Nleyke [v. To Wish]

[h1]After defeating Venomheart and saving Veradin, we savored our victory in the city as its Vanguard[/h1] Talk speaks of our journey heading to Bezia, my home -- both very familiar and very dangerous. Theo's familiar Icarus has gained a new form: a...

Upon returning from our adventure to veradin, Murg recieved a vision from Abadar, telling him about an evil force that is [i]coming[/i] to this world and threaten civilization. The next day we headed out on horseback for Seteth's Rest, a 3-4 day journe...

Around midday as we rode through a smattering of trees, I yanked Dawn just as we snagged a tripwire. Narrowly she and I dodged a hunter's snare designed for a [i]massive[/i] creature. Though there's no game trail (for some kind of beast to hunt), there [i...

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Ride to city, ride inside city Plat: “don’t try anything funny” Steel: *raughs* Arrived at the inner wall (the castle + encampment), where Murg “released” Andre, NAME, and Francis (the bear) while we headed inside And we meet Sapphire ...

Andre and Hannibal asked us to take Arghia, an old mercenary friend of theirs, a dragonborn, and spread his ashes in Bezia. He had died in the Bladelands, and as an adherent of Bahamut we accompanied them to the silver dragon's temple in Bezia's high dis...

That evening Father Murg and Master Theo went to see Master Norman, the obsessive-compulsive wizard who instructed Theo in wizardry. Though Steel didn't accompany the pair, he was keen to hear about it after-the-fact from Murg. Theo ended up giving his me...

[i](Out of combat, at my behest, GM Bork was persuaded to allow magic items)[/i] [h2]Steel vs. Izol[/h2] [i]I was very afraid for this fight. Izol had better physique, better casting, and better combat skills than I did.[/i] At first I feigned initiat...

[h3]In the haze of after-combat[/h3] [i]As the attack died down, we met one of the captains of Excellion's guard, a captain warforged. We told it what happened, and after later chasing down a shadowy figure (to no avail), we ended up back home in Castl...

We have returned to Bezia; Sapphire is away fighting on the front lines. Yet there's [i]much[/i] going on in the city. Three nights ago: - Two guards dropped dead in the mess hall [i](poison?)[/i] - A charge in the powder reserves was discovered be...

Administrator Connor was visibly shocked by what we learned -- the illegal bombing, the location. He ennumerated on Zorzall; it's basically know he worked with a group at one point. It's said a particular "job", a killing, that Zorzall disagreed with made...

A door in the basement of the Crossed Hammers Co. contained, well, horrors. Bodies in various states of decay laid on tables and nearby surfaces. most had some kind of head "surgery" or incision -- mostly missing parts of brain. The people (the bodies) ar...

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[h2]Captives[/h2] With our new captives -- and tensions even higher than before -- Murg prepared [i]identify[/i] as Steel and Admin Connor secured the warroom, double-checking that everything in the room is in order. Auditor Murg determined that the ha...

Our journey to the Bezian cistern was thankfully uneventful. The cistern -- or more accurately a reservoir -- was sunken into a small crater-like area. We moved safely to the water's edge (scouting ahead of us with Nonne). Auditor Murg and Master Theo ...

As we planned our next move, Izol sent Nonne ahead to scout; we found a central area to the cistern with several exits, only some of which were blocked by Argyle's cursed [i]walls of light[/i]. Upon investigating, Steel could find nothing to his knowledge...

We discussed moving forward -- our next mission was in the Hallowed Isles, and were deciding on travelling to Arcadia first. In the midst of this, the party accompanied Murg as he check in on his estate (a mansion in the city, where his family and the cur...

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtQwTi0SAk&list=PLS1igVeoja0WCoWai2NEjIiuV3XA1FpaU&index=2&t=0s] [h2]The Disgraced Lord[/h2] Auditor Murg waited for Lord Farley in his own cellar, at the lord's estate. The man was angry as he and his men c...

[i]Ibrithil is cold, biting and immediate.[/i] Our teleportation to Ibrithil landed us in another shrine. Outside, we found ourselves on the cold shore of Ibrithil, near a stone spire on the coast. Ice and mountains as far as the eye can see. [h2]Go...

[h2]Recap of Previous Session (Steel was out)[/h2] [i]The party heading from that outpost to the giants' city of Indrada. A yeti attacked on the way, and everyone had a bad time (Izol as a monkey popsicle, Theo trying to fathom Steel's artifice). The nex...

Yrna, on her previous adventures: "Abbadar is not the worst of the gods who's path(s) I've crossed." Upon meeting Francis, she recognized both that he is [i]awakened[/i], as well as the name of the druid responsible -- Stoneshoes, as Murg remembers it....

In the tomb of the frost giant Freja, we have opened three of the four small puzzle-rooms (we had been working on). Murg opened this third room, finding a small altar with wooden dice and a runed bowl. Izol noticed both the bowl and die are enchanted with...

Bright and early the morning after we left Freja's tomb, we convened to ready up for our trek -- a six-day journey -- to Karkasa's Pass. Theo excitedly rubbed his hands together, and upon finding a clearing, cast the [i]fabricate[/i] spell. Trees seemed t...

Though the atmosphere outside, with snow and wind, was silent, Murg knocked on the door. Entering and closing the door behind him, he met with an elderly human crone (the very picture of a witch in the woods). The mage god down to business, casting [i]tin...

We were surrounded, with the boneclaw ready to pounce mercilessly from above its stone vantage.[br]But we were ready. Steel whipped around, cloak trailing, to sight a shot on the boneclaw. The alchemist's flare (bolt) would have missed, had the tabaxi ...

[h2]Revelations[/h2] Murg spoke to the wizard Adaralmus before bringing us inside. He recognized Argvarr, and was dismayed that the man hadn't recovered his mind. His party of seven was reduced to one, the stress and magic traps breaking his mind. Tur...

We investigated the mystic forge a bit longer before we had to stop; Murg reasoned we needed to find something -- instructions or a container -- before we could learn more. Theo decided the blue sword would be made into a crossbow body -- and handed it to...

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcY0Zyw_oFY] We reconvened in the central room, by the teleporter we guessed lead to Varunmund's core. Murg pulled out a copper coin and whispered to himself before tossing it into the liquid weave. The telep...

Worried about Theo and Steel in the laboratory, Izol [i]flew[/i] inside a few inches above the broken (?) pressure plates. But this triggered an anti-arcane trap that flooded the room with harsh cold. Steel was able to take refuge underneath this cloak, T...

The Vanguard of Veradin now meet the Boneclaw, in the final chamber of Adaralmus' tower of Varunmund. [i]"I have you now."[/i] Everyone but Steel pulled out potions, Murg a [i]potion of growth[/i[ to double his size. The boneclaw disappeared as a...

And so there we were, atop the tower of Varunmund... in the bleak future. Yrna obliged, wild shaping into a giant eagle to carry everyone -- save the flying Izol -- down to the ground. She returned to her humanoid form, and we set off for the herbalist...

We circled the base of Hatewind Peak, discussing still the imminent white dragon. And we found a cave leading (presumable) into the mountain, with perhaps a way up. Approaching the cave wasn't an issue. [h2]By the entrance of a cave[/h2] But near t...

Having left the waystation, we headed down the only path available, through a nearby willow forest. Things calmed down inside, but as we left treecover we were hit full-force (again) by the blizzard. Again, visibility fell to zero, and we clung to one ano...

After a short rest in the secluded cave we moved to its mouth. The observatory sat farther up, nearly perched directly at Hatewind's peak. Even from here we could see large swaths of snow that had been disturbed -- between now and snowfall -- too large to...

Izol and Yrna are gone. We stayed with the golden dragon Ciarsias, and not only the winter winds chilled our bones. Inside the observatory we found stone pews and a 40-foot-high statue of seated Hrothamari. [h2]Cold[/h2] Theo took the [i]liar's...

[url:https://tinyurl.com/y2drbf6u]In Nastalii, the once-city:[/url] we walked by an abandoned house. Jojen noticed that two skeletons were now missing heads. "Something was here. Seconds ago." With caution Murg pulled the abacus of Abadar from amongst his...

moving on from Akina Theo + icarus checked two houses One with a deceased person, the other with ruined furniture and a vial that shimmers a soft green and smells potent Nudged the monk fascinated with the remains of Akina's sword, Steel remarked, "J...

Our rest in Theo's tiny hut -- in the darkness of Nostalii -- was much needed. "I'm so fucked," is all Steel could whisper to himself. With that in mind the Vanguard moved on to the next room. It seemed very similar to the first trial room, circular wi...

[h3]"Then it all as Lawrence predicted. All shall come to pass."[/h3] [h2]Death of the wayward preacher[/h2] Theo spoke to the... thing. It mentioned a ruin, and Lawrence. When it looked to Kane's dead body, a tattoo on his arm flickered before gro...

We watched as Theo helped the Idradan shaman paint a giant circle, and runes, and place the items to ready for the ritual. Theo spoke the necessary words, and soon a spectral copy of the Living Gate wrought itself into existence in the middle of the sigil...

The way up the staircase ended at the rocky ceiling. "Our only way is down," we all reasoned, and Jojen leading the way we descended into darkness. It wasn't until we had been climbing down for several minutes that all save Steel noticed that we were g...

We began to fall over Ibrithil, but slowly. It was like gliding, and we all could look out over the newly-restored continent. A flicker of gold above the forests of Ibrithil marked Ciarcias; he met up with us a few minutes later. As he approached we all s...

We have been invited to sit on the war council of Bezia The Current Situation Vechti and Arcadia are no longer at war. 3 curtical junctures (Bezia vs.) [h3]The Bladelands[/h3] Destabliize the BLadelands via assassinating General Henryk or...

And so the story finds us in the white-tiled war room of Bezia, with Queen Sapphire and Crown Prince Steel Claw at the helm. The air is thick with the gravity of the situation. Currently, the battle lines are being pushed towards Bezia. If the conflict...

"Valryn." A sphere of raw destruction, of black nothingness, obscuring the horizon. Captain Dathis made the decision to evacuate the remnants of Port Derrin. The Kinmiri Vale was the closest location that he considered safe and reachable, and therefor...

We spoke with Zorzol, and then with Marshall Lin of the front. Of course, Zorzol's culinary capabilities offended Izol, so the two (whether both parties were in the know) did combat de la cuisine. Murg used the weave to contact Sawscha (mixed respon...

We have momentarily left behind the crisis of Eschaton and the new threat there for the Auran plane, if but for a moment. Valryn pulled us down to sit with some tea before he moved to a magic mirror. With her name, "Asha", the elven bard made an appear...

The battle raged on, as did the winds of our challenge. Once again, the aspect of the wind let itself meld into the storm it had whipped up. But Milo was not deterred -- like a demon out of Avernus he threw himself to the winds, unstoppable in his purs...

I write this in the arcane halls of Theobold’s mansion. There has been a lot read, a lot learned, and a lot gained in the knowledge base of Vrianna. [h2]The Truth Behind The Know-How[/h2] When we first saw them, Vrianna’s halls were the pinnacle o...

Before we left, Dannerick took the last few minutes to speak with M'Crush. It brightened his spirits. Having agreed on returning to Veradin for the next steps, we dropped a sprinkling of Krasorus' blood in order to have the seer ship us off to the moun...

With a nod to the group, I shot off south to reunite with Zorzol. He was able to hold his own well enough. I had my [i]hasted[/i] speed, my Claw and Fang, and once in position I found a great place to hide and prepare. A loud boom from the north herald...

As fate would have it, I do not enjoy long & extended periods on board ships. I stayed belowdecks, working on Dannerick's enchanted bolt -- and vomiting my guts all the while. I fared little better when I got abovedecks, when we began the approach into...

It is hot; it is humid;[br]It is Junama. It was a veritable whirlwind after we defeated the Primal Aquan. It had teleported us to the underwater capital -- the citizens of whom found us tresspassers. A vortex on the seas, seasick and thrown to the wind...

We have arrived at the walls of Eschaton, that fell citadel. Having gathered our allies, our forces, and all that which is needed to destroy our Asmodean foes -- we were ready. INside, Prince Henrik was no doubt ready for us, with Excanderix there too, an...

[youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=XBVWALD96zE] Shots were fired, and a duel's to be had. If I had respect for Valagryn, I would have nodded my hat. Instead, Theo, Milo, and I split for the drow's arcane turrets. Theo and I downed one each. It ...

We have killed the construct of lighting, slain Henrik, and destroyed Castle Eschaton. We have come this far, and held strong. We stand in the demesne of Excanerix, the now-twisted dracolich. His hoard of gold towers above us all, his corrupted form...

Eschaton was ravaged by our attach -- and even though magic can make this process faster, it cannot cure all wounds. Discussions were had on Eschaton's future as a town. Murg was able to secure his trade routes, and Milo resolved to connect his peoples...

As I wrapped up with GA-1, Theo came to me after meeting with the storm giant's shaman. He had heard more on a stranger in Ibrithil: a Kegbreaker, a cleric of Vrianna, was in Ibrithil. If it was Nord Kebreaker, one of the three to escape the Auran catastr...

[youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0AccW9Birk] We were in Veradin, and had just seen Kegbreaker. "So, Nord is stuck somewhere -- the ethereal plane maybe?" Theo ventured. We had just spoken to Nord, or a projection of him, and it was broken someh...

[i]So, in a way, Nord is back. He is twined, somehow, with M'Crush -- and would like to free M'Crush's soul in Stygia as well. At home, Dazim Frey has finished his painting, and we have a gate to Stygia via Ibrithil.[/i] We met in the same cafe, qui...

[h2]The Pledge[/h2] Murg's part of the bargain was his faith: Dispater would want him to give up his faith and his gathering of followers to Abadar, to instead form a cult of Dispater on the plane material. The cleric believes it to be a transaction, a...

[i]Over good drinks and simple food, we all got caught up with one another's escapades. First to talk? Murg, Milo, and the formidable Gobba-Ghul:[/i] [h2]The Hunter of the Gobba-Ghul[/h2] Murg and attendants of Gobmeister Frumpin, the monarch of New G...

[i]M'Crush and Nord are fully alive, and kitted out. The vault of Ibrithil has been broken into, the[/i] luckblade [i]inside stolen. Ducatti has an investigation underway, and is checking on teleportation protections that have been altered and tampered...

We received the announcement that the tournament would be reorganizing the order of fighting, due to scheduling conflicts. Milo's fight against Sigis was affected, affording him more time on the bench. We met one more time before marching together to t...

Asmodeus -- Maluseth -- has resorted to his last, terrible scheme. The apocalypse has come! The god-killer, the titan, Kreethi is here; the demon-terrasque Maluseth roars before us. In the arena hosting the Tournament of Peace, with the weight of the futu...