Iobarian horror (Inactive)
Game Master ulgulanoth

"I'm protected" she points at the necklace again

Ian asks the girl "Where did you come from?"

"I live with the others outside of the town, in the woods"

...and who might they be? Perhaps we could speak with them?

"Just my family, mother, father and my brothers, whant to come?"

Ian says "Yes".

She leads you back into the forest, away from the village and away from the cave where you found the aboleth, after a while you come to see a large tent made of animal skins and branches, there isn't anyone else there at the moment.

Ian says "Hello" wondering if they are there.

You hear an echo of your voice but no responce

What does your family look like? Uriel asks, expecting that her description, if she gives one, will be similar to those of some of the cultists he and his friends killed.

she points at one of the trees "Like that, some times"

Ian asks "Do they know any magic?"

"Yes, they know lots of magic!...I'm not good at it yet"

Are they treants, or druids or perhaps witches? asks Uriel, not even sure whether or not those terms mean anything to the girl. After a pause he continues, When did you last see them?

"This morning, they should be back by mid-day... whats a treant?"

Ha, ha Uriel responds with a laugh. Treants are trees that can talk and walk around.

My recollection tells me this is a different day than the one we killed the cultists and thus we didn't kill them if she saw them this morning. That is good. :P

When they return, I do not wish them to fear for you since they do not know who we are. Please let them know that we wish to talk to them and mean you no harm. That reminds me, I am Uriel and this is Ian. What is your name? The names of your family who will return?

"I'm Sparrow, my brothers are Wolf and Bear, my father is Hawk and my mother is Deer"

Ian says "I think I can track them if they went missing. Have you seen your siblings recently and how old are they?"

Ian looks for tracks

1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

"They're 20, I saw them this morning"

Ian

Well, perhaps we should wait for them. Why don't you tell me more of your life here while we wait ,Sparrow.

Ian nods his head in agreement and says "Waiting is a good idea"

"I was born here" she points at a clearing near the camp "and I've lived here all my life"

Ian asks "Your brothers are twins right?"

"Yes"

Uriel continues to wait and makes idle chit chat while doing so.

After a while two men appear from a tree, they see you and they instantly draw their bows and point them at you, what do you do?

Ian draws his lance and says "Who are you?"

There are important things happening in the world that cannot be ignored. We need to talk.

one of the men answers "I'm Wolf, he is bear, and you are?"

Ian replies "I am Ian Wronski and he is Ureil we are adventurers dealing with a cult trying to do something in clam bay that seems to ignore the three eyed fish monsters called aboleth."

"And what are you doing here"

Ian replies "someone who claims to be the sister of wolf and bear who I assume are you was collecting seashells and approached us after we were camping after investigating the cult and invited us here."

They both look at the girl with a bit of a glare, one hides his face with one hand the other just shakes his head then continious "So you're fighting the cults?"

Uriel decides to come clean with these youths before him.

Yes. We have work to do in order to rid the village of them but are not sure where to go next. There is also the issue that a significant evil may have escaped capture...

Uriel pauses, then continues.

Some of the cult members pulled out some altar upon which to perform some sacrifice or rite. That is when we killed them. Inside was some form of evil trapped in magic circles and covered in maggots. We closed the covering, then changed our minds and decided to reopen the cover and slay the evil contained within.

We found that whatever had been buried beneath the maggots had escaped. Re-examining the strength of the wards has led us to believe that the evil must have been of immense power to escape. Re-examining the altar revealed it to be filled with countless worm holes which may have been its means of escape through its prison.

At that point I recollected seeing a worm or two slithering away while we were examining the altar and believe that perhaps the evil slipped through little by little and may perhaps now be spreading its influence. I fear both for individuals who may come in contact with these worms and for any natural features such as woods or forests or perhaps a lagoon that may become infected with this evil.

Uriel stops, carefully scrutinizing the reactions of those before him.

"That... that is news we need to report to our father, he knows about that Thing"

Ian asks "What do you know about that Thing?"

One of the brothers merges back into the tree and disappears, the other responds to you "Not much, just that it is a very dangerous thing you are talking about"

Ian replies "Yeah that is why it had powerful magical wards on it"

"No the cult is the dangerous one"

Well, I will gladly await speaking with your father.

Ian adds "me too".

"Before you do, you must tell me why you are fighting the cult, while its a noble quest you should have left the darker forces of nature deal with it and then strike at both when they are weakest"

Ian says "They have taken control of the town of Clam Bay and are causing suffering and they were planning something big last night."

"Are you from Clam Bay?"

Ian says "No, I was riding around after leaving my homeland after seeing how the locals viewed anyone who respected nature as evil."

"Seems foolish to risk you're life and soul for people who don't even share you're same blood"

Ian asks "What other purpose should I use my life for? Should I just allow people to suffer and evil to win?"

"We protect our own and leave evil to consume it self"

Ian says "Evil doesn't always consume itself sometimes it blosoms into a giant canckerous sore. It can't be just that easy."

The man shrugs "Its worked for us"