Rise of Drekis: Chapter 3 Episode 04

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==Synopsis==
The party spend 3 nights in Sol'feng collecting information. During their stay in the city, Sunny meets a disfigured man named Kas who is from the city of Ember's Keep and wants to return home. The party wants to go there next, so they agree to bring Kas along. 
During their journey to Ember's Keep, the party is attacked by gorillas and almost die. Sunny and Bill are low on health and Kas is knocked unconscious. Due to this, the party decide to head to the city of Umma instead of Ember's Keep because it is closer. 
==Recap==
=== Intelligence Collection in Sol'fang: December 15, 1517 ===
The party is in Sol’fang and split up to collect information. Sunny talks to a random older looking woman in the city. From her, Sunny learns the following:
* The people of Ember’s Keep are all inbred.
* Umma is a beautiful city and recommends that Sunny should go there instead. 
* Halflings and gnomes sometimes go over to the elvan side of the river, but never humans. 
* The elves seem okay with the Great Ranger of Yaka, since they don’t disturb the elven lands. 
Sunny then finds the disfigured man named Kas who the older woman pointed out as a citizen of Ember’s Keep. Sunny says she will escort Kas back to his home if he answers some questions and he agrees. She asks him for information on Ember’s Keep and learns:
* The only city in Bravo that has existed since before the storms came and the mountains rose 1500 years ago. 
* Lots of sorcerers and clerics reside in the keep.
* The White Butte Mountains to the south of Ember’s Keep are cursed.
* Ember’s Keep has not bent the knee to the Great Rangers of Yaka.
Bill talks to some traders and learns:
* How to travel to Ember’s Keep. 
* All the flora and fauna are the same throughout the entire island of Bravo, depending on the biome.
* Some general knowledge on the Dwarfs.
Hank spends his time observing how the town functions and learns the following:
* No town guard on the non-elven side of the river.
* The bridges that cross the river have elven guards on them.
* There are no nobles in the city.
* Humans dominate the business class, goblins are lower class laborers, half-orcs are hunters and traders.
Daniel gathers information to fill in his maps and learns:
* The names of several mountain ranges and rivers.
* Some history and geography of ancient Bravo.
The next day, the party talks to some dwarfs and trades 5 gems for 330 gold. The dwarves tell them that they are in Sol’fang to reaffirm their treaties with the elves. Sunny asks the dwarves if Bravo has any mithril in its mountains. The dwarf tells her there is no mithril but there is an abundance of iron. 
=== Journey to Ember's Keep Begins: December 17, 1517 ===
The party and their new deformed friend, Kas, begin their journey towards Ember’s Keep. After 6 days of traveling, the party stumbles on a pack of 6 polacanthus grazing on grass. The party decides to go around the dinosaurs. 
=== Battle with Gorillas: December 24, 1517 ===
Two days later, the party are in a bamboo forest when they run into 5 normal sized gorillas led by one giant gorilla.
==== Combat Begins ====
===== Round 1 =====
* The party is surprised.
* The normal gorillas attack Bill and Sunny, dealing significant damage to both.
===== Round 2 =====
* 2 normal gorillas attack Bill, bringing him to half health.
* Sunny and Bill each attack and hurt 2 gorillas with their weapons.
* A normal gorilla crushes Sunny with its fist, almost killing the fighter.
* Hank attacks and hits a gorilla.
* The giant gorilla picks up a boulder and prepares to throw it. 
* One of the gorillas that took damage runs away from Sunny.
* Daniel attacks one of the gorillas with his dagger, wounding it and causing it to withdraw.
===== Round 3 =====
* Bill disengages away from the fighting and pulls out his bow.
* The giant gorilla throws a rock at Kas, knocking him unconscious and bleeding to death.
* Another gorilla withdraws.
* Sunny approaches the giant gorilla and misses her attack.
* Another gorilla runs away.
* Daniel drags Kas away and stabilizes him.
* Hank hits a gorilla with his sword, dealing minor damage.
* Sunny successfully lands a blow on the giant gorilla but only causes minor wounds.
===== Round 4 =====
Hank dodges 2 attacks by the gorilla.
Sunny disengages from the giant gorilla.
Hank casts on the giant gorilla, who runs away.
The rest of the gorillas flee.
==== Combat ends. ====
Hank casts , summoning a donkey to put the unconscious Kas on. The party then decide to head to Umma, which is closer than Ember’s Keep.
==Experience==
No experience given this episode.
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