The Battle for Jaldin Part 1

## Story

The town is covered in a smoky haze some buildings are burnt to the ground some of them just have scorch marks. Our adventurers move toward what looks like a town hall down the main street. About a hundred feet ahead of them two people appear to be stumbling through the smoke. Getting closer, Seline and Talia realize that these two persons are no longer among the living. Seeing them more clearly now, they're not the zombies at the Greshan House. They appear to be wearing modified versions of the exo frame in the diagram over normal day clothes.

> **DM Molly**They are two bodies that have been hooked up this apparatus that goes down their arms, down their back, and attachs it to their legs. From the elbow down, they have a shotgun.

Seline Tolls the Dead on the first one to no effect. The zombies turn and focus on Seline and Talia. One of them, raises its arm (from the elbow down is a shotgun) and it fires and hits Seline. The other raises its arm in fires also hitting both Talia and Seline. With three quick shots Talia is able to hit both of the zombies once. Seline follows Talia up with Toll the Dead. The back spine segments appears to be under constant tension, a couple of the metallic vertebrae tear away with chunks of necrotic flesh as the creature half buckles and now stands with a a odd slouch. Zombies fire in unison one managing to hit Seline. Talia's responding three shots hit the shoulder and knee mechanisms and go through the chest glowing part of the spine away as it slumps to the ground dead. When Seline's Toll the Dead hits the other zombie, it blackens and begins to melt like candle wax until the spinal column twangs and pulls the rest of the way from the from the melting mass. Talia sends her silver raven back to Villvale requesting reinforcements and aid for civilian casualties. They go to the building that looks like the town hall to find the door barricaded from the other side. When those inside realize Seline and Talia are there to help they're quickly ushered inside. 6 people ( 3 Dwarfs, 2 humans and 1 halfling) await them inside three dwarves guns on Talia and Seline. After a few moments they lower them. Jacob Talen (former bank manager) explains it's been going on for a month starting with the disappearance of three people who became the subject of the missing poster Talia collected. A week ago people start disappearing left and right. Couple days ago the missing persons came back and and things went downhill from there. They cut holes in the adjoining buildings Town Hall, bank and hotel. In total 4 dozen or so are in hiding in this structure. There are another possible dozen in a tavern (the Beanstalk) on the far west side of town. They've been sending a trained cat back and forth with messages but they're running low on food. The sheriff and the DMP task force went out to investigate the disappearances and never return. Talia asks about the well-being of the girls from the Jasmine Fields. Some girls are there, and others are at the Beanstalk but Jasmine Fields burned to the ground. Jacob does mention there are more kinds of zombies out there. Growlers (like the ones, Seline and Talia encountered at Victoria's house). Shotgunners (the ones Talia and Seline encountered outside) are not as feral as Growlers but aren't shock troops. They're similar to shotgunners as far as the apparatus on their back but have generators for electricity. There might be one other kind and it might be the sheriff. At the Sheriff's Station, Seline and Talia grab manacles and a map of the town. Talia and Seline attempt stealth to get to the Beanstalk. A group of growlers jump out of the Shadows and hit Talia. More try to hit Seline but one misses. A man comes hunched over running into join the fray. He has a large cylindrical glowing apparatus attached to his back with cables running down his arms 2 metal gloved hands. It looks at them and says "strangers." The shock trooper releases an arc of lightning from it's hand to a growler then from that growler to another growler. The first growler engine grinds quickly to a halt. The second Growler's engine starts to rev up to wide open throttle and seems to move faster now. Seline gets hit three times. The growler who's engine seized tries to move forward but can't. Its head weirdly snaps to one side and it's engine coughs back to life. The high revving Growler attempts to strike Talia 4 times and misses. Seline's spiritual weapon, murder of white crows, forms out of thin air where she directs them to attack the Shock Trooper. Seline's Toll the Dead hits the high revving growler and black necrosis seeps down from it's cap and the hi- revving grinds down to stuttering dieseling. Talia lets out three more shots damaging two of the growlers. Shock Trooper hits four Growlers with its Arc of electricity, two of them speed up and two of them freeze. An arc (shocking grasp) hit Seline but The Growlers miss her. They do manage 2 hit Talia 3 times. Seline's Murder of Crows and Toll the Dead hit evil Pikachu. Cylinder mechanism on its back is starting to crack and black necrosis started pock mark its face. Talia's two shots go right through a growler's cap, killing it. Shock Trooper lets out a groan of disappointment at the death of a growler and then hits the four remaining Growlers with arcs. 3 speed up and one freezes. Growlers hit Seline and Talia three times each. Talia shoots back, her first shot taking half of the shock trooper's face off. The second shot hits the cylinder mechanism on the back which bursts into arcs of electricity and evil Pikachu Falls dead. The Growlers hit Talia twice. Talia's Blood starts to drip down as she starts breathing heavier now. The murder of crows and Toll the Dead finish off a growler and Talia takes out another. Eyeing one Growler that's evaded damage so far Seline attacks with her spiritual weapon and toll the Dead and The Growler dissolves into black slurry. The last Growler jumps at Talia, mouth a gape. Talia manages to shove both guns in its mouth and pull the triggers. Its cap land several feet away spinning on the street.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent
* Talia Grey