The Natural Disasters #12: A City at War

General Summary

The group continue riding towards Berdusk, ready for anything. On their journey, they see a large band of the corrupted slaying some military units of Elturguard, and they attempt to rush past them, but the siblings are caught in inky black tendrils and a fight ensues. Luckily, the party is quite powerful and the enemies, though empowered by their warfare, are still weak to the radiance that many of them exude. This results in a victory in this skirmish outside of the city.
Then, the party finally reach the city. They cross through an isthmus to an isle where the military has stationed itself. A Paladin of the Red Knight explains to them that magic has been wonky for a little while around the city. Unbeknownst to the paladins, clerics, and other warriors, the party can see a large dome of darkness surrounding the city. They explain their situation to the paladin, so she comes up with a plan.
The soldiers will use all of the resources that they can muster to stage an assault at each gate of the city. Meanwhile, the party will sneak in through a sewer entrance that the Companions have mined out in the past few days of ongoing battle. Once inside, if they can destroy this so called tablet, the Elturguardians should gain an upper hand in defeating the enemy and the city will once again be theirs.
Unable to argue against a well-conceived if not simple plan, the Natural Disasters agree and head into the sewers. They come across a group being led by a mercenary that is attacked by an otyugh. The mercenary and party take care of the otyugh, but one of the civilians is killed in the struggle. A dialogue opens up between the Disasters and the mercenary named Wong Wi who joins them on their journey. However, before they can exit the sewers, the group is attacked by a large group of shadow mastiffs, but they manage to easily dispatch of these things.
Outside of the sewer, all around is the horror of war. People are stumbling in the streets, caressing items such as table legs as if they're cooing to young children. Fires blaze and the sounds of mangonels lobbing boulders can be heard. However, there is a line of darkness in the sky, and the party follows it, ignoring the turbulence around them in search of an end to it.
Before they reach the tablet however, they take refuge in an abandoned home to patch up their wounds and gather their strength. Once this is done, Wong Wi leads them to an abandoned music shop, in the hope of finding something useful to fight their enemies, but instead, the whip of warning alarms Bear as they stand in a peaceful shop in a city of disorder.

Character(s) interacted with

Eleanor, the Paladin of the Red Knight
Wong Wi, the Mercenary

Report Date

23 Dec 2020