"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
Summaries from Nathan's interactive storytelling sessions (otherwise known as DnD)
"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
- The Bandit Busters arrive led by Kilvin, Jaman, and battered constable Thelen
- the armies do final preparations - they ride to Rebel’s Ford - A messenger comes with news of Blays interrogation - Blay arrives soon after - it was found during the interrogation that Blay was innocent - Ink is turned into an Union-No-Amanda - camp is set up - harrying parties ride out to bother the enemy - but before they strike the Umon-No-Manda turn away and retreat, led by Raven - Derfel wounds Raven but doesn’t kill him - the EP(Exalted Peoples) army arrives outside of the Alliance camp - it is learned that 100k Norren Wolf riders are riding from the north as fast as they can, they Willa drive in a couple days - Jaques and Blay go out as emissaries - Blay double crosses Jaque, and Queen Aya reveals that she has replaced her damaged eyes with pieces of the Ocularis Divinius - she cuts a scar on Jaques cheek(the one unscathed by Arthur’s blade) - Jaques rides back to camp in defeat - Treasure disappears, Sky follows her Act 1 - II Battle of Rebel’s Ford - it is dusk - mortar fire comes from the EP camp - a few explosive and smoke rounds - Shae ride in on kinetic cycles(motor cycles) for a “cavalry” charge - they fire a barrage of Gatling gun fire, which is stopped by the Wall of AIR(a Sudari ritualist trap) - then they run into devils wire(another Sudari ritualist trap) - finally they hit the Sudari phalanx and are obliterated - the first wave has been decimated - early in the night there is another attack - the EP launch flares, hallucinogenic gas, and sonic rounds into the Alliance camp - then mortar rounds better the wall down - then dwellers and Shae armed to the Teeth attack over the ruined wall - they are armed with Gatling guns, microwave guns, flechette pistols, sonic shotguns, Shae blades, rail guns, grenade launchers, and lightning generators - The Elxa Quen and Ink fight on the front lines with eh Bandit Busters - the Dwellers cut through the enemy, until the Norren berserkers arrive - Torrig leads the charge, with Greer at his side - Torrig, Greer, and the kings guard see Queen Aya, and they attack - she slaughters a few kingsguard and cuts Torrigs left arm off - he punches her across the battlefield - a submarine landing pod tunnels under the beach defenses - it sends out a Shae strike team led by Raven and Blay - they put down a time field(stops time for everywhere outside the dome) and move towards the Altas Beam - raven turns into a werewolf and obliterates the Alweni guards - Jaques, Fi, Derfel, Flyn, and a rallied group of Alliance soldiers charges towards the strike team - the Alliance Squad begins a skirmish with the Strike team, - Jaques, Derfel, Fi, Alana, and Flyn attack Raven and Blay - It is going pretty evenly until Raven tries to throw the Altas Beam at the others, but slips and it crushes his arms - as the Alliance squadron wins the skirmish, Blay flies away with the broken body of Raven(he flies to the tunnel sub and escapes) - raven recuperates and is given two spirit arms - the wave ends and a pile of dead is left where the wall was - the Alliance list many more than the EP - but the percentages of the armies lost is equal - The EP army was 110,000 strong - the Alliance army was 1,300,000 strong - each has lost roughly 30% of their army - during the battle the dwellers moved up their camp fortifications to within arrow fire - scouts begin to notice that Dwellers are taking bodies off the battlefield - Derfel orders a volley of arrows - as soon as the arrows fly the Dwellers begin mortar fire - and the mortar fire stops as soon as the arrow fire does - the Alliance feels trapped, and that they can be crushed at any time - the Elxa has a plan - he suggests they retreat to Dragonsden, where they could avoid mortar fire due to Aubery - a rear guard will be needed though - the Commandant will offer to lead the Uber cavalry to hold off the enemy - it is dawn and finally the light of the sun shines through the clouds - suddenly the stitched together corpses of the dead start limping toward the Alliance camp - they are flesh golems - The retreat action starts - the rearguard, the commandant, Ink, and Flynn charge forwards - the EP send gigamechs who obliterate the rear guard - the Commandant is knocked off his horse - he is approached by the queen who challenges him - the duel is quick, and Aya holds his decapitated head in the air - Ink rescues Flyn when Flynn’s horse is shot out from under him - ink escapes - the Alliance army is marching quickly away when Operation thunderhead is revealed - ten Zeppelins armed with artillery and blaring Dweller rock music come out of the clouds - they rain hell on the retreating army, which scatters to avoid the artillery fire - 40% of the Alliance army is destroyed on the four day long trek to Dragonsden Act 2 - Siege of Dragonsden - the troops arrive bleak and battered to the city - Jaques is named the new Commandant - planning is carried out - the EP army makes camp - Tim arrives and chats with the team - he offers to escort those who can’t fight out of Dragonsden to Caradyl - Tim does so, just walking at the head of the column - no EP dares fire on him - then Tim offers to mediate a negotiation between The Alliance leaders and the Queen, no fighting allowed - Tim teleports Flyn, Jaques, Derfel, Alana, and Fi to the Queens Commandant tent - a dweller tries to attack Tim but is struck dead - Tim seems to have a slight crush on Flyn(so edgy) - some tense negotiations are carried out - Derfel gives a passionate speech, and the Queen offers to let the Alliance surrender - they refuse - Tim teleports then out, but keeps coming back for a few clever one liners - the Elxa lays all his cards on the table - he has a Huntsman attached to him - and before the Alliance was confirmed to last after the war he had 200 k Sudari in reserve to conquer the other human nations - the 200k are on their way - Arthur arrives and asks what he can do - he is told that there are suspected l Dweller submarines that are near Waterside - he disposed of all three of them(almost killing Blay) - the giga mechs advance into the Outer Ring, but detonate the Oraxium traps set for them, destroying the mechs and the outer ring - the EP have lost a lot of people - they send in a stealth team with invisibility cloaks, led by Raven and Blay - they clear a barracks of Alweni soldiers and kidnap Flyn(who has been present to many planning sessions) - then they use the Chair on Flyn, brainwashing hint o be on their side - the EP begin their advance into Dragonsden - Thelen, Kilvin, Jaman, Torrig, Ink and Greer lead the defense - the Elxa, Arthur, Jaques, Alana, Fi, and Derfel teleport to the Queen(using Arturs blinking) and engage - Aya fights Jaques, Arthur, and the Elxa - Raven, Flyn, and Blay fight Alana, Fi, and Derfel - a group of EP splits off to fight the incoming Norren warf riders - three battles wage - the siege of Dragonsden goes poorly, the defenders are being pushed back despite all their efforts - the Queen holds off her duelists while the other six do heavy damage to each other - Alana kills Blay by tearing off her head - Blay self immolates as she dies, almost killing Alana - Fi is badly short by Flyn - Raven turns into a werewolf and attacks Alana, - Derfel activates a powerful ability and tackled Raven, beating him to near death - Aya is beating her combatants - the Elxa allows himself to be impaled, and as he dies his Huntsman breaks the Queens neck - she dies - the warf riders break through, slamming into the dweller flank - the dwellers still hold, that is until the Sudari reinforcements arrive, singing the Alweni national anthem - the EP are slaughtered - Raven is captured, but breaks free and ends his own life - with a ritualism spell, words are burned into the ground forever more “I️ fight for my kin, I️ die for my kin” - the Alliance war is over - the Alliance has won - of the original army, less than 50,00 remain - the world will never be the same Comments are closed.
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