This week we performed the second session in our new Soulbound RPG marketing campaign – What We Do within the Realm of Shadows – choosing up from the Earlier Week…
This week the retinue filed by the realmgate, previous the slaughtered Duardin garrison of the small fort that had been constructed round each side of the realgate.
Fortunately, the fort on the Ghyran facet appeared simply as distant because the one in Ulgu.
Sadly, that they had no thought which option to proceed. When final they’d handed this manner, the world had been an open, marshy plain… however was now dense jungle.
Finally, Harald the Spirit Torment discovered a observe main away from the small fort and it was determined that every one ought to comply with that. The observe was clearly not usually used and the going was very sluggish because the deadwalker zombies and deathrattle skeletons had an particularly troublesome time navigating the tough dense marshy terrain. Many toppled over into the mud, dropping the luggage they had been carrying – ruining a lot of Girl Esmerelda’s greatest robes and clothes!
After a LONG days march the pathway result in a small settlement in a extra open river valley. They determined to attend till after dusk to method… which wasn’t that far off…
As soon as it was totally darkish, Sir Raven the Dour galloped up out of the darkish on his undead nightmare mount… He skewered one of many nightguard on the city gate on his lance. His momentum carried him clear to the middle of city, the place the useless guard was dropped and he galloped again in the direction of the gate and kidnapped the second guard and cantered again to the jungle the place the remainder of the group waited…
Girl Esmerelda then placed on her charms to get the guard to inform them the place the realmgate was. He claimed he’d heard of a realmgate to Shyish, and knew the final route from city, however mentioned nobody ever went there as a result of it was within the “tainted lands”… Then the group insisted the guard to affix their retinue (or die!) and make them this realmgate.
There was some dialogue about what they need to name this new member of their retinue, who had recognized himself as… Lloyd… maybe…? It was usually concluded that they need to use the identical naming conventions they used for all their mortal “familiars” – who had been all named after their unique acquainted named Guillermo… however they modified the primary letter and cycled by the alphabet. As they currenlty had two Duardin names Muillermo and Nuillermo, some although he ought to clearly be names Ouillermo, however Sir Renmold thought that foolish and they need to skip vowels and simply name him Puillermo…
I am undecided the matter was ever totally settled…?
They waited till daylight after which set out with the guard main the way in which… Some Deathrattle skeletons had been assigned to march with him, just a few to protect and ensure he did not run off and others to attempt to chop a path although the dense undergrowth.
Harald the Spirit Torment, who was unhindered by the dense terrain, wandered hither and thither, scouting forward and to the flanks of the slowly shifting column.
Later within the day, he noticed a trio of three small, weird-looking bushes immediately of their path. After a second he realized they had been Dryads. Harald instructed them to maneuver out of the way in which and be gone! The trio didn’t transfer a department. They remained standing the place they had been and continued to stare on the spirit torment.
Harald determined to hurry on the Dryads in hopes of scaring them off…
The Dryads interpreted this transfer as an assault and took a defensive posture slashing at Harald with their depraved sharp branches as he sped previous them. They did little harm to Haralds etherial type. Harald fought again bashing one to splinters together with his huge chains and locks.
Then smashed a second one to kindling.
Sir Renmold of Sylum Discipline, who was on the rear of the column, had completely NO IDEA something was happening on the entrance!
(So Finnegan described how he was taking one of many Duardin swords and utilizing it to pin certainly one of Girl Esmerelda’s clothes to a deadwalker zombie that was having a very laborious time staying on it is ft whereas carrying the gown – and making particular care to not additional break the gown, however strategically pierced it to make it extra of a deeper, plunging v-cut entrance)
The information/guard and skeletons heard some commotion forward, however had no thought what was happening.
Girl Esmerelda simply barely made out what was transfolding and ordered all of the zombies and skeletons ahead, although they shambled very, VERY slowly…
Sir Raven the Dour galloped ahead, as greatest he might, solely barely not being swept off his mount by low branches and vines… and totally destroyed the third Dryad…
There was some dialogue of whether or not the “blood sap” of the dryads (and different sylvaneth) was sustaining to vampires… or if it was extra like maple syrup and would trigger violent vomiting like different regular meals…?
After the third Dryad was destroyed the jungle round them got here alive with exercise and noise and i used to be clear there have been many, MANY extra Sylvaneth that had been stalking them!
And that is the place we needed to finish it…
Who or WHAT is lurking on the market within the Jungle!??
Will they EVER make it again to the Realm of Loss of life!?
Discover out subsequent week on the subsequent episode of What We Do within the Realm of Shadows!
