The group make
their way through the streets towards the palace where they soon encounter a
group of five soldiers blocking their way.
Vaneer asks them to
stand aside and allow the group to pass so they can continue their way to
dispose of the King.
One of the wardens
asks them if they intend to follow through with their promise and upon hearing
the confirmation the soldiers step to one side and allow the group to pass
wishing them luck.
As the group
approach the palace eight gargoyles drop from the heavens and attacks them.
Vaneer casts a mass
serious inflict wounds,
Gargoyles move
closer,
Otto Fireballs and
destroys all the gargoyles causing the flaming shattered stones to rain down
over the area.
A flock of nearby
peacocks become upset with the group for some unknown reason and chases them
into the palace through the large open double door entrance.
As they get through
the doors a messenger was awaiting them and though confused at the peacock
situation informed them that King Irovetti was expecting them in the great hall
along with General Jerg and Valamor Koth.
The group quickly
find their way into the great hall, it was grand indeed! Large gold statues of
the King and golden thrones, gold everywhere though what was also obvious was
that they weren’t alone in the room.
Along with the
King, Jerg and Valamor they were accompanied with four armoured trolls on the
ground plus an additional six wardens and six heralds watching over them from
the balcony running around the room above them.
King Irovetti
gleamed at their arrival and his mouth began to open as he prepared to say
something but seemed output when Vaneer put up his finger as a motion to wait.
Irovetti seemed
even more annoyed that what Vaneer next said was not to him but his subjects.
Vaneer looked up to
the balcony and said, “We are only interested in your King and your King only,
if you leave now we promise that you will not be punished in anyway later but
if you stay then we’re afraid we can’t promise your safety.”
There were moments
of shuffling feet and whispers from the balcony but seconds later the balcony
was empty, and a very red-faced King was now aggressively clutching at his
throne.
Irovetti then stood
up from his throne chuckling to himself,
“Good, Good, yes
yes! Don’t worry I won’t ‘harm’ them much after I’ve dealt with you just like I
haven’t harmed your children”.
Otto casts a
quickened Haste on the group followed by a finger of death at Irovetti which
fails,
Boss shoots at
Irovetti but the arrows just literally bounce off him,
Irovetti casts a
spell and a duplicate image of himself appears which begins to sing,
Natalia casts a
spell,
Bob charges in and
attacks one of the armoured Trolls and hits,
General Jerg casts
haste over the enemy,
Hugo moves and
attacks another of the armoured trolls and hits,
Miro moves to flank
Hugo’s target and hits it,
Valamor Koth
charges at Miro and lands a well-placed blow on the halfling,
Otto casts Acid fog
followed by a quickened Fireball centred on the Trolls which kills one,
Boss attacks Koth
and lands a hit,
Irovetti cast
another spell that fills the hall with a golden light,
Armoured Troll
attacks Vaneer and misses,
Armoured Troll
attacks Boss and hits,
Armoured Troll
attacks Miro and hits,
Vaneer casts a
healing blast followed by a quickened searing light,
Bob attacks an
armoured troll and hits,
Natalia summons an
Earth elemental,
Elemental attacks
Koth and hits,
Natalia casts
flamestrike on General Jerg and hits,
General Jerg
attacks Miro and hits,
Hugo attacks
another troll but misses,
Miro tumbles behind
Hugo for a reprieve from combat,
Koth attacks the
Elemental and destroys it,
Otto casts a
quickened Fireball on the trolls followed by a chain lightening,
Boss rolls away
from the combat,
Irovetti points his
halbard at Vaneer which shoots something at the Cleric and hits,
Armoured Troll
attacks Vaneer and hits,
Armoured Troll
attacks Hugo and hits hard,
Armoured Troll
attacks Miro and hits,
Vaneer casts a
healing burst followed by a quickened cure serious,
Natalia casts a
greater dispel on Irovetti,
Bob attacks a Troll
and hits,
General Jerg casts
a cone of cold which knocks out Boss,
Hugo attacks a
Troll and kills it,
Koth attacks Miro
but misses,
Otto casts Fireball
over the enemy killing Koth,
Irovetti moves
closer to the fray and casts a spell causing Vaneer, Hugo and Bob to start
bowing to him,
Armoured Troll
attacks Miro but misses,
Vaneer manages to
break the spell that has him bowing to Irovetti,
General Jerg throws
a swing at Miro but misses,
Hugo and Bob
continue to bow to Irovetti,
Miro uses his ring
to turn himself invisible,
Boss drinks a
potion of Cure moderate,
Otto casts another
chain lightening which drops the final armoured troll,
Irovetti moves to
attack Vaneer and hits,
Vaneer casts a
healing burst,
Natalia cast a wall
of fire,
General Jerg moves
through the wall and attacks Otto,
Miro attacks
Irovetti and just as the rogues blade pierces the Kings flesh a look of realisation
appears on Irovetti’s face followed by “Ah! That is a surprisingly annoyance” as
he then vanishes into thin air.
Vaneer with his
knowledge of spells instantly realises that Irovetti had obviously set up a contingency
that if he was too injured then he would instantly be dimensional doored to
safety,
Boss shoots at
General Jerg and hits him,
Otto casts three
scorching rays at Jerg but only one seemed to hit,
Vaneer casts a
healing burst,
Bob continues to
bow to an empty space,
Natalia casts a
flamestrike down on General Jerg,
General Jerg
follows suit of his ruler and dimensional doors himself away from the combat.
The dimension door
spell had a limited range, so the group knew that their two escapees had to be
somewhere in the palace and with all the other combatants now disposed of they
made haste to search the palace.
After a couple of
hours of searching the group eventually find a concealed door in the most unlikely
and tucked away location which lead under the palace into an underground royal
bedroom of immensely plushly richly over exaggerated decoration.
As the statues
obviously gave it away this was Irovetti’s room the group immediately begin to
investigate and behind a set of curtains they find the King awaiting round two
of their fight fully healed and re-buffed.
To Be Continued………
