Session 121: When Last We Met 4/13/25
General Summary
When last we met, The party had fought their way into the courtyard of the Emberforge Keep. They proceeded to fight off a swarm of Star Spawn Manglers that were attacking guards and civilians. They dealt with the Manglers one at a time until they all lay dead in the courtyard.
The rescued guards, including a Dwarf named Ori and a Human named Ulv, thanked the party for their assistance and returned under the command of Freya. The group can hear screams coming from multiple buildings in the courtyard so they split up to investigate it. Celeste and Romaia along with a few others check the eastern building and find a swarm of Star Spawn Grue closing in on another armed civilian. They quickly deal with these grunts and get her to safety.
Meanwhile at the west building, Vandread opens the door to find two strange black oozes eating their way through a guard who perishes before the party can intervene. Vandread casts a glyph of warding on the ground and orders everyone to keep back from the door. These oozes, somehow sensing the party begin slithering toward them, right over the glyph which pulses with a blast of lightning which.... Seems to have no effect and actually splits the oozes into two separate entities. Where there were 2, now there are 4. So combat ensues. one of the oozes is killed in the outset but A few npcs slash at the other oozes causing them to split into even more replications of itself.
Eventually through magic and well placed Arrows, these black puddings are dealt with and the people in the courtyard take a moment of respite. Ori, the dwarf Berserker, has her armor and most of her health eaten away by these things so she regretfully retreats to a healer to recover. The rest of the party and their allies press on toward the throne room.
Freya leads them through a portcullis and over another bridge to the huge double doors of the Queen's quarters. The group collectively decide on a less than subtle approach and barge into the throne room guns blazing so to speak. Inside they find the entity known as the Maven of Worms as well as a large group of Star Spawn interrogating nobles as to the whereabouts of their queen. They soon focus their attention on you interlopers and prepare for combat.
And that's where we'll pick up next time!
Character(s) interacted with
Freya - Human commander of the guards, leading the party through the castle grounds to take it back from the Star Spawn
Ulv - Human Berserker, Elite Palace Guard
Oridirra (Ori for short) - Dwarven Berserker, Elite Palace Guard - Taken out of the fight by a black pudding eating through her armor and weapon.
Notes
8th of Dagda
- Party fought Star Spawn Manglers in the courtyard and won
- Party investigated the nearby buildings
- Found and dealt with Star Spawn Grue as well as Black Puddings
- Travled to the Throne room
- Burst in to find Star Spawn, a bunch of Nobles, But no Queen Fiusnath
It is night time when we pick up next.
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