Legends of Arcadia: Genesis: Episode 12

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==Synopsis==
The party continue searching for the location on the map from the goddess of life, Martha, and go deeper into the forest. The party meet a large talking crocodile, and Rae Kwon gives the crocodile the name "Sobek, Eater of Souls". When the party come across a T-Rex the abilities of the Spear of Ultimate Destruction are made clear, it can one hit kill anything (if the target fails a save vs death). Eventually the party realise they have gone the wrong way and backtrack to their valley. One in the valley they meet the god of war, Bellum, there to bless the coming war between Humans and Ogres. Bellum also changes Abbadon from a werewolf into a were-t-rex.
==Experience==
* General Experience: 3454 exp
* Fighter exp: 50 Hit Dice Defeated.
* Abaddon :
** Loses 68 experience for his recap.
** 69 exp for furthering his ethos (lied to party about Malkis telling him to kill ogres)
** Rae gives Abaddon 839 exp from his own exp, so he doesn't have to worry about levelling up
* Note: Spells Cast Exp for Clerics & Wizards were not revealed publicly
==Recap==
===13th September, Year 1===
It is just after dawn. The party regroup after killing the ogres as the pair of allosaurus dead the dead ogres. Abaddon is still incapacitated from his being knocked unconscious from the fight. Izual has the Spear of Ultimate Destruction from the Ogre Leader, Big Bertha.
:Spear of Ultimate Destruction: The shaft is made of a single piece of long & slender bone, wrapped in leather. The head is a shard of mithril in the shape of the letter V. Vibrates with energy. Tendrils of droplets blood are in the air due to the recent kill.
* +5 to Hit, +5 to Damage
* Save vs Death or Die
* Pieces Magic Resistance
* Changes size to fit the welder (Ogre size if Ogre using, Human size if Human using)
Izual recalls more lost memories, they remember back to the war against the Demons. On the battlefield Voraci herself was there fighting alongside Izual against the Demons, the weapon she used was this exact spear. Izual knows Voraci will want the spear back if it isn't in the hands of the person she gave it to.
Nyx asks is it safe to keep the spear. Izual thinks Voraci would be more displeased if they were to leave the spear in the woods for anyone to find. Voraci will be back in the world in 2 weeks. Izual casually says about burying the spear in Voraci's chest, before they realise what they said and are shocked by it.
===Crocodile Crossing (13th Sept)===
The party make 2/3 progress during the day with Abaddon injured in the woods. They make their way back to the edge of the mountains and eventually get to a river flowing from the mountains. The river is 35 feet wide at its most narrow point. In the river the party can see dozens and dozens of eyes from a vast number of crocodiles, with one massive crocodile.
The large crocodile speaks to the party, asking why they are here. Rae Kwon explains who the party is, except he claims that Izual is the new God of Death. Rae Kwon says the large crocodile is now the eater of souls and is named Sobek. 
Sobek asks Izual what his command is. Izual ask the crocodiles to get out of the way and their lives will be spared. Sobek, the large crocodile, issues a command ands the other crocodiles line up and form a bridge for the party to use. After the party cross the river, Izual thanks Sobek, telling him that he will be rewarded for his service, and the river will run red with blood and he shall feast on the souls of the dead.
The party continue to travel, then rest at nightfall. Izual casts a on the injured Abaddon.
===14th September===
In the morning Izual places the Spear of Ultimate Destruction into the ground, walks a short distance then prays to Martha for forgiveness. Izual then sees the comet of Martha in the sky, as she leaves the planet. Izual's prays are heard with pity and sympathetic love. Izual then casts 2 more on Abaddon.
Abaddon turns back into human form for the first time since the fight. Abaddon asks about what they will do with the Spear of Ultimate Destruction. Izual says after Voraci deals with Big Bertha's failure, she will seek out the spear. Abaddon suggests just hiding the spear. No decision is make, so they keep traveling west.
The party see a coastline of the ocean as well as a small flock of pachysaurus dinosaurs. The party decide to leave the dinosaurs alone and keep traveling.
At the ocean's edge. Kael uses the spyglass and sees no signs of habitation, just a pristine coastline. The mountain range to the south are sheer cliffs that go into the sea. Abaddon prays to Malkis and thinks he is told to head along the coastline away from the mountains. The party head in that direction.
===15th September===
Izual is concerned they have gone the wrong direction from the Martha map. Izual wants to head west more. Nyx agrees with Abaddon. The party end up heading due west.
In the afternoon the party see the tip of a tail of a large dinosaur. Kael fails to notice this and starts to walk towards the dinosaur absentmindedly. Izural readies is weapon, but Abaddon is the one who tells Izual to charge at the dinosaur, with Abaddon casting first.
Start of combat: Party vs. Tyrannosaurus Rex
The party see the dinosaur is actually a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Izual closes in, using Voraci's spear, casting , but Izual ends up batted away by the dinosaur's tail. The Tyrannosaurus Rex turns to face the party.
Kael casts , but the T-Rex resists. Rae Kwon casts on Izual. Izual attacks with the spear. Nyx casts , but the T-Rex resists. Abaddon casts but the T-Rex resists. The Tyrannosaurus Rex bites Izual, knocking Izual unconscious.
Rae Kwon casts Separate to move the Spear from Izual to fling it at the T-Rex, landing a hit. It fails the save vs death and the T-Rex instantly dies to the Spear of Ultimate Destruction.
End of combat.
Izual is stabilised by Abaddon (Medicine) and Kael (Herbalism). Nyx loots a Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth. Abaddon starts to cut his way to reach the T-Rex's heart so he can eat it. The heart is size of a whole human however. Abaddon eats as much of the heart as he can as Izual rests. Kael try to work out a way to preserve one of the T-Rex's eyes. Nyx takes temporary custody of the Spear of Ultimate Destruction.
===17th September===
It is raining with some lightning in the distance. The party have built a temporary shelter. Izual wakes up. Rae Kwon claims that Izual got the killing blow on the T-Rex.
Izual prays out in the rain/ again for Martha for forgiveness. Martha forgives Izual, showing him kindness in his currently injured state. Izual heals themself with. 
Izual returns the to shelter and sits beside Nyx. Izual says they feels cleansed of all they has done every time Martha forgives them. Izual asks Nyx if she feels anything from the Spear of Ultimate Destruction. She can feel the power inside. Izual warns Nyx that by holding the spear she may be targeted by Voraci herself. Nyx says ever since she was created by Malkis, she has meant to be with the Izual and the party, and she will never feel bad for stepping up when it is needed. Izual fears he was not meant to be here with the humans, that he was sent here to kill them, which he cannot do. Izual fears he is driven by the bloodlust of others, like when Abaddon ordered him into battle.
As to who will hold the spear Izual is uncertain and unable to make a choice, but would prefer to hold the spear himself so Nyx isn't being targeted by Voraci. Nyx says she will keep the spear until he can decide.
Later Abaddon goes to Izual and tells them that they should take the spear for themself, that Izual's purpose is that of fighting in battles. Izual isn't happy with Abaddon's words, saying that Abaddon doesn't truly know their past and nature. Abaddon retorts he has seen Izual on the battlefield and knows enough.
===18th September===
The party break camp and begin to travel again, this time North-West. During the day the party come across a pack of 4 allosaurus. The party avoid the dinosaurs eating their fresh kill and keep going North-West.
The party reach a river. Rae Kwon tries to cross the river but he slips and falls. Kael jumps in the water and drags him back to shore. Kael then casts and swims under it to ferry people above on the disc.
Abaddon now expresses the opinion the party have gone the wrong way and should have crossed those mountains instead days ago. Kael thinks the mountains they want is more to the north. The party head back to the coast to look around again. There is only the sea around them and no sign of mountains.
At sunset Nyx has Pan hunt a squirrel for her. Nyx reads the squirrel's entrails to Omen Reading the direction the party should go. She gets the reading "Always take the Righteous Path".
===19th September===
It is the first day that Voraci's comet can be seen returning to the world. She will be back in 7 days. 
In the morning Izual casts , sacrificing 1 gold coins to be given insight from Martha. The insight Izual gets is that he should never trust a cleric of Malkis to lead them anywhere. But the party is conflicted if it is Abaddon's current direction or his previous one they were meant to ignore.
The party end up backtracking the way they come.
6 hours later Izual casts another spell, sacrificing another gold coin. His directions from the start were at fault. The party realise they shouldn't have gone into the woods and should have gone south of the mountain range to begin with.
Near the end of the day they come across a shrine of Voraci that had been cleaned up visited in the past few days. A large flat stone with a V carved in on it. Kael sacrifices a silver coin with some blood. Rae Kwon suggests leaving the Spear of Ultimate Destruction at the shrine. Kael wants to hand back the spear to Voraci if she calls of the ogre hostilities. Izual prays upon the altar to Voraci, and senses her approaching presence. Rae Kwon wonders if Sayor can remake the spear into something new. Any suggestion bu Abaddon is ignored since the party are annoyed at him taking them the wrong way.
===20th September===
The party leave the voraci shrine and to keep backtracking. However, before they leave the shrine, Izual cuts himself with the necromancer's bone dagger and drips his own blood on the altar, with the idea that he will meet with Voraci soon.
Rae Kwon asks Nyx about how her nightmare powers work. Kael jumps in the conversation. Nyx describes the barrier between order and chaos that humans usually don't experience the chaos side of life, but sometimes the chaos leaks over though the plain of nightmares. What Nyx does is stop the chaos seeping though, at the same time she has to make use of it in her daily life. Rae Kwon wonders where the tarot cards came from. Nyx admits she stole the cards from someone if they had them would break the barrier of chaos. Nyx has a number of cards she can't use yet. Izual feels that this sort of magic is dangerous compared with clerical magic. Kael considers tattooing spells on his skin.
===21st September===
The party return to the crocodile river where Sobek the giant crocodile lives. Izual asks for the Spear of Ultimate Destruction back then approaches the river and stabs at a crocodile and misses. The nearby crocodiles back off into the water. Izual explains the cost to cross the river is souls, so they must take one.
Start of combat?: Party vs. a Crocodile
Izual stabs one crocodile and goes to kill one, but it survives at 1 HP. Abaddon casts but misses the first time, but hits the second, killing the Crocodile.
End of combat.
Kael, confused by this turn of events, just asks the Crocodiles to form another bridge for them. They crocodiles do so and the party just cross the river.
===22nd September===
The party keep heading east. They see a heard of triceratops. The party avoid the triceratops and keep going.
===23rd September===
The party return to their valley and return to their home. It is now 4 days before Voraci returns to the world. The party prepare for the coming war.
John and his family are thriving at their new farm. The snakes eggs are near to hatching. Abaddon decides to mess with John by scaring the flock of sheep while in wolf form. Once John notices, Abaddon leaves.
Kael wants to go to Acropolis for a tattoo but Nyx points out that Voraci is only a few days away and they need to be here to defend the valley.
The party again talk about what to do with the Spear of Ultimate Destruction. Kael wants to take the spear to Sayor to turn into a different weapon. Izual says the spear is their own and it isn't going anywhere. Abaddon agrees Kael. Nyx says the spear is still Voraci's spear, and if Izual wants their own weapon, Sayor could turn the spear into a weapon that is Izual's. Kael agrees with Nyx. Izual disagrees, and is adamant it should never go Sayor.
The bored Abaddon is hired by Rae Kwon to go to Acropolis to see if Sayor is there and ask Sayor to come back to craft something for the party to defend the valley with. Abaddon sprints in wolf form across the valley towards Acropolis. During the trip day Abaddon sees Bellum, god of war. Bellum walks wearing his platemail, with a flaming sword drawn, a large shield, and a crown of flames. A small group of trumpet players follow Bellum around, playing their horns.
Abaddon returns into human form and Bellum confronts him. Abaddon helping people is against the programming code for werewolves, since werewolves are chaotic evil. Bellum is disappointed in the way Abaddon is acting. Bellum says he is here to bless both sides in the coming war. Abaddon asks for his own blessing.
Bellum touches Abaddon on the forehead, burning hair away, and causing Abaddon a lot of pain. After Bellum lets go, Abaddon changes shape, but instead of a wolf he turns into a 7-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus Rex. Abaddon can no longer turn into a wolf. Bellum says this is more appropriate since werewolves should be the enemy of mankind. Tyrannosaurus Rex is the king of the forest and commands the animals, so Bellum charges Abaddon to take the animals of the woods into war. Abaddon goes with Bellum back to the village.
Back at the village, Abaddon goes after one of John's sheep as a T-Rex, terrifying John. Nyx steps in to cast , but Abaddon resists. Abaddon reachs the sheep and attacks, but is caught in Izual's . Bellum then dispels all the magic in the area.
Bellum demands everyone be ready for the coming war. He says if they are cowards they could avoid this coming war by giving back what was taken from Voraci. The party explain they took the spear thought combat. Bellum agrees, that isn't theft but conquest. The party affirms to Bellum that they will all fight in the coming battle, making Bellum proud. 
==Experience==
Party each get 2600 exp 
* Fighter exp: 18 Hit Dice Defeated.
Rae Kwon levels up to level 5
* Max HP from 20 to 22 (+2)
Kael levels up to level 5
* Max HP from 19 to 24 (+5)
Nyx levels up to level 5
* Max HP from 22 to 29 (+7) - Rolled start of next episode
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