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stevekenson) wrote2007-07-27 09:32 am
stevekenson) wrote2007-07-27 09:32 am
[RPG] Swords Against Khyber
Chapter 9: Shadow & Flame
The party takes the lightning rail to Flamekeep in Thrane, where they’re met by a detatchment of the High Cardinal’s guard. Apparently, they’re expected. Taken to the Cathedral of the Silver Flame, they have an audience with High Cardinal Krozen and Baron Jorlanna d’Cannith, where they relate their recent experiences and what they know about the Heart of Khyber.
The arrival of Jaela, the Keeper of the Silver Flame, interrupts the audience. She admonishes the High Cardinal for not having brought the adventurers to her at once, and escorts them from the High Cardinal’s Tower down into the depths of the Cathedral to the Chamber of the Flame itself. There the Voice of the Flame speaks through Jaela, warning the heroes of the dangers of the Heart, and not to trust anyone too much, as the khyber shard’s power corrupts all those who possess it, even those with the best of intentions. It tells them Maralon has taken the Heart to Fort Bones in Karnnath, so they set off at once.
Taking an airship the Karnnath, they pick up the lightning rail there to Fort Zombie, where they visit “the Slab,” a local inn, and enjoy the “hospitality” of the crone innkeeper Yselda and her deceased husband (now a zombie doing manual labor around the inn). They set out at first light for Fort Bones, but are attacked en route by a pack of wild wolves, led by a werewolf! (This is a grave concern, since the Church of the Silver Flame supposedly wiped out lycanthropes in a crusade centuries ago.) They defeat the pack, but not before the werewolf wounds Achon. Now the heroes must complete their task and find magical aid for Achon before the curse of lycanthropy can take hold in him.
The party takes the lightning rail to Flamekeep in Thrane, where they’re met by a detatchment of the High Cardinal’s guard. Apparently, they’re expected. Taken to the Cathedral of the Silver Flame, they have an audience with High Cardinal Krozen and Baron Jorlanna d’Cannith, where they relate their recent experiences and what they know about the Heart of Khyber.
The arrival of Jaela, the Keeper of the Silver Flame, interrupts the audience. She admonishes the High Cardinal for not having brought the adventurers to her at once, and escorts them from the High Cardinal’s Tower down into the depths of the Cathedral to the Chamber of the Flame itself. There the Voice of the Flame speaks through Jaela, warning the heroes of the dangers of the Heart, and not to trust anyone too much, as the khyber shard’s power corrupts all those who possess it, even those with the best of intentions. It tells them Maralon has taken the Heart to Fort Bones in Karnnath, so they set off at once.
Taking an airship the Karnnath, they pick up the lightning rail there to Fort Zombie, where they visit “the Slab,” a local inn, and enjoy the “hospitality” of the crone innkeeper Yselda and her deceased husband (now a zombie doing manual labor around the inn). They set out at first light for Fort Bones, but are attacked en route by a pack of wild wolves, led by a werewolf! (This is a grave concern, since the Church of the Silver Flame supposedly wiped out lycanthropes in a crusade centuries ago.) They defeat the pack, but not before the werewolf wounds Achon. Now the heroes must complete their task and find magical aid for Achon before the curse of lycanthropy can take hold in him.