Yrrah assisted Nadya in recovering from the shock of learning of her child's death by assaulting her with survival needs, rather successfully. Nadya organized the travelers to build a shelter for the coming storm, then collapsed while the group from Taldor and the northern traders waited out the storm.
The people in the group learned a bit of each other and the new land they were in. Dinner was made and Nadya arose. During the meal, the travelling bard Mierul came across the camp and traded tales for a seat at the fire, though she purposefully kept back from it. After learning that the Taldoran group were supposedly members of Nadya's extended family and companions, she lost interest and soon left the shelter.
The next morning, the travelers dug out the caravan and continued on towards Waldsby, Nadya's home. During the trip, a conspiracy of ravens came across the caravan. Even though Nadya quickly covered the caravan in white canvas and got everyone underneath, the ravens spotted a wayward half-orc and immediately started trying to clear the covers. Through fire and a bit of Yrrah's skin they drove off the ravens.
The group arrived at Waldsby that evening and were settled in to Nadya's home. They met her twin sons and their caretaker, and learned of the house fey watching the home.
The next morning, Kyezra scouted the perimeter of the village while Yrrah, Ash and Doyle went to the town's tavern. With a bit of suspicion for the large mirror behind the bar of such a poor establishment, they each tried to gather what information they could on various subjects. Katarina gave Doyle some tea along with the suggestion to leave Irrisen which he gladly followed, leaving his companions troubled. Ash and Yrrah demanded answers from the recalcitrant Katarina. Her husband Emil discouraged them with a crossbow laid upon the bar top. This did not calm the situation.
Emil fired upon Yrrah. Ash destroyed the crossbow. Katarina covered the room in fog. Yrrah smacked Emil upside the head, hard. Shortly, the proprietors were subdued and Ash and Yrrah went chasing after Doyle, leaving Zacarius to guard them.
Doyle, not wanting to be stopped, did his best to convince the others that leaving was a good idea while never slowing his step. Ash and Kyezra attempted to stop him with little success, as he kept slipping away from their grasps. Eventually, he was knocked out and taken back to Nadya's home.
Nadya returned home after learning of the chaos the group had instigated and insisted upon hurrying the group away from town as soon as feasible. She got the dogsled ready and the group left to confront the white witch who ruled the region.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
Hunting Trolls
Warily, the group moved forward to investigate the igloos. The first held nothing of interest, but Yrrah spotted a pair of sprites resting on shelves in the second. They sprayed him in color, but he resisted their sorcery and charged in. A yawning pit opened beneath his step yet he managed to shift his weight back before falling in. One sprite exited out of the chimney hole while the other stayed on the far side of the igloo and pelted Yrrah with arrows.
The one that flew out moved to the forest edge to fire on Yrrah from his flank; Ash caught her thus distracted and split her crosswise with his axe. The other was finished off shortly as well.
The group investigated the troll's cave; the troll had been watching the portal and circled back to catch the group unaware. He charged the easiest target, Zacarius' back. The doll decided this was an opportune moment to attack as well, striking at Zacarius' side and convincing the earlier-enchanted Kyezra that Zacarius had turned traitor.
The troll went down quickly to repeated blows from Ash, Doyle and Yrrah. Ash, also charmed by the doll, sought to take her safely from those threatening her, while Kyezra cornered the traitor Zacarius inside the troll cave. Ash and Yrrah tussled in the snow while the doll attempted to use the last of its limited magics on Yrrah (a ray of frost she never successfully cast). Zacarius sprayed Kyezra and her companion cat with color, stunning the beast but leaving Kyezra free to act. He then retreated in to cover of the boxes around the troll's cave, managing barely to keep Kyezra from pinning him in place with an arrow.
Eventually, Yrrah and Doyle managed to break the doll and its influence on Ash and Kyezra. A while after that, Kyezra's cat deigned to get off Zacarius' chest.
Searching the cave turned up a good amount of supplies which the group availed themselves of. The mirror eye of the doll was destroyed out of hand, while the soulgem was destroyed with care, releasing the poor girl's spirit.
Pressing on, the group broke in to the circle of ice surrounding the winter portal itself, arriving just in time to see a black rider come through the portal and crash from his mount, a giant spear of ice lodged in his back. The rider told a story of betrayal, claiming that Baba Yaga had been captured and imprisoned by her daughter, the ruler of Irrisen, Queen Elvanna. The Queen then created the winter portals as part of a plan to blanket all of Golarion in snow and ice. The black rider told that he had two keys (a giant's beard and plague mask), breadcrumbs that when activated and put within the wandering hut's cauldron, would retrace Baba Yaga's path, but both keys where inactive until life's blood fueled them. He then cut his own throat and activated the keys, transferring the mantle he wore and the geas he kept to the group (except Yrrah, would had already gone through the portal).
On the far side of the portal, as Yrrah was setting up a shelter against the oncoming snow storm, he spotted several torches waiving around madly in the darkness, indicating several people fighting a beast. When the rest of the group arrived, they investigated the torches, finding a caravan group fighting off a confused giant preying mantis that Ash recognized as a terror in his own neck of the woods. They quickly put the beast down and discovered that the leader of the caravan was none other than the mother of the girl trapped in the doll that the group had just destroyed, which Zacarius was kind enough to blurt out.
The one that flew out moved to the forest edge to fire on Yrrah from his flank; Ash caught her thus distracted and split her crosswise with his axe. The other was finished off shortly as well.
The group investigated the troll's cave; the troll had been watching the portal and circled back to catch the group unaware. He charged the easiest target, Zacarius' back. The doll decided this was an opportune moment to attack as well, striking at Zacarius' side and convincing the earlier-enchanted Kyezra that Zacarius had turned traitor.
The troll went down quickly to repeated blows from Ash, Doyle and Yrrah. Ash, also charmed by the doll, sought to take her safely from those threatening her, while Kyezra cornered the traitor Zacarius inside the troll cave. Ash and Yrrah tussled in the snow while the doll attempted to use the last of its limited magics on Yrrah (a ray of frost she never successfully cast). Zacarius sprayed Kyezra and her companion cat with color, stunning the beast but leaving Kyezra free to act. He then retreated in to cover of the boxes around the troll's cave, managing barely to keep Kyezra from pinning him in place with an arrow.
Eventually, Yrrah and Doyle managed to break the doll and its influence on Ash and Kyezra. A while after that, Kyezra's cat deigned to get off Zacarius' chest.
Searching the cave turned up a good amount of supplies which the group availed themselves of. The mirror eye of the doll was destroyed out of hand, while the soulgem was destroyed with care, releasing the poor girl's spirit.
Pressing on, the group broke in to the circle of ice surrounding the winter portal itself, arriving just in time to see a black rider come through the portal and crash from his mount, a giant spear of ice lodged in his back. The rider told a story of betrayal, claiming that Baba Yaga had been captured and imprisoned by her daughter, the ruler of Irrisen, Queen Elvanna. The Queen then created the winter portals as part of a plan to blanket all of Golarion in snow and ice. The black rider told that he had two keys (a giant's beard and plague mask), breadcrumbs that when activated and put within the wandering hut's cauldron, would retrace Baba Yaga's path, but both keys where inactive until life's blood fueled them. He then cut his own throat and activated the keys, transferring the mantle he wore and the geas he kept to the group (except Yrrah, would had already gone through the portal).
On the far side of the portal, as Yrrah was setting up a shelter against the oncoming snow storm, he spotted several torches waiving around madly in the darkness, indicating several people fighting a beast. When the rest of the group arrived, they investigated the torches, finding a caravan group fighting off a confused giant preying mantis that Ash recognized as a terror in his own neck of the woods. They quickly put the beast down and discovered that the leader of the caravan was none other than the mother of the girl trapped in the doll that the group had just destroyed, which Zacarius was kind enough to blurt out.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Dollhouse
Kyezra the snowcaster scouted out the clearing around the dollhouse first, encountering a creepy little girl that told her about how she didn't want the doll and didn't mean to call her names, but kept vanishing into the boulder field. Kyezra scouted out the front half of the clearing before returning to the group.
The rest of the group moved up and decided to skirt the boulder field as much as possible. They were warned off by the creepy girl, then struck with visions of terror as the faces of the dead pushed up through the ice boulders to scream at them, but the members of the group are made of sterner stuff and no one turned tail. Knowing they had alerted anyone nearby, they struck through the boulder field, coming into sight of the now-empty hut on the hill.
Being reasonable and friendly fellows, they set it on fire.
As it was fairly late and no threats showed, they camped out around the burning remains of the hut. The night was uneventful except for a sudden cold spot near dawn, but the spell caused no great discomfort. At dawn, the group prepared for the day and moved on.
At the exit of the clearing, they came across words written in the snow. Doyle declared them safe despite the dire warning they declared and Ash moved over them, getting blasted with cold from the warding runes.
As they moved deeper into the valley, the wind picked up and the group was ambushed by the wounded white weasel they had seen the tracks of earlier. Though the weasel did manage to clamp on to Zacarias, the rest of the group ended its threat before it could do any great harm.
As the group struggled to make progress against the worsening storm, Ash, now in lead of the roped-together group, spotted Hammelstaub guiding Squald to attack the group. Hammelstaub took shelter high above the group where he could make good use of his snow sight while Squald charged in. Ash destroyed Squald with a single swing. Hammelstaub harried the group, making several strikes from beyond the limits of their sight before trying to sneak in to closer range. Though he did manage a pretty good strike against Kyezra, he was forced to retreat as the group circled back on him. Hammelstaub once again hit the group from range, then again tried to sneak in; this time, he was intercepted and killed.
The group set off once again, arriving at a small camp of igloos deep in the forest and hearing the roar of a troll...
The rest of the group moved up and decided to skirt the boulder field as much as possible. They were warned off by the creepy girl, then struck with visions of terror as the faces of the dead pushed up through the ice boulders to scream at them, but the members of the group are made of sterner stuff and no one turned tail. Knowing they had alerted anyone nearby, they struck through the boulder field, coming into sight of the now-empty hut on the hill.
Being reasonable and friendly fellows, they set it on fire.
As it was fairly late and no threats showed, they camped out around the burning remains of the hut. The night was uneventful except for a sudden cold spot near dawn, but the spell caused no great discomfort. At dawn, the group prepared for the day and moved on.
At the exit of the clearing, they came across words written in the snow. Doyle declared them safe despite the dire warning they declared and Ash moved over them, getting blasted with cold from the warding runes.
As they moved deeper into the valley, the wind picked up and the group was ambushed by the wounded white weasel they had seen the tracks of earlier. Though the weasel did manage to clamp on to Zacarias, the rest of the group ended its threat before it could do any great harm.
As the group struggled to make progress against the worsening storm, Ash, now in lead of the roped-together group, spotted Hammelstaub guiding Squald to attack the group. Hammelstaub took shelter high above the group where he could make good use of his snow sight while Squald charged in. Ash destroyed Squald with a single swing. Hammelstaub harried the group, making several strikes from beyond the limits of their sight before trying to sneak in to closer range. Though he did manage a pretty good strike against Kyezra, he was forced to retreat as the group circled back on him. Hammelstaub once again hit the group from range, then again tried to sneak in; this time, he was intercepted and killed.
The group set off once again, arriving at a small camp of igloos deep in the forest and hearing the roar of a troll...
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