Participants

• Kaladan of Norixius
• Arden Rook
• Bingle
• Iria

Live Notes

🕰 3d 6h 30m remain...

• Iria hops to the rooftops to scout out what she can see. There is a lot of death and destruction. Of the numerous bodies in the streets, there are all sides, including many Dreth.
• The gang seeks an audience with Brengoth, so approaches across the guarded space trying to appear non-threatening
• A voice on a PA commands us to stop, directs us towards a warehouse to the side of the area
• We enter the warehouse and are questioned by the guards. We shortly arrive at the understanding we're here to see Brengoth about the recent unpleasantness
• The guards insist we need to be tested for plague to enter. While preparing for the test, Arden makes small talk with a guard, who confides in his concern that, even considering the dead and missing, there are many of the populace of the area unaccounted for.
• As the tester casts his magic to test the blood samples, Bingle picks up on the fact that he is clearly full of shit, and notifies the guards of such. One of the guards mentions to Bingle the tester is a boss's nephew and they put up with his clear incompetence out of politic
• JKS enters the pit arena which is retrofit as a depot and assembly area
• We see many of our old friends - Brengoth, Boundfur, Boro Kline, all our pals
• Kal talks with Kairhat, reporting the safety of his daughter and assuring of her protection. Kal enters into common cause with Kairhat in the coming battles
• Arden chats with Brengoth, learning they are preparing an offensive to reclaim some territory from the invading Dreth, obviously perturbed by his inability to discern all the angles and motivations of the situation, and clearly in a more collaborative mood speaking with his mouth instead of his mind
• Arden also chats with Boro Kline, inquiring about the state of the Library and learning of its damage and the theft of the Eon Codex. Boro commits his greataxe and his abilities to aid in the coming battles
• Attackers suddenly invade on all sides

Initiative!

• Arden brandishes some swirly patterns, distracting one of the big ones and a couple of his pals
• One of Brengoth's guard takes down an enemy or two with well-placed arrows
• The brutes move in, one flattens a bystander and the other goes after our archer, and another lays in hard to Boro
• Many attackers loose many arrows, the vast majority catch nothing but air, one hits for a little
• Bingle unloads a ☄️fireball☄️, roasting many dreth in a corner of the arena, and also our buddy Hurth
• A brute moves in and takes a big hit on Arden
• The horde moves in, fells our archer, and starts to damage Brengtoh, but not without a meaningful retribution
• Boundfur rips a couple dudes apart
• Arden tries to save Boro and successfully reduces the big foe to giggles. This, however, releases the original group from captivation, who immediately try to attack Vancer. Arden then takes an arrow and goes down
• Kal makes some big hits and then throws some heals over to rescue Arden
• Bingle hurls more ☄️fireball☄️ at the other corner, for great effect. He then flings some ice bolts and runs over to assist Arden, calling for Becky's aid
• Vancer lays some good hits into his sizeable foe, but for not much damage
• Arden summons his last wisps of energy and casts a curse at his attacker, and some inspiration on his buddy Tingle
• Havwrath has had enough and cleaves well into the throat of a brute, felling him. Once down, however, the brute's skull cracks open and a brain-looking creature crawls out
• Vancer makes a valiant stand swinging his axe, but catches two arrows and goes down
• Kal makes some axe swings and chops up a brain, then goes moving to aid his allies
• Iria sinks some solid arrows for some solid damage
• Bingle ☄️FIREBALLS☄️ again! Because its amazing! Nukes the whole left side for immensely great success
• A brain skitters over and claws hard at Bingle, taking him down. Unconscious Bingle manages a lucky save to not make his intelligence available to his psychic foe
• Boro lays well in with a couple of axe hurls and obliterates his foe. A brain thing bursts free though and begins to attack. Boro is not successful in resisting the brain's devices
• Becky crits into an attacker, liquefying him
• Arden crawls over, barely conscious, and infuses some HP back into his buddy Bingle
• Iria takes two arrows for non-trivial damage
• Kal moves and tries to bait the now-unseen foe in Boro's vicinity
• Iria sinks a square arrow into a remaining brute, which strikes true but does little to apparently slow the foe
• Brengoth follow up with a few bright rays, but they seem to deflect off the enemy with little effect
• Boundfur follows up with some reasonably strong claw attacks
• Boro Kline takes an unsteady step forward, turns to his ally Kairhat, and swings his axe, barely missing
• Arden hears commotion outside, and steels himself, gaining a moderate amount of HP, and inspiring his friend Kal
• Bingle tries to levitate Boro, but shit Minotaurs are REALLY heavy you guys
• Yyoz takes a decent hit from a brute. Iria from an arrow
• Horvwath peers through a space in the wall, and starts to run. "They're coming, they're all coming!"
• Everyone starts to book it to the bulkhead Horvwath is headed for
• Last brute continues to shake off Brengoth's eye-lasers, but Boundfur's claws are less easy to avoid. A Wolverine-style lift-and-slam later and this enemy is felled. The brain bursts free
• Boro moves in and takes some hard swings into Kal
• Yyoz is finaly useful and lays some good hits into the brain
• Kal tries to escape via the exit but Boro moves in for some formidable hits
• Arden casts a spell unsuccesfully. The walls are starting to breach. Bingle tries to capture Brengoth's attention, calling him to flee
• Boundfur claws down the last brain and books it for the exit
• Arden makes some dissonant whispers as he approaches, causing Boro to take some psychic damage and move away, taking some regrettable AoO but no longer harassing the ladder
• The walls begin to collapse. More and more brutes and brains pour in.
• All allies flee hopelessly. All is lost
• Suddenly, from the skies, a thundering voice "this is MY CITY" and Escheron hurtles into the arena, the entirety exploding in flame as jaws, claws, tail, and wings laying waste into the encroaching foes
• The tidal wave of enemies pours in, more than even Escheron can mitigate. The party continues to flee with all possible haste
• The gang finds themselves in the upper catwalks, high above the burning roil of chaos and violence below. Kairhat throws a latch on a hatchway on the way up, slowing the ability of any to follow.

🕰 3d 5h 30m remain...

• The gang begins to explore the dense network of catwalks and passageways
• Kal locates a control panel that seems inoperative. Boundfur calls back that it needs battery modules, which are blue and heavy. Arden spots them from a distance and points the group in the right direction
• Some passageways are blocked by fire and damage, and some complication is involved with moving around
• Bingle spots the generator that powers the systems we're trying to revive
• The group reconnects the power and we are going to try the door to the tram tunnel
• There is some circuital sparking, and the door begins to open. We also, though, hear the blocked passageways protecting us bursting open, and the yelling of the wave of foes begins to encroach
• Kal squeezes through the door - then sparks from one of the junctions and the door slams shut. Repeated pushes of the operating button have no effect

Initiative!

• Bingle blinds a foe coming over the railing, then another
• Some foes loose some poisoned arrows at Iria, and find purchase. Iria goes down
• Arden whiffs an arrow at a foe
• Some blind foes manage to down Brengoth
• Boundfur runs over and picks up Brengoth. Calls out "Kairhat!!". Kairhat looks at Kal and says "take care of her for me", and runs down the gangplank and starts fiddling with some wires
• With the door open, Kal barrels in support of his future-potential-father-in-law, avoiding a couple of enemies and some fire
• Arrows rain in all directions. Arden looses some in support of Kal, hits nothing, then takes a couple of hard hits in return
• Kal grabs hold of poisoned and down Kairhat and leaps towards the door, Bingle's prepared levitation lifting him into the air as he sails toward his target. It's super action movie-ish
• Bingle launches a Thunderwave at the drow immediately in front of Arden. Arden gets a good stab with a rapier in before this jerk plummets to his doom
• Arden books it for the exit, sinking some clutch heals into Iria on the way past
• Yyoz falls right at the door. Kal reaches out and grabs her
• The moment we're all through the doors, Grig slams the button and triple doors close to seal the way
• A moment of reprieve, and we call it here for the session

🕰 3d 4h 30m remain...

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