Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Kaden-Fighter
Alan-Fighter
Alan the fighter materializes on the world. He finds himself standing in a forest with a beautiful woman dressed all in blue. She tells him that she is the goddess Chaldisaya and brought him to the world to fight an ancient evil called Distaria (The Voice from the East.)
As they are talking Alan notices that the woman has six fingers on each hand. She bids him good night and leaves him alone in the forest.
After wandering around for a while Alan comes upon a lone house. Knocking on the door he is introduced to the party. The group is discussing what’s happening with Arashi. They decide to outfit the next day and then head into the hills in the south to look into the mysterious deaths.
Alan tells the brief story about what he found when he arrived and paladin Marius is intrigued (Chaldisaya is his goddess.) The paladin and some of the party think that there are problems with Alan’s story. Marius points out that Chaldisaya doesn’t usually appear with six fingers. Unable to answer the questions the party beds down for the night.
The next morning is Welock, the traditional market day so the party goes into the village to buy things. Kimi introduces some of the new people to the local cuisine and Arashi buys a rock that appears to have eyes on it.
They meet up with Kenna Alexander. He is escorting the woman that Alan saw last night through the market. Introductions are made and she is introduced as Kennis Kelly Raider/Sailon one of the daughters of the legendary Sylvia Sailon the Jkennis and patron saint of the kingdom.
They leave the market and Marius now understands what happened, both he and Kimi relate that Kennis Kelly is know to be more than a bit mad…often proclaiming herself a goddess in her own right.
The party loads up and heads into the south looking for both the killer of Kenna Alexander’s men and the possible location of the woman from Arashi’s dream.
Most of the day is spent climbing up the cliffs and following game trails that lead to nowhere. As the evening draws near they come across what looks like a cave, when they enter it they notice that it’s actually just a shallow overhand that hides a small valley.
In the valley they see an abandoned miner’s cabin and that the walls of the valley are lined with mines. As they get closer they see that one of the trees has been sculpted to look like a giant tree monster. The party fans out to look for treasure.
Alan finds a slag pile and begins to dig though it, he finds a body. The corpse is slightly bloated and has black orbs for eyes. Kaden suggests in strong language that they burn it just as Alan uncovers another one.
Kaden finished building a pyre and now there are several bodies from the slag heap. They throw them in to the flames and one comes alive and attempts to crawl out of the flames, but is consumed by the fire before it can get out.
As the last of the day light fades from the valley the party sees many people coming out of the mines, black smoke comes out of their mouths like dark tongues. In the entrance to the valley a creature that looks like the Kenna’s son rises from the ground and blocks the parties retreat.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Avalyn Adventure # 86 Blood…
Avalyn Adventure # 86 Blood…
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Kaden-Fighter
The party arrives in Mountain Vale without incident. Van Rhee heads to the Manthootian encampment and the rest of the group goes see Kenna Alexander Sailon, the military leader of the village.
Kenna Alexander welcomes Marius to Mountain Vale and says that he is glad to see him and to a lesser extend the others. He relates to them the story of what happened to his son several years ago (for more details see Adventure Log 40.) Although his son was supposedly raised from the dead, he never seemed the same and eventually had to be exercised by the church. He died soon after the ritual.
The people who died at the time of his son’s original death all looked the same way, in a tight fetal position. Kenna Alexander has heard of something up in the hills killing people. The bodies have had a similar look to them and he would like Marius and his party to take a look into the matter.
The Kenna makes an offhand remark that in the near future the capitol in Sylvia’s Rest will be relocated across the inland sea and a governor will be appointed over the larger city….and it will probably be him. He tells the characters that if they do this for him he will look with favor on them when his is promoted.
Tired and a bit stunned the characters make their way to Kimi’s house. After unlocking the house and settling, in Kimi retreats to her bedroom and the others get the spare rooms. Kaden decides that the couch looked more comfortable than the floor so he bunks in the living room.
Kaden is awoken in the middle of the night by the sound of a naked Arashi trying to get out of the front door. It appears that he was sleepwalking and was unable to lift the bar.
When Arashi wakes up he tells Kaden that he was having a dream that he could smell something so fascinating that it beckoned him to it. Kaden decides to pull the couch closer to the door and everyone goes back to sleep.
Later on Arashi has another dream, in this one he is flying then he lands in a cave. In the cave is a Sadakadishian woman. The dream flashes forward and he finds himself strangling her. The dream comes to an end as he is slicing her up with a knife.
With a racket Arashi wakes up everyone in the living room. It seems that he has assumed bird form (he’s a druid) and flew out of the chimney, although it could have been a dream, no one is sure.
Half of the group decides to go looking for the woman now in case she is injured and needs help. They search to the south of the village and Arashi finds a strip of clothing with blood on it. He can tell that the blood belongs to her. Despite being physically grossed out by it he finds himself eating the cloth. Arashi cannot believe what his has done, but it did taste good.
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Kaden-Fighter
The party arrives in Mountain Vale without incident. Van Rhee heads to the Manthootian encampment and the rest of the group goes see Kenna Alexander Sailon, the military leader of the village.
Kenna Alexander welcomes Marius to Mountain Vale and says that he is glad to see him and to a lesser extend the others. He relates to them the story of what happened to his son several years ago (for more details see Adventure Log 40.) Although his son was supposedly raised from the dead, he never seemed the same and eventually had to be exercised by the church. He died soon after the ritual.
The people who died at the time of his son’s original death all looked the same way, in a tight fetal position. Kenna Alexander has heard of something up in the hills killing people. The bodies have had a similar look to them and he would like Marius and his party to take a look into the matter.
The Kenna makes an offhand remark that in the near future the capitol in Sylvia’s Rest will be relocated across the inland sea and a governor will be appointed over the larger city….and it will probably be him. He tells the characters that if they do this for him he will look with favor on them when his is promoted.
Tired and a bit stunned the characters make their way to Kimi’s house. After unlocking the house and settling, in Kimi retreats to her bedroom and the others get the spare rooms. Kaden decides that the couch looked more comfortable than the floor so he bunks in the living room.
Kaden is awoken in the middle of the night by the sound of a naked Arashi trying to get out of the front door. It appears that he was sleepwalking and was unable to lift the bar.
When Arashi wakes up he tells Kaden that he was having a dream that he could smell something so fascinating that it beckoned him to it. Kaden decides to pull the couch closer to the door and everyone goes back to sleep.
Later on Arashi has another dream, in this one he is flying then he lands in a cave. In the cave is a Sadakadishian woman. The dream flashes forward and he finds himself strangling her. The dream comes to an end as he is slicing her up with a knife.
With a racket Arashi wakes up everyone in the living room. It seems that he has assumed bird form (he’s a druid) and flew out of the chimney, although it could have been a dream, no one is sure.
Half of the group decides to go looking for the woman now in case she is injured and needs help. They search to the south of the village and Arashi finds a strip of clothing with blood on it. He can tell that the blood belongs to her. Despite being physically grossed out by it he finds himself eating the cloth. Arashi cannot believe what his has done, but it did taste good.