2086 MARCH 25 (Wokingham, 10 July 2010 - Phil, Peter, Paul W, PAul S, Steve W(GM), Mike) TIZUN QUEST ----------- [MSW] Party of FERRIC, ZEL, CLAVE, QUIDERIL and FARADIN are at Faradin's Hold. [Ed's Note (SJW): Zelinus Duetti, Sword-Lord of Sif (Peter); Clave Nechratal, Sword-Priest, his uncle (Phil); Quidderil Lightfinger, Elf scout/mage (Paul S); arrive from the small fortified town of Sprit along the new-built road the Romanorum Way, guided by Ferric Iron-Arm in a sedan chair. Lord Faradin meets them with an honour guard of forty dwarven soldiers, at the Tower of Morwen's Rest. The Paladin & Priest, with five Sword-Brother volunteers, seek any honourable Quest decreed by Lord Faradin to gain his permission to build a temple-hall in his lands.] A carbuncle has just appeared and warned - via visions - of doom threatening Cantabria. Giants and yellow goblins destroying all our homes. The carbuncle then tells us that his master Tizun can help prevent this, if we help him. A gold ring with a green zig-zag appears and we're told to use it. The carbuncle disappears. FARADIN puts on the ring and can see a magical door or room in the air. One by one we have to wear the ring, walk through, and toss it back for the next person. Through the magic portal is a Room of Mirrors - and a bunch of goblins* + an Iron Golem. Battle ensues and we win [despite Zel the paladin being disarmed and most of his Sword-Brothers falling to the Golem's poison breath]. Iron Golem is destroyed and remaining goblins retreat - Ferric flings a fireball after them. Baboon shrieks start. (* Yellow Goblins!) Carbuncle speaks - Tizun Thane wants revenge on his two brothers - SEEGA and DIKER [justice, for their (successful) plot to murder him, which also caused the madness and death of his faithful bodyguard, Thraaak]. If we kill them or bring them to justice then Tizun will help us to stop the Yellow Goblins + Giants invading Cantabria. Follow the Gobbos to the courtyard of the Halls of Tizun Thane.... Find crude green-gold rings on the dead shaman. The Yellow Goblins plan to invade Cantabria via Tizun's mirrors!! Carbuncle tells us that Gungir the Frost-Giant Jarl plans to [help the goblins to] invade Cantabria via the mirrors. We camp in the hall of mirrors, after sending the Sif retainers back to Faradins Hold with 1 goblin ring. At night we hear screams of the Shadow Dancers claiming a victim.... 26 All go through the Frost Giant Mirror [re-tuned by Tizun's spirit, once the party gave their word of honour to aid him]. Find an archway in the mountainside with one giant guard. QUIDERIL sneaks up silently, backstabs, misses and is cleft in twain by the outraged giant. Rest of the party quickly kill the guard. QUIDERIL is cured. [PJAW] Ferric leads faradin the Ranger + Zel the Paladin in the slaughter of a wizened giantess' "Babies". Giantess provides odd torch + Directions. Dog corridor filled with spiders by Ferric. Silver-collared hydra found. Lightning Bolt goes _Horribly_ wrong. _Migraine:_ Ferric XfleesX checks on the web. Freed Hydra attacks party. It gets surrounded and decapitated. [It's icy breath was nasty] [???] [MSW] Two more giants come. We defeat them and kill Gungir the Jarl! All hail our victory, apart from QUIDERIL who is down and invisible. Then a terrifying image of the giants god THRIM advances upon us. [The half-giant/half-dragon demands to know who killed Gungir and] Everyone blames FARADIN. [PT?] The alleged 'god' was slain with the help of the berserkers of Valhalla. Faradin was felled during the battle but was revived after [but had a badly broken leg, and had to be dragged on a travois]. Ferric retrieved the good ring from the unconscious Quidderil. [PAS?] The party escape thanks to Quidderil's backstab on one of the two waiting guard giants. Zel used a javelin of lightning to persuade a giant to surrender. Party exits to Tizun Thane's hall with the head of the Jarl Gungir of the frozen halls. 29 [PAW] Big celebration feast. 1 month of training etc..... APRIL 25 Return to mirror room. Glyphs have gone. Carbuncle says goblins have returned. Says can find brothers at temple of chaos priest. Hidden door in north side of courtyard. QUIDD does some invisible exploration. Finds some boxes & hookas in side rooms. FARADIN pockets the Blaeclotus in the boxes. Approaching the hidden door, the monkeys start shrieking. Enter corridor. A number of doors, main double dors have indecent carvings. We expect to find SEAGER the necromancer around here. Find altar behind double doors. 14 statues around edge, plus zombies! CLEAVE manages to turn one of them, the other reflects back a pulse of evil energy to hit him! Zombie fight breaks out. A crystal ball is knocked off its pedestal and rolls across the altar into QUIDD's hands. He looks into the crystal.... something glimmers. Zombies defeated, explore other rooms off corridor. A chest is trapped (set off) but has an unpenetratable lock. Through double doors is a guard hall. Then a courtyard. Behind another door some zombies get killed. Also some small green imps attack across the ceiling. Two are captured for interrogation. They tell us that they are SEAGER's pets. FERRIC carries an injured one to show us where he is (tries to pick his pockets). Door near the altar needs kicking in. behind, 8 plate-mailed skeletons advance, FERRIC in the doorway fights them. QUIDD tries out his new spell. ZEL is caught in the fireball, skeletons & zombies too. CLEAVE spots SEAGER in the room beyond and flame-strikes him. SEAGER retreats and statrs clanging a bell. Still some skels & zombies in the way. Unexpectedly, QUIDD turns into a unicorn, and kicks a zombie across the room. ZEL notices that FERRIC has been charmed into casting a fireball at range zero, and punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. CLEAVE has been paralyzed by a zombie bite. Tactical retreat is chosen at this point. Ed's Note: [SJW] Flinging the paralyzed Clave and quickly-tied-up Ferric on the back of Quidderil the Unicorn, the party retreats to the Hall of Mirrors. Sword-Priest CLAVE recovers rapidly and QUIDDERIL return to elf-form soon after the party get back to the Hold. (Must've put the ring on his horn...) FERRIC, however, remains as a mindless Living Zombie...! [Ferric is cured by Dispel Evil three months later, about the 25th July]