Whilst this is happening Otto stuck in the city with expectant child soon due.
Group head into the forest to further investigate the
mysterious fey events around the ruined tower of the dancing lady and Patrol the area.
Vaneer discovers a shimmering curtain of light and casts a
searing light into the evening sky to draw the attention of the rest of the
group exploring the forest.
Whilst waiting two figures emerge from the curtain only 3ft
from Vaneer, the creatures have long pointed ears, brown skin and what appeared
to be twigs growing from their bodies.
They proclaimed to the cleric that they’re gonna take him
hostage for their Queen!
Vaneer casts a spell and blinds one of the creatures.
Blind creature stumbles backwards and falls over
Other creature begins to double in size!!
Vaneer attacks and misses
The blinded creature attempts to flee through the curtain
and vaneer takes the opportunity to score a critical strike on the creature as
it made its way through the curtain.
Large creature misses Vaneer
Vaneer misses the large creature
Large creature hits Vaneer
Vaneer hits the large creature in retaliation
Large creature misses
Vaneer scores a second hit
As the large creature begins to cast entangle, Vaneer stikes
again killing the creature in time before the spell could be completed.
As the now shrinking creature slumps to the group the rest
of the group begin to arrive in summons to Vaneers searing light.
As Vaneer points out the shimmering curtain Natalia sets to
summoning a small creature to send through to peek at whats on the other side.
The creatue told Natalia that it appeared to be safe.
Kyrander then attempted to sneak through the curtain and
soon found himself in a warm grassy area with rolling hills and a few trees in
the distance which when compared to the frozen woodland he had just come from
was a pleasant surprise.
Looking to the sky the ranger became confused because the
land was bathed in light as if it were a midsummers day but the sky was dark as
night and filled with stars. The ranger then headed back through the curtain to
tell the rest of the group what he had discovered after which the rest of the
group followed through the curtain.
Now all gathered in this summer land the group notice the
blood from the injured creature in Vaneer’s earlier combat, Kyrander uses his
tracking abilities to follow the injured creatures trail to the edge of a
forest not too far from where they entered this realm.
The group continue to track the creature into the forest
where all apart from Vaneer could make out the sound of something large making
its way through the undergrowth towards the groups’ general direction. The
group attempt to hide in bushes and behind tress as eventually a rather large
walking tree moves into sight of the group.
Vaneer not being the stealthiest was quickly spotted by the
giant tree and spoke to the cleric in a tongue Vaneer did not understand but
Natalia and Otto did.
The creature had urged pink skin to come out of hiding and
that he means no harm and wishes to know why the pink skin is here, at which
point Natalia and Otto also appeared next to Vaneer and responded to the tree
in its native tongue.
A rather long conversation ensured but the Treant proved
very helpful and told the group that they were currently in the Fellnight realm
which is ruled by a powerful fey queen. The queen is very unfriendly to
anything other than fey and has been forcing open the curtain often and more
frequently of late.
The rumours of the land have it that she plans to invade
the pink skin realm in a year’s time.
Learning of this attack, Kyrander suggests that a
pre-emptive strike might be an idea and catch the fey queen off guard. The
treant on hearing this suggested that such an attack would be a terrible at
this stage, the aged tree went on to continue to suggest that they head back to
their realm to prepare for now but it would be more opportunistic for them to
sneak back through the rift when the attack begins and then attack the queen as
she’ll then be at her least guarded.
The group discuss their options for a period of time but the
majority felt the wise words of the aged tree were the best considering he
offered to aid the group upon their return to this fey realm.
The group begin their travels back to the rift, as they
approached the curtain between the two worlds a large chorus of howls could be
heard faintly from behind them and so they begin to make haste in hopes of
avoiding contact with any possible hostile creatures.
Once back into their normal world they find themselves
within the same forest as that when they left but Natalia believes that they
had been in the fellnight realm for almost 2 weeks.
…….Meanwhile whilst all this adventuring was going on, back
in Wyvernshore we find Lord Otto being bossed around by his craving mad, heavily
pregnant and laboured wife lady Margot. Otto sighs with acknowledgement that
it’s going to be a long wait.
Hours later a small cry of a newly born child could be heard
from Margot’s chambers, followed by the sounds of some sort of commotion and
screams. Otto bursts through the door in time to see the midwife cradling his
child as she and the nurses attempt to flee with success.
Distraught and not sure what to do Otto screams for help, at
that moment unexpectedly the fey creature known as Emissary appears out of the
blue and offers to aid the lord in return he would ask for a plot of land of
his choosing from the kingdom free from Otto’s rule.
The desperate lord eagerly
agrees to Emissary’s request and instantly a confused looking midwife and nurses
are standing back in Margot’s chamber.
Emissary quickly whips the child from the midwife’s arms as
Otto pounds the kidnappers into submission before having them carted off to the
dungeons. Emissary congratulates Otto on the birth of his son and hands the
baby boy to the child’s mother who gratefully thanks the fey gentleman.
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