[The undead cleric of Umberlee known as Salt's Wake has signed up with an expedition to Jundarwood along with his new chum Korinth, a sellsword. They are now in the ruins of Tyfellia at their final destination - Klonis Tower. Rollo keeps an eye on them.]
DAY 731 2nd Ches (March) continued...
Salty, Korinth and Nukillas having cleared the first half-dozen floors went up the stairs to the next one. On the next floor they met the wraith of Captain Thaelir, the Last Commander of the Klonis Guard. In a harsh whispery voice he demanded, 'declare your banner!'
Korinth stepped forward and said, 'uh, I'm currently under the banner of Egnol. I follow Tempis, God of War.'
'We are the Guards of Klonis. I am Captain Thaelir, we follow the banner of the Guards of Tyfellia.'
The Captain made it clear to them that he would not let them pass. Salty suggested looking for some old uniforms or badges, which was not a bad idea, but they didn't really find anything so went back down to talk to Egnol.
He handed them an insignia of the Council of High Tyfellia. 'Try this,' he said.
They asked if there was a useful phrase or greeting they could use.
'Try saying "Hail, Brother of the Forest", suggested Egnol.
They left Nukaliss and took Wrunas up with them as he had the ring in his nose that allowed him to speak elven. The minotaur had to watch his step as he was very heavy in his full-plate armour and the floors were old and weak.
"Tell them you were adopted!" joked Salty and Korinth as they went back up the stairs.
It wasn't a bad plan at all, but Salty, being Salty, argued with Wrunas as to what to say. 'Tell them your watch is over', he said to Wrunas.
The wraith guards were not buying it, but they had certainly not run out of things to try when Salty said flippantly, 'oh well, choppy choppy then!'
Whether it was in jest or not, Wrunas bellowed. 'Yeah! Choppy Choppy!!' and charged the wraiths. And so the fighting began. Salty tried a Turn Undead, but the Captain seemed to possess some sort of resistance that he passed on to his men.
The other two wraiths had magic items, one a Lantern, and the other a magical "Mini Ballista" that they fired like a crossbow, but that did much more damage.
It was a reasonably demanding combat and it took a while before the three wraiths were defeated. Battered and bruised they went back downstairs to cadge some healing potions from Egnol.
The swapped out Wrunas for Nukaliss and went back up. The next chamber had been a shrine and contained another wraith and some shadows. Nukaliss rebuked the Wraith and took control of the undead shadows.
The next floor would have been an arboretum at some point, but now it was very overgrown and home to some leafy zombies and two shambling mounds.
Nukaliss sent up the shadows, but they were not much help. Salty lurked on the lower floor while Korinth fought the mounds on the stairs. The undead cleric then summoned a troll skeleton and let it take Korinth's place for a while.
After the battle Salty told of the shadows for being useless (!) and they apologised.
The shadows were more chatty than your usual undead. They had been former acolytes of the shrine, one male and one female elf.
Once more, everyone was a bit the worse for wear, so they went back to the ground floor to rest. Egnol said, 'of course, but keep your voice down, there are about a hundred undead milling around outside.'
Salty peaked out the door and to him it was like seeing a well-stocked buffet. In the end though he decided it would be better to leave them alone and Korinth heartily agreed.
Ownkabey and the porters were put on watch and everyone else got some sleep.
No comments:
Post a Comment