Restoration of the Knights of Virdin
General Summary
Kythorn 25, Year of Rogue Dragons
The Magnificent Seven stand amidst the ruined lair of the Bonelord… A magical silence still encompasses most of the Desecrated Temple to Tempus, Helm , and the Triad making communication in the battle’s aftermath confusing… The companions regroup and search the knee deep bone filled room as best as they can using Pagu’s Divine Sense to pinpoint the remains of the Deathlock amidst the more mundane bones… The Hin martial artist keeps the bone staff of the vile undead separate from the remains in a fools dream of somehow divesting the evil from the staff using it afterwards… After not finding treasure, intel, or hidden doors in the ruined temple the Seven fall back to the Shrine of the Five Gods of the Order that still kept it’s holy nature intact… In this sanctuary Pagu and Tai deduce that it’s holiness will keep the undead from reforming… Timely indeed as the companions hear both a wail and barks confirmation that the banshee and hound master had returned to undeath… The group, heavily wounded and short on resources, decides to head back… Battleguard Hekrit greets the party and let’s them clean from the sewage in the secluded courtyard at the Monastery of Saint Kruskien while he debriefs them… He agrees that they should return the next day and clear the undead and bring the remains to the Shrine to prevent reanimation… In theory without all the undead to support to the desecration a team of priest could get down there and consecrate the redoubt… He also convinces Reed that bone staff is beyond recovery and must be destroyed… The companions head back to the various places they stay and prepare for the next night…Kythorn 25, Year of Rogue Dragons
The Seven gather back at the Tempurian shrine to head back into the sewers… They re-enter the hidden redoubt of the Knights of Virdin with aggressive purpose… The Seven silence the Banshee before her wail can kill anyone and the Rageborn paladin of vengeance uses his mighty blows to cleave the hound master while the rest of the team kites his hounds around the complex preventing the mighty gut ripping blows they inflicted previously… Following the defeat of each menace they collect the remains and deposit them in the Shrine’s sanctuary… Pushing on to new parts of the redoubt reveals new undead menaces… Thought in the make up and circumstances of each undead is different and particular to the being they were in life… Pagu realized the punishment of the undeath was done with great nuance and power… The next fiend was revenant… A might bear of a man whose gear bore the livery of the knight Alexei we were looking for… There was something about Jinx that triggered an advanced rage from the beast… Most of my companions felt it was the magic breastplate Jinx wore but I knew it was his blood… Jinx was the lovechild of the betraying Knight the revenant wanted vengeance on… One after another the undead knights of the defeated order were laid to dust… After each victory the Seven carefully gathered the remains and sequestered them in the sanctuary… Finally the paladin was able to detect a diminishment of the desecration but the Seven were unable to find a focus for the desecration or any hidden rooms but several letters and journals provided a record of those last, lost days… We gathered all the knightly remains and brought them back to the Tempurian shrine… Battleguard Hekrit performed the rights on Alexei as he was of the Foehammer’s faith but suggested we outreach to the newer congregation of the Triad in the wealthy Hill section of town to see if the other Knights’ remains could be properly disposed of and to help in the un-desecrating of the redoubt… Magus Tai takes the elven Knight’s remains back to his congregation at the Seldrinar…Kythorn 26, Year of Rogue Dragons
The next day the Rageborn paladin, Brother Xenos, and Ulfgar head to the affluent part of town to seek the Sanctum of the Stainless Soul… Barely moments into the neighborhood the trio are stopped by guardsman demanding paperwork for the arms and armor on them. Pagu shows his credentials and keeps calm while the human guards test his great sword’s peace strings despite him being liveried in the garb of Tempus … Ulfgar is not so lucky, not having the credentials to bear his arms and armor costs him a sizeable gold penalty and is escorted home… Pagu and Xenos head to the new temple of the Triad and present themselves… A senior cleric is brought out to hear our story and it is quickly believed and we are brought before the Knight Commander Jaida Aldane… She hears my story and agrees to receive the remains of the Knight’s who follow the Triad and will approach the main congregation of the Triad for help in re-hallowing the redoubt… Maybe the will be some ecumenical Goodwill in the future for the martial Faith’s of the city… Hopefully that would lead to a reckoning with the detestable Baron of the city and a return of the rightful king to his capital… One can only dream… Several days past uneventful as Reed gets Goodbarrel Manor up and running as a home and artisnal brewery… Gotta hand it to the little bastard his staff of valet, cook, and courtesan get it all done well…Kythorn 30, Year of Rogue Dragons
Tai drops of a copy of the notes and intel we received over the course of our adventures including a review on all things Slaughtergarde… It is all a very interesting read that provides several avenues to follow up on… Also on the agenda for evening is a ball at one of Tai’s contact's manor… I decided to dress the part of the Tempurian warrior… My finest ceremonially robes over my arms and armor… Women dig uniforms and there has to be some bored lady or maiden looking to see if it’s true about what us greyskins have hanging beneath our kilts….Ulfgar adds the following note
Don’t forget Pagu, during the party, this guy approached me with a coin like the coin Parnell gave us at the Monastery of the Yellow Rose. He said that a shipment was heading to Ironspur in a few days we might be very interested in. Time to hammer those Dourstones, after we figure out what their up to.
Report Date
13 Mar 2018
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