Ho Ho Ho...

**"The Sinta Klaas Massacre Part 3: Ho Ho Ho"** is Chapter 7 of *The Vagabond Chronicles* series. The episode begint with Sinta Klaas, stepping off the wagon and shouting 'My name is Herr Sinta Klaas, come on then if you think you're hard enough.' It stayed quiet but then a loud growl was heard from the darkness.

## Summary

The party begins with a narrative round. Rattigan figures out that something can be strapped to the front of battle slay, with consent! There's a humming tremor that rocks through the wagon, slightly rocking it. The party sees a person emerging out of the darkness, it being Prancer an elf bowman. He's also a trained dancer, hence the nickname. Another figure comes limping in, holding her side. This is the female trader named Vixen, she does not good hold, using her halberd like a walking stick. Blitzen whispers 'By Kronos, a horde' however Bondo looks straight at Blitzen as he mishears her say 'By Kronos, a buffet' licking her lips and thinks a walking buffet is coming up behind them. Sinta Klaas tells the party that the horses have fled due to the first horde, so they need to stick it out till the end, no escape. Ziggy recounts about the Hinterland but everyone phases out and don't pay attention to it. Bondo gets that the bombs are exceptionally made and won't just explode when kicked and also that they have a 3 second delay on them.

Initiative round starts with Rattigan moving towards Vixen. Dasher approaches and looks at Rattigan, pausing for a bit as his eyes glaze over then he says 'Oh, I see. Well, can you help her? I'd better get on that thingy' , pointing towards the cannon. Rattigan lets Mr. Smidge bring up the ingredient for petty healing. The ingredient turns into a puff of smoke that he pats on her cheek, healing her for 2 wounds as the arrow in her side gets forced out and heals up instantly. Vixen is speechless for a minute and then thanks Rattigan before giving him a wink as Rattigan climbs back up the cart. Blitzen realises that there is no way to move the wagon without the horses. Teddy leaps up into the wagon and asks for Bondo to 'summon his bloody penguins' which confuses Vixen. Teddy throws the scrolls to Rattigan 'We should make some bloody use of these as well.' Rattigan catches them and retorts 'Thanks, but I can't read!'. Blitzen asks Bondo about the penguins, as Bondo explains how the horses got turned to penguins. Blitzen asks if the party can control these animals. After Bondo says that he and the animals have bonded Blitzen asks where they are so she can get them. Bondo interrupt her saying that he has to call them and then does so. Bondo succeeds on a leadership tests and he heard the penguins retort with their own call.

From the darkness we see the horde. Mostly Orcs and in the middle there's a giant creature that towards over the wagon. There's half a dozen to a dozen goblins around the west side. Blitzen and Vixen are taking defensive positions around the wagon. Rattigan hits 2 enemies with the crossbow on the weapon and kills the goblin, peppering another with arrows but not killing it just yet. Bondo lights one of the bombs and points it at the goblins and hands them to Teddy to throw them at the goblins. However Teddy fails his initiative test and chucks the bomb straight up, letting it explode in the air. Another loud growl is heard from the darkness and more figures running straight towards the camp. Ziggy lands a critical on 5 goblins with the repeating crossbow, killing 3 of them (no one notices cause of the bomb exploding). Rattigan shoots at the Orc, killing it, making a smiley face on his face with the arrows. He also kills another one. Bondo light another bomb and hands it to Teddy this time, instructing him to throw it at the goblins. Teddy goes to try and fire the mortar but it misfires and stays stuck in the mortar. Prancer downs another Orc. The ferrets are tugging on Rattigan's hair and shoot the crossbow with him but he misses. Bondo is lighting another bomb and throw it at the goblins, but it veers to far too the side however he managed to hit one. The orcs hits Vixen as she drops her halberd as they are rolling on the ground. From the shadows more creatures emerge. The party fails their initiative test so they don't see Vixen or the war penguins anywhere. At this point Dasher fires the cannon but it misses the enemies and blows a huge hole into Sinta Klaas' wagon to which Sinta Klaas goes 'You just did WHAT?!'. Ziggy fires and hits two goblins, killing one of them.

Rattigan opens up the scrolls, that Teddy threw at him, as they light up and words start swirling around it. Noodle starts scrambling at his pocket and puts his paw on your cheek and suddenly the words form sentences and Rattigan knows what he has to do. He realises it's a strange spell, it gets activated by shouting out words in a sing-song voice. Rattigan waves his arm and wipes his hands across the scroll as he sends a massive column of wind out of his mouth, knocking the Orcs down and pushing them back. Hard of the scrolls tears after the spell completes. Bondo lights another bomb, handing it to Teddy who throws it towards the horde. The damage obliterates 4 Orcs into a slimy mess, the other two Orcs get dispatched by Sinta Klaas. The orcs starts backing up and one backs into the giant monster, which breaks the creatures neck and throws it to the side. Sinta Klaas screams at Gaudrack Ballripper. Blitzen thanks the party for the back-up as the war penguins come running towards the party. Rattigan uses the other side of the scroll and activates it again. A blue raincloud with crystals comes out and floats above the Orcs. Teddy chucks another bomb at the remaining Orcs as the raincloud comes over them, healing the damage done with magic healing rain. Sinta gets big hit on the Ogre but the monster catches it and throw Sinta back towards Rattigan. Rattigan passes an initiative test and sees that the barrel close to him is a gunpowder barrel. He spots a birthmark on Sinta's left shoulder and the birthmark matches the one that Rattigan has.

Sinta smiles at Rattigan as he pops the lid of the gunpowder barrel and lights it, running towards Ballripper screaming 'Ho, Ho, Ho motherfucker!' as this huge fireball explodes and erupts

## Trivia

* Intro is 30 minutes long
* Shoutout to HiddenHeroine and EngelSchwert who have been made VIP on the Discord
* The ferrets have been named: Noodle and Mr. Spidge
* Ignius Laetus Sum Et Fili Et Flatulantice' were the magic words to activate the spell