forgotten world

[chewbacca71]

Ilynya ..

Ilynya sees the approaching army with dread and falls to her knees in fear of the dread wolf. She is filled with despair and feels that death is near. Then she sees her companions jump into battle without fear of their lives. They have faced countless battles so far, and survived, but this one feels different. Seeing everyone engaged in the desperate battle, Illynya cannot leave her companions.

She hears Trilla's call and looks at the approaching army. She only has her sword and some throwing daggers, but no bow. She decides to attack the undead army instead of the Dread wolf . She pulls out her daggers and throws them one at a time. Her well thrown daggers shear off the head of three of the attackers but more continue to come. She jumps into the fray , brandishing her sword.

 

[chewbacca71]

Arcreaus

Arcreaus heard the maiden tell him to use distance attacks. He was glad to hear that, since that was what he was best at. He unlimbered his bow and started to fire arrows into the maw of the advancing army. He took down 4 of the undead with his well spent arrows, his aim was unsurpassed. He sees Revlin using his coins to fire at the wolf. He is dumbfounded when he sees the shaft of light coming from the breaks in the wolf's flesh.

He shoots one last arrow, and reaches back for a small quiver that he has kept for special emergences. It contained 10 silver arrows that he had forged by himself with the help of the village blacksmith. He fitted one to the bowstring, pulled it close to his ear and loosed it at the wolf. It brought a howl of pain and another shaft of light was emanating from the wolf. Maybe this was a way to defeat this foul creature.

 

[Guest]

Thurstor the Sacrificial Lamb

Thurstor could see that while Arcreaus was having some success with his bow and arrow and Revlin was putting small cuts on the wolves, that the wolves were still advancing on the party and they were running out of silver weapons.

Thurstor wasn't the smartest man who had ever lived, but he had lived among adventurers for to long not to hear stories. He had listened and heard many things. LIke how to kill a werewolf and how to kill the undead. Arcreaus had figured it out, silver. Silver kills. Thurstor had no silver on him and the wolves were still advancing. Thurstor had heard only one other way. He looked around for a full minute, searching the nearby woods and even the nearby stream, loosing sight of his friends at one point. Then he found exactly what he needed.

Thurstor struggled with the large oak log but managed to lift it. He made his way slowly through the woods and came out in front of his friends, next to Arcreaus. The log Thurstor had picked up was about eight feet long and three feet thick. Most of the bark had rotted away, but there was one large branch, a log in and of itself, still hooking from the fallen tree.

Thurstor waited until a wolf came close, he smashed the log onto the ground and then lifted it again and swung the log at the wolf. The hooked branch coming off the log stabbed into the wolf's chest and through it's heart. It was now nothing more than a large wooden spike. The wolf turned to dust and vanished freeing up Thurstor's log spike once more. He prepared to swing again at another wolf.

 

[chewbacca71]

OOC: Where did everyone go??? Silverwolf, can we kill your wolf this way and move on or what? Help the thread is loosstttt. ....

 

[Arc da Rat]

OOC: Still here ... but waiting for everyong else ... I think we need a OOC forum. I'll make one.

 

[Arc da Rat]

Okies I made an OOC thread ...

Here is the Link ...

Forgotten World Tavern

Yeah I spelt Tavern wrong in the Thread heading.

Heh heh I corrected it

 

[Arc da Rat]

Acorn & Trilla

Acorn not knowing what to do now that the very-big-evil-smelly-thing goes poof. She swoops down where Trilla has collapse. "Trilla-thing, no sleep. Friends need help still." She shakes Trilla's arm. "Perserver, I be awake. Just need to regain strength. What has happened?" Acron proseeds to tell her.

She gets up into a sitting positon just as her little chest comes bounding up to her. "By the Dragon! I have an idea. Trilla opens her chest. "Friend Revlin & Archer Arcreaus, I have an unlimited supply of silver." Pulling out a large bag of coins & a quiver of arrows.

"Now to make them more effective" She places both items on the ground as the men approach her. Placing both hands on them, she mummors a blessing. Both bags glow for a second then Trilla hands the coins to the kender & the arrows to the elf.

Acorn watches, "OOO ... Trilla-thing make sparkle bright. Good magic sparkle bright." She nods. Fluttering above the cleric's head & looks to the skeltons, she sees Illynya get surounded by them. "Trilla-thing, very-big-thing, other-things!!! Pretty-sun-bright-thing need help. Make right!" She flies straight over to Illynya then spits goo on the attackers. <PHOOT, PHOOT, PHOOT>

 

[chewbacca71]

Perrin

Perrin was holding on to the vine for dear life. Then he sees Thurstor plunge the sharpened stick into the breast of the UnDead Leader of the wolves and sees it crumble to dust. He releases the vine and charges into the battle with his axe flailing away. He sees that Illynya is surrounded, so he goes to her aid first. He sees her slice off the arm of one skeleton and then following through to sever the leg of another. He sees her being attacked from behind and she does not even see it......

 

[chewbacca71]

Archaeus and Revlin have rapidly run out of ammo to use on the approaching undead. They gain some heart back when the see the gigantic wolf crumble to dust but that still leaves them with more skeletons and the newly arrived undead wolves. They hear Trilla calling them.

They quickly go over to Trilla and take the enriched bounty with them to set up some cover fire for the fighters that are in the thick of the fight. Revlin steps to the fore and loads his Koopak with a handful of coins and fires them into the crowd of undead around Thurstor. Revlin sees them writh in pain where the coins hit them. Maybe this will work after all. Archaeus grabs the new quiver and sprints to higher ground to provide cover for the companions.

He fires arrow after arrow into the wolves that are all around Thurstor. He sees with satisfaction that many of them are on the ground turning to dust. He is too busy to see the two skeletons that creep up on him from behind. He hears a dragging and scraping behind him, he quickly turns........and sees only a black cloud obscure his vision as he is knocked out.

 

[chewbacca71]

Ilynya.

Illynya is rapidly leaving a pile of recently redead creatures by her feet, but there are just too many. For the one that she kills , two more take their place. She sees Perrin and Acorn coming to her aid and takes heart . She blocks a skeletons polearm with her sword and ducks under it to thrust a silver dagger into its ribcage. She is suddenly hit from the back and bore to the ground. One of the undead wolf bites her arm , taking off a chunk while another starts to chew on her legs. The pain is excrusiating as she feels her life blood leaking out of her rapidly increasing number of wounds. She feels her body turning cold into the threshhold of death.

 

[chewbacca71]

Perrin and a difficult decision.....

Perrin sees more and more of the undead creeping out of the forest. These must be all of the creatures that the Gigantic wolf had killed over the years. Perrin still tries to reach Illynya , but he cannot with the press of enemies around him. He sees her fall under the assault of a few of the undead wolves and sees the gaping wounds inflicted by their razor sharp jaws. Perrin knows that she is lost to them. He looks around at the other battles taking place.

He sees Sorian and Lucas off to one side in a crowd of undead using their magic to try and defeat the enemies. He sees Talen swooping down on the enemies from up high. He has lost sight of Archaeus during the battle. He sees Acorn over near Trilla and Revlin near their side. He sees that the enemies have decreased around Thurstor and goes to his side.

"Thurstor, we need to get out of this battle, we are being overwhelmed. " He pulls Thurstor with him to where Trilla, Revlin and Acorn now are. "Come on , we need to get away from this battle, we can not get to the mages, they will have to fend for themselves. If they are as powerful as I think they are, they will catch up to us on the trail to the north."

Saying this, Perrin leads the companions onto the cleared Northern Trail.

 

[Guest]

Once the lead wolf is gone, Thurstor retrieves the log and finds himself surrounded by a group of smaller wolves. His sword still in it's sheath, he swings the log knocking four wolves back into the woods. He knows they will return, the hit would not have killed them, but they weren't attacking him anymore. He swings again and knocks two more away but the wolves just keep coming. For everyone he slams, two more appear to take their place.

Thurstor hears the wolves begin to whimper and feels something tap him on the head. He watches as the small silver coin rolls off his head and hits the dirt. He looks over and see's his new friends throwing coins and shooting arrows at the wolves surrounding him. He takes up the log and takes one more swing clearing a path to his friends. Perrin appears at his side yelling that they must go. He follows Perrin back to the group.

"Come on , we need to get away from this battle, we can not get to the mages, they will have to fend for themselves. If they are as powerful as I think they are, they will catch up to us on the trail to the north."

Thurstor takes the log in both hands and rolls it into the pack of wolves and skeletons as they close in on the group. He then turns and picks up Trilla who is still laying on the ground, he looks for Acorn and finds her fluttering over near Perrin.

"Go Friend Perrin!" Thurstor yells as the wolves and skeletons back off for just a moment to avoid the massive log rolling towards them.

Saying this, Perrin leads the companions onto the cleared Northern Trail.

 

[WicceWarrior]

Run away!

As Talen dips and dives, plucking vertebrae from the skeletons to drop them where they stand, he spots a portion of the party retreating onto the Northern Trail. Off to his left, he also sees the mages working their craft on the unyielding masses of unliving warriors. He makes his decision in a split second, then swoops over to the mages. His soundless voice reverberates in their heads:

Those of us without magick must retreat, wizards - meet us later, if you will, upon the Northern Trail!

Without pausing, he circles about and returns to the retreating party, snatching the skull from a skeleton and carrying it the last hundred or so yards before dropping it on the trail in front of his friends and shifting back into human form as he lands. Dusting off his golden tunic, he grins ruefully and asks,

So, my friends - where do we go from here?

 

[chewbacca71]

Regrouping

After they have advanced a league or so onto the forest path, they no longer hear the sounds of battle. Perrin was saddened to leave some of the companions behind, but their quest was important , not the individuals. Perrin hears the cry of an eagle and suddenly Talen appears in front of them. Perrin calls a halt while they get their bearings.

Perrin checks on all the members left, no one appears to be badly hurt, except Trilla, but hers is mostly exhaustion. Perrin is not sure where they need to go, he remembers Sorian mentioning that they had to go North. He gets everyone that is left in order. He takes the point , followed by Revlin, Trilla , Talen , and Thurstor with Acorn on his shoulder. He shoulders his pack as the trail through the forest finally ends at the edge of a well grassed plain.

 

[WicceWarrior]

Eagle scout!

As the group pauses at the edge of the plain, Talen slides forward to speak with Perrin. All the while, his sharp eyes scan the plain, searching for anything that looks suspicious. At that time, and from his limited angle, Talen can see nothing...but that does not reassure him in the least. Stepping up beside Perrin, he asks,

To where do we set our feet, Friend Bear? I know not yet our destination...and perhaps I can aid the party by looking ahead from the air.

 

[Arc da Rat]

Trilla

When Trilla reaches the grassy plain, she is very unsteady on her feet. Her chest stop right behind her as she colapses on to it. "Friend Perrin, please I need a short rest before we continue." Pausing to catch her breathe, Talen moves forward to speak with him. Trilla does not hear what is spoken between them, as she puts herself in a trance meditative state.

::At lease 15 minutes later or there abouts::

Trilla revives from her self induced trance. She feels a bit stonger, but still needs a nights rest to be fully recovered. Standing up & stretching, she then give a loud sharp bird whistle. An answering winnie from a horse is heard. Coming out of the forrest is Trilla's gray stallion leading the pack horse by the reins. He stops in front of her & drops the rein for the beast of burdon. She rubs the muzzle of her mount, as someone checks the packs on the other.

"Friends when all is ready. Let us be off." Trilla smiles as she looks at each of the remaining members of the party. Her eyes are clear violet.

 

[chewbacca71]

Perrin looks at the exhaustion plainly shown on the face of his companions. He looks at Talen, "Do you have the strength to go and scout around our perimeter? I would like us to rest for a while and regain our strength, but I need to know how close any enemies are. "

Talen shakes his head yes, transforms and scouts the perimeter. Seeing nothing he returns to the companions and reports that they are safe for the moment. Perrin tells everyone to relax and catch some rest while they can. He lowers his weapons and wearily lowers himself to the ground.

 

[DRxBlue]

Starkynde's dream...

ic: :Starkynde sees the travelers settle down to get some rest. He approaches Trilla in his astral form. Her eyes again take on a mirror-like glaze.:

"Trilla, Cleric of the Silver Dragon, I'm glad to see that you five have escaped the battle. Talen, i think you can hear me too. This is very good. I have a dream for you both. Open your minds, and I will tell you a tale."

:The two relax deeper into their slumbers as a scene unfolds before them. They see in quick succession Sorian and Starkynde as young men. They are apprenticed to Exandor who was a great teacher of the Magic of the Blue Realm.

They saw Sorian excel at the Art to the extent that he rivaled his teacher. Exandor grew jealous and afraid that his student would take over his position as High Wizard.

Searching madly for increased power Exandor taps into the Black Realm, knowing that his soul and mind would be forfeit.

Meanwhile Sorian had located, with his Magic, the Treasure of Brenady. Starkynde took nothing from it, knowing that power enslaves as it is used. Sorian however had been born to be the holder of the Wand.

It had cried out to his spirit and the two had bonded. His knowledge and power were increased beyond imagining. He thus became an intolerable threat to his old teacher.

Exandor used the Power of the Black Realm and Sorian's trust to destroy Sorian's body utterly. But Sorian's vision had seen the attack coming. He and Starkynde had hidden the Wand and the Treasure without a trace.

So it had stayed for over 80 years.

Starkynde now appeared in the dream. No longer the young Bard, but a Black robed man, a long queue of black hair down his back tied in a loose pony tail , a longish goat beard and a long moustache that drooped to his chin.:

"This evil Wizard still blights this land in service to the awful Masters who have his soul. In the battle you have just left, Sorian the Younger and Lucas unleashed such a storm of magic that my vision is muddied as when the bottom of a pool of water is stirred.

I cannot find them yet. Tell your friends what I have told you and see if they wish to join in a battle which might be the end of all who live in this land, or the end of the Curse."

:He showed the two a map in their minds of where they were, and where the treasure was. They also saw the Dark Castle where dwelt Exandor, the source of their affliction.

With that the dream ended, and the two dozed fitfully, every picture of the dream now tattooed on their minds.

Even Perrin, on watch, dozed for a moment, then awoke with a start, stirred the fire and and checked for danger.

Satisfied that all was well for now, he awoke Thurstor to take the watch and was snoring loudly in a minute.

None of them knew how long it would be until they could rest again.

Starkynde from the Other World, cloaked them in a cone of protection and let them rest. He had waited long, he could wait until morning to see what the party decided.:

ooc: i think that pretty well brings us up to speed. You have the map at our "clubhouse". (we need a real name for it maybe)

Play on!

 

[superstud1134]

Late In Coming....

*A few Hours After They Fall Asleep*

*A lone figure can be seen slipping into the camp, hood drawn over his head and axe strapped tp his back. He had hung back covering the groups trails. He would be glad once they left Freskia's forrests...undead wolfs...goblins...all a nucense. He snapped his finge and was up in a tree axe resting cross his lap and small fireball over his head. He was muttering a tune to himself, he didn't know where he had heard it before, but it had been in his head for a long time>*

Before the days of Darkness came
Brought by the One we shall not name
Sorian stood in the Northern Tower
A wizard Good, and filled with Power

But he was felled by the trusted hand
of a Dark One who now twists our land
And takes from all the light of Joy
With Puppet Kings he doth employ

His soldiers come to break the Peace
His Tax our burdens much increase
In tales Sorian still lives on
It's said someday, he'll bring the Dawn

He'll send the Dark One back to Hell
And with his Light, he'll break the spell
For in the North beneath the Tower
He hid His Wand, Key to his Power

Some say he walks the Earth again
And walks among the common men
The wand he needs to Seek and Find
And so reclaim his Deathless Mind

*as he mutters the last words the fire ball fades over his head and he falls asleep*

 

[Arc da Rat]

Acorn

Rustle of leaves then the slight creak of a branch below her wakes Acorn. Rubing her eyes to peer down to see Lucas settling down to rest. He sings a sad but pretty song, then drifts off to sleep. "Fire-light-big-thing come back. Hope pretty-sun-big-thing & sparkle-bright-thing come back." She whispers as she drifts back to sleep ...

It has been a long day for the little preserver.

Starkynde watches them from the Otherworld, as the party gets some much deserved rest. The cone of protection settles around the company.

 

[chewbacca71]

Thurstor comes over to Perrin and shakes him awake. "Thank you," says Perrin politely. He tooks blearily through his grainy eyes and sees that the camp is still intact, that no monsters attacked overnight. He smells a familiar scent and turns to see Lucas asleep in a tree.

Perrin has Thursor go around and wake everyone up. When they are all awake , they begin to describe the incredible dream that they all had. THey all agree to continue to the North, towards the treasure. Perrin turned to Lucas and asked him what happened to him and Sorian. Lucas explained that Sorian had loosed a large fireball spell that had eradicated many of the undead, but that the resulting explosion had blown Lucas behind some trees. When he came to, the undead were all slain, and there was no sign of Sorian. He was able to follow the trail of the companions to catch up.

Perrin gives everyone time to get ready and then they start to follow the trail to the North.

 

[chewbacca71]

Revlin

Revlin woke up from a very restorative sleep when Thurstor shook him awake. "Easy Lad, you bout scrambled what little brains that I have," said Revlin to the giant. Revlin wipes the sleep from his eyes and begins to pack up his backpack. All the companions gathered around the remnants of the campfire and they all begin to talk about the dream. Revlin votes to go North as do all the others.

After hearing Lucas's story, Revlin shoulders his pack and begins the trek up the path towards the north. He is sad to think that they have left some of their companions behind. He will especially miss Illynya, but they have a quest ahead of them to complete, and no one person is more important than that.

 

[chewbacca71]

Perrin

They have been on the trail for half of the day now. Perrin calls a halt so that they can stop and get some food to eat. Perrin goes to the pack horse that Trilla had so conveniently saved and got out the rations for the party. There was not a lot left and Perrin was concerned as to how they were going to continue on the quest without more. Perrin turns to Revlin ...

"See if you can find us some game, will you? You are the stealthiest of us all, so you would not scare it away. We badly need more food, this may be our last meal if we do not. "

Revlin leaves the party and starts into the tall grass to the east. He is not too far from the party when he encounters something strange. He sees a large depression in the ground , almost a worn path through the grass. He quietly follows this path, watching his step carefully. He comes to a cave that has a large opening. He creeps up to the opening. He hears a rumbling in the cave that almost sounds like a waterfall.

Revlin slinks along the darkened left wall and makes his way into the cave. He smells a strange scent that he has never sensed before. He comes around a bend in the humongous cave, and sees a large scaly animal on the ground. It is huge, it is at least three times as long as Thurstor is tall. Revlin recognizes the Red scaly animal for what it is. "Red Dragon" he thinks to himself."But asleep " He turns to make his way out of the cave when some sparkling to the left gets his attention. He goes in that direction.

Revlin finds a small pile of gems and some coins on the side that the dragon must have pushed out of the way in its sleep. He takes them and puts some of them in his pockets, he does not want to get weighed down. He stealthily makes his way out of the cave. Once out, he picks up his speed and runs back to the camp.

 

[Guest]

Thurstor stood guard, nibbling on a piece of dried meat. He had taken a position up on a nearby hill. He could see anything that might approach the party. He saw a number of deer on the far side of the hill and wished he had a bow and arrows. He had no talent with the bow, but it would have been a nice surprise if he found some fresh meat for his new friends. Thurstor considered running down the hill to get one of his new friends to shoot the deer, just in case Revlin had no luck, but he figured the deer would be gone when he got back and he would look foolish to his new friends. He chose not to even try. He sat there, looking first one way and then another. He never saw anything until he saw Revlin creeping back through the woods. When he saw his friend returning Thurstor abandon his position and went to meet his small friend. He arrived back at the temporary camp, just before Revlin did. "Revlin friend, did you find meat?" Thurstor hollers as Revlin comes closer.

 

[chewbacca71]

Revlin

Revlin sees Thurstor approaching. He looks up at the giant and says "I found something better than food, look at these. " He pulls some of the gems out of his pocket and places them in Thurstors hands. "Look at how they sparkle. Lets tell the others. "

Revlin runs over to Perrin and explains what he has found in the cave. Perrin gathers everyone together so they can make a decision as a group.

Perrin and Revlin both vote to go after the Dragon. They wait for the others to make their vote known.