Symbaroum - Session #2
GM - MellyMel
- Fenya, goblin treasure-hunter - Inept
- Kvarek, barbarian mercenary - TheRanger
- Niha, Changeling Rogue - BjornBeckett
Scene 5: Burying the dead
Vigilant: Beren and Ludo look ascanse at the elf
Six shillings and a shallow grave
Scene 6: A ring of wagons
Telling the caravan
Cold night and an unnatural storm
Scene 7: A meeting
Two elves are met: Godrai & Saran-Ri
Honest confessions: the fall of Keri-Las
Bracelet of the iron pact
Forgiveness and vengeance
Beren and Ludo pact breakers and corrupt
Hand them over or else.
We return at Dusk
Belun’s dark eyes betray him
Scene 8: Discussions & Repercussions
Ludo has the following story to tell: He and Belun were hired as pathfinders by a group of treasure-hunters, headed by an unpleasant individual named Gorak and his second, the changeling Alahara. The group traveled deep into Davokar but did not reach the planned target: the darker parts of the forest and itswell-preserved ruins from the days of Symbaroum. Instead they came across a smaller tomb, the final resting place of a long-dead barbarian lord. The others in the team got away with gold, jewelry, and mystical objects; all that Gorak wanted for himself was the verdigris-coveredcopper crown worn by the dead lord; a crown that had merged with the cranium. Once returned to Thistle Hold, theexpedition’s members lived like kings for a while. Then they started to die, or change(if Belun already has changed, Ludo says that the same happened to the others). Gorak and Alahara disappeared after having talked to Lasifor Nightpitch, the Mayor of the Hold. Then Belun started to feel as if someone were watching him, and they fled to the south. Ludo suddenly remembers another detail: one evening by the fire, everyone in the expedition got to hold the cranium with the crown. He recalls that the skull, despite being dead, was warm to the touch and that he for a moment felt as if its dead eyes looked back at him in the glow from the campfire…
Discussions...
The Black Cloak Lestra: Take them to the monastery of the Twilight Friars
Fenya: Kill the stinking elves
Kvarek & Niha: Give them to the elves
Belun, blight-born: “I feel fine … no … no, nooooooo …”
Blight-Born eruptions and battle
Belun and what Belun became eventually butchered with great effort
Ludo surrenders hope and agrees to take his dues
Scene 9: Exchanges
Kvarek, Elffriend of Godrai
Niha of the Merrilas elves
2 healing, 2 antidote potions as rewards
Ludo taken by the becoming-Bear-like Godrai
Into the snow...
Scene 10: Thru the Titans and beyond...
Below in the distance lies Yndaros, the grand capital city of Ambria, towering over a farmland covered in swaying fields and pierced by glittering rivers. Here and there are patches of forest, burning in yellow and red. The patches become more frequent and grow bigger and bigger the further the gazewanders north, and somewhere far away the trees gain mastery over the lowland – trees that together make out the dark and mythic forest of Davokar.
It is probably only your knowledge of its existence that makes you imagine seeing the red flame of Thistle Hold’s beacon, located at the forest edge. Karvosti, the plateau ruled by witches and barbarian warriors, cannot be seen as it lies deep in the woods; the same goes for the haunted ruins of old Symbaroum. And that is likely for the best, since the ruins are said to be monstrously beautiful, almost hypnotic in their overgrown splendor.
Argasto interrupts your daydreams with a high-pitched order to mount up. As soon as the cookware has been stowed away, the break is over, and the caravan can resume its journey towards Yndaros. The wagons sway on bumpy routes, with animals in front and exhausted travelers holding ropes tied to the wagons behind.
Weary faces are gleaming with sweat in the chilly mountain air. Steamy clouds fume from mouths and muzzles alike. But despite fatigue and cold, the eyes of the travelers shine as brightly as the pinnacles on the Queen’s palace – the Promised Land is waiting for them to arrive.
