Game Log 2020-09-17

The Tribe continued the fight with Shantov, Rondi and friends.  Using some well placed area of effect spells the Tribe was able to mostly slow Rondi’s movement and keep him back from the fray.  Shantov and his zombie horde attacked the party.  The fight commenced rather quickly with Shantov not being quite as powerful as we might have expected otherwise, and giving off a slight cold, icy aura.  Without too much damage taken (except Arkenite who took a decent beating), the Tribe fought off the zombies and killed Shantov, who dissipated into a cloud of icy mist.

With this, Rondi’s mind was freed from Shantov’s influence and his ghost sat up within his coffin, took off his helm, placed it under his arm and turned to Vimak.  Rondi thanked him first, for his original burial, and second for rescuing and freeing him now.

While talking with Vimak, Rondi glanced around slightly surprised when he saw Allyria here, and asked her if she now led the silver watch.  When Allyria stated that she did, Rondi gestured towards his tomb, and within there Allyria found and picked up a sword.  As soon as she touched it, she saw a vision of EnThanUs, before the fall.  With two dragons, one smaller green and one giant white (Raishan and Vorugal) flying at and attacking the city.  She saw Rondi run through the burning streets, collapsing buildings, to a lock in a wall, and turn the (key) in the wall, removing the very sword that Allyria has her hands on now.

This Sword is the key to unlock and heal the land in the Frostweald.

After this powerful vision, Entropy went to the alter that Shantov seemed to be near, to check for traps.  Upon inspecting the alter, Entropy noticed finger bones dripping in blood and gore arranged to create runic symbols.  He felt a strong compulsion and quickly reached his hand out to wipe away the symbols and bones, and while doing so Entropy saw an image of chains drawn into darkness, into nothingness, and hearing shrieks of madness and finally a comforting hand on his shoulder.  The hand, the comfort, was Billie Dee, the Savior, the Iron Lord, who whispered to Entropy that we are the greatest, and last defense, and then faded from the scene.

After this, Rondi turned to Me and told her that she has Her Heart (alluding to Me’s Mother), and with that Vimak began to work the ritual to return the barrows to the peaceful rest he had interred them prior.  For this ritual, Evresh and Entropy played some mournful music on her music box, and Entropy’s bagpipes, Arkenite threw Anaktholi healing herbs all over the scene, and Ashe knelt praying to Saran Rae.  With that Vimak rolled, and ……. Felt the presence of Hadriel in the barrow, Hadriel reached forward and helped Vimak finish the ritual succeeding at the cost of Hadriel’s life.

With the ritual complete, Hadriel’s ghost slowly settled into the sarcophagus set up just for him, and the party turned and left the barrow, when Evresh noticed that the writing pad tied back to the village was active.  The Town was reporting that the Anaktholi forces had held off the Orcish forces, that MaguxThraka was injured and She Who Binds the earth came and rescued him.  They further reported that it appeared the two of them were back at the Orc camp behind the army lines, and if we moved that way we could make the camp and attack them before the main army made it back.

The Tribe quickly discussed and decided it was time to move on the main Orc camp.  As they began to move that way they saw two people out at the edge of the barrow, one digging at a grace.  After some discussion, it was decided that Evresh and Entropy would walk up to the Two of them and talk to them, with a signal for Arkenite to attack if needed.  Evresh turned her clothes into looking like a trader, and Entropy disguised self, as a slightly smaller exact copy of Evresh.  The clones walked to the Two newcomers, and after some deception they noticed that Remus, an old Trader whom Entropy did nothing wrong to in the past, appears down on his luck.  After some further back and forth, they invited the two back towards the camp, and the party met Artemis.

With that the night ended, with Artemis and Remus hoping that Vimak doesn’t learn that Remus was defiling an Anaktholi grave, and Entropy hoping that Remus and Artemis don’t learn that a very small percentage of Remus’s past problems could very minimally be tied, possibly, to an interaction with Entropy.