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Session 118: Scallywags and Greycoasts: Ioomore of South Ireef: Rebellion and Fear

General Summary

Wulfgar, dwarven cleric of the ancient primordials, of Bilin and Om, Water and Fire, scries upon Lady Sasha, one whom has faced wizards and arcanists, monks of a certain sort, and whom now strikes down a very building by destroying the laboratory from the inside out. 

He sahes this information with Mila, asking her what to do. She, the gnome high mage and martial artist, stands with Nehpione, the blue-skinned tiefling--daughter of Bilin and the seas--and her lover, Ilknar, son of Hekaton, storm giant kin and Storm Prince, heir to the mighty throne. Others are around, from the Militia formed from Mila and Ilknar's efforts. However, with the rising constructs, golems made from flesh, and then later from stone and other materials. 

The Militia is left to their Rebellion, and Mila takes Ilknar, Nethpione, and Wulfgar through a conjuration, a teleportation to Lady Sasha, someone below the main keep of South Ireef. Having only seen it once through a scrying spell, Mila must force the magic to work, more or less, or maybe even luck was in her favor, for although Ilknar arrives separated from the other three, the do arrive within a hundred feet of Lady Sasha, yuanti and courtier/warrior of Grindstone, and Orran, fey and lost wood elf, who is trying to help the unconscious Pojin escape. 

The chase continues, the escape of Ioomore, it seems. Sasha grabs him, and he tries to control her mind, and others. His aqua monnks stood their ground, and even his enchanters followed in, but with Ilknar arriving, he shrunk to a larger size within the tunnels. The mages focus their magic upon him, on one angle. And within the lower hallway, Wulfgar and Nethpione were left with two flesh golems while Mila trekked onward. When she meets with the mages engaged with Ilknar, Nethpione's firestorm had already taken them out, mostly, and the other attacks were distracted by the mages illusions and enchantments. 

Lady Sasha grasps the lord Ioomore, and his Cody tries to free him twice; however, this cannot thwart the chain-reaction charged by Lady Sasha. Her hammer destroyed the calibration chamber. The explosion rings true, but the Scallwags are able to escape, as it crumbles, they dive and weave, fly away and hold on for dear life. Ilknar grabs the Lord Ioomore, and the others find their way lower down still, to the balcony. Yet, soon, they are besieged by Cody's magic again. This forces the balcony to fall, but not before Ioomore tries to escape and fall away. Sasha loses the grapple, but Ilknar does not, and they hang from 100 feet up in the air. Cody falls, but he survives. 

Below, the others land, but Ilknar tries to negotiate with Ioomore. Something however keeps him unfocused. 

Mila, by this point, is distraught and confused. Ioomore was her mentor. The city was her home. And now, they see the mascot of the city, the great bellied beast made of stone, rising from the streets, destroying the city. The militia has lost, and the blue vestments of the Ioomore followers now rule the streets. THey must now face what is left, and Ioomore tries to escape. His magic has bound him to his creations, and his life is unnaturally long because of this.

Cover image: by Seth Love

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