(G194 04/04/14 via Roll20 - JF, AP(GM), Mira, Des)

(G194 04/04/14 via Roll20 - JF, AP(GM), Mira, Des)

DAY 217  (14 Marpenoth)(October) cont ...

The leader of the Shadar-Kai managed to escape his bonds, but Jiggles gave him a whack over the back of the
head and he fell to the floor unconscious. Gathan got in behind him though and killed one of the others.
A struggle ensued and Gathan was in turn knocked senseless by Jiggles and Shump.

Like an idiot I'd been trying to talk sense into Gathan, but of course he didn't understand me. I still had
that dream about a turtle in my head, and in that dream I could speak to Gathan through him.

Anyway, after all that, two people from Weyloon arrived. They were not sure of what was going on inside
the guards house and it got a little tense to begin with and Mr B had his hackles up, but in the end
we made friends with the new arrivals.

It was Mirabella Amberwill, a halfling and a strange young cat-like humanoid called Destryl. They had
heard about the temple and had come to Weyloon to help out. Mirabella seemed friendly enough but
Destryl at first tried to intimidate Shump and then went to sit in the corner and meditate.
That was just the start of it though.

After some discussion with Mira, she decided to go out with Jiggles for a scout around the keep. They
came all the way around the place and then like a pair of naughty school children went up to the front
door.

Mira opened it just a little and four lizardmen suddenly piled out! The shorties tumbled out of the
way and ran back as fast as they could. A human in plate mail also stepped out, then in a female
voice said,
'Close the door.'

Everyone in the guard house rushed out. Destryl shouted 'My armour is contempt!'.
Whatever that meant, some kind of cat-person war cry.

The battle commenced, but it was overkill really. Shump felled the woman with two massive strokes
of his scimitar and with my crocodiles arrival the lizardmen were vanquished as well.
One fell to a knife blade in the back from Jiggles and another from a katana slash from the cat.

The woman was still alive though so we dragged her back to the guardhouse. I noticed that the cat
took the woman's weapon and kept it for herself, despite the fact that it had been Shump that had
defeated her. Thing's were only going to get worse though.

The woman was more attractive than average, a chondathan by the look of it and Mira could talk to
her in that language.
Destryl pulled back the woman's hair and threatened her.
'You are a bunch of peasants' the woman snarled.
Next Destryl took out her smaller blade, but this just made the woman laugh.

Then to my amazement and dismay this teenage cat-thing stabbed the woman in the leg, aiming for the
femoral artery I assume, but missing.
'Please don't do that!', I cried.
Sylvia, grumbling under her breath, healed the prisoner. Jiggles drew her dagger and took a step back.
I tried to place myself between the woman and the cat.
By this time, the strange young cat-person had her larger blade drawn and was putting it to the woman's
neck. I tried to gently push the sword aside. It looked lethally sharp.

Destryl had been talking about this person called 'The Emperor'. It didn't ring any bells with me so
I asked, 'Who is the Emperor?'
'The true deity of all planes!'
I looked at Sylvia but she just shrugged. She had never been a good student, but she knew more about
religion than I did.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Mira, evidently bored, poking at the howling dog's corpse.

Me and Destryl were now in a tense standoff. She was just a girl, she looked about sixteen, but she was
obviously powerful in some strange magical way and very dangerous. I was very aware I was at the wrong
end of her sword but said,
'I don't know how you do it in cat land, but this is keep is my job of work, and my way is not to
kill prisoners.'
Her answer was,
'Who died and made you the Emperor? I only answer to the Emperor!'
'Well the Emperor is not here and I am.'

Nobody said anything after that until I shrugged and said, 'Let's all just calm down.' and moved
the woman away.
'We will have plenty of people to fight and kill when we take the keep. Save your bloodlust until then.'

I then asked the woman her name and she told me it was Mornscroll.