The Battle for Jaldin Part 3

## Story

In the morning, they leave their estate into the bustle of breakfast. They find Jacob making sure everyone gets fed. He in turn directs them to Gordon who is taking over the defense of the town hall cluster. With Gordon, are the three that will be going out with Seline and Talia to take on the zombie horde. First is a dwarf called Martin Renspike (who has bright red hair, a very short soft beard and a shiny lever action rifle). The second, Elra is a young half elf  man (just under six feet one eye is ice blue the other is bright red) who is Loosely holding a shotgun. Last man is holding a bow. To Talia, John appears like every story she's ever heard about rangers. Seline realizes it's John Wayward who survived the Kan Ranch attack. John smells like Forest. At a map Gordon has set up, he points out the Greshan House to the group. Lookouts have reported no activity since our adventurers got in last night. Elra half is an elven sorcerer. Martin is a sharpshooter. John Wayward is a Ranger. Before they leave, Seline draws  cards for guidance: The moon inverted (illusions release of fear, unhappiness, confusion), Eight of wands inverted (setbacks lack of direction), Devil inverted (reclaimed power, Breaking Free). When Seline mentions the cards aren't speaking clearly to her, John apologizes for her difficulties. As the group sets out, Seline hangs back for a second. At John's words and a feeling she can't quite put her finger on she draws another card the King of Swords inverted (manipulation tyranny and abuse). The formation walking out Talia at Point, Elra, Martin, John, and Seline. As they're making their way downtown... Seline realizes John hasn't changed since she last saw him and she moves up next to him. She finds out he hasn't been in town long and he felt called here. When she mentions she's a wanderer, he says I know but redirects her attention to the rooftops. At five blocks out from the Greshan House, Talia starts seeing things crawling around the rooftops pacing them but not engaging. The group halts and the growlers, a dozen of them, move back and forth in place. Until Seline takes 10 Paces back, a tension in the air snaps and a half dozen rush out to to assault her. Elra lets out a blast a fire that goes over the heads of the growlers while Seline moves back to Talia side and hits a growler with Toll the Dead. Talia draws Death's Whisper and Retribution while positioning herself in front of Seline. Her first shot causes a growler to stumble it's movement and mechanics now moving jerkily from the damage. Her 2 following shots hit two more growlers. With three quick shots, John hits each of the 3 in the glass eye. The three remaining growlers attack Elra and Talia. Martin takes out another growler with two shots. Elra misses with Firebolt. Toll the Dead rings out again to no effect. Talia's last two shots put down the last two but they're more on the rooftops standing by. "Well, experiment complete, that's what happens when we split up," Seline says. Considering this might be an easy way to reduce the numbers against them, Talia steps away from the group while reloading. One growler focuses its red eye on Talia while letting out a scream but then stops and continue to prowl. Talia puts a shot through its chest while it screams, the blood oil pouring out of the chest cavity. The remaining 6 rush in and attack, landing three hits on Talia. John's responding three shots kill the three that attack Talia. Martin's two shots go wide. An ice-cold beam leaps from Elra's hand engulfing a growler. It's motor stutters almost stalling but slowly continues lugging onward. Seline's Toll the Dead starts to melt another one. Talia's to targeted shots hit the last two growlers. John's three shots just miss their targets. Martin's two shots end a growler. The growler with the lugging engine can't quite make it close enough to hit anyone. Talia easily side steps the last one and Elra hit it with Ray of Frost. This growler's engine also start lugging and sputtering. Seline melts one with Toll the Dead. Talia takes out the last one before she takes two of the healing potions. More growlers can be heard in the distance further off. Next five blocks go without incident until they come up on the house that looks just like Death House. Although there are few houses around The Greshan House there are only two stories instead of three and a half. There appears to be a fountain surrounded by hedges in a small plaza in front of the Greshan House. Growlers are lining the Plaza their engines idling, effectively surrounding our adventurers with their party and watching them as they enter the plaza.

> **Talia Grey**Well, boys the Undertaker's got our measurements.**Seline Argent**That he does and may he spare us.**John Wayward** *(shrugging)*He hasn't got mine.**Seline Argent** *(grinning)*Not yet**John Wayward** *(smiles sadly)*...[On the third floor balcony, what used to be a woman steps out of the house on to the railing with ease. She appears to be a test bed for combining all of Victoria's previous modifications. Part of her left arm has been replaced with an articulated mechanical claw that is twice the size of normal human hand with nails extended out into blades. On her right shoulder is mounted a miniaturized version of the shock trooper generator. Between her shoulder blades is device similar to the cap on the growler's head with pistons rising and falling. The eyes have gone corpse cloudy but periodically electric blue light shoots through them. She speaks to the assembled the corpses]**Super Zombie**These have been dogging the mistress. Let us make sure they do not leave here until they have become as us.**Seline Argent**We will never be as you**Super Zombie**Not as I darling. There is only one that shall be as I.**Talia Grey**I'm going to kill that thing real good.**Super Zombie** *(laughing)*Kill them

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent
* Talia Grey