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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7129953" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 15 (138) Part Two - Three Towers</strong></p><p></p><p>Quietly, the group descended and Xambria marvelled at the layers of history here: clear signs of current occupation; ancient dwarven markings; original and even more ancient function as a dragon aerie! They found and disabled a magical trap on the south door and peeked out. A short tunnel led to an ice bridge over the gorge, then into another tunnel on the far side. The roar of a waterfall drowned out most other noise. Down below: the rift floor, lit by strange blue lanterns. To the south: another bridge, where the female giant guard now turned, took in the air and moved back to her original spot on their side of the bridge. The others could soon hear her footsteps approaching, as she called out the name of her fallen comrade. They ambushed the frost giant when she got close to the tower, and Xambria revealed a surprise: her fingers, hand and forearm peeled back to reveal ( and to form) the Clockwork Count’s latest experimental device, based on the blueprints and schematics of Tinker Oddcog: an aelectric cannon. Ignoring his safety warnings, she fired twice: cracking, noiseless arcs of energy that struck the giant just as Leon’s hex removed her mouth. The others joined in and the guard was dropped.</p><p></p><p>Uru followed the dead giant’s path through the ice passage. It continued on to another breach in the second north tower, with a branch to the south leading to the other ice bridge. An ice chute in the floor led to a lower chamber from whence the susurrations of several sleeping giants could be heard. Uru crept to the far tower. He saw stairs heading up and down, and investigated what turned out to be condoms made from elk intestines. Yuck! (Thankfully, the contents had frozen solid.)</p><p></p><p>He went back to the dragon tower and reported his findings. The decision was made to cross the trapped ice bridge, but not before they had checked out the lowest floor of the dragon tower properly. Uru had popped his head down there earlier and discovered a carefully laid-out ritual chamber, with symbols on the walls that meant nothing to him (but he had grown accustomed to reporting such things to the others). Xambria investigated and discovered that the runes were very old, but far less old than the tower itself. They were dwarven in origin, and told the tale of a great discovery made near this place, hundreds of years ago, following a meteor shower: Dwarven loremasters had followed the brightest of these falling stars and recovered an enormously heavy, deep black stone. Though no larger than a man’s head, the dwarves had to summon an earth titan to carry it out of the mountains. They found that the stone had the ability to negate energy, matter and being, and used it to seal the secrets of their magical towers. They called the stone the Kum Ruk Nazar, or the Stone of Not. Some said it was a fragment of a dead sun. Both Xambria and Rumdoom were incredibly excited about this, but Korrigan insisted that they move on.</p><p></p><p>Over the eastern ice bridge they stole, lit from below by that strange, blue light. The tunnel branched left and right. To the right was another breached tower. To the left, a second fork north and a chamber with an ice chute that led to the surface (presumably close to the large camp they had seen). Another ice giant guard crouched here and signs of heavy traffic passed from the bottom of the chute, along the passage and into the tower. They decided to avoid conflict within earshot of the camp and headed towards the tower:</p><p></p><p>The middle level of the tower stood empty. It was breached on the opposite side too, and the heavy tracks continued across into the ice tunnel beyond. A door to the north led onto the second ice bridge and featured an inscription in infernal, welcoming the reader to ‘enjoy the finest food and parties of the north’. While a careful watch was kept on both tunnels and bridge, a quick look into the upper level revealed this to be the only tower with an opening on the surface; a breach covered in bearskins. The walls here were covered in graffiti and the snowy ground was stained with blood. Perhaps those skinless demons were kept in here? Rather than tempt fate by investigating further, the lowest level was investigated instead. Here they found the giant’s ‘treasure hoard’: mostly worthless bits of brass – doorknobs, sconces and the like – there were some items of real value (a 10-foot diameter solid gold chandelier and a ruby encrusted mahogany headboard). They also found a very familiar rifle – expertly crafted, with a stock made from the femur of a demon. This was <em>Reason</em>, and it belonged to Kvarti Gorbatiy! (Rumdoom wondered if he perhaps should have attempted to contact Kvarti after Kithilrak’s treachery had been revealed. He dimly remembered that Kvarti said something about travelling north when he left Flint, to investigate the machinations of the witch Grandis Kamanov...) Gupta took the rifle for now, once its power to halt hostilities was identified by Leon.</p><p></p><p>Uru tiptoed along the western ice passage. A fork led south, while the main tunnel came to a windy overlook, over a hundred feet above the valley at the very edge of the glacier. There appeared to be an igloo situated there! Before he could approach, footsteps from the south caused Uru to freeze as a frost giant stomped towards him, but it turned west towards the outlook. There it stopped, rooted about beneath its furs, whipped out its gigantic blue member, and urinated messily over the edge into the darkness, cursing at the copious splash-back.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Now that’s what I call a cliff-hanger. End of session. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7129953, member: 79141"] [b]Session 15 (138) Part Two - Three Towers[/b] Quietly, the group descended and Xambria marvelled at the layers of history here: clear signs of current occupation; ancient dwarven markings; original and even more ancient function as a dragon aerie! They found and disabled a magical trap on the south door and peeked out. A short tunnel led to an ice bridge over the gorge, then into another tunnel on the far side. The roar of a waterfall drowned out most other noise. Down below: the rift floor, lit by strange blue lanterns. To the south: another bridge, where the female giant guard now turned, took in the air and moved back to her original spot on their side of the bridge. The others could soon hear her footsteps approaching, as she called out the name of her fallen comrade. They ambushed the frost giant when she got close to the tower, and Xambria revealed a surprise: her fingers, hand and forearm peeled back to reveal ( and to form) the Clockwork Count’s latest experimental device, based on the blueprints and schematics of Tinker Oddcog: an aelectric cannon. Ignoring his safety warnings, she fired twice: cracking, noiseless arcs of energy that struck the giant just as Leon’s hex removed her mouth. The others joined in and the guard was dropped. Uru followed the dead giant’s path through the ice passage. It continued on to another breach in the second north tower, with a branch to the south leading to the other ice bridge. An ice chute in the floor led to a lower chamber from whence the susurrations of several sleeping giants could be heard. Uru crept to the far tower. He saw stairs heading up and down, and investigated what turned out to be condoms made from elk intestines. Yuck! (Thankfully, the contents had frozen solid.) He went back to the dragon tower and reported his findings. The decision was made to cross the trapped ice bridge, but not before they had checked out the lowest floor of the dragon tower properly. Uru had popped his head down there earlier and discovered a carefully laid-out ritual chamber, with symbols on the walls that meant nothing to him (but he had grown accustomed to reporting such things to the others). Xambria investigated and discovered that the runes were very old, but far less old than the tower itself. They were dwarven in origin, and told the tale of a great discovery made near this place, hundreds of years ago, following a meteor shower: Dwarven loremasters had followed the brightest of these falling stars and recovered an enormously heavy, deep black stone. Though no larger than a man’s head, the dwarves had to summon an earth titan to carry it out of the mountains. They found that the stone had the ability to negate energy, matter and being, and used it to seal the secrets of their magical towers. They called the stone the Kum Ruk Nazar, or the Stone of Not. Some said it was a fragment of a dead sun. Both Xambria and Rumdoom were incredibly excited about this, but Korrigan insisted that they move on. Over the eastern ice bridge they stole, lit from below by that strange, blue light. The tunnel branched left and right. To the right was another breached tower. To the left, a second fork north and a chamber with an ice chute that led to the surface (presumably close to the large camp they had seen). Another ice giant guard crouched here and signs of heavy traffic passed from the bottom of the chute, along the passage and into the tower. They decided to avoid conflict within earshot of the camp and headed towards the tower: The middle level of the tower stood empty. It was breached on the opposite side too, and the heavy tracks continued across into the ice tunnel beyond. A door to the north led onto the second ice bridge and featured an inscription in infernal, welcoming the reader to ‘enjoy the finest food and parties of the north’. While a careful watch was kept on both tunnels and bridge, a quick look into the upper level revealed this to be the only tower with an opening on the surface; a breach covered in bearskins. The walls here were covered in graffiti and the snowy ground was stained with blood. Perhaps those skinless demons were kept in here? Rather than tempt fate by investigating further, the lowest level was investigated instead. Here they found the giant’s ‘treasure hoard’: mostly worthless bits of brass – doorknobs, sconces and the like – there were some items of real value (a 10-foot diameter solid gold chandelier and a ruby encrusted mahogany headboard). They also found a very familiar rifle – expertly crafted, with a stock made from the femur of a demon. This was [I]Reason[/I], and it belonged to Kvarti Gorbatiy! (Rumdoom wondered if he perhaps should have attempted to contact Kvarti after Kithilrak’s treachery had been revealed. He dimly remembered that Kvarti said something about travelling north when he left Flint, to investigate the machinations of the witch Grandis Kamanov...) Gupta took the rifle for now, once its power to halt hostilities was identified by Leon. Uru tiptoed along the western ice passage. A fork led south, while the main tunnel came to a windy overlook, over a hundred feet above the valley at the very edge of the glacier. There appeared to be an igloo situated there! Before he could approach, footsteps from the south caused Uru to freeze as a frost giant stomped towards him, but it turned west towards the outlook. There it stopped, rooted about beneath its furs, whipped out its gigantic blue member, and urinated messily over the edge into the darkness, cursing at the copious splash-back. [B] Now that’s what I call a cliff-hanger. End of session. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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