Ch 5, Part 1: Journey to Scarwall

Joined forces

The heroes reunite with both Shadowcount Sol and Laori in Kaer Maga. There they learn more about Zellara’s song, Scarwall and the item they seek: an ancient sword that was used to slay Kazavon many years ago, wielded by the hero Mandraivus. They deduce that they must claim the sword if they are to defeat the queen.

The Dead Watcher Orcs

The heroes travel to Scarwall where they find the old castle, it is dark and foreboding yet in a remarkably good condition given its age. It is nestled upon an island and long causeway leads to the shore where a ruined barbican stands guard. The heroes carefully approach, sending Sparrowhawk and Watson ahead to scout… they find the gatehouse inhabited by orcs. Inevitably Watson gives himself away and a fight follows, with the rest of the heroes soon joining the fray.

The orcs are easily bested and only a single orc manages to surrender in time before being cut down like the rest of his compatriots. A quick interrogation reveals that the orcs are not really the enemy, they guard the gate making sure the undead that dwell within Scarwall do not escape.

The heroes spare the orc’s life, though they allow Laori to claim the orc as her own. She quickly takes him away and begins torturing him and Gritt is forced to intervene. He finds her in the process of extracting the orcs tusks. Gritt stops the torture and lets the orc leave, allowing him to keep his life and the possessions of one his friends.

The Causeway

The heroes resume their exploration and start crossing the causeway, where suddenly Zellara is pulled from her deck and begins screaming as she is sucked into Scarwall. Sol tries to save her by channeling his holy energy but to no avail; Zellara is lost.

Later as they cross the causeway they are quickly meet by a small troop of platemail clad skeletons and a knight upon a skeletal horse. The two groups clash and heroes quickly prevail.

Castle Scarewall

They resume their exploration fighting their way into the castle keep, which is guarded by large skeletons behind murder holes. Once more the heroes are victorious, but they begin to learn something about the nature of Scarwall. It is deeply evil and filled with undead, Sol is stunned by the backlash of negative energy when he casts a detect evil spell. Furthermore the castle is also enchanted against extra dimensional forces preventing Mandraiv from summoning.

The heroes withdraw to rest before continuing the following morning; they battle a mound of dead corpses, a haunting of the battle of scarwall and ancient dread wraith.

 

 

Encounter	Grit	Helious	Mandraiv	Sparrowhawk	Sol	Watson
Total	102,356	96,306	108,356	96,606	100,256	97,706
Level	9	9	10	9	9	9
Journal
Orcs	4800	4800	4800	4800	4800	4800
rp: sparing the life of the orc	900
Chief Tea maker	450			450
Total	108,506	101,106	113,156	101,856	105,056	102,506
Level	10	9	10	9	10	9
Journal
Skeletons and Knight	2227	2227	2227	2227	2227	2227
Skeleton gate guards	400	400	400	400	400	400
Mound of bodies	4267	4267	4267	4267	4267	4267
Haunt	1067	1067	1067	1067	1067	1067
wraith	4267	4267	4267	4267	4267	4267
Chief Tea maker				450
Total	120,734	113,334	125,384	114,534	117,284	114,734