Post by David on Oct 5, 2016 20:53:19 GMT -5
A call goes out across Amberwood for heroes to help finish off the undead that have invaded the fief. A small team comes together, lead by Prince Garlok Drake. Joining him (in addition to his puppy familiar, Boomika) are his brass dragon companion, Timrith, his young sister, Kymmera, the archer, River, and the warrior, P'Tol. The group prepares in the morning in Dragondale before traveling eight hours to the village of Anduin. There, they encounter not a living soul -- the entire place is deserted, though ariel reconnaissance from Timrith and Kymmera's hawk familiar, Fewmets, shows a large group of ghouls (and ghasts) in the center of the village.
The group avoids the main paths into the village and tries to ambush the central mass of undead. They get off to a good start with Kymmera turning everything but the ghasts. Unfortunately, both River and P'Tol are paralyzed, forcing Garlok into combat alongside Timrith and even Kymmera. The battle gets so tight that Boomika nearly dies and Fewmets is forced to hold off ghasts several times. Luckily, the heroes are able to keep the undead at bay long enough for the other two fighters to recover, at which point the group slaughters the remaining undead and heals up.
The party then begins a systematic search of the town, finding several more pockets of undead, notably in the temple and in the inn. They also find a wooden golem and an invisible, winged snake, neither of which prove hostile. When the group enters the inn, they find themselves not just battling ghouls, ghasts, and shadows, but also a nabassu (demon). Kymmera manages to turn the lesser undead and the heroes finish off the rest, so the nabassu summons more. It also paralyzes River, taking him out of the fight. At one point, Timrith and Kymmera each went down, but together P'Tol and Fewmets hold things at bay so Garlok can heal his sister and his dragon. Working together, the party very narrowly defeats the undead and then the demon, though not before it claims Kymmera's death. Had she been closer, the fiend would have claimed her life, but the dragon kept it busy with P'Tol's help and once slain, the nabassu's claim on the girl's soul was broken.
Very battered, the heroes gathered some loot and returned to Dragondale.
The group avoids the main paths into the village and tries to ambush the central mass of undead. They get off to a good start with Kymmera turning everything but the ghasts. Unfortunately, both River and P'Tol are paralyzed, forcing Garlok into combat alongside Timrith and even Kymmera. The battle gets so tight that Boomika nearly dies and Fewmets is forced to hold off ghasts several times. Luckily, the heroes are able to keep the undead at bay long enough for the other two fighters to recover, at which point the group slaughters the remaining undead and heals up.
The party then begins a systematic search of the town, finding several more pockets of undead, notably in the temple and in the inn. They also find a wooden golem and an invisible, winged snake, neither of which prove hostile. When the group enters the inn, they find themselves not just battling ghouls, ghasts, and shadows, but also a nabassu (demon). Kymmera manages to turn the lesser undead and the heroes finish off the rest, so the nabassu summons more. It also paralyzes River, taking him out of the fight. At one point, Timrith and Kymmera each went down, but together P'Tol and Fewmets hold things at bay so Garlok can heal his sister and his dragon. Working together, the party very narrowly defeats the undead and then the demon, though not before it claims Kymmera's death. Had she been closer, the fiend would have claimed her life, but the dragon kept it busy with P'Tol's help and once slain, the nabassu's claim on the girl's soul was broken.
Very battered, the heroes gathered some loot and returned to Dragondale.