Session/Game: Marches 3e #28 Date:
10/18/2001
Campaign Date: Povem 29 — Odec 4
IY 469
Characters:
Gabriel Lightfoot, halfling
rogue 7/ranger 1, CG, Mike Miller
Trevor Stone, human rogue 5/
cleric 2, NG, Justin Fernandez
Log:
Povem 29th
Gabriel and the heroes
emerge from the Serpent Lair the same night they went in, and experience some
confusion because of the irregular way time ran inside the lair. Several hours had passed and only seemed
like moments outside. Tharoil takes
Lady Adia home to Elfwind with him. The
heroes rest the night in the chapel perilous.
The soft snowfall lasts throughout the night leaving about an inch and a
half on the ground.
Povem 30th
The heroes travel back to
Blacksword. There is a discussion with
Sven the guard about the scruffy fellow who had come to visit Whitefire, but
was spooked off when a monk of the order of St. Mirabel appeared with a message
for Sir Ostler and Sister Sarissa from Archbishop Daas. The message turns out to be a subpoena for
Baron Richard Goldhaft. Whitefire
shares a passage he has recently read that points to the quiet man in fact
being a ghostwalker of Bor. A halfling
youth named Pip arrives and leads Gabriel off to the North. He warns Gabriel that Brinn, Gabriel’s
comely halfling leatherworker in Stormburg, has asked to see him immediately
regarding the quiet man he had mentioned a month ago. Gabriel has a run in with some rodent Gnolls, but they do not
prove to be too much of a challenge for the rogue. The youth takes Gabriel as far as Old Fort before they need to
rest and eat a hearty meal.
Odec 1th
Gabriel reaches Stormburg
that evening. Pip knocks on the door,
and Brinn allows them to enter. The scruffy man who kept trying to visit
Whitefire stands Hunched over in the corner of the low-ceilinged halfling
cabin. He looks Gabriel in the eye,
grabs the halfling’s wrist and jabs a dagger into Gabriel’s forearm. Gabriel lets out a shriek of pain. The scruffy man apologises saying that since
Gabriel bleeds that he is not an outsider like the ones who have been tracking
him. He introduces himself as Trevor
Stone. He explains that the church of
Bor is going insane. There are elements
of the faith who are trying to overthrow secular rule of the seven princes and
place a new Prelate on the Emperor’s throne as supreme ruler of the
Empire. He says that the plan goes as
high as the Archbishop of Weston, Archbishop Daas. Apparently, Trevor knows all of this because it is his brother
Amien Stone who is the muscle behind Daas’ plan. Amien died violently in Bor’s service, and was raised by
Daas. The raising put Amien on the
track of being a ghostwalker. An
avenging, lawful fighter who can pass from shadow to shadow
instantaneously. Trevor fears what his
older brother had become. Because
Trevor’s other brother Issac had written so elequently about Whitefire and his
companions, Trevor thought that perhaps he could get their help in stopping the
abomination that Amien had become.
Gabriel realises that having the ghostwalker’s name gives him an edge on
the quiet man, but is far from making the cursed warrior helpless. Just then, dark angels crashed the halfling
cottage. Unable to enter because of the
low clearance, they instead reached in through windows and holes they had
created with their glaives and halberds.
Gabriel and Trevor escape up the chimney. Pip and Brinn run for their lives, but are ignored for the most
part by the dark angels. On the roof,
Gabriel explodes a smoke bomb in an attempt to cover their escape from the
angels. Gabriel and Trevor then run
right into the quiet man. Screaming the
name “Amien”, Gabriel cuts the quiet man to the quick. He tugs off his helmet, letting it
drop. His face mimics those of
Trevor’s, only older and scarred. “It
is good to see you again, brother” Amien whispers. Before Amien can attack, a fireball explodes around them. Some unseen giggling reveals that the magic
is the work of Zeitgeist the faerie dragon.
Gabriel and Trevor escape toward the Old Wood. The two companions keep running all night, finally taking some
time to rest the next morning in the safety of the trees.
Odec 2nd
The two companions awake and
travel South in the safety of the Old Wood.
They encounter a druid shrine, and the gravesite of Haagar the
Druid. Haagar was the Baronness of the
wood before she was killed in a raid by the heroes of Blacksword. Later, the companions run into more
Gnolls. These have more numbers as well
as some druidic backup Gnolls. Just as
a huge giant Gnoll arrives and things look hopeless, the dark angels show up
unexpectedly. The Gnolls, fearing an
attack by agents of Bor turn to fight the angels. In the commotion Gabriel and Trevor are able to flee, but not
before a Gnoll druid manages to infect Trevor with devil chills. Gabriel identifies a coin as the reason why
the angels were able to track the companions.
The coin was a special gift given to Trevor by Amien before he was even
accepted into the priesthood of Bor.
They dispose of the coin. The
two companions make it to the old green dragon cave deep in the Old Wood, and
rest there for the night.
Odec 3rd
Trevor and Gabriel continue
to rest up in order to gather their strength.
However, Trevor’s condition does not improve much because of his
sickness. The companions decide to
spend the night there.
At morning light, the quiet
man finally catches up with the heroes in the dragon’s lair. As the sun comes up, Amien enters the cave
and removes his helmet. Tears stream
from his face. “It is time to end this,
brother” he calls up the stairs. Trevor
insists that Gabriel escape with his own life in order to stop the madman that
Amien has become. Gabriel squeezes
through the hole in the upper room of the dragon’s lair to freedom just as the
quiet man confronts Trevor. Gabriel
hears Trevor start to scream his brother’s name, but then get caught
short. Gabriel runs as fast as he can,
keeping to cover for the entire trip toward Blacksword.