Sarenith 12th 14 - Kerezar - The Centaur Nightmare Returns

In the morning the group is woken abruptly by Hugo shouting ‘WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM!!!’. 

As the group stir they see he points towards a set of dark armour with a regenerating dark centaur, ‘Hope you’re rested for round 2!’ says the grinning dark horseman.

Vaneer who has not had time to prey for his spells this morning then confirms that their foe is indeed a grave knight and to destroy him his armour must also be destroyed.

Otto used daylight which hurts the dark horseman.

Boss attacks and hits.

Natalia casts dispel magic at the contour which has no effect.

Dark centaur moves to attack Miro but misses.

Vaneer casts prayer.

Miro attacks and hits.

Otto casts haste.

Boss attacks but misses.

Natalia steps up to the centaur and casts a cure spell on the creature dealing partial damage.

Centaur “Kerezar” attacks Miro and hits the Halfling.

Vaneer casts bull strength.

Hugo misses.

Miro attacks and hits very well.

Otto casts magic missile and the missiles kill the dark centaur again.

Vaneer prayed for his spells before casting Lesser restoration on Miro, Natalia and Hugo.

Then Vaneer casts a divination to try and figure out what is happening with this grave knight.

After receiving some information from the divination spell the group head to see the Nomen tribe and by using various spells to expedite travel and arrive just after dusk on the same day.

Vaneer asks for a meeting with the tribe elders and any historians of the tribe.

Once the elders are gathered the cleric starts to explain about the grave knight issues the group has.

Ellenark (Nomen scholar) knows of the name “Kerezar” but needs to head back to hut to look at her notes.

Whilst waiting for Ellenark to return Otto asks the tribes elders if they could suggest where would be ideal to locate the 5^th and final tree, they have no solid idea but suggest looking to the south at an ancient burial site.

The tribe also suggested looking at Vanhold and at a strange stone located in a valley south of Varnhold, which contains the bones of an ancient dragon. 

The group then hand over the 2 fertile Roc eggs to the nomen tribe as they had requested.

Eventually Ellenark returns with the notes she required and informed the group that Kerezar was known as the dark/last watchmen centuries ago. 

The centaur used to keep watch of a resting ground and was the last known guard, he was driven mad or was processed by what ever he was guarding (slumbering warlord). The centaur then killed his family and then jumped into a bonfire in his grief. 

Ellenark and Vaneer eventually agree that in order to defeat the grave knight that they need him to repent for his deeds and that they should tell him about the good deeds he’s done. The legendary battles he fought to protect the nomen tribe and obtaining a privileged position to protect a slumbering warlord in hopes that it would break what ever has hold on him.   

The group decided to rest for the night.

Sarenith 11th 14 - A killer mist and the Centaur Nightmare

They rest uneventfully and finish climbing down the mountain and off the mountain.

The group decide to head south towards Lake Silverstep and the 4^th red tree but off in the distance dark clouds could be seen approaching from the south and a figure of a horse heading towards the group, in fright of the possibility this was the dark centaur Vaneer attempts to cast hide from undead.

The creature approaches and they could tell it was wearing dark armour and wielded a smoky/tendriled weapon. 

It was indeed the dark centaur and he appeared to not have seen the group as he ran past the group only to stab Miro in the side as he passed the hiding halfling and then slowed as he prepared to turn round.

Miro quickly necks a healing potion.

Natalia casts a spell to affect the terrain.

Otto casts another spell to affect the terrain in hopes to slow the creature.

Boss shoots and hits.

Centaur approaches Miro and attacks the Halfling.

Miro attempts to faint the dark creature but fails his attack doesn’t hit.

Hugo moves into combat and attacks.

Natalia attacks and hits.

Otto uses his staff of illumination and casts sunburst which leaves the centaur looking severely injured. 

Boss attacks and misses.

Vaneer casts consecrate which appeared to cast but the affect went weird for a second but the casting finally took hold in only to have neutralised another effect in the area.

Dark centaur beats the crap out of Miro dropping him into single hit points.

Miro attacks the centaur and hits as the creature disappears in a veil of smoke whilst its armour falls to the ground.

Otto casts detect magic and identify on the fullplate,

Vaneer appears unsure of the armour and asks the group to investigate it further before allowing anyone to wear it.

The group continues to head towards the lake silverstep.

Natalia uses her druidic ability to communicate with a otter at the lake and enquires if anything strange has happened in the lake recently.

The Otter mentions that there is less clams in the area,

Natalia also asks if there is a tree in the water somewhere and it responds that there is something that looks like a tree.

Natalia continues to question to see if the tree is protected but the otter’s response isn’t clear.

A feather token (swan boat) is used and summoned for use to transport the group across the water to the rough spot where the otter showed as the location for the tree.

As the boat glides across the water Natalia and Vaneer notice that some of the fog on the water is actually coloured red and is travelling towards the boat.

As the fog cloud got closer the cleric knew instantly that it was a Devouring mist, which was an undead mist/swarm, and that it sucks the blood out of anything in the area.

Vaneer casts holy smite.

Mist moves into the boat. 

Miro, Natalia and Hugo are standing within the mist and loses some constitution.

Hugo and Natalia become nauseated.

Otto casts fireball at the mist, Miro and Hugo with the mist and Hugo taking full brunt of the damage.

Miro and Hugo bail ship by jumping into the water which leaves the burley Hugo almost drowning.

Vaneer casts a healing burst healing the party and injuring the mist.

The Mist engulfs Natalia and Bob again causing further damage.

Bob tries to jump ship whilst pulling the barley conscious Natalia overboard.

Otto casts another fireball at the mist.

Vaneer casts a healing burst.

Vaneer uses a Hero point on his fortitude save against the Mist avoiding the nausea but causes considerable damage. 

Bob and Natalia treading water.

Hugo and Miro treading water.

Otto fireball’s the mist and Vaneer with both targets taking half damage.

Vaneer casts another healing burst which kills off the mist.

Natalia drinks potion of lesser restoration and then casts water breathing.

After about 2 hours of searching Natalia eventually finds the tree and destroys it.

With the tree destroyed the group resurface to the boat and head back to shore.

Once on shore the group take the time to recover and heal before trying to find somewhere safe to rest.

Sarenith 10th 14 - Ice isn't so nice!

The group rest uneventfully and continue their descent.

About half way down the mountain Natalia and Vaneer see a slight crack in the mountainside followed by a large cracking noise as 2 ice elementals suddenly appear in front of the group looking very annoyed and head straight towards the heroes.

Elemental 1 attacks Boss and hits.

Elemental 2 swipes at Hugo but misses.

Otto casts fireball at the elementals but both are nimble enough to reduce the damage.

Boss attacks elementals 1 and hits.

Hugo attacks elementals 2 and hits.

Miro twirls down the rope to attempt a stab at the elementals 2 and hits the creature in the head.

Vaneer casts searing light on elementals 2.

Natalia cast produce flame at elementals 1.

Elementals 2 attacks Hugo and hits.

Elementals 1 attacks Boss and hits.

Otto casts haste.

Boss attacks elementals 2 and hits it 3 times

Hugo attacks elementals 1 and hits it twice.

Miro attacks elementals 1 and hits 4 times and the ice elementals laughs at the Halfling as it absorbs all of the Halflings damage.

Vaneer throws his last alchemists fire at elemental 2 and hits.

Natalia casts a flaming weapon spell and shatters elemental 1.

Elemental 2 attacks Hugo but misses.

Otto casts magic missile at elemental 1 and shatters the hulking ice block.

The group continue on their descent and eventually decide to rest in a sheltered plateau.

Sarenith 9th 14 - Ah man! There must be a quicker way down!

Another evening/night passes with no sign of the centaur.

Natalia casts a scry spell and attempts to locate the dark centaur and all she seems to see is grass plains before dark tendrils start to protrude from the mirror she was using at which point she breaks the spell.

The group finally decide to start the climb back down the mountain.

Eventually the group find a ledge and Otto casts a ting hut spell which generates a place of rest for the group to shelter in for the evening.

Sarenith 8th 14 - Paranoid Much?!?

The group rest without any event.

Once they had all woken up and had a huge discussion about evil centaur guardian that appeared after destroying the last tree, Otto destroys the tree but nothing happens!!

They wait 30 minutes and still no dark centaur.

Group makes a camp and wait for the centaur to appear. 

Sarenith 7th 04 - How do you like your eggs?

After an uneventful rest the group get ready to continue the climb.

The climb is slow work as muscles ache and as the weather gets worse the climb becomes even more difficult.

Eventually emerge from above the clouds and out of the snow as the view opens to expand to the horizon.

After a towering climb the group finally pull themselves up to a flat plateau on top of Talons peak, the weather now below them opened the horizon to views spectacular and a added surprise of the ruins of a observatory shared the plateau with them. The ruins shows signs of something had set up a nest within the old observation dome and next to it was the red tree they had been looking to destroy.

Natalia notices 2 faint energies in the nest where she believed to be the Roc eggs that they were tasked with to find.

The group head into the base of the observatory, a set of stone stairs run up the building and a sole door can be seen on the ground floor.

Natalia believes the building to be of elven design and over a thousand years old.

Otto finds a magical scroll case and like a typical magician pulls at two magical staves from within the case.

The group head up the stairs into the trashed dome, where a large nest took up the room and within the nest where 5 eggs, 2 unfertilised and 3 fertilised though one of the fertilised eggs is quite dark and possibly tainted according to the druid.

The group discuss what to do with the eggs and agree that the unfertilised eggs would be sent to the celebrity chef whom was after some Roc eggs and the 2 normal fertilised eggs would go to the centaurs whilst the tainted egg is to be destroyed.

Just as the group set to destroy the tainted egg Vaneer spots a large black flying creature heading towards them and the nest screeching with talons outstretched.

The mama Roc swoops in on Vaneer and hits the cleric grappling him as the massive….sorry moosive! bird flies away with the high priest.

Otto casts fireball at the Roc successfully.

Miro shoots at the Roc and misses both shots.

Boss shoots and misses.

Vaneer attempts to thump the gargantuan bird but struggles to free his arms.

Natalia casts a spell hitting the Roc.

The Roc circles round and releases Vaneer only to find that the cleric had a ring of feather fall as he slowly floats to the ground flipping the birdie at the birdie.

The Roc screeches in frustration.

Otto casts scorching ray at the approaching big bird and hits.

Boss shoots and misses 3 times and hits on his 4^th attack.

Miro takes a quick shot and misses before running for cover.

Hugo also shoots and misses.

Vaneer casts searing light at the roc and hits as he continues floats down towards the plateau.

Natalia casts produce flame and hits the roc.

Roc circles in and crashes into the old observatory building after Natalia dealt it with the fatal blow.

Vaneer eventually touches ground and makes his way back to the building to meet up with the rest of the group.

Group rests ahead of taking out the tree.

Sarenith 6th 14 - Are we there Yet-i?

The night passes uneventfully and the group continues the climb.

As they climb the towering mountain the snow begins to fall which starts limiting the groups vision and pretty much kills off any chance for range attacks.

The group climbs up onto large plateau where there is a large cave and numerous smaller peaks leading to the main peak that is Talon Peak.

As the group dust off the snow a chorus of howls seem to travel on the wind as Vaneer notices a pair of burning charcoal eyes staring at him from the cave. Hoping to make friends Vaneer shouts at the eyes saying that they came in peace as the eyes suddenly vanish leaving Vaneer a little unnerved.

Shortly a large hairy creature could be seen stepping out of the cave (suspect a yeti) and motions for the group to enter its cave.

The group walk into the cave and discover numerous human sized skulls along the edges, in the centre of the cave around a small smouldering fire sat another 3 yeti’s that were growling at the group, the smallest of the creatures appeared to be wearing leather armour and wielded a spear like weapon.

One of the yeti’s rushes to Vaneer whilst swiping its claws and attempts to hug the cleric and injures him. Just as Vaneer responds by sprouting thorns on his armour to hurt the yeti back breaking the grapple.

Vaneer smacks back at the same yeti with his Morningstar hurting it.

Miro attempts to flanks Vaneers yeti to critically stab it in the back and kill it.

Hugo attacks another yeti to hurt it.

Otto casts fireball at the largest and smallest of the yeti’s with the largest taking the full blast and the smallest one only takes partial damage.

Boss throws a flask of alchemist fire at the largest yeti as it charges towards Otto.

Largest yeti attacks Otto and hits.

The smallest of the yeti’s attacks Boss and hits.

Medium yeti attacks Hugo and hits with one claw critically in the warriors side.

Natalia attacks with a spell but the spell fails.

Bob bounds into the fray and attacks the medium yeti in a flanking position and hits.

Vaneer assists Otto but fails to hit the yeti and the yeti fails to swipe at the charging cleric.

Miro flanks the huge yeti and hits it as he jumps on the yetis back and stabs his knife into the creature’s spine.

Hugo attacks the medium yeti and hits it with both attacks killing the yeti.

Boss attacks the smallest yeti only to miss.

Otto casts a scorching ray at the remaining yeti killing it in a large blaze.

Vaneer starts building up the camp fire and the group decide to set up camp for a rest whilst Vaneer heals their wounds.