Archdruid Session 43

Sev, Rend and Sirocco followed Dante across Saspien and to the way point nestled in the haunted Tirian Wood. He activated it and sent them on their way with his thanks and the promise of the vampire army in several weeks' time. The group passed out of the West and back home, to the Northland, to find the barbarian village that held the totem burned to the ground.

The group quickly became aware of three watchers on the tundra, barbarians barely out of boyhood, who questioned them and were all-around wary until Sev proved he was the archdruid, and that the troll wasn't going to eat them. They accepted Sirocco's offer of food and called their mammoths. They introduced themselves as Kleid, the leader, Bunk, the pudgy one, and Foolwolf, the clumsy one.

They trekked all day, passing well north of Veluvia's ruins, and finding them covered in perpetual black clouds. They camped for the night in the heart of the Roam, all the while having followed a large amount of tracks heading for the distant woods on the horizon. Sev lamented at how much of the former woods were indeed destroyed.

The boys, led by Sirocco, went out for a hunting lesson, whilst Sev and Rend kept the fire going while the trained mammoths circled the camp like a wall as was their routine. Two hours later they returned with a healthy-looking reindeer buck. A meal was had and words traded, as the boys asked the trio a little more of their experiences, talk inevitably leading to the Ice Queen.

In a remark about how she's consistently underestimated the group, a hideous looking aberration a little taller and thicker than Rend and resembling a blue centipede leaped onto one of the mammoth's backs and in seconds ate a tunnel through its back and out its stomach. It gave Shalraza's regards for the murder of her son and attacked, proving as strong as Rend and quite resilient.

Despite the few powerful hits Rend has managed, the fight is looking uncertain...

Meanwhile, Serren stayed behind in Saspien, looking to get rid of the Clutch of Mengorot and in the process make a little something in a side deal. After negotiations with Uldina the Puzzler, he bought Tazjaree's freedom and a night's pleasure. However, after giving Tazjaree the slip, she attempted to escape, finally being caught and knocked unconscious above the ziggurat. Serren performed strange summonings and magic to wipe her memory of what he didn't want her to remember and make her a unwaveringly loyal servant and consort.