[Fenrir and Reinward have been tasked with staging a coup in the city of Westgate to stop the evil vampire lord 'the Night King' from doing the same. Just recently they killed Dauntinghorn again. Poor Dauntinghorn!]
DAY 541 (26th Eleasis) (August) cont ...
Veddic had been told to take Dauntinghorn (magically asleep and stuffed inside a barrel) out to Spectre Island (five miles north of Westgate) on his magical carpet. He had been told to get a couple of barrels of ale too, to make it look like he was doing a delivery and not a kidnapping.
It was later in the evening then that Fenrir heard Veddic on their magical communication gems. 'I'm under attack! I'm about half-way to the island. It looks like brutish ghost owls! Dozens of them! Evasive Manoeuvres! Oops... there go the barrels...'
Fenrir summoned the Day Air Watch, but by then it was too late.
Veddic returned to Westgate and said, 'sorry Fenrir, he just sort of slipped off. Sunk like a stone, so I guess he is dead again. Probably be back in a few days, if its like last time. Bloody Brute Ghost Owls.'
'Never mind,' said Fenrir. 'Can you send a message to Thistle for me?'
The message was:
''
Hi Thistle, I'm Veddic Fen's cleric friend. We need to get Raz to you ASAP. Can you tell me where you are? hope you're good.
''
(Note: Thistle may have wondered who "Fen" was!)
There was no answer though. Fenrir decided to go to the Thavalar Mansion again to talk to Gwendeth Thavalar. She would not give Thistle's location.
'How are you?' he asked.
'At my wits end!' she cried.
Fenrir talked to her some more, trying to sooth her frayed nerves. He convinced her that the best thing to do was get Raz and Thistle married as quickly as possible.
'I suppose you are right. To defeat these horrible vampires we must act quickly. What news of poor Trystran? Are you treating him well? It's not his fault, poor boy.'
'Oh yes,' lied Fenrir. 'He's comfortable in a secure location...'
They refined their plans. Gwendeth would arrange the wedding. The wedding itself would be small and quick. Later there would be a 'royal wedding, in front of the entire city, assuming that the coup succeeded.
Fenrir continued on his coup-attempting way, first talking to Portia, then Gelly. He was not sure what he should be doing next and talked about killing more of the Night Masks. He mentioned Gelly a Night Mask called Kysaer Whitemantle "The Rider in White", but she had never heard of him.
His name was on Cavu's hit-list though.
The last act of his day was to go to Gondeth's Mageries and order a pair of Boots of Teleportation.
He had a late dinner and eventually went to bed. He hadn't seen Reinward since lunch.
DAY 542 (27th Eleasis) (August)
At around one in the morning Fenrir's house on Wizard's Cut was attacked by an undead being that may have been an "Angel of Decay". These are terrible monsters that ooze damaging decaying magic all around them.
The Hallow spells that protected the place a little, but the monster still managed to smash the front door in and enter the house. It was hit by the dart trap at the door and the 'house wizard' a man called Pavel cast Ray of Enfeeblement on it. Raz leapt out of bed and joined the defence.
The house guards tried to help too, but were only a distraction.
Anyone that got close to the thing got mired in its oozing decay around its feet. This horrible stuff went out from it, filling the room and making everyone sick.
Fenrir was next to arrive on the scene and started blasting away. Pavel tried some other spells with not much effect. House guards and rogues were having to retreat as the aura around the Angel of Decay was sucking the life out of them.
Veddic was last to arrive and used Turn Undead, but the Angel resisted. Raz had to retreat, badly injured. Fenrir kept blasting and Pavel cast a Fireball spell. In the end it was a Fireball that finished it off.
It was defeated, but the front door was in splinters and the entire hall was covered in an evil smelling gunk. Veddic healed everyone up. Only one of the guards was dead.
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