With only one area of the forest left to search, the mighty
adventures saddled up and ventured back into the forest. With the brush being too thick for the mounts
to follow, the hippogryph and the horses were left behind at camp, while the
fearsome four marched forward into the deep, green forest.
After a
short march, the group found the clearing for which they were looking. Tents and a smoldering campfire could be seen
in the clearing, along with four other points of entry. The party decided to split up and march
around, taking all four points and covering all entrances.
Embry
took the first steps forward out of the north passage, spotting two archers
near the entrance and a series of cables going in between the trees, the Ranger
took his first shot and put an arrow in the leg of one of the tree top
warriors. Wyyntr, Alistair, and Alandel
were all able spot likewise in the tree tops near them . The Necromancer and The Sorcerer decided to
attack the archers on high with as much magic as they could muster, while The
Druid decided to take a more heroic approach and jump up the nearest tree and
engage in hand to hand combat with one of the archers.
When
the fighting began, men starting out of the tents around the campfire. With the heroes engaged in battle with the danger
on high, Wyyntr sent forth her skeletal minions to engage the men. Alandel also sent his trusty raptor,
Mercedes, to help hold off the ground troops.
With
the adventures taking out a few troops of the tree tops, they were moving in on
eliminating the force. Unexpectedly, three riders came from the east on horseback
and drew their swords. Standing in front
of Embry, surrounded by Wyyntr, Alandel, and Alistair, he demanded to know who
they were. Embry demanded the same. The man who rode in was Willelm Darish,
brother of the Lord Salvo Darish. To his
right and left were Lyra Nightfall and Aguk; an elf and a half orc fighter. Willelm explained that his brother had chased
him off and unlawfully took his seat as the head of Randic and declared himself
Lord.
Willelm
begged the fighting to stop and wanted to strike a deal with the Heroes. They would gladly give these warriors the
wanted necklace, double the gold that Lord Darish promised them once the job
was completed, along with a few weapons and the head of one of the fallen
archers, if they would travel to Randic and kill Lord Darish and his men. After a quick discussion, the adventures
agreed to this task.
One
days travel, the gang was came to the town hall of Randic, which had now been
converted into a royal hall. At the end
of the room, sat a large, self important chair.
The hall was lined with the Lord’s
jack-booted thugs; grubs dressed in fancy armor. The self-declared lord sat in the high
chair, with the Champion of Randic standing at his side. Walking into the hallway, Embry kicked the
head down the hallway to the feet of the guard that stood front and center. Lord
Darish asked for the necklace as well, which Embry was more than happy to hand
over.
Asking
if the transaction was completed to satisfaction, and Lord Darish agreeing that
everything was satisfactory, Embry struck the lord twice in the throat with his
sword. And, to finish off the job, Embry
threw his fire lizard to the bleeding throat of the dying lord, with the lizard biting and tearing the exposed
flesh to shreds. All that was left of
the self crowned lord was a bleeding pile of flesh and shattered dreams.
After
the initial strike, The town champion
came swinging at Embry, while the rest of the thugs quickly surrounded the troops. An epic fight ensued. Wyyntr commanding her skeletal troops, while
Embry and Alandel swung away at the Champion with the help of Mercedes chomping
at the enemy. Alistair was doing his
best to swing his big sword and cast magic while being surrounded.
After
two guards fell, Embry stood up on a pile of bodies and yelled to the entire
room. He gave the foes an option;
everyone still alive could calmly walk out of the building with no questions
asked, or they could stay and fight. Most of the men could see the fire in the Elf’s
eyes, and decided to lay down their arms and walk away with their lives. One guard, who earlier had a few words with
Alandel, decided to stay and take them on out of a sense of pride, dignity, or
just plain stupidity. Either way, the
end was the same for the lone guard, who was outnumbered and out gunned. He was quickly chopped down.
Picking
up the pieces, Wyyntr took a good look
at the necklace that was given to Lord Darish.
It was a simple blue stone as the pendent, however, the back of the
necklace was embedded with three skulls.
Peace
was now restored to Randic, and with the promise of a reward, the fearsome four
decided to take a rest.
XP
Gained – 5100 each
Items
Gained – One Necklace with three Skulls, Ring of Swimming, 5 Safire, and an ass
load of gold.
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