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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7496368" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 66, Part One - Reconciliation</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heading west, Uru assassinated the salamander guarding the prisoners. He checked the double doors behind him. They were very hot; hotter, even, than the rest of this unbearably hot brass furnace.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once the others had gathered around ready to strike, Uru had his ghost children open the doors. There was a wall of fire right on the other side and it blasted out into the corridor. The others leapt back out of harm’s way. Uru slipped through and arrived on the other side: a huge chamber like the one he remembered from the Ziggurat of Apet, but without the rainbow bridges: everything was turned to brass. The was a huge thirty foot pit at the bottom of which he could see Risuri prisoners.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On the far side was another salamander, preparing to strike any intruders with a quiver of obsidian javellins. Uru shot it, but it did not die. Leon dispelled the wall, then created a dimension door on the far side. Rumdoom jumped through it and fell flat on his face again! Korrigan stepped through, swiped at the salamander and manoeuvred it into the pit where it perished. Sadly, it struck and injured a handful of the prisoners when it fell.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uriel shaped a magical ladder for the able-bodied. Leon created more portals to help the rest. After they had been provided with healing, and reassured that they were now safe, the unit had Rumdoom’s retinue guide them to the surface.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond another firewall, they found a map room. Sultan Kuyler had placed firegem figurines on shelves throughout the room, presumably for use in conducting an invasion campaign. Uriel took the figures, then they retraced their steps and pressed on through the ziggurat dispelling firewalls as they went. As these walls were created with wish spells, this was difficult, draining work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After a while, they found a spot where Liesi had been order to stand. She had taken the precaution of closing her eyes, and telepathically explained that this was in order to sidestep Kuyler’s order to warn him of any intruders she <em>saw</em>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond Liesi, they took down another firewall. Harsh laughter could be heard from the west. Uru headed east, where Uriel said he could expect to find a portal chamber. Sure enough, there it was: a portal to Jiese – radiating even more heat than the firewalls. It was guarded by two salamander dervishes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unnoticed, Uru slipped away and headed west. The source of laughter turned out to be Kuyler and three of his viziers. They were having great fun. Kulyer had had himself magically shrunk to human size, and now sat in a human (or, rather, orc-sized) ‘throne’, swigging from Liesi’s magical bottle.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uriel asked if Korrigan felt obligated to talk first. “Not necessarily obligated,” said Korrigan. “It’s just the way I like to do things.” At that, he strode off, entered the throne room and politely challenged Kuyler. He explained that he was the King of Risur and that Kuyler was intruding on his territory. The salamanders responded with even more laughter and Kuyler gave a shout for Liesi. She sprang into action, flying towards her master, but Uriel was prepared for her. He used the powerful Staff of the Hierophant to hold her fast in mid-air. “We’ve got about thirty seconds!” he warned.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru shot a web over Kuyler’s mouth. He struggled to remove it, while his viziers shot at Uru with ruby beams. They missed. Once he had freed himself from the webbing, Kuyler entered combat. Even in his reduced state, he was very dangerous, wielding an incandescent magical halberd and supported by a variety of contingent wishes. But the unit worked well together. Rumdoom dropped the viziers one by one; Gupta took on tiger form. The two dervishes from the portal room responded to the noise. Leon created an illusory firewall – which wasn’t the best choice, but did at least prevent them from attacking at range.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They focused fire on Kuyler and Gupta dropped him with her powerful claws before Liesi finally won free of Uriel’s magic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan demanded that the dervishes surrender. When they refused, they were dispatched, though one was kept alive to take a warning back to Jiese.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wresting the efreet bottle from Kulyer, they asked Liesi if she could close the portal. She told them that one of Kuyler’s contingent wishes prevented her from granting a wish to whoever won or stole the bottle, but that this magic would lapse in a month or so.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Grateful to her for her aid, they simply handed her the bottle. Liesi was overjoyed and, free to act as she chose for the first time in an aeon, she closed the portal for them before they all headed outside.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There, Liesi looked up at the heavens and said she would find somewhere to live ‘up there’. “Send us a postcard,” said Korrigan. “Best wishes,” said Uru. Then she bid them farewell and vanished.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan buried the entrance to the ziggurat in stone, using his rites of rulership.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Ash Wolf and his pack waited for them at the edge of ever-burning forest. The Ash Wolf said he owed them two boons: one for taking vengeance against the salamanders; one for helping him see the error of his ways. For the first boon, he offered to aid Risur in battle at some point during the next year. He could fight anywhere, even outside Risur, but would be stronger on Risuri soil, and at his strongest in the forests. For the second boon, he offered to tell any one of the unit how to find the perfect wife and lover. The others deferred to Korrigan who thought he might be just about ready to get back in the dating game. The Ash Wolf told him to ‘travel to the far side of Av and speak with the ghost woman there; you will know the mate she brings you’. Korrigan thanked the Ash Wolf and then pressed the titan to confirm that he would now withdraw his pack and resume his slumbers. The Ash Wolf agreed.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7496368, member: 79141"] [b]Session 66, Part One - Reconciliation[/b] [LIST] [*]Heading west, Uru assassinated the salamander guarding the prisoners. He checked the double doors behind him. They were very hot; hotter, even, than the rest of this unbearably hot brass furnace. [*]Once the others had gathered around ready to strike, Uru had his ghost children open the doors. There was a wall of fire right on the other side and it blasted out into the corridor. The others leapt back out of harm’s way. Uru slipped through and arrived on the other side: a huge chamber like the one he remembered from the Ziggurat of Apet, but without the rainbow bridges: everything was turned to brass. The was a huge thirty foot pit at the bottom of which he could see Risuri prisoners. [*]On the far side was another salamander, preparing to strike any intruders with a quiver of obsidian javellins. Uru shot it, but it did not die. Leon dispelled the wall, then created a dimension door on the far side. Rumdoom jumped through it and fell flat on his face again! Korrigan stepped through, swiped at the salamander and manoeuvred it into the pit where it perished. Sadly, it struck and injured a handful of the prisoners when it fell. [*]Uriel shaped a magical ladder for the able-bodied. Leon created more portals to help the rest. After they had been provided with healing, and reassured that they were now safe, the unit had Rumdoom’s retinue guide them to the surface. [*]Beyond another firewall, they found a map room. Sultan Kuyler had placed firegem figurines on shelves throughout the room, presumably for use in conducting an invasion campaign. Uriel took the figures, then they retraced their steps and pressed on through the ziggurat dispelling firewalls as they went. As these walls were created with wish spells, this was difficult, draining work. [*]After a while, they found a spot where Liesi had been order to stand. She had taken the precaution of closing her eyes, and telepathically explained that this was in order to sidestep Kuyler’s order to warn him of any intruders she [I]saw[/I]. [*]Beyond Liesi, they took down another firewall. Harsh laughter could be heard from the west. Uru headed east, where Uriel said he could expect to find a portal chamber. Sure enough, there it was: a portal to Jiese – radiating even more heat than the firewalls. It was guarded by two salamander dervishes. [*]Unnoticed, Uru slipped away and headed west. The source of laughter turned out to be Kuyler and three of his viziers. They were having great fun. Kulyer had had himself magically shrunk to human size, and now sat in a human (or, rather, orc-sized) ‘throne’, swigging from Liesi’s magical bottle. [*]Uriel asked if Korrigan felt obligated to talk first. “Not necessarily obligated,” said Korrigan. “It’s just the way I like to do things.” At that, he strode off, entered the throne room and politely challenged Kuyler. He explained that he was the King of Risur and that Kuyler was intruding on his territory. The salamanders responded with even more laughter and Kuyler gave a shout for Liesi. She sprang into action, flying towards her master, but Uriel was prepared for her. He used the powerful Staff of the Hierophant to hold her fast in mid-air. “We’ve got about thirty seconds!” he warned. [*]Uru shot a web over Kuyler’s mouth. He struggled to remove it, while his viziers shot at Uru with ruby beams. They missed. Once he had freed himself from the webbing, Kuyler entered combat. Even in his reduced state, he was very dangerous, wielding an incandescent magical halberd and supported by a variety of contingent wishes. But the unit worked well together. Rumdoom dropped the viziers one by one; Gupta took on tiger form. The two dervishes from the portal room responded to the noise. Leon created an illusory firewall – which wasn’t the best choice, but did at least prevent them from attacking at range. [*]They focused fire on Kuyler and Gupta dropped him with her powerful claws before Liesi finally won free of Uriel’s magic. [*]Korrigan demanded that the dervishes surrender. When they refused, they were dispatched, though one was kept alive to take a warning back to Jiese. [*]Wresting the efreet bottle from Kulyer, they asked Liesi if she could close the portal. She told them that one of Kuyler’s contingent wishes prevented her from granting a wish to whoever won or stole the bottle, but that this magic would lapse in a month or so. [*]Grateful to her for her aid, they simply handed her the bottle. Liesi was overjoyed and, free to act as she chose for the first time in an aeon, she closed the portal for them before they all headed outside. [*]There, Liesi looked up at the heavens and said she would find somewhere to live ‘up there’. “Send us a postcard,” said Korrigan. “Best wishes,” said Uru. Then she bid them farewell and vanished. [*]Korrigan buried the entrance to the ziggurat in stone, using his rites of rulership. [*]The Ash Wolf and his pack waited for them at the edge of ever-burning forest. The Ash Wolf said he owed them two boons: one for taking vengeance against the salamanders; one for helping him see the error of his ways. For the first boon, he offered to aid Risur in battle at some point during the next year. He could fight anywhere, even outside Risur, but would be stronger on Risuri soil, and at his strongest in the forests. For the second boon, he offered to tell any one of the unit how to find the perfect wife and lover. The others deferred to Korrigan who thought he might be just about ready to get back in the dating game. The Ash Wolf told him to ‘travel to the far side of Av and speak with the ghost woman there; you will know the mate she brings you’. Korrigan thanked the Ash Wolf and then pressed the titan to confirm that he would now withdraw his pack and resume his slumbers. The Ash Wolf agreed. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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