Session 38

Date: 6/28/2015

Attending: Jake, Justin, Joey, Aaron, Dave

Absent: Chris - Ill

Start Time: 7:55 p.m.

End Time: 10:20 p.m.

XP awarded: 2750

Game time elapsed:  3 days

Enemies Defeated:  12 mounted guards; fought but were forced to retreat from: 2 huge constructs, 4 casters, 16 guardsmen, Lorith, Fingali

Notes:

When Grigor suddenly comes down with an illness, the Knights decide to postpone their shopping trip in favor of exploring the Xiannian Tombs. The next morning they head out, and ride all day southeast into the plains of Goldmeadow. In the evening they see the lights of Loston behind them, but also see lights ahead, that makes it seem that they are heading towards a town. After an uneventful night they continue their journey, but encounter riders around midday. These riders, 12 in number, approach and tell the Knights to head north or due east, but not to continue the way they are headed. The knights declare their intent to continue where they are headed and announce themselves as the Knights of Mist Valley. The riders confer and seem to ride off, but actually circle around and attack the party.

The knights make short work of the riders; one yields rather than be cut down. They interrogate him, Fyn punching him repeatedly in the dick, and find out that the Illmarian University has been excavating the Xiannian Tombs for months, and has a sizable encampment there. The leader of the excavation is named Lorith, and the reason why the patrol attacked is that the University has placed a bounty on the heads of the Knights of mist Valley - 5,000 gp per confirmed kill. The party ties two sets of half plate armor to the guy, binds his hands, uses rope to limit his stride length, and tells him to walk to the Excavation. Then they ride on.

They reach the excavation shortly before dusk. A large quarry/ravine is set in the ground, and 18 or so Tombs are revealed as set in the walls of the canyon. There are numerous tents and workers hurrying around. Fyn sneaks down the winding road into the canyon, past several guard posts, but is spotted by two massive 14 foot tall metal construct sentinels who can obviously see him (and look like giant versions of Ratchets). He runs around camp, setting fire to tents, and uses the magic of his cloak to summon dire bats. As the constructs chase him they sound a horn noise.

On top of the ravine, the rest of the Knights hear the horn and go rushing down the road to the canyon floor. They charge through the pandemonium of the camp only to pull up short outside of the main tent, where the Illmarian forces have rallied (and have pikes set for a charge). Sixteen mercenary guards and four casters are gathered around Lorith and -surprise surprise- the dwarf Fingali. A brutal fight ensues. Fyn continues to lead the constructs around keeping them out of the fight. Frumious throws mighty magics around, and Bajol and Feydor ride into the thick of battle. Luck is not with our heroes however, and Feydor had difficulty landing blows. Twice Bajol's attempts to trample his foes were rebuffed, once by Lorith himself.Bajol summoned Zephyr to assit the fight, but then Lorith slew Bajol's mount Bear. Finally Fingali dealt a mighty blow (crit) that brutally killed Feydor in the saddle.

By this time one of the constructs had left the chase and come to join the fight, and Fyn was trying to maneuver into position to help. With Feydor dead, Frumious squaring off against Fingali alone, Bajol holding off multiple guards and their leader Lorith, the Knights made the reluctant decision to fall back and return another day. Bajol mounted Zephyr and rode off, Brutus grabbed Feydor's body and fled, Frumious summoned a celestial griffon and was carried to safety, and Fyn grabbed the nearest horse to his position and hightailed it out of there. The remaining guards mounted up and gave chase. The two groups rode through the night, but once they were a day outside of Loston the mercenaries pulled away, obviously unwilling to go any further. The Knights continued slowly into Loston, arriving late at night and reacquiring rooms at the Hilltop Inn. End Session