hurried off to help townsfolk.More goblins poured from the south, torches setting alight the canvas tents and supplies. Including a war changed that drove the goblins on to increasing acts of violence. Addyson charged them flinging a dagger inspired by Tharnlass to take one goblin clean in the through though the warchanter left the Paladin rolling on the ground with its cruel magical jibes. The spell was soon thrown off though and between Nix’s sniping spells of frost, and a timely rapier thrust from Tharnlass the foes were dispatched.It appeared that the fight was dying out as goblins turned from attacking to fleeing. A furious barking and a pained yelp drew the group north to the gates. A finely dressed noble watched from the ground as his hound was butchered by a mounted goblin riding a giant rat-like dog. The three attacked, spells were hurled to take the goblin-dog out from under its rider. The commando advanced, attention drawn from the noble. First Tharnlass fell, though not before wounding the brute. Then Adysson, leaving only Nix to draw a dagger. A duel ensued, goblin speed against warforged armour until Nix drove the blade into the creatures neck. Seeing the noble had crawled over to Tharnlass and Adysson and bound their wounds. Nix and the noble, Aldern Foxglove helped them to beds at the nearby Rusty Dragon inn where the Sarlonan innkeeper took them in.The next morning the locals were full of praise for the heroes that had saved First Tower. Backs were slapped and praise lavished. They were told that Aldern Foxglove had promised them a reward when they attended him. The goblin attack had everyone surprised, not least as to how they got into the town. At the House of Blue Stones, Aldern gave them their promised reward and his eternal thanks, inviting them on a hunt the next morning to celebrate their victory. Despite his somewhat uncomfortable advances towards Adysson they agreed. Then they continued their business in search of the local Sheriff.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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