Embers of the Wilds: Episode 16

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==Synopsis==
The Earth Elemental that arrived in Trog Canyon departs, looking for more interesting things to do. The party visit with the draconians and tell them about the various elementals. The party claim ignorance over knowing anything about the Silver Dragon. The party next travel to Kah-Ella to sell some Iron. The party then head to Northridge to investigate the tower there being repaired. In the town they find Stuka has raised some skeletons to rebuild the tower in town, as well as guard the town from intruders. The party return to Trog Canyon to find there is a funeral for one of the elderly innkeepers.
==Recap==
===15th September, Year 20 - Earth Elemental===
In Trog Canyon the posse are dealing with an errant Earth Elemental. They have drawn it away from the town proper up to the cliffs beside the town. The Earth Elemental is pursing an illusion of Pearl. Tristelle buffs Kyra with Cat's Grace. The real Pearl is hiding due to her wounds.
The Earth Elemental catches up to the illusion of Pearl and touches it, finding out it is an illusion. The Earth Elemental decides to just leaves, looking for better things to do. 
As the party return to town, the cleric of Martha heals up Pearl's wounds. She explains the Earth Elemental came from the Elemental Plane of Earth, and its arrival in the Material Plane coinciding with the Earthquake is likely. Annabelle suggests closing down the mines to prevent more elementals coming out. The party is against the idea since the town needs the mines, and the mines being open or closed likey has no impact on what is going on.
The party, with the situation in town resolved, head off on their plan to meet with the Draconians today for the damage control the information that Warrant (one of Tristelle's admirers) had sold previously. Kyra plans to tell the Draconians about the Water Elemental and the Earth Elemental. 
As the party near the Draconian Watchtower, Tristelle casts and Pearl casts . The Draconian at the watchtower doesn't speak common, but gestures the party to head down the canyon behind the watchtower that is guards. The party proceed past the watchtower.
After passing 2 guards in the canyon, the party meet with a Draconian who can speak common (maybe the bronze spellcaster draconian). Kyra starts to explain about the Water Elemental and the Earth Elemental. Kyra also thanks the draconians for dealing with threats from the west. The draconian thanks the party for the information and says that they have found out nothing new as of yet. Tristelle gits a bottle of Malt Wine to the draconian. The draconian asks about the silver dragon , and Kyra claims ignorance. The party make their farewells and leave.
===16th September - News of Northridge===
The party depart for Kah-Ella with some Iron to sell on some llamas. The plan is to sell the iron outside of town to the smith so not to take the iron themselves into town. 
As the party travel out in the Northridge Plains the encounter some Trog Canyon townsfolk who is herding alpacas. A old man (Sam) and his 3 daughters (or granddaughters). Sam mentions to the party he has observed the tower in Northridge is being repaired. Kyra thanks Sam for the information. Tristelle remembers that the party once stayed in that tower when they heard the banshee.
The party continue on their way to Kah-Ella.
===18th September - Kah-Ella Sales===
The party arrive outside of Kah-Ella. The party wait outside the town while Kyra heads inside the town on her own to meet with the smith. The guard at the bridge asks Kyra for 5 silver for entry. Kyra pays the toll and heads into town and makes her way to the smith.
At the smithy, Kyra shows the smith, , a chunk of Iron Ore and explains the trade proposal to her, she sells iron and the smith keeps the source secret. Virginia says she can buy 10 pounds of iron ore today (for 500 gp), but given a week could buy 100 pounds. Kyra agrees to this sale.
Kyra asks about trading directly iron for arrow heads as well. Virginia and Kyra agree on a trade of 15 lbs of copper arrowheads (100 arrowheads) for 5 pounds of iron. Kyra agrees to this trade.
Kyra also will front 10 extra points of iron to the smith to pay back later.
For today Kyra will be giving the smith 25 pounds of iron, but Kyra doesn't want to be the one to take the iron into Kah-Ella. The smith sends 2 of her bodyguards (Mort and Hans) out with Kyra to collect the iron.
Before leaving Kah-Ella, Kyra picks up the bows being made at the fletchers. She also visits with Adaptic to get the alligator-skin armor for the party's rescue mission in the swamp. Kyra gives Adaptic one pound of iron. Kyra puts in Tristelle's order of alligator-skin tall boots.
Kyra leaves town and returns to the party.
===19th September - Journey to Northridge===
The party leave the Kah-Ella area and head towards Northridge.
===21st September - Northridge Tower ===
The party arrive at Northridge in the midafternoon. They can see a framework of scafolding around the damaged side of the tower. As the party enter town, Tristelle ritual casts .
As the party walk though town towards the tower, they spot a pack of 6 animated skeletons on the bridge across Trog River. The party holds back and watches for a little and the skeletons don't move. Tristelle casts on Pearl, and Pearl goes scout out the skeletons. Kyra says they could be illusionary skeletons.
Near the bridge is a pile of dead dogs. At the edge of the bridge the invisibile Pearl throws a rock to try to distract the skeletons from her position, but she fumbles the rock and it drops behind her. Fortunently no one hears the noise from Pearl's mistake. Pearl lobs another rock and the skeletons no not react. Pearl returns to the party. 
The party decide to form a plan of attack. Pearl gets on top of a building. Tristelle sneaks up close. Kyra readies a bow show at long range. However Tristelle is distracted by a stray cat and walks in the middle of the road, alerting the 6 animated skeletons
:Combat: Party vs 6 Animated Skeletons
The skeletons shamble their way towards Tristelle. Kyra fires her bow as she rushs towards the party. Tristelle casts on herself, which removes it from Pearl as it is a concentration spell. The now visible Pearl lies flat on the damaged rooftop.
The skeletons keep running in the direction of Tristelle, but she jumps out of the way, and they keep going past. Kyra lands a bowshot on one of the skeletons as she keeps moving forward. Tristelle keeps pace with the skeletons, careful not to stand in their path. Pearl also keeps pace with the skeletons, but taking cover behind buildings as not to be seen.
After some moments of running, 2 skeletons break formation and spread out more. Kyra shoots another skeleton then swamps to her sword & shield, the party keep pace. Pearl almost falls off the roof but catches herself.
3 skeletons reach Kyra as Tristelle breaks invisibility and attacks the 4th one in the middle of the road. Pearl casts at the 3 skeletons near Kyra, destroying them all. Tristelle is injured by the skeleton she is fighting.
Kyra goes after the 2 skeletons that had broken away from the group. Tristelle continues to fight the 1 skeleton near her. Pearl casts one the skeletons near Kyra.
Kyra takes out the two skeletons near her. Pearl destroys a the skeleton near Tristelle with a . There are no more skeletons left.
:Combat ends
The party regroup and then head across the bridge. As the party near the tower they see 4 animated skeletons guarding the outside of the tower, but these skeletons have violet bioluminecent glowing eyesockets. Up high on the scafolding around the tower is another animated skeleton that is moving stuff around. The violet eyesocket skeletons seem more sapient that the skeletons that had been guarding the bridge, they are looking around and reacting to sounds.
Kyra suggests they just call out the person to just meet them. The rest of the party agree. Kyra calls out asking to talk with the wizard. The 4 skeletons look in Kyra's direction, but stay stationary. (met in ep 13) then steps out of the tower. Pearl calls out to Stuka and he recongises her, and gets his skeletons to stand down their weapons.
The party approach Stuka and talk. Stuka says having a tower in a ruined town like Northridge is very helpful. Stuka says as the only living soul in the town, he will lay claim to it all. He says he met with the banshee Treana and befriended her. Stuka says he is out here on a self-appointed quest, in search of unusual things... like Pearl. Pearl gets creeped out and points out that Stuka and his undead family are the unusual things. Stuka finds out that some of his skeletons had attacked the party, and pays Tristelle 5 silver for her damaged red dress.
Stuka offers the party a place to rest for the night in the basement of the tower (which has been turned into a guesthouse). Kyra politely declines. Stuka asks what the party's names are. Kyra gives her real name, but Tristelle calls herself Ella, and Pearl is called Charity.
The party make it out of Northridge before sunset and make camp in the Northridge plains.
During the night Kyra sees a red glow coming from Northridge. The party break camp and keep traveling in the night to get more distance. The red glow seems to follow the party at a distance. The party travel the whole night.
===22nd September - Solumn Return Home===
The party travel past dawn and into the day and get back to Trog Canyon. The atmosphere in town is solumn. , the 75 year old co-owner of the inn, has passed away. Greta woke to find Eva passed away in her sleep. The party go attend the funeral. The cleric Annabelle officates the sad occasion.
Eva's wife, , as well as Mayor , give their eulogies. Greta gives Tristelle a chance to talk, having lived in the inn for some time now with Greta and Eva. Tristelle speaks of her friendship with Eva and how kind Eva was, as she plays the Lyre. 
The party report in to Mayor Barnaby and he is very pleased by the sale the party were able to make. The Mayor suggests the party buy a lot of stuff in Fairport and then get a boat to sail it back to Trog Canyon. The topic of getting new skilled immigants into town is brought up again. There is disease in Kah-Ella, so people coming from there will have to be vetted. Mayor Barnaby says that Mother Annabelle has curative magic and likely can cure diseases as well.
Mayor Barnaby is also woried about Greta, now her partner has passed away, and asks Tristelle to keep an eye out on her. Tristelle agrees.
The party then explain about Stuka moving into Northridge and his skeleton family. Barnaby explains about Necromancers, and how they need to drain the life from people to fuel their spells. The leaders of Ferimonium had considered using Necromancers during the war 20 years ago, but ultimately decided against it. 
Kyra thinks of enlisting the Draconians to help deal with this necromancer problem of theirs. The Mayor warns that a Necromancer can grow in power everyday as they raise more and more undead, until they can overun an region. Tristelle suggests they find of Ipsum to see what they know of necromancers. 
The party return to their homes to rest.
==Experience==
No experience given this episode.
Category:Embers of the Wilds Episodes