The remaining Syaandi, as crazy as ever, stabs at Dakkar with his spear.
Drawing blood likely seals his fate.
Iskender will cast hold person on the flying tengu.
DC 15 Will Save.
Dakkar angrily tears into the synaadi that slightly poked him.
Then he calms down a little.
Hey Dakkar! Fly up there and throw some of them off that ledge so we can have some fun too!
Kit will launch a bolt at the tengu!
In that case, Iskender draws his wand and catches both of them with sound burst
And a DC 13 Fort save, or be stunned for a round.
Dakkar makes quick work of the last syaandi. Iskender's spell clearly rattles the two, but neither are stunned.
There's a sudden shout from somewhere behind the two remaining attackers. They glance behind them, look at each other, and then back away from the edge of the ledge, out of your sight.
"I have no way to follow them but if those of you that want to fly up there and continue the carnage, I'm sure I could eventually get up there."
Kit will say to Dakkar, Go get 'em Tiger!
Still somewhat angry, but no longer out of control, Dakkar will flap his way up onto the upper ledge and see what enemies may be there, if they were running, and if so, if they were running fast enough. He had standards for how terrified opponents needed to be before they were permitted to flee.
Dakkar gets above the ledge and sees the tengu and wayang running off to the west. When they see the draconic being behind them they redouble their efforts to be Elsewhere post-haste.
He also sees the krang that was in the alehouse approaching from town. He seems to be panting, apparently out of breath. He slows as he sees Dakkar and waves at him.
Kit says to Iskender and Bishop, I suppose they are gone or else I would expect to see body part raining down from the ledge!
Dakkar decides that they look like they're fleeing sufficiently energetically, and calms down. Just mercenaries, not death-seekers like the synaadi apparently were. He still roars at them just as a matter of principle, before gliding back down.
"They're running away fast enough. Hopefully will tell people not to accept contracts to attack us if you don't want to end up shredded."
Iskender casts detect magic and loots the thugs.
The syaandi, including the leader, have only ordinary longspears, slings, and studded leather armor. Apparently whatever process brought them back did not give them new gear.
"these were friends of yours?"
"Do your friends usually attack you like this?"
When Krang arrives, Kit laughs and says, You missed all the fun!
"Nah, they tried attacking us on the road before, we killed them then too. Kind of surprised they tried again."
Dakkar then makes a minor point of eating the synaadi leader's head.
"Most people stay dead when they're told to!"
"so back to the primary task of returning to inform?"
The krang, when he arrives, is huffing and puffing. He holds up a hand in acknowledgement of Kit's comment while he catches his breath for a bit.
"Sorry, took me a bit to follow that lot. Looks like I didn't need to wonder about you all, though," he says once he's not panting so hard. "Thought they were up to no good when they left not long after you. Gave me a bad feeling, that tengu."
"Anyway, name's Khedri. As you can probably tell, I'm an off-worlder like you all. Been here for a bit. Now, ah, I can't help but wonder... would you happen to know my friend Relstanna?"
Iskender nods, "Now that's a name I'd not have expected to hear in these parts. Some of us have had the fortune of knowing that good lady. What is your association with her?" Iskender motioned towards Kit, when he said "us."
Khedri smiles. "I'm also a member of the Accord. I'm guessing you're here for the same reason as me."
He reaches into his pack and pulls out a square of crystal with lines in it, that looks much like the one you found in the manticore's lair. "Putting this thing back together."
He puts it back carefully in his pack and continues, "I figured other agents of the Accord would be here. Been searching a few months now, but you all are the first ones I've seen. Thinking we should work out how to split up our search between us."
Agreed! Anything to help us get off this crazy world. I have a few girlfriends back home I am starting to miss!
"Do you have any hot leads?"
My sense motive sucks, but I'd like to know if I trust what this guy is putting down...
Khedri seems sincere, as far as Iskender can tell. "Well, I've got three shards total so far. Not sure how many there are total, though. As far as I've seen most folks have no idea what they are. Either ignore them or think they're some sort of religious icon. So I figure the Monasteries are as good a place to look as any."
"If splitting up sounds good, maybe you all could go to St. Albat, while I go to St. Ooolaav over in the Blue Barony?"
"Why wouldn't it make sense to go together, since clearly there are adversaries lined up against us in this? Also, what is your plan if we can reconstruct the Opus?"
"I support my friend's inquiry. There is safety in numbers. We should stick together."
Khedri shrugs a bit. "I've been doing well on my own so far, and I figure we can get it done faster this way. I'm getting plenty tired of this rock, no offense to the people who live here. Just, uh,"
He grimmaces. "I still can't get used to the taste of all that moss. Especially in the ale. We get this thing put back together we can get out of here, as far as I understand, and that can't happen soon enough."
Dakkar shrugged. "Eh, I haven't been eating the moss anyway. But we'll run out of suicidal bandits sooner or later, and what I'm looking for isn't here, so getting going elsewhere soon sounds good."
I haven't eaten the moss, but I sure have drunk it! Kit says with a laugh. Well I guess that is it then, we will go our separate ways for now. Where and when will we rendezvous?
"We can meet up in the Barony of Veleate when we're done." He grins a bit. "Maybe make it a bit of a race? Whichever one gets there first, the others have to pay for a round of drinks. When we get back," he hastens to add. "Not of the moss stuff."
"That's our sort of bet, eh Kit?"
Yes it is! Any bet where there is alcohol involved, I'm taking it!
To the Baron then!
"I'd be more confident if we could remember our mission for more than a few hours."
The trip back to Baron Yacob is uneventful. You're quickly let in to the Baron's study, where the man himself awaits you with obvious eagerness.
"I assume by your return you've found the source of the problems in the quarry?" he asks. "Tell me, what did you find?"
We found the gem-like thing that might have been part of a gate and was sending negative vibes in the quarry! Kit says proudly.
The Baron smiles a bit uncertainly and looks at the rest of the party, perhaps hoping for a more... complete explanation.
Kit gives the Baron a look as if to say 'What?' as he felt his explanation was quite satisfactory.
Dakkar rolls his eyes at the absurdity of *him* being the one who was going to have to do better at talking.
"The quarry had some nasty undead in it. We killed them all, and found an odd glowing crystal of some sort that made anyone who was standing to close to it quickly get sick. It probably killed off the miners, who then reanimated as undead. We shoved it in an extradimensional storage space where it won't make all of us sicken and die for carrying it around; it looks like it might be useful if it could be fixed somehow, or at least valuable."
"I see, well, it's good to have it out of here, then." The Baron nods in satisfaction.
He reaches beneath his desk, and lifts a sack of coins and a letter out onto the surface.
"Here's your reward, as agreed upon, including a letter of introduction to St. Albat's Monastery." Baron Yacob settles back in his seat. "It's been a while since my own adventuring days. Other responsibilities keep me from traveling like I used to. But I still remember what it's like. Thus, I will wish you good luck, and assure you that you will be welcome in Trebelbet should you return here."
Iskender accepts the reward, and the letter. "We appreciate everything Mr. Baron!"
Kit bows to the Baron. If we ever venture back here again, we will drink to our success![/b]