Session 424

In which our heroes ...

Orhan 2 Day 30 TE 6065

More Armageddon!!!!

The final battle!!!!

We surround Jad and head in. The Arenthrok is a giant brooding stone castle that's pretty much empty since we killed all the lugraki who were pulled out to fight. Every so often though, we come upon a guard post with a couple of undead guardians and the like. They just keel over in the presense of the SOUL SWORD.

We make it all the way to the door of the central citadel throne room. Jad says he will walk slowly so no one falls behind and dies. The final hallway is lined with killer robots. Melee weapons and blasters abound. Ondoval teleports on to his throne just as we open the door. He says, "How dare you!" Then he sees the SOUL SWORD and says, "Ack! Kill them!"

Plus there are dozens of prisoners chained to the wall, but then they all die instantly at the moment he teleported in. He's so bad. The SHADOW STONE gets darker.

Combat begins.

We feel doomed.

We start the fight. By the time we get to round 3, we've done little damage and are surrounded.

Alynna takes most of her hit points in damage. Tragically, we have no magical healing. Imre manages to heal 70 by smearing herbs on her. Oathar grabs the plasma flame thrower and does more damage that the whole rest of the combat from everyone so far, even killing two of the 20 robots. He then says goodbye to his friends and the robots turn menacingly towards him. Haeraan and Kyrik turn to protect him. Alynna tosses out a plasma grenade to try and distract them. Alynna's concussion grenade kills another two, and surprisingly, Haeraan and Kyrik manage to hold off the doom long enough for Oathar to get a second shot (one shot left). A couple more die. Haeraan morale starts to recover.

In round 6, we step through the door, into the throne room. 13 robots remain. A few more die as we advance another 10 feet into the room.

Imre loses most of his hit points in the seventh round. But Jad's cousin manages to heal Imre for much of it. The robots spread out, so we only get one robot per grenade for a while.

In round 9, we've made it halfway across the room, and only 4 midsized robots remain. An two ultrabots. And Ondovol. Not that he's done anything yet except shout "Kill them faster!" Sadly, that was a trap. Alynna throws one of her few remaining grenades... Sadly, Ondovol bounces it back into our formation. Haeraan throws himself on the grenade. Haeraan takes a 236EEEEEE. Haeraan dies horribly.

Oathar tackles Haeraan out of the SOUL SWORD zone and hits him with the PITY OF NEELA. A glorious beam shoots down from the sky (roof?) piercing the darkness of the SHADOW STONE and completely heals and resurrects Haeraan. But now Oathar and Haeraan are outside the zone of SOUL SWORD protection and so take E Depression Crits from the SHADOW STONE. They take Stun and act at -40. Haeraan draws Oathar back into the field. Alynna tosses another grenade, (madness!) but Ondoval doesn't catch it and it kills one of the big robots. The other big robot opens up on us with his tomato gun, and Haeraan (determined to martyr himself) leaps in front if it, but he fails to die again. Imre uses the last of his healing herbs on Kyrik.

In the 11th round, Kyrik takes a 123M Blaster crit. He doesn't die, but does pass out. Oathar takes a 156H. Kyrik is still down.

In round 12, Oathar takes the last of his flame thrower shots to eliminate the big guy. Sadly Haeraan eats a 64K right before Oathar can shut the big guy down, and then the big guy doesn't actually go down. Plus Jad's cousin barely stays up defending Oathar so he can take his shot.

Round 13 we get to Ondoval. But the robots are about to kill us. Kyrik is already down, Haeraan has no hit points left, Jad's cousin can barely stand. Imre uses Kyik's body to block with. Haeraan goes down to the tomato gun from the bog guy who is still up. Oathar takes a 68 C, but barely stays up. Jad's cousin eats an 98H and goes down. Imre also barely stays up.

But now Jad is in range of Ondoval with the SOUL SWORD! At the bottom of 13, Ondoval says "NO! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!" Jad reaches back and chops Ondoval with the SOUL SWORD and the SHADOW STONE can not protect him. He severs Ondoval's spine and he collapses. When the SHADOW STONE hits the floor is bursts into flame and a funnel pit starts forming under it. We pick up our fallen comrades and run away! A giant crack appears in the earth and a gout of flame reaches up and consumes the SHADOW STONE. We shall never see its like again.

The Arenthrok is consumed in flames and completely implodes into a pool of lava.

IT IS DONE!!!!!

We get a level!

We go back up to 3 fate points!!

Andraax brings us back to the circle. The two dragonlords (gold and silver) show up. Voorig Kye introduces us to Kydak Dum, eldest of the dragon lords. A submarine surfaces (the Jerek Arenreth boat). They introduce us to Ulya Shek (the black dragon). In pop the Loremasters.(Most of them).

Andraax says, "It is done. Ondovol is no more. The threat of the SHADOW STONE is averted." Ulya Shek asks if that is permanent, and Andraax laughs. "For a while at least."

Tovar and Andraax look at us and say that our task is done. It is time for us to retire from the Loremaster order at this time. Alynna will continue to train with Tovar having finsihed "Phase One!" Maxim Pellax thinks Oathar has promise and may one day be worthy to call himself Maxim Pellax's companion. Voorig Kye says we can look him up if we need work. Kydak Dum says "Perhaps we'll need you in the future."

Suddenly Tethior shows up. He's brooding. Andraax mocks him for not having faith. Andraax has a Kregora box by his side. The box glows and shakes. He has to go put the Northern Eye back.