Patience, 91 Letum 1999 GR [continued]
Terday, 37 Autumn
Colours 204 LE
The Scribe and Clara head through the spooky Mourngrim Manor. The
place is filled with undead creatures, that unsettles Clara as she
is still not convinced she is dead. The pair encounter the ghost
of Lyria Mourngrim, an attractive woman in her early twenties (or
at least that is how she appears). She is on good terms with the
Scribe and is pleased to see that he is out and about. She seems
to recognise Clara and intimates that she has seen the ex-elf before.
In the Scribe's library, the Scribe recovers the necessary funds
to purchase the requested spells from Kessler. Clara draws his attention
to a large oil painting on the wall. The Scribe has looked at it
a million times, and never paid it much attention. Clara thinks
that it is a painting of Lyria, but the Scribe says that it is actually
a painting of Isabella Mourngrim (Lyria's great grandmother). The
resemblance is striking. What is also striking is the fact that
she is wearing the Necklace. So that's where the Scribe has seen
it before…
As the Scribe searches through his library for any mention of Ysberyl
(he finds none), Gazahi gets impatient and flies over the wall to
search the manor grounds. He is chased away by an angry ghost and
vows not to go back in there again. The Scribe and Clara return
with the money (2000 kor), which the Scribe then trades with Kessler
for the spells he needs. Everyone then returns to Greta's townhouse.
Obedience, 92 Letum 1999
Zephday, 38
Autumn Colours 204 LE
In the morning the party compares notes. Raegar at first refuses
the Scribe's offer of healing, because he doesn't want to become
indebted. However, Frederic Rathmore points out that they are all
in the employ of Greta and therefore no debt will be incurred.
The Scribe casts a divination to try to find the most opportune
time to attack Fisk. Should they attack tonight or wait until they
are stronger? The response from the magic is "Greater preparation
benefits both sides". They decide that they must ambush Fisk
this evening, during his walk from work to his home. Frederica listens
to the plan and gives it her approval.
The group speak with Greta (who is now propped up in bed) and she
formally takes them into her employ. She approves of the plan to
seize Fisk and question him, but says that they should not bring
Fisk to her home. Revda suggests the ruined Darkmantle as an alternative
venue. As Fisk was responsible for the loss of Greta's income, Revda
goes onto to suggest that Greta become a silent partner in Fisk's
water business in way of recompense. The Death Knight will put this
to Fisk with as much diplomacy as the situation merits.
The group hatch a plan to snatch Fisk using Jirokichi's bag of
holding. The idea being that Gazahi swoops down from above and snatches
Fisk in the bag. But will it work? They spend much of the afternoon
in the back garden practicing on Jirokichi, who doesn't manage to
avoid the bag once. They determine the plan is a good one. Leaving
Lycaon to guard Greta, the others head off to engage the enemy.
En route to combat, Raegar asked the Death Knight to behead him.
It is an unusual request, but Revda accedes to it. Raegar grows
an additional two heads which will apparently help his combat abilities.
Revda makes some of his motivations clear. Eventually, he desires
revenge on a god of the dead called Mortis. He doesn't say why.
Fisk is walking through the street flanked by four ogres. Another,
hunched, figure is following the procession. It is just like the
previous evening. Gazahi swoops down and bundles Fisk into the bag.
The ogre body guards react, but Gazahi manages to dodge their blows
and take to the air. The hunched figure suddenly disappears.
One would think that the mission was a success, but Revda still
wants a crack at those ogres. Jirokichi and the death knight soften
the ogres up with some ranged magic. Then Revda and Raegar charge
the ogres who are half-elemental and have some magical powers (they
have conjured spike stones on the ground and hidden themselves behind
at obscuring mist). The Scribe and Clara are largely superfluous
and stay out of the way.
The battle with the ogres was brutal, and it didn't look as though
Revda or Raegar would survive. In fact, Raegar doesn't. He is laid
low with a blow from one of the ogres and starts bleeding to death.
Meanwhile the party comes under ranged attack from the roof tops,
as Jirokichi is hit by a powerful ball of acid. It is difficult
to locate the attacker because he seems to be dimension-dooring
out of sight. Eventually, Clara spots him and flies up to attack.
Clara sees the attacker is a hobbit, and also a tainted scholar
by the look of him. She scares the bejesus out of him, but he returns
fire with a host of force missiles that very nearly blow Clara away.
The hobbit retreats and the ghost returns to the necklace.
Lord Revda continues to fight the remaining ogres, it is a terrible
battle! Jirokichi - somehow reasoning that you and Revda would avoid
the effect - dumps a ball of electrical energy into the combat.
Revda is immune to electricity (pretty much like everything else),
but the spell damages the ogres sufficiently to allow Revda to take
them down before he dies. He finishes the combat on 3 hit points.
Sadly, Raegar finished the combat on -30 hit points. Death at the
hands of Jirokichi's wayward spell.
But there is some poetic justice. Jirokichi's first act on discovering
Raegar dead is to loot his body. He grabs the swords that turn into
swarms of spiders and is instantly attacked. Because of the earlier
acid orb, Jirokichi has very few hit points, and has no way to deal
with a swarm. He runs around screaming, while he is being nibbled
and poisoned to death.
The Scribe, Gazahi and Revda don't really know what to do. Revda
suggests chucking the nezumi in the near-by canal. The Scribe suggests
fire. Gazahi flies to a near-by oil burning street lamp and returns
with burning oil. By this time, Jirokichi is unconscious. Oil is
poured over the rat, and the undead watch him burn. Unfortunately,
he is burning faster than the spiders, and taking damage from the
spiders (as well as Con damage from the poison).
Just when it looks as though Jirokichi is going to be burned to
death, Revda picked him up and throws him in the canal. This puts
out the fire. Unfortunately, as Jirokichi was unconscious, he sinks
and immediately began to drown. The Scribe, Gazahi and Revda bicker
about which one of them should go into the canal and fish Jirokichi
out. Eventually, Gazahi performs the grim deed.
The spiders (and therefore the swords) are lost in the canal. Jirokichi
is dragged out on -26 hit points and barely alive. All his fur has
been burned away by a mixture of fire and acid, he is covered in
bite marks and he has a received a very painful lesson in not to
rob the bodies of his comrades!
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