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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7497464" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 66, Part Two - Ride Out And Meet Them</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Back in Bole, Shaiaila Lundquist gave them reluctant props for handling the Ash Wolf, but was very unhappy that their ranger guides had been killed. “They had families, you know.” She told them that her officers, whom she had dispatched to Favela to arrest Katlin Eisner, reported that she was under arrest and that they had stayed on in Favela to oversee matters there. All families with children had already been evacuated. “That still leaves many children who have already disappeared,” said Korrigan, who decided that dealing with Granny Allswell would be their next mission.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quratulain needed a refit. Korrigan used his healing hands to remove the affliction on her armour, but it had already been so badly damaged that it was now to brittle to function properly. Alden Wondermaker was only too happy to oblige – but it would take him a couple of days to arrive, as he had a surprise in store for Uru (having put into practice something they had theorised about months ago). They needed time to rest and prepare anyway.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uriel took advantage of the clear skies over Bole, and attempted a Skyseer vision, wondering if such a thing was even possible, given the astrological changes. He sought guidance on the matter of how to handle Granny Allswell. This is what he saw:<br /> <em>In a haunted house, two mice try to attack a snake, and are killed. The house has hollow walls. Chiselling the brickwork reveals more snakes. The snakes are pregnant and give birth to human children. Sacrificing the children to a pot-bellied pig chained to a post in the kitchen causes the spirits to depart and the house is no longer haunted.</em></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two days later, Alden Wondermaker arrived, in ‘gentleman’ form. With him was a whole team of mechanics, who proceeded to unload the parts of a huge construct that took up four separate train cars. This was Wondermaker’s Titan Buster – a piloted steamsuit designed to be able to penetrate the defences of a fey titan. Uru helped to put it together and familiarised himself with the controls. He christened it Big Jack. Kai made him promise to give him a ride. Big Jack was incredibly strong and tough, could issue blasts of steam at range, cover a huge distances without refuelling, and was armed with a fey-foe hammer and a titanbiter axe. Uru had been worried about his ability to contribute to combat against a titan (as finding weak spots on a target that size wasn’t easy); but now his worries were over.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wondermaker supplied Quratulain with new armour. (He had several sets.) This one was augmented with fire resistance and charms to prevent polymorph or any other spells that would alter the armour’s intrinsic nature. Quratulain thanked him and he said it was “my pleasure, but do try to be more careful this time”. Quratulain got the impression that he was more concerned for her than the armour.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Word came from the west. The rampaging Father of Thunder had taken a sudden, alarmingly direct turn towards Bole. Korrigan decided to change targets and headed east to meet him. On the way, they came across rumours of a ‘band of armoured elven warriors’ bivouacked in field where the forest met the plains. They investigated and were greeted as they approached by friendly hounds who recognised their scent. The Great Hunt was here! They were welcomed enthusiastically by Riffian who told them of the Hunt’s plans to wrangle as many of the Father of Thunder’s offspring as they could, for use as steeds. He showed them some they had captured already –less than a month old and already big enough to be ridden. Riffian’s advice for getting close enough to subdue the titan (who was surrounded by a mile-wide herd) was to ride in disguised under bison hides, while he and his men distracted the herd. It would take a day or two to capture, skin and cure enough hides, if the unit helped the hunt to do so.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru began to think about ways to get Big Jack into combat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uriel spent another night under the stars and received the following vision about the Father of Thunder:</li> </ul><p><em>The head of a statue is deaf and blind. It cannot be reasoned with. The statue blocks a path to an orchard, but will not move aside for the hungry travellers. They take hammers to it. This is very hard work, but when one leg is all but broken, the head springs to life and steps aside. Then it resumes its place, blocking the path. Travellers coming in the other direction brew cider and offer it to the statue. The statue accepts the offering, but still won’t step aside. So the travellers push it and, drunk, it topples over, out of their way.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7497464, member: 79141"] [b]Session 66, Part Two - Ride Out And Meet Them[/b] [LIST] [*]Back in Bole, Shaiaila Lundquist gave them reluctant props for handling the Ash Wolf, but was very unhappy that their ranger guides had been killed. “They had families, you know.” She told them that her officers, whom she had dispatched to Favela to arrest Katlin Eisner, reported that she was under arrest and that they had stayed on in Favela to oversee matters there. All families with children had already been evacuated. “That still leaves many children who have already disappeared,” said Korrigan, who decided that dealing with Granny Allswell would be their next mission. [*]Quratulain needed a refit. Korrigan used his healing hands to remove the affliction on her armour, but it had already been so badly damaged that it was now to brittle to function properly. Alden Wondermaker was only too happy to oblige – but it would take him a couple of days to arrive, as he had a surprise in store for Uru (having put into practice something they had theorised about months ago). They needed time to rest and prepare anyway. [*]Uriel took advantage of the clear skies over Bole, and attempted a Skyseer vision, wondering if such a thing was even possible, given the astrological changes. He sought guidance on the matter of how to handle Granny Allswell. This is what he saw: [I]In a haunted house, two mice try to attack a snake, and are killed. The house has hollow walls. Chiselling the brickwork reveals more snakes. The snakes are pregnant and give birth to human children. Sacrificing the children to a pot-bellied pig chained to a post in the kitchen causes the spirits to depart and the house is no longer haunted.[/I] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Two days later, Alden Wondermaker arrived, in ‘gentleman’ form. With him was a whole team of mechanics, who proceeded to unload the parts of a huge construct that took up four separate train cars. This was Wondermaker’s Titan Buster – a piloted steamsuit designed to be able to penetrate the defences of a fey titan. Uru helped to put it together and familiarised himself with the controls. He christened it Big Jack. Kai made him promise to give him a ride. Big Jack was incredibly strong and tough, could issue blasts of steam at range, cover a huge distances without refuelling, and was armed with a fey-foe hammer and a titanbiter axe. Uru had been worried about his ability to contribute to combat against a titan (as finding weak spots on a target that size wasn’t easy); but now his worries were over. [*]Wondermaker supplied Quratulain with new armour. (He had several sets.) This one was augmented with fire resistance and charms to prevent polymorph or any other spells that would alter the armour’s intrinsic nature. Quratulain thanked him and he said it was “my pleasure, but do try to be more careful this time”. Quratulain got the impression that he was more concerned for her than the armour. [*]Word came from the west. The rampaging Father of Thunder had taken a sudden, alarmingly direct turn towards Bole. Korrigan decided to change targets and headed east to meet him. On the way, they came across rumours of a ‘band of armoured elven warriors’ bivouacked in field where the forest met the plains. They investigated and were greeted as they approached by friendly hounds who recognised their scent. The Great Hunt was here! They were welcomed enthusiastically by Riffian who told them of the Hunt’s plans to wrangle as many of the Father of Thunder’s offspring as they could, for use as steeds. He showed them some they had captured already –less than a month old and already big enough to be ridden. Riffian’s advice for getting close enough to subdue the titan (who was surrounded by a mile-wide herd) was to ride in disguised under bison hides, while he and his men distracted the herd. It would take a day or two to capture, skin and cure enough hides, if the unit helped the hunt to do so. [*]Uru began to think about ways to get Big Jack into combat. [*]Uriel spent another night under the stars and received the following vision about the Father of Thunder: [/LIST] [I]The head of a statue is deaf and blind. It cannot be reasoned with. The statue blocks a path to an orchard, but will not move aside for the hungry travellers. They take hammers to it. This is very hard work, but when one leg is all but broken, the head springs to life and steps aside. Then it resumes its place, blocking the path. Travellers coming in the other direction brew cider and offer it to the statue. The statue accepts the offering, but still won’t step aside. So the travellers push it and, drunk, it topples over, out of their way.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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