[RPG] Swords Against Khyber
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stevekensonChapter 7: A Simple Errand
The characters make their way from Vathirond back into the mists of the Mournland, following the track of the old lightning rail to the abandoned town of Kalazart. There, while resting for the night, they encounter a small troop of warforged, bearing broken daggers as amulets worn on crude chains. Ambushing two of the warforged scouts, they’re able to escape the town without needing the deal with the remainder of the troops.
They find their way to the secret Cannith facility of Bluehearth using the maps provided by Baron Merrix. Inside, they discover all the wood in the abandoned facility has sprouted tendrils growing everywhere. Achon sense it is a kind of undead plant life, the dead wood given unnatural growth. That growth apparently includes invasively controlling the bodies of the former inhabitants of the forge, which attack the heroes as “plant zombies”.
They discover the dragonshard mentioned by Baron Merrix, suspended in a web of metal cables above the deep pit into the underworld of Khyber. Marik makes the daring leap to the web to retrieve it as plant zombie warforged break into the chamber and Achon has to hold them off. The party flees the forge, Achon’s silver fire igniting the undead plants, sending flames shooting through the hidden facility. They’re able to return to Vathirond with the dragonshard, where Lord Bishop Olivar Thul of the Church of the Silver Flame informs them he has assumed command of matters involving Angwar Keep. He makes Achon a templar of the Church for his actions (an opportunity for Andy to get that level-up he planned) and the party makes plans to return to Sharn with the recovered dragonshard.
The characters make their way from Vathirond back into the mists of the Mournland, following the track of the old lightning rail to the abandoned town of Kalazart. There, while resting for the night, they encounter a small troop of warforged, bearing broken daggers as amulets worn on crude chains. Ambushing two of the warforged scouts, they’re able to escape the town without needing the deal with the remainder of the troops.
They find their way to the secret Cannith facility of Bluehearth using the maps provided by Baron Merrix. Inside, they discover all the wood in the abandoned facility has sprouted tendrils growing everywhere. Achon sense it is a kind of undead plant life, the dead wood given unnatural growth. That growth apparently includes invasively controlling the bodies of the former inhabitants of the forge, which attack the heroes as “plant zombies”.
They discover the dragonshard mentioned by Baron Merrix, suspended in a web of metal cables above the deep pit into the underworld of Khyber. Marik makes the daring leap to the web to retrieve it as plant zombie warforged break into the chamber and Achon has to hold them off. The party flees the forge, Achon’s silver fire igniting the undead plants, sending flames shooting through the hidden facility. They’re able to return to Vathirond with the dragonshard, where Lord Bishop Olivar Thul of the Church of the Silver Flame informs them he has assumed command of matters involving Angwar Keep. He makes Achon a templar of the Church for his actions (an opportunity for Andy to get that level-up he planned) and the party makes plans to return to Sharn with the recovered dragonshard.
