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Session 58, Part Three - The Best Laid Plans
Korrigan, Andrei and Gupta entered the church in North Shore. A solemn memorial was taking place for family bravuras who had died during the initial attack on Flint and the bombardment of the Government District. When the service was over Morgan Cippiano approached them. He told them that the person giving orders as ‘Stover Delft’ was wearing a pair of shoes that Cippiano had gifted to Malthusius before he disappeared four years ago - magical shoes that changed to match one’s outfit, but also had the power to help the wearer change his entire appearance. “They murdered our friend and now they are wearing his shoes,” he hissed. “This must not stand.” Malthusius had also been a fast friend of Bishop Antonescu, who Morgan now reintroduced them to. Antonescu was an athletic, venal and ambitious priest. He offered them help on the condition they accepted a blessing. (It would no doubt serve his cause to relay to his superiors that he had bestowed a clergy blessing on the new king of Risur.) Gupta turned and stalked out of the church to wait on the steps. (These people had massacred hers.) Korrigan and Andrei submitted themselves to Antonescu’s ministrations. When he was only partway through his first catechism, Antonescu suddenly took note of a holy light surrounding Korrigan – radiating from his sword and the Humble Hook around his neck. “This is no time for healing potions and minor blessings,” he said, with wide eyes. “This calls for something special.” He opened a cylindrical vault in the floor of the vestry and pulled out a tube, handing it to Korrigan. “With this you can call upon the favour of Triegenes,” he said. “It will perform his divine will at your entreaty. A minor miracle of sorts. The most powerful prayer at my disposal.” On his return to the Garden, Korrigan sought to establish if the scroll would overcome the arcane barrier on the Governor’s island, but Harkover and Leon did not think it would. They still needed the Coaltongue.
If Uru was conscious, it would have been an easy matter for him to scout out the ship’s defences. In his absence, a slightly more convoluted method was called for: Leon passed invisibly to the Royal Docks, chose someone he could readily impersonate, took on their form, and conducted a series of apparently casual chats with some of the soldiers there. He learned that there were hundreds of men and two huge constructs hidden in warehouses on either side of the main square, a whole company on the ship itself and – perhaps most important of all – that the Danorans had rigged explosives on the Coaltongue’s propeller mechanism. To recapture the ship they would need to beat the defenders, prevent an explosion, and take out two grand frigates!
At that moment, they received a reply from Gale. She and Asrabey had dealt with the ‘shadow men’ – more magically altered porteurs de mort, by the sound of things. They would remain in the Cloudwood, on standby to help when they were needed. Despite his injuries, Harkover said that with rest he would be able to help too. (With permission from Korrigan, and ‘the cat out of the bag already’, he might be able to take his natural form for a time and take out one of the frigates. While he could not fly naturally, he had flight spells at his disposal that would allow him to take to the air for a short time. Korrigan appraised this suggestion and decided that even in dragon form, Harkover would need support.)
At 6pm, Korrigan called it: he mandated a rest for the entire unit, which would see them back in action at 1am. After much discussion, they formulated the following plan:
Gupta and Rumdoom’s eschatologists would pilot the Sunfish, a submarine vessel armed with the tyrant’s eye. This would destroy the hull of one grand frigate. Harkover, Gale and Asrabey would take on the other. Amielle, Dame Jillian and the palace guards would check out the mayor’s mansion. Meanwhile, the rest of the unit would use the miracle scroll to get themselves onto the Coaltongue. Assuming Uru had recovered, he would deal with the explosives while the others swept the decks and took out the on-shore defences (if he had not, they would think of something else). Then the dockers would come aboard with Rutger Smith, whom Korrigan now promoted to Admiral. In the same private dock where the Sunfish was berthed, they also found the Skull of Cheshimox and the Fey Portal Pad, rescued from the Impossible, both of which would come in very handy…
Korrigan, Andrei and Gupta entered the church in North Shore. A solemn memorial was taking place for family bravuras who had died during the initial attack on Flint and the bombardment of the Government District. When the service was over Morgan Cippiano approached them. He told them that the person giving orders as ‘Stover Delft’ was wearing a pair of shoes that Cippiano had gifted to Malthusius before he disappeared four years ago - magical shoes that changed to match one’s outfit, but also had the power to help the wearer change his entire appearance. “They murdered our friend and now they are wearing his shoes,” he hissed. “This must not stand.” Malthusius had also been a fast friend of Bishop Antonescu, who Morgan now reintroduced them to. Antonescu was an athletic, venal and ambitious priest. He offered them help on the condition they accepted a blessing. (It would no doubt serve his cause to relay to his superiors that he had bestowed a clergy blessing on the new king of Risur.) Gupta turned and stalked out of the church to wait on the steps. (These people had massacred hers.) Korrigan and Andrei submitted themselves to Antonescu’s ministrations. When he was only partway through his first catechism, Antonescu suddenly took note of a holy light surrounding Korrigan – radiating from his sword and the Humble Hook around his neck. “This is no time for healing potions and minor blessings,” he said, with wide eyes. “This calls for something special.” He opened a cylindrical vault in the floor of the vestry and pulled out a tube, handing it to Korrigan. “With this you can call upon the favour of Triegenes,” he said. “It will perform his divine will at your entreaty. A minor miracle of sorts. The most powerful prayer at my disposal.” On his return to the Garden, Korrigan sought to establish if the scroll would overcome the arcane barrier on the Governor’s island, but Harkover and Leon did not think it would. They still needed the Coaltongue.
If Uru was conscious, it would have been an easy matter for him to scout out the ship’s defences. In his absence, a slightly more convoluted method was called for: Leon passed invisibly to the Royal Docks, chose someone he could readily impersonate, took on their form, and conducted a series of apparently casual chats with some of the soldiers there. He learned that there were hundreds of men and two huge constructs hidden in warehouses on either side of the main square, a whole company on the ship itself and – perhaps most important of all – that the Danorans had rigged explosives on the Coaltongue’s propeller mechanism. To recapture the ship they would need to beat the defenders, prevent an explosion, and take out two grand frigates!
At that moment, they received a reply from Gale. She and Asrabey had dealt with the ‘shadow men’ – more magically altered porteurs de mort, by the sound of things. They would remain in the Cloudwood, on standby to help when they were needed. Despite his injuries, Harkover said that with rest he would be able to help too. (With permission from Korrigan, and ‘the cat out of the bag already’, he might be able to take his natural form for a time and take out one of the frigates. While he could not fly naturally, he had flight spells at his disposal that would allow him to take to the air for a short time. Korrigan appraised this suggestion and decided that even in dragon form, Harkover would need support.)
At 6pm, Korrigan called it: he mandated a rest for the entire unit, which would see them back in action at 1am. After much discussion, they formulated the following plan:
Gupta and Rumdoom’s eschatologists would pilot the Sunfish, a submarine vessel armed with the tyrant’s eye. This would destroy the hull of one grand frigate. Harkover, Gale and Asrabey would take on the other. Amielle, Dame Jillian and the palace guards would check out the mayor’s mansion. Meanwhile, the rest of the unit would use the miracle scroll to get themselves onto the Coaltongue. Assuming Uru had recovered, he would deal with the explosives while the others swept the decks and took out the on-shore defences (if he had not, they would think of something else). Then the dockers would come aboard with Rutger Smith, whom Korrigan now promoted to Admiral. In the same private dock where the Sunfish was berthed, they also found the Skull of Cheshimox and the Fey Portal Pad, rescued from the Impossible, both of which would come in very handy…
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