2023/9/17 V53: Last Ride of Mordain
General Summary
Don pushes through the doors. It seems like forever since he's been here, but only been some mere weeks. The room is quiet, the endless night and snow have added to the overall somber nature of the Fort.
"Two Pints luv!" Don says to Daphne, who give him a solemn nod.
"Storms . . . Yehs all fecking dead in here?" He looks around. Faces dip their heads in some sort of reverence.
Harfeld well drunk at this point breaks the quiet.
"I'll join youse."
He takes a seat in front of the second pint. Donegal pushes from the stool and and slams him on the floor.
"Dass not fer yeh!" Don hard looks turns to a smile and he helps the drunken guard up.
"Dass fer Mordain!! He's drinkin' in the halls tonight with all his Ancestors and he's here drinkin' wit us!! Raise them all!! To the wiliest fecker to e'er lived and died and lived agin!!"
The Bar erupts in a cheer.
"Come on feckers!!
The NOISE echoes past the doors and echoes through the Fort.
Aris peers into the bar sees Donegal, relieved he sits in the chair opposite side of Donegal from "Mordain's" seat. After a few more rounds of cheers, Aris builds his confidence.
"What happened out there?" he asks.
"Well, I can tell part of it. We had nae trouble getting there. It was so still . . .too much so. No birds. No game. Shite no damn wolves. nuthin'. We made it there without anyting sneakin' up on us or nothing. We made it to the Clearing in a couple days. When we got dere. The Tower stretched to the heavens but there was someting around it . . . a black doom. Threaded by tree black hags. It took us a while to figure out our attack. Iva Dennegrom sent wee Mahi out ta investigate and with a necklace full of fireballs. Dem awful witches were spinning this doomed yarn around the tower.
We set the Trebuchet in range and sent Mahi to the udder side of the tower"
Theodrogo joins Donegal at the bar, and orders a watered down ale as he listens to Donegal’s retelling of what occurred.
"Mordain and I set to firing at the tower. . . flinging death. The first hit was dead on . . . the second ball another bit of damage and the cursed webbing caught fire. Mahi reigned fireballs down on the black hags and caught two of them in his blast. But now dey knew we were there. Tree white hags and their ice devils set up on us. While poor Mahi, we set upon by a blue hag who brought him back into the clutches of Tree more whites and two blues. "
Don nods to Theodrogo.
"Drogo, Kitrah "KT" Topaz and Asha set up the Whites attacking us and their fecking Ice devils. While Mordain and I try to squeeze off a few moar hits on the tower. We have a couple miss on the tower and poor Mahi flung all the fire he could at them black witches . . . but alas the wee fecker got sent to the nether."
"I know yeh's were in trouble so . . .Mordain and I peeled off to help with the Whiteys . . but the blues took a likening to us . . . and they set after us. Theodrogo Help me here because it gets a bit fuzzy. . . I know one of the blue bastards swapped places with Asha . . . and poor gal she fell forty feet to be knocked unconscious. The blues had some ice hounds wit em that we right hoarible"
“Yes that is right, the fey hags had some teleportation spells, and they switched places with Asha who fell to the ground. This happened twice I believe, as we continued to attack their covens with blades and magic. The second time Asha was teleported far away, and then attacked by ice hounds. I raced after her as she fell unconscious and was set upon the hounds myself. But the Difference Maker made short work of them as I was able to dispatch several at a time with each blow. I made it to Asha where I was able to roust her with a potion of healing, which girded her more than usual due to a spell Mordain had cast.”
“The hags kept falling, but others kept coming as the fires set to the magical black web protecting the tower burned it away and when it was finally dispatched the magical darkness enshrouding the area was lifted. Praise be Yaneb.”
"I know that one bastard dropped me from the heavens and I woke with Kitrah "KT" Topaz above meh"
“Yes Donegal , you too were teleported I believe, and Kitrah Topaz went to your rescue. We had neglected to consider your lack of darkvision this season as well, and you seemed as helpless as a newborn kitten.” (edited)
[12:45 PM]
“Once you rose you were able to destroy a hag on the way out I recall, and soon only a pair were left, along with the trio that had dealt with Mahi.”
[12:47 PM]
“And then, perhaps freed by the damage we had done, creatures emerged from a pit around the bone tower, who through some strange magic Iva Dennegrom said he had previously seen caged. They emerged and began attacking the remaining coven of three that had dispatched Mahi, S the two remaining black hags focused their attention on these new enemies.”
[12:48 PM]
“This gave us the opportunity to depart, but as we did we realized the trebuchet still had two pieces of ammunition, one for each black hag.”“Yes Donegal , you too were teleported I believe, and Kitrah "KT" Topaz went to your rescue. We had neglected to consider your lack of darkvision this season as well, and you seemed as helpless as a newborn kitten.”
“Once you rose you were able to destroy a hag on the way out I recall, and soon only a pair were left, along with the trio that had dealt with Mahi.”
“And then, perhaps freed by the damage we had done, creatures emerged from a pit around the bone tower, who through some strange magic Iva Dennegrom said he had previously seen caged. They emerged and began attacking the remaining coven of three that had dispatched Mahi, the two remaining black hags focused their attention on these new enemies.”
“This gave us the opportunity to depart, but as we did we realized the trebuchet still had two pieces of ammunition, one for each black hag.”
"Fucking Mordain. . .direct hits . . . beautiful bastard"
Don drinks deep and starts laughing.
“I was able to channel Yaneb’s divine blessings into the trebuchet, and how brightly it glowed! And yes, those two shots made their marks…obliterating each of the hags.”
“And we watched the remaining coven get torn limb from limb by the strange creatures they had previously subjugated.”
"Who know what horrors we will now have teh chase . . . but that makes 6 of the white witches, Tree blues and Tree blacks. . .a whole mess of shitty ice creatures. . Damn. . . if only I could hit a fecking ting with me bow. .. . agh. . .feck it . . .We done some good there. Them hags would murder this whole town."
Donegal's eyes grow red and misty.
"Den, on the way home. The Clock ran out. Mordain went. He fell peacefully in the snow till the crows stripped his body clean. Neer seen anyting like it. Fecking Gods. Yeh can have it . . .Sorry Theodrogo, I knows yehs a man of yer god. But sometimes the Gods are cruel."
Donegal raises his cup again.
"To Mordain, Hope the bastard is drinking his weight in the halls of Sobarr!!"
The Bar erupts with cheers and yells.
"To Mordain, Hope the bastard is drinking his weight in the halls of Sobarr!!"
The Bar erupts with cheers and yells.
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28 Sep 2023
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