Session 11 - Morladuhr and the he/she Lizard-barian
After the parties recent victory against the Hag and saving the children and town of Barnsley. The party return to the Guild House (Albion Castle).
Upon returning home, the party cash in their contact to receive their gold for a job well done and are informed of (Lord) Edmund Derwood wish to meet them in the morning after they have rested.
(Lord) Edmund Derwood
I have heard of all the good work you have been doing for the people of Merora as part of the guild. I am please you have chosen to stay and make Merora your home.
As you know, the revolution and overthrowing of Yannan was at a great cost of lives. A cost in which we, and many other states are still paying. Most other states are still under control of one of Morzansson's Lieutenants. We owe a lot of our victory that day to you Peaky Blinders.
With that being said, I must ask more of you. And please know the task I am about to ask. I do not do so lightly, and would trust very few others to do so.
We have received intelligence from our spies close to one of Morzansson's lieutenants that he has sent agents to infiltrate Morladuhr. A dwarven stronghold which has never fell to Morzansson's rule.
He intends these agent's to break into the Bank of Morzansson and retrieve a powerful artefact. One which is in the Derwood vault that my grandfather "Harman Derwood" put there while he was alive and Lord of these lands.
My grandfather called the artefact: The Emerald Eye. In all honesty I know not what it does. Just that it is extremely powerful and Morzansson wants it. So, if you would agree, I would like you to retrieve the artefact, guard it and if you wish, use it in your battles against any agents of Morzansson you may come across.
Accepting this the party make their way to Morladuhr oh horse back, Vyth taking off before the rest to buy a horse and decided to set off before the rest by himself.
Realising this, the rest of the party take off at double pace to catch up with Vyth and stop off to rest at Barnsley before setting off for the rest of the trip.
Celebrating their heros return to the small town, the townsfolk are quick to put together celebrations for all the parties hard work on saving their town and returning the missing child. Food, Dancing and drinking ensued.
Waking at sun rise, Vyth once again up and leave the party 2 hours before the rest of them rise, nursing their hangovers.
Before the party is able to catch up with Vyth, he is confronted by a mysterious stranger who tells Vyth to turn over his horse and possessions. Refusing, battle quickly breaks out, and Vyth is soon overwhelmed by the 3v1 situation and is killed.
The party catching up is confronted with the same enemy's who is looking for Harry as their is a bounty on him. Defending him the party (except Kodiak) jump into action and make quick work of these three. Only to discover once victory has been achieved that Vyth had been killed by the three.
Packing up the party make haste to Morladuhr with Vyth's corpse in the cart. Arriving at the gates of Morladuhr the party meet up with some guards who stop and search them.
Kodiak, informs the guards that the rest of the party have killed 3 people on the way here, that he has nothing to do with it and that the cat is actually a druid...
The guards looking completely un-interested with what may have happened outside their city soon perk up when they see the corpse of Vyth in the cart, who one of them recognises.
Escorting them to the local temple to meet Elrdimore Redshoulder, a female cleric and Vyth adoptive mother. Distraught, she pleads with the rest of the party if their is anything that can be done and provides Jesus with the rare oils he would need to cast the reincarnate spell.
The spell works and brings Vyth back to life... just not as he would have expected. Vyth is now a female Goliath.
Leaving Vyth behind to come to terms with his new circumstance, the rest of the party make their way to the bank and proceed down into the vault to find that two of the vault guards have been killed.
Proceeding down into the deep vault the party is met with number of challenges:
A stone door with no handles - Walk through with closed eyes.
6 Stone statues that will fight the party with a basin in the middle - Deposit an offering into the basin.
5 Candles which light/extinguish the others either side of them - Light them all.
An empty basin with blood stains - Fill with the essence of life.
The party then find themselves in the deep vaults and stumble upon their unwelcome visitors who Alya recognises as the Mord Sith they previously captured and tortured her.
The party battle, making slow progress on beating the Mord Sith, learning the magic seems to do no damage to them, and worse, that they seem to have an ability to deflect the magical attacks back at the user.
Just when the battle seemed won, the Mord Sith retreat through some vault doors away from the parties reach...
-End of Session
In Attendance:
Jardie
Emma
Roldec
Damo
Chris
BD
