Session 29: End of the Tournament
General Summary
The Vandals of Fate open the third battle fighting Pitch Blade, two dwarven berserker brothers who prove they are very tough nuts to crack. Drusfan the younger of the two dwarfs charges Fedi and in two strikes of his great axe manages to drop her to the ground with severe wounds. Thankfully Kretzle is nearby to throw suspiciously yellow potions at her to heal her wounds. Meanwhile the rest of the Vandals of Fate manage to defeat two brothers, without much more issues. After the battle they are led back to the Coenoby where they manage to get an hours rest. At this point Ekaym Smallcask pays our Ratcatchers a visit to pay the Vandals their share of the winnings. During this time the Ratcatcher's tell Ekaym they found his sister dead and zombified. They tell him they gave her mercy and managed to obtain a locket which they hand over to Ekaym. Ekaym is quite saddened by the news. With this he pays our Ratcatchers the agreed upon amount of all of the tournament winnings, netting not only the rest of the first day's battle but todays battle as well. This leaves are Ratcatchers with a fair amount of coin now in their pockets.
As the day draws to the close this leaves only three teams left in the tournament. Auric's Warband, Draconic Brood, and the Vandals of Fate. It is posted that our Ratcatchers will face the monster Madtooth, which is a break of tradition as it normally is the winners of last year's tournament who face the monster while the other two teams battle it out to see who will move to the finals. During the night our Ratcatchers overhear that the monster this year is a frost salamander, with this information our Ratcatchers realize that Cold magics will be ineffectual and that they will need to use fire magics to defeat the foe. Sleeping on this and now into the next morning our Ratcatchers are led out onto the arena, here they are introduced each by name as they begin casting buffs upon themselves. However ten long minutes pass as buffs and summons fade and the crowd almost beginning to riot the monster is brought out. With the crowd chanting Madtooth a large cage is brought out, once the guards release the cage a Froghemoth is presented to the cheers of the crowd. The Ratcatchers realize they have been had, but focus on taking out the huge deadly frog. The battle is quick and our Ratcatchers slay the huge and deadly beast. With the roaring crowd our Ratcatchers are escorted back to the Coenoby. Not long after Ekaym Smallcask pays our Ratcatchers their winnings. Later that afternoon Auric's Warband and Draconic Brood go toe to toe. Auric's Warband takes the win meaning the Vandals of Fate will be facing last years champions in the final.
That night our Ratcatcher's rest, and prepare for the final battle. They still worry about the giant worm below but unfortunately there is little they can do to kill it. The next day at noon sharp the Vandals of Fate and Auric's Warband are led to the arena for the final battle of the tournament. With a packed arena of almost 20,000 spectators our Ratcatchers face off against last years champions. The Vandals of Fate prove to the entirety of Cloudbreach they are a powerful team as they quickly bring Auric's Warband down to just Auric. With this Auric declares a one on one with Koris who accepts. Koris with his code of honor even asks Kal to remove the storm of magical energy that surrounds him so the fight becomes much more fair for the two gladiators. With this out of the way Koris and Auric lock blades, parry, feint, and even sneak in a few strikes with each other for a tense few moments. However Koris proves to be an unbreakable wall and Auric is not able to penetrate Koris's fortitude. Ultimately Koris is the victor, with 20,000 spectators now chanting his name. However not all is well. Its faint but our Ratcatchers feel something causing the arena to shake, at first it is brushed off as 20,000 fans causing the tremors. But the tremors get worse. Far worse, until the large Worm of Kyuss known as a Ulgurstasta bursts through the arena's ground causing mass panic. With this Loris Raknian loudly and boldly proclaims so all in the arena can hear it. "Lo! The Apostle of Kyuss is among us! THERE! THERE ARE THE CHAMPIONS YOU SEEK!"
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23 Aug 2024
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