Session 5: Honour and Hellfire

General Summary

Plot

Act I: The Final Stretch

Still reeling from the malevolent attack on them and the powerful arcane forces having possessed some of them, the party of adventurers watch as Czaatli Bloodborne's firey silhouette lunges through the hillsides. After a pause, Asguir and Fauna are helped to their feet and try to explain their experience of losing control of themselves. As Piper expresses her concern for Fauna, she begins to snarl and scratch herself in the pale moonlight of the Vashni wilderness.   Piper w/ Fauna, Fasûl and Freya stay at cave, Elraen/Asguir convo with Nico, Fauna migraine  

Act II: Rituals & Rock Talk

altar, cave drawings Freya guides Fasûl further into the cave with her darkvision, as the lanternlight shows the slow transition from cavernous limestone to refined brickwork littered with strange symbols. They reach the centre of the room, the darkness preventing Fasûl from seeing its walls or roof and left only with the cold, humid air touching his face. The light illuminates a foreboding altar surrounded by basalt pillars. Reminiscent of a large sarcophagus, the altar shares the same 4-clawed symbol as seen in the nightmares written in dried blood on its surface.   The pair move to the temple walls, which have runes scribed into every spare space of wall. At first it seems random, until three images become clear. On the far left was the depiction of a horned skull with lines for eyes - the creature from Asguir and Fauna's possessions - surrounded by what appeared to be the various Gods of the Pantheon. 1. Y in pit with gods above 2. C.B with figures and 4 symbols: NW staff, NE hand, SW silhouette, SE fire 3. Y with gods at feet and flames. Jeff - spectator, servant of C.B, Been in cave for 400 years with 4464 pebbles for company. Reveals that a ritual was supposed to take place in the cave, but their host escaped from their grasp (B.V) Jeff joins party  

Act III: Behind Closed Doors

Fauna invisible in dungeons, sees cultist with infernal script in blood. Everyone else meets king and Max, taken to inter. room asguir inter - king is mad, Max tries to help saying Mr Brandskoff's info was wrong, B.V letter, Elraen - parents and Willow, clawing from upstairs, perhaps Caine was mistaken Taken to cells, torches go out, guards killed and cultists take King   At the shocking site before them, most of the party are stunned to silence. Piper however begins to panic, retreating to the barred window at the back of the cell and shaking. Asguir starts to calm her down when he notices the pale moonlight streaming through the bars onto Piper's face - a full moon. Piper's mutterings and shaking become violent, as her bones begin to crack and reform. "NO I WONT DO THIS, PLEASE, STOP, LET ME BE" she cries as her nails grow into claws and her rugged hair blossoms into fur. Asguir desperately tries to break free of the bars as an 8ft tall werewolf begins to growl beside him - ears scuffing the ceiling and black voids of eyes staring into his soul. As Fasûl, Freya and Jeff arrive at the strangely silent Fort Enther, their confused looks are answered by a distant howl.