Session 124: When Last We Met 5/4/25
General Summary
When last we met, the party hopped into action as the rival jarl Kolbjorn attempted to assassinate the Queen of Balmora. The battle ensues but is soon over as the party has magic and numbers on their side. Celeste lets loose arrows right from her seat in the audience wounding Kolbjorn and his associates. Vandread deals the killing blow to Kolbjorn who says he will go to Ysgard this night. The rest of his berserkers are mopped up by magical attacks from Mistral, Romaia and Ukko.
Finally as quiet settles on the arena, the only one left alive is Kolbjorn's daughter who begs for mercy and protests that her father's grudge was not shared by her. Queen Fiusnath thinks for a few moments and then bids Kolbjorn's daughter, Yasha, leave to go home and bury her father with council that she will be a wiser leader than he was. She loads the bodies of her father and his berserkers onto their wagon and leaves the city straight away.
From there, Queen Fiusnath thanks the party and says she is once again in their debt for this assistance, but says she has had enough partying and retires to bed. The party do the same. They rest up and on the dawn of a new day, They begin making preparations to travel to Sunwilde, To deal with the King in Yellow once and for all. The Queen takes a few days to gather up her forces to send with their expedition. About 500 fighting men with Artillery loaded into a few dozen longships. The group collectively set sail on the 1900 mile journey south toward Sunwilde.
The party briefly considers enlisting The Tsao Kun tribesmen of Yakutia to aid, but decide that it is too big of a detour. Instead, Vandread advises Ukko to Teleport to The abraxios academy and gather up as many magic users as are willing to travel and catch up with them. Ukko plane shifts away around the midway mark of their journey. Throughout the time of their journey, Sebastian seems to be acting.... off. He gives his worldly possessions to Hakim. He requests the party help rebuild his ancestral home Exam Priory, once this is all completed. He seems not quite himself. A mix of sadness and resolve paints his features throughout the 10 day journey.
One fateful morning, Sebastian flees the cabin of the ship complaining of pain and discomfort. Vandread and Mistral who were near him at the time follow him up. Sebastian proceeds to strip himself completely naked and begins transforming on the deck of the ship to the absolute horror of everyone else on board. He changes in much the same way Ostera changed when she was Punished by the King in yellow. Morphing and disfiguring himself until he no longer resembled a human. Sebastian had changed into a gargantuan Monstrosity torn from the darkest corners of the cosmos. He was The Chosen.
It begins attacking the party and they do their best to deal damage to it and weather the blows it rains down the sickening maddening aura it exuded in its presence. It manages to drive Celeste and Vandread to madness and kills one of the Muharib with its claw attack. All hope of defeating this thing seems lost until a protector promised to the party makes themself known. The newly ordained Solar known as Amriel arrives and drives Sebastian off the deck of the ship where it plummets to the water below. A tense silence fills the air as uncertainty hangs in the air. Suddenly the creature bursts forth from the water and Rockets itself at blistering high speed toward the star Carcossa. It makes impact and the party watch over the span of scores of minutes as the star gradually begins breaking from the inside out, eventually flickering off meekly like a candle in a storm.
And that's where we'll pick up next time!
Character(s) interacted with
Kolbjorn - Jarl of Tarthwaste. Killed in a senseless bid to overthrow Queen Fiusnath
Yasha Kolbjornsdottir - Daughter of Kolbjorn and now new Jarl of Tarthwaste? She pledged her loyalty to Queen Fiusnath before leaving to bury her disgraced father.
Fiusnath - High Queen of Norheim still. She outfitted the party with artillery and 500 fighting men for their battle against the King in Yellow. Says she still owes the party another favor to pay back in kind.
Sebastian Corville IV - Human academic, occultist, and warlock. Accompanied the party through many grave dangers. Has been pleading with his patron for the past fortnite to imbue him with some power to snuff out the Star of Carcossa. It seems his patron finally granted his wish....
Notes
11th of Dagda
- Party fought and defeated Kolbjorn and his men
- Took a Long rest
12th of Dagda
- Party strategized their next move
- Plan to move against Sunwilde
- Queen Fiusnath begins gathering her forces to aid the party
14th of Dagda
- Party set sail toward Sunwilde - a 10 day journey
- Vandread made a plan with Ukko to teleport to the Abraxios academy to gather up other spellcasters
20th of Dagda
- Party finds sebastian in great distress
- Sebastian is Chosen
- Party Fights Sebastian
- Amriel casts Sebastian off the ship
- Sebastian shoots toward Carcossa
- Carcossa is seemingly destroyed
It is around noon when we pick up next time.
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