The angel Hariel stood over the demon's headless corpse. Black blood leaked onto the floor and stained the stones. After a moment's pause, Hariel thanks the party for their aid, excuses himself and returns outside.
The party look at each other. One knight down, all others accounted for. They examine the belongings of the cavern's previous occupants. Some mechanical crossbows, short swords, leather armour, a ring, a bunch of scrolls, this weird pair of eyeballs, several doses of poison, a dwarven waraxe, a wealth of gems, and a chest containing 200lb of silver coins.
The waraxe is given to Grymdoin. The silver is donated to church to go towards the 'raise Sam' fund (I can't remember the name I game him now. Sam just sticks in my head. Dammit). The scrolls, the ring and the gems are kept. Laen skins the demon, hoping to make some demonhide armor. Thorhal takes the demon's head and sword. The rest of the items, gear, rubbish and corpses are destroyed and burned outside.
A makeshift stretcher is constructed for the knight who burned to death in the webbed corridor. Two carry him while the remaining four carry the 200lb chest of silver. Hariel wishes to return to the ruined chappel. They arrive on dark, and make camp as it begins to rain.
Lightday, the 16th of Terullius.
The next morning Hariel wakes everyone up and speaks. He thanks them for their help, and says he has found peace, and has communed with God. He is to return to the Holy See. He unfolds his great wings and rises into the air, hovering. As day breaks, the clouds part and a bright beam of sunlight shoots across the valley, engulfing him. It increases brightness until it is too bright to look upon. When it dims, Hariel is gone. The clouds roll back into place, the thunder booms across the valley, and the downpour continues. The party return to Gassell.
In Gassell a feast is thrown. They are given titles "Demonslayer". A surprise guest is at the feast: Commander Hayn from the Knights Lonusso. He mentions that he has finally captured the gnome that got away from them, and toasts to the greatness of putting witches to justice. He does not notice the disappointment in Laen and Thorhal.
Some investigation is made. Fonkin is being held in the local lock-up, probably with special shackles which drain his spellcasting ability. Hayn is preparing a prisoner-transport to bring him back to Belm, where Fonkin will be burned at the stake like he should have been.
Fireday, the 17th of Terullius.
Laen and Thorhal meet Basth at the Iron Hammer, a blacksmith who, after some convincing, agrees to make demonhide armor with the skin he took. They notice he is making some prison bars, and pay him extravagently to rush the armour (thus, delaying the prison bars). Commander Hayn is later seen speaking with him, evidently frustrated that his bars aren't being made.
They meet Elian, a bard of some talent who identifies their ring using his bardic-but-definitely-not-arcane magic. He was quite convincing on that last point. It's a Ring of Chameleon Power! He will certainly write a song, or maybe a play, or perhaps even an epic, on the events surrounding the Demonslayers.
Laen overhears some locals talking about how it's not fair that the witch is being transported to Belm. Thorhal uses his ring to disguise himself as a fat freckly looking guy, and talks to them. They tell him there's a gathering planned outside the jailyard at 2am.
Waterday, the 18th of Terullius.
2am rolls around, and a large crowd are gathering. They've brought pitchforks, torches, bricks. broken bottles, rope, and lots of firewood. It's a proper lynching all right. The guards try to fend them off, but Thorhal starts the crowd into a riot by delivering the first (albeit subdual) blow. Two commoners are almost killed, and several guards are knocked out. The gnome is extracted and brought into the courtyard. A pyre is being built. Thorhal and Laen turn against the crowd, trying to free Fonkin. The four ringleaders move in and start whacking them with clubs. They're quite nasty with them. Laen wrestles for a grip on the gnome against several commoners. Just then the cavalry arrive: Hayn and his boys ride up and start dispersing the crowd.
Laen runs for a building and climbes to a roof. In one last desperate attempt, Thorhal removes his ring of Chameleon Power and gives it to Fonkin, plus a cure potion. The commoners see the knights bearing on them and disperse. The gnome activates the ring, blends into the crowd and runs for his life. The knights Lonusso see Thorhal and demand to know what is happening. Thorhal shouts that he the gnome is here somewhere, and runs off in search. Suspiciously, and with little alternative, the knights follow.
GM's Notes:
- Obstacles Overcome:
Beating off the mob and Freeing Fonkin ≈ (CR5) 1500XP each
Xavier = 11416XP + 1500XP = 12916XP (58% to level 6)
Laén = 12516XP + 1500XP = 14016XP (80% to level 6)
Þórhal = 11354XP + 1500XP =12854XP (57% to level 6)
4 comments:
Hehehe, the name of the fallen knight would have been Galeon.
The parts I liked about the game were Hariel's return to heaven and the storming of the prison and the chanting of the mob in particular.
It sounds to me as though I'm illustrating the scenes well, then. Thanks for the feedback.
Yep, I definitely enjoy reading those recaps. :)
And it makes for an excellent starting point. I point people interested in joining the game at the blog.
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