Session 21 into session 22 recap:
Last session began with the party standing near to the guarded entrance of the Underground Passage, deciding what action to take regarding the enemies they could see… As expected, they opted to take them out, instead of skirting past them unseen.
The Blood Hawks, and their nest, are dispatched rather quickly, however whilst this is happening, the ground around the feet of the party, seems to twist and bend and break, sprouting from the mud and stone, sharp thorn covered vines, which soon blanket a good portion of the land around them… How peculiar, as the cause of this transformation could not be discerned by them… just yet.
What the party didn’t know at the time, is that there was a rather powerful Druid, working his magics to try to kill off and hinder the Undead, which were on the opposite of the path, but mostly out of sight of the rest of the party.
The battles take their course, and after many arrows and bolts, sword strikes, and Fire magics were thrown about, the Zombies are laid low once more.
A very brief introduction to the Druid KESTER was made, and an alliance was formed, he joins the party and the party decide to head back to the way point, and go sell a few bits, buy a few others, see how XERXES is getting on, and to maybe rest a little.
During the their time in town, FRANCIS is smart and remembers that the potion of rejuvenation he had been saving, would be just what he needed for the recovery of the Barbarians sight… and now, with renewed vigor, and fresh sight, the Barbarian was once more ready for the fight, and eagerly made his way to the way point to head back out to Stony Field… but before they all depart once more, XERXES hands over his potion of healing to FRANCIS, who was in dire need of it.
Once back inside the wild lands, the party head towards where they found the MOLDY TOME, and investigate the area, but find only a small pouch of gold coins… Moving on, they headed towards the CAIRN STONES, situated in the NORTHERN section of the Stony Field, and whilst there, attempted to discern the purpose of the stones, and whilst they struggled to determine the exact usage of them, FRANCIS is able to recall that they are Key Stones, and they act as some sort of gateway.
Happy with this knowledge, and knowing nothing is possible to be done with the stones as they lay dormant, the party head off in a NORTH WEST direction, and find something they never would have guessed they would do… As they approached the cave mouth once more, Scarlett notices a familiarity with one of the slain corpses, the Zombies had claimed… Upon investigating further, she soon saw that the body belonged to the late Paladin, AIYANA.
Once her pack was collected by Scarlett, the party press onwards, and into the cave, where they travel at a slight gradient down into a fairly well lit area, which had cart tracks leading all the way through it, Blaise assured them that THIS was the way forward, and so one by one the party headed further in, until they met a small group of Carver minions, waiting off to one side of the main path, in a room like area, they were bickering over loot findings, who would take what, and complaining that the way others treated them was unfair… However, XERXES, all fired up, enraged and dived into the fray, taking out one of them before they could even react to him being there.
The fight in general was over pretty quickly, the carver group being no match for the empowered party were easily outclassed and slain… and now, we rejoin the party just after the battle has concluded, as they stand around, and plan their next course of action together.
Act One: Episode 22 – The Underground Passage
