I apologise for the lack game write ups for quite some time. Life got a little hectic recently, plus I found it difficult to find time to sit down and write up long blog entries. So I’m limiting them to 500 words apiece and just going give you the bare bones account of the game sessions, rather than a full bloated short-story.
A brief recount of what has happened up until now. Eileth has come to the throne at the end of the civil war. Although the illusion of peace has settled over the kingdom, many enemies lurk in the shadows.
Urza unearthed a plot by a faction called The Family, rescued his lost children, “divorced” his wife and destroyed a Lich. Smudge has grown close to Urza’s little sister Darla, who happens to be a dragon in human guise. Whilst Eileth has been romanced by Sebastian Grantham.
The story continues…
Aboard the airship sailing towards the isle of the air elementals, Delandra, Hester and a rather drunk Forge spied a flotilla of ships close to the island. Deciding to expect them closer and identify who the ships belonged to, Delandra ordered the crew to take the airship into the clouds, whereupon they were attacked by a wyvern.
The beast had been launched from the flotilla and bore the markings of the Grydorlan Empire. The Air Ship managed to evade the full force of the attack and Delandra used her magic to scare off the wyvern and its rider.
At the royal palace, Queen Eileth held an intimate banquette for her closest friends. There the announcement was made by Sebastian Grantham of his intentions to court the Queen. The young noble had sort permission from Eileth’s father, who agreed to the courtship.
During the meal, Urza was summoned away by his man servant to inspect paintings that have been recently been painted by the visionary he had taken into his care. The first showed a white dragon and its female rider and the other a dog-headed demon wreathed in blue flames, ominously sitting upon an obsidian throne.
Looking through his books, Urza quickly discovered the beast was one of the Infernal Lords and the chair it was sitting upon was the infamous Dark Throne. This fear was confirmed by Smudge, who had seen the demon prince when she entered Darla’s dream.
In the morning, Hester and Delandra brought news to the court of the flotilla of ships and the wyvern attack. The Queen immediately rang the alarm and a war council was called. The fear was the fleet could be bound for Valcutter, a city where Atalansia had interests.
Hester took a wonder through the city to get supplies and encountered a woman, who asked her to look after her child for a short while. Sensing a deception, Hester demanded the woman reveal the truth, and the woman told her she was about to be executed and that her last request was to pass her child into the care of someone else. Being confused, Hester took the baby she named Bob and returned to the palace.
Plans were made to get troops as quickly as possible to Valcutter, by using the portal. The portal could only be opened for a minute at a time, but with a bit of magical ingenuity, the heroes managed to get it open for thirty minutes, which allowed for a small task force to pass through.
Delandra and Hester took to the air ship to return to fleet and see if they could gather more intelligence. Upon arrival, they set the air ship down on the water, before noticing the ships were stationary and had not moved. What’s more, the ships were heavily lit and could be easily seen over a great distance in the dark. This was highly suspicious.
Using their skills and blind luck, Delandra and Hester boarded one of the outer ships and soon discovered from overhearing the crew the fleet had been placed close to the island to act as a diversion and the real attack would take place at Kalumhan!
Once in Valcutter, the Queen and her entourage were greeted by the Sultan, who showed them the upmost hospitality. That’s when Urza encountered the infamous sorcerer Ze’Mhul, who informed him the Atalansian taskforce was in the wrong the place and where the real threat lay.
The port Kalumhan was the real the target for the Grydorlan attack and it was too late to stop the assault!