Sovereign's Fall

"*Sovereign's Fall"* (*1x02*) is the second session of the **Campaign of the Black Knights** and the second session of **Chapter 1 - The Rise**. After being forced into the ice formation, the trio find themselves with no choice but to explore the ice formation.

## **Synopsis**

The group found themselves stuck in the ice formation. Faced with no choice but to traverse the ice formation, the group marched forward. It was an odd formation. Despite no visible lightsources, the hallway was not as dark as it should. One could see ahead by about 10 ft. Noting this down, the group marched on. The group travelled with Ivy in front, Jin-san in the middle, with Lux watching their backs as they travelled. As they travelled, they could see signs of the environment prior to the arrival of the ice.

After walking down, a hallway for a time, they entered into a large room, with a campfire and campsite in the middle. The group investigated and found that that whoever made the campfire had both left it still on when they left and had clearly left in a hurry. The group found three sets of tracks. Two were identified as boots whilst the other was identified as similar to the ice monsters the group had fought a few days prior. The footprints lead into another hallway whereupon they see visible signs of a struggle in the form of blood splattered across the hallway. Disturbed, they continued on. They reached the end of the hallway which split into two different paths. The group saw that the left path had blood leading into it. Lux investigated this and found that whoever was injured, had been injured badly.The group reached the end of the hallway, whereupon they found a body and investigated it. The body’s heart had been torn out, with the eye sockets have been gouged out and then icicles embedded in them. On the body’s person was a sword sheathe, a pouch of 20 gold pieces and a piece of parchment that the person had used to take down details on what they had saw.

The group were then interrupted by a pack of wolves who seemed to be made of pure ice. Forced to defend themselves, a skirmish broke out. The group made quick work of them, despite the wolves surrounding both Lux and Jin-san. Only one wolf survived, and it retreated back through the hallway where it ran into an unknown entity who threw it back into the room. The group watched this as it happened and then saw something swirling and forming above the wolf. The wolf was still shrugging off the grogginess from being thrown when it was crushed to death by whatever was forming above.

This created a large smash and when the dust and snow cleared, it revealed a large ice soldier, dwarfing even Lux in height. Faced with yet another hostile being, a fierce fight broke out. Seeing that the ice soldier was still a distance away from them, the group focused on slowing down its advance by aiming at the ice soldier’s left ankle. A well-placed shot injured the ankle and another shot after that completely tore off the ankle completely, slowing down the ice soldier. Despite this setback, the ice soldier was still able to make its way to the group and began attacking them. Luckily for the group, its injury handicapped its aim as it missed most of its attacks. In the end, the group were able to slay the ice soldier, who like the ice wolves, melted to pure water upon its death.

Victorious, the group made their way back into the hallway where they took the other path which led into a massive expanse. Travelling down a path led them to a small bridge that led to the other side. At the end of this side was a massive castle that was both frozen and made of stone. They walked through the gate where they were accosted by an unseen figure in a robe covering their features. This figure questioned their presence in the castle, with the group responding with their own questions. After an extended conversation, the figure left, and the group found themselves surrounded by ice monsters. With no choice, the group retreated into the castle, where they found themselves stuck in the lair of a mad wizard.