19th Arodus 18 - The final squawk

Miro wakes to find himself surrounded by solid earth and standing above him looking down at him through the hole is the rest of the group, each of them holding a shovel and a creepy looking tree was looming behind them with a raven sitting among its branches.

He tries his best to escape but each time he got closer to the surface the ground seemed to magically extend away from him, eventually but some pure stroke of luck (though Miro would say skill) the Halfling manages to throw himself forward and back flips out of the hole to only land in the tree. Wasting no time Miro takes a swing at the Raven but only finds that his blade becomes lodged into the tree as he loses his balance which causes him to fall back into his grave as the Raven flies off laughing.

Miro suddenly awakes with a start to find his cot is sinking into the ground and manages to jump out of it in time before he is devoured by the courtyard floor.

….Meanwhile

Natalia suddenly finds herself at sea aboard a trade ship during heavy storms, up in the crow’s nest she could see a black bird of some sort. Before the druid could figure out what her plan of action was a mass of black tentacles erupted from under the water and attacked the ship. Not allowing herself to be distracted from the attack Natalia quickly took the form of an Air elemental and rushed to the crow’s nest to attack the bird causing it to suddenly explode as everything around her disappears.

Instantly all at once the rest of the group awake to the loud shriveled squawk that echoed around the Castle as a Colossal sized Raven appeared in the sky.

Otto casts a quickened Haste over the group followed by a disintegrate which fails to have any effect on the Night Raven,

Boss Shoots but misses,

Vaneer brings down a FireStorm but the spell does little to no damage to the creature,

Night Raven begins to swoop towards the group,

Miro flies towards the creature in hopes to out flank it but deals little damage to the creature,

Hugo attempts to mimick Miro’s actions but only ends up repeating the halfling’s results,

Natalia casts a spell <lvl7 – 3d6 dmg) and hits,

Otto attempts to cast “Hold Monster” but the spell fails to hold followed by a quickened Fireball which finds its target,

Boss attempts to shoot at the approaching Bird and finds his target with success,

Vaneer casts Destruction at the Night Raven and deals some damage,

The Night Raven attacks Miro as it flies through the group and gores the rogue,

Miro attempts the feint the creature and lands a good blow,

Hugo unleashes his Rod of Razors, showering the Raven in numerous blades with most finding its target,

Natalia starts casting a spell,

Bob wanting to join the action attempts to find a tree to climb to gain height,

Otto casts Ray of Enfeeblement which hits followed by a quickened chain lightening which causes the Night Raven to come crashing into the city destroying the royal mint to Miro’s horror!

Otto finishes the job by casting disintegrate on the creature whilst Vaneer sets to work healing Miro’s wounds.

The group tired and weary finally head home to rest knowing that their dreams are now safe once again.