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dot...I'll go ahead and play Amiri Barb 5 pregen.
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Ok, that's very weird. I made a post earlier today and even made sure it went through as I had to edit it.
It looks like everyone's characters are ready to go. I've gotten he map ready, the links, and I'm all set. So, the last thing I need before we can begin is to have everyone head over to the Recruitment Thread and give the information for reporting.
It is mandatory, because there are Boons and Gift Certificates involved. As soon as we get that from everyone, we can go ahead and begin. :P
Player: PatheticWretch
Character: Insidion
PFS# 132,076-12
Faction Dark Archive
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Hundreds of years ago, the daemonic harbinger Anogetz attempted to conquer the Southern Fangwood with hordes of crazed animals and cruel fiends. The faithful of Erastil, god of hunting and patron of frontier settlements, fought back, and legend says that when they cornered the cult of Anogetz in its temple, Erastil himself fired a great arrow that split the daemon’s unholy altar in two. This arrow has been a key part of a ritual that has kept the daemons from returning.
Until two months ago, Erastilian priests have performed this ceremony in the reconsecrated temple on the night of the new moon, but the relic recently went missing. The church of Old Deadeye asked that you track down who stole the relic and return it before the daemons broke free once more. You found the arrow only a week ago and have hurried back to the temple to meet the priests Enogas and Larya, who will take custody of the relic and enact the ritual. The new moon rises tonight, and even now dusk is falling.
You still carry the great arrow, an ancient holy relic, though it's size would make it difficult to use as an actual arrow. It's more like a spear in your hands. You hurry back to the Fane of Fangs. Once a temple to Anogetz, this sanctuary has since been converted into a shrine to Erastil. The god’s holy symbol—a bow of elk antlers nocked with an arrow—is emblazoned on each of the large oaken doors leading into the temple.
The entrance stands slightly ajar. The path leading to the site shows signs of recent traffic.
This open-air courtyard and its decorative columns are covered in moss and lichens. Weathered statues of an elk-headed hunter stand in alcoves spaced evenly around the room. Two pillars and a statue that had been intact only a month ago now lie shattered on the ground. Halls to the north and west lead out of this room.
Amiri nods. "Was quite a thing retrieving it...I'll be glad to have it in the right hands. Wait a second...what's happened to these statues?" the barbarian asks with suspicion.
"Right ... let's do this."
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As you enter the holy play, you see a pair of lit torches off to the two sides of the temple's entrance still burning. They appear to have been placed there to offer as much light to the area, and some of the hallways coming off of it as possible, but are not permanent fixtures.
The two priests you seek are not present, and as you call for them, you receive no response. You are not certain just how bit the Fane of Fangs is, though, nor where the priests expecting you at any particular time, so this is not too out of the ordinary.
This entryway has, or rather had, a total of ten stone columns holding up the high ceiling, though now only eight remain standing strongly. Directly in front of you is a small hallway that leads to a large double door, (closed), and breaks off to the right and left in a T intersection. Likewise, you see another hallway off to your right, but it forms a corner shortly afterwards you can't see past. There is another large door there too, that is likewise closed.
Oloch will cast Bless upon the party ...
"Let's check this passage to the right," Amiri suggests. "Something's wrong...I can feel it..."
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There's really nothing else in the entrance worth noting that you can find, and your calls to the pair of priests go unanswered, leaving you with a few possible places to look, before you can pass the spear off and claim your reward.
Straight ahead, you see a T intersection and a large double door, and also a smaller hallway to the right with another door. Simply peeking down either reveals little.
Taking the small hallway to the right, Merisiel takes a moment to examine the area for traps, and finding none, cracks open the door to reveals what seems to be a meditation chamber. Small pots filled with soil sit in the corners of each of these rooms with piles of seeds placed atop of each. Prayer mats lie scattered throughout the rooms. Erastil clergy use these rooms for meditation and prayer to Old Deadeye.
There is another door on the far side of the meditation room, leading to another. Three shallow pools sit in the middle of this room—one filled with clear, blue liquid, one filled with budding plants, and the third filled with a transparent red liquid. Two clothed figures slowly bob in this last pool.
From their clothing, you deduce the two corpses are priests of Eristal, one male and the other female, but also notice that their holy symbols are missing. Unfortunately, you are unsure what the two priests you are supposed to meat look like, or even what race they are. You only know their names, Enogas and Larya.
"Eristal?"
Oloch moves over to the west pool of water and after a brief inspection, softly begins an chant while dipping his hand into the water and anointing his sword and armor with a blessing ...
"Их Эзэн Eristal, би энэ харанхуй цаг үед өөрийн хамгаалалт, ивээл төлөө талархал өгч, egis зэрэг мангасууд болон араатан амьтад өгөх шөнө буцаж хаях нь миний амьдралыг барьцаалах"
Afterward, Oloch wordlessly helps Adowyn with removing the bodies ...
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The bodies both seem to have a single bite mark on them, but your not sure from what. It doesn't appear to be from an animal, but something similar to a human. Enough to draw blood, but not terribly harmful. Otherwise they have minor bruises. Both seemed to have very similar markings, but died from something breaking their neck.
Oloch's sword, and also his gauntlets do seem to take on a soft green and silver color as well, and Oloch gets the feeling that someone agrees with his vow.
Evenstar looks angry and alarmed.
"You bet we're gonna find whoever did this...looks like we just wasted the last two weeks of our lives...our employer is dead! I want to hurt someone really bad!" she says as she moves from the room, looking for clues as to whether there was still an enemy here.
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Within the room, you only really catch the presence of sentient thought from your own companions. Neither of the bodies have them however. It's also pretty clear that the thick stone doors and walls are blocking much of your power's range.
Searching through the remainder of the northern area of the temple reveals little. You find a small religious library and classroom, as well as a pair of sleeping quarters, though none of them hold anything of note.
This only leaves you with one other door that you can see, a large double door made of stone directly ahead of the main entrance. It is, however, locked.
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Seeing his companions note the apparent change to his sword and mail, Oloch grins ...
"It seems that Eristal still has some power to bless his defenders ..."
Amiri nods. "Let's try these last doors to the west, then," she suggests.
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Seeing that the words seemed to help the others, Amiri repeats the ritual Oloch had showed them.
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Columns and statues of growling animals line either side of this shrine. Where once stood a broken altar now towers the statue of a fiendish man made of the same stone with curling ram horns, a hissing snake in each hand, and a gaping hole in his chest. From this wound pour writhing tendrils of inky smoke that slither across the floor and ceiling.
For several centuries this chamber was a shrine rededicated to Erastil, where the spear of the huntmaster stood buried between two broken halves of Anogetz’s altar. As the daemonic presence here grows, a statue praising the harbinger has risen, though the gaping wound left by the enormous arrow remains. In front of the statue, a large deominc ape-like creature flies some 10 feet up. It has a crown of corrupted ram-like horns swirling around it's head, allowing easy access to it's fanged mouth, and as you enter, it turns to glare at you, pointing a clawed hand at you as if giving some sort of command.
A pair of demonic rams form out of some of the darkness pouring form the statue and prepare to charge.
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ROUND 1
Rivani ()
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Ram 2 ()
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Amiri () & Adowyn ()
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Demon ()
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Oloch () & Merisiel ()
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Ram 1 ()