i don't blame the skylift cable for breaking
but it did
in the moment i panicked but we all made it out safely thanks to teleports and flight and feather fall tokens
the gondola had an emergency spell like feather fall which stopped it about 2 lengths off the ground ... but it failed after a second and hit the ground hard so i'm glad we weren't still in it
we were startled and scattered and in the middle of an ambush featuring the 2 emerald claw jerks from before
and more
they had 3 wrought with them ... and a very large forged with bone-like enameled plates and willow wood stained to look like muscle
we later learned that he is "archrector votyv jaranka"
how did a forged become a cleric of the blood of vol faith?
bell remembered aire bellows and votyv on the battlefield patching up soldiers when he asked her "do we forged have souls?" and argued that if they do then everything around them was inhumane and if they don't then none of it matters
he recognized bell during the combat but that didn't stop him or his crew
the good news: my "repercussive field" spell works perfectly – while i maintain it anyone within 6 lengths who hurts me or any of my friends is hit by a strong force bolt to discourage them from attacking more
the bad news: it discouraged neither them nor the wand of lightning votyv held
why is it every time someone starts throwing lightning around i get zapped at least once?
i'm not getting used to it
it was a nasty fight and by the end none of us had escaped injury
we didn't get to interrogate votyv because once we'd defeated the others he teleported away
i want to know why he told his group to bring him the "marked ones"
i want to know why he doesn't feel connected to his soul or that he even has one
i want to know who did his body work because bell and i agree that despite being so creepy he looks absolutely stunning
...
getting back to my reading now