The Age of Worms / Flood Season pt. 15 / Galen the 25th, 3592 CE / 12-6-20

General Summary

Not by Choice is searching the Ulat-Kini ruins beneath the town of Cauldron for the missing Sacred Wands of Water which will abate the rising level of Crater Lake, the body of water at the center of the town's caldera. It is monsoon season, and the been has falling on Cauldron for ten days straight. Some within the party feel worry that doom to the city is imminent, though thankfully no real property damage or loss of life has yet resulted from the flooding. In addition to the goal of saving the people of Cauldron from a watery grave, Lulu Victry has learned of the presence of another follower of her dark god somewhere within the ancient ruins. This man, Skaven Umbermead, is one of three leaders of this cell of the Ebon Triad, a heretical cult consisting of three religious sects which have banded together to subjugate the rest of the world under the the will of their respective deities through the summoning of an amalgam creature known as the "Overgod," a theory that most theologians dismiss as nonsensical. Not By Choice has already encountered two of the cell's factional leaders; the warrior-woman Triel Eldurast, a disgraced Cauldron town-guard who leads the tieflings of the Baalite faction, and Tarkilar, a necromancer serving the lich-lord Rhannon. Triel has vacated the complex with her followers a temporary truce with the party, a truce now severed just as she severs the ropes holding up the cable car that allowed passage to the outside as a final act of betrayal. The necromancer Tarkilar, on the other hand, appears to be stark raving mad, proving neither a serious threat (for now) nor providing real aid to the searchers. Nonetheless, Not By Choice has pushed on, hoping with each new battle that they are moments away from their goal. Seeing the end of their quest possibly within reach, Not by Choice comes up with a plan to take on Tarkilar's skeletal dinosaur which currently bars their path from where they believe the wands are located. As they coordinate melee attacks with ranged positive energy and magical missiles, the monster inflicts its terrible bite on several in the party, but ultimately is destroyed. After quaffing some potions, the party pushes forward, deeper into the necromancer's caverns. As the stench of rot intensifies, they are confronted by zombie ogres and something even more terrifying; strange undead crawling with tiny green worms, worms which are all too familiar to Lulu. Though Not By Choice dispatches one of the undead ogres, the worm monsters give off an aura of supernatural fear that fills several party members' minds with a terrifying dread, forcing them to flee. Nari avoids a potentially deadly swing of the remaining undead ogre's club by drawing once more upon her inner well-spring of magic and transforming into a mist, with the side effect of having no control over when she will transform back. Seeing their ranks broken, Lulu and Marrow retreat as well, even as Lulu's thoughts continue to be overwhelmed with a need to find the leader of the Ebon Triad's Vexna faction, Skaven Umbermead. Now Not By Choice must regroup and come up with a new plan if they wish to save the town of Cauldron.

Character(s) interacted with

Lulu Victry, Nari Ashida, Marrow, Milton Butters, Scrimshander, Kade, Jozu, a skeletal t-rex, zombie ogres, spawn of Caius

Report Date

06 Dec 2020