November 14, 2018 Session

Setup

With the body of Alluria, and with Ser Shadow back in tow, the party goes back to the Vale of Alluria. As they enter the Vale, they find that a tribe of primitive elven warriors has taken up residence.

Typical Negotiations

The elves appear to few the Vale as the property of them and their ancestors and aren’t happy to see interlopers. When the party explains that they have the dead body of the person that belongs in the Tomb, the elves only offer is for the party to leave the body for them to examine and perhaps inter. In the meantime, the party is expected to leave.

An initial attempt at additional negotiations by Yornan quickly leads to a battle of champions to see if the party is worthy to enter the tomb. Hurodash and a spear-twirling Elvish champion battle for a few rounds before Corliss’s attempt to use magic to influence the battle raises cries of cheating and a larger battle. The tribe of elves does everything in the power to kill Hurodash, including snipers shooting arrows from trees, the branches of trees being animated and bashing people, and cats being summoned from the wild to join the fray. Nonetheless, the party prevails.

Entering the Tomb

Within the tomb, the party finds the remnants of their last visit, including the broken sarcophagus still wedged in the sliding door and holding it open. Rhegal leaps through the gap, somersaulting and coming to his feat within the inner sanctum. He is perhaps surprised to find the figure of an old man, wreathed in or made of the flames that fill the far end of the chamber. Hurodash quickly follows, the dead body still slung over his shoulder.

The kinder visage of the older man, intended to lure intruders within his range, turns into the screaming form of a demon and blasts three fire bolts, swings with both claws, and attempts to charm Hurodash, all to no effect. The remainder of the party files in, but before anything else can happen, Rhegal lifts the body from Hurodash’s shoulder and dunks it in the open sarcophagus.

Immediately the body turns in shining sparkles that briefly form into the shape of a beautiful but earthly elvish wonder that leans in, kisses Rhagel on the check, and then swirls and appears to disappear into the bow. Her voice speaks within Rhagal’s head and says that they cannot defeat the demon and must flee.

The demon moves to block the exit, but each of the party members managed to evade him and escape safely back to the surface.