Tombs of Scoria: Episode 24

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== Synopsis ==
During their journey, the group encounters a contingent of 30 Kurshwikk soldiers who inform them that the Scoria army has crossed the river Vodan, where they see a large encampment they assume to be the Mistryan forces. After a brief skirmish with Scoria knights, during which they use magical tactics to escape, they discover their horses are missing and decide to continue their mission. They devise a plan to infiltrate a castle, where they engage in a fierce battle with vampires and their minions. Despite several challenges, including being attacked by halflings and encountering Cassandra in her gaseous form, they manage to destroy Cassandra and the other vampires by exposing their coffins to sunlight. After rescuing the victims and securing the bracers, they head towards their next destination, Kurshwikk, and eventually Wikkthronrarenta.
==Recap==
===19th March, 1512===
During their travel, on the planes, they run into a group of 30 folks under the Kurshwikk banner. Anton casts and goes towards them. The men tell them the armies of Scoria have crossed the river. They ask for a horse but brothers cannot give them one. On the river Vodan, they see large campfires, housing thousands of people. They presume that's the Mistryan army. 
They camp at the edge of Riverlands. Imrik scries on Cassandra in the late evening but sees nothing but soil and worms. Anton uses his Amulet of Velthara to cast vengeance on Cassandra, and asks Velthara to keep the weather sunny.
The brothers decide to stay hidden and head along the hills. During rest, Imrik scries on Cassandra again and sees her standing before a group of 6 soldiers with armor and swords and a handful of halflings. 
===23rd March===
They spot 7 knights, on horseback, under the banners of Scoria, a red flag with a black silhouette of a dragon. They decide to fight. Imrik casts and Anton casts on them. When they get close, Anton notices one of them looks weird. Imrik casts to the plane of water and flushes one knight down the hill. The weird-looking knight throws a at them, burning them minimally. One knight spears Imrik, the other knocks him out. Anton casts scroll and gets them out of the fight.
Anton heals the brothers. In the ethereal plane, Anton can almost hear Cassandra's thoughts and senses she also knows they're coming. An hour after, they return to the primatial plane. Their horses are gone. Tyrael put Imrik in the bag of holding, despite his protests, and the brothers continue their travel. 
They decide to rest near a river, Anton casts and , then himself and Imrik. 
They see one of Cassandra's minions, looking around and asks halfling if they have seen anything unusual. The knight has the exact description of them.
===24th March, 1512===
In the morning, they head towards the castle, a young halfling on a donkey intercepts them. Anton sets to receive a charge and almost kills the donkey. They pick up and threaten the halfling, Anton says he will slaughter her whole village if she says something. She promises to be good and they let her go. Imrik mercy-kills the poor donkey.
Tyrael sees 2 guards, and devises the plan to kill them, the brothers will serve as a distraction. Imrik pretends to be a peasant Jimmy, while Tyrael scales the wall. One guard asks Anton to take off his cloak, He casts . The guards aren't alerted and Tyrael assassinates them.
Imrik scales the castle wall using , and Anton casts on him. Imrik casts to the plane of water and jumps off of the roof into the front yard. The roof collapses and water floods the castle, they hear screams from inside. Imrik casts and Anton casts as knights storm out of the castle.
They fight the guards and kill them. Cassandra is on the ground floor. They break the window leading to her and open the blinds. Imrik uses the mirror to direct sunlight there. He hits one vampire and kills him, but it's not Cassandra. They smash the windows, one vampire reaches for them, misses and burns. 
Imrik casts on the vampires. Anton uses his spear on the vampire that tried to pull Tyrael in and it explodes lightning inside the room and stuns them. Anton asks Velthara to clear the skies but has nothing to offer. They burn 2 more vampires. Tyrael lights one candle and puts it through the window, vampires screech and one vampire jumps on him but misses. Tyrael burns the rest of the candles. Cassandra runs away.
They chase her into the house, 4 halflings attack Anton, he walks past them. They catch up to Cassandra. Anton hits her and she turns into her gaseous form. Anton pours holy water over where Cassandra is, he burns the vampire in front of him but has no effect upon gasseous Cassandra. Tyrael kills the other vampire and it also turns into a gaseous form. They follow Cassandra into her coffin. 
They drag all the coffins out into the sunlight. While they do so, halfling attack. They batter the halflings into unconsciousness. The young halfling from before rides in on another donkey yelling "The monsters are coming!". They open Cassandra's coffin and her translucent form burns. They open other coffins and the other vampires burn as well. 
Imrik tells the young halfling Cassandra was a vampire, she bites him. They free the people that were fed on, get the bracers, Anton carves Veltara's symbol into the ground. They leave and head towards Kurshwikk and eventually Wikkthronrarenta. 
==Experience==
18695 exp each
* 3480 exp for fighter
* Anton gets 1000 exp for vengeance
* 600 exp for thief
* Tyrael: 400 exp for clever idea
* Imrik: 700 exp for clever idea
* Anton levels up in Cleric
** +4 Max HP
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