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Beyond Destiny Stone #7

It was apparent the reclaiming of Black Hawk Keep was going to take several attempts by the party and it was decided by Sulstan and Corallus that extra planar help was going to be required. They needed some funds from the group and had gone into the temple of Pelor to summon a Planetar. As the day passed Ah-Leph had ventured out on his own hoping to gather more information on the now present ruins of Black Hawk Keep. From what Ah-Leph had learned they needed to go to Grabford where there apparently were several veterans who have actually tried to retake the lands. Regretfully by the next morning upon summoning the Angel the group teleported just a mile a way from the keep to take part in enjoying a heroes feast. After the meal they were ready to go and immediately teleported once again just outside the tower of the keep where it was planed to enter via a shape stone spell by Corallus.

The nave of the Keep was filled with undead demons and wraiths. As the battle ensued, rocks were pelting the angel as a skirmish line was made to hold off the undead. Corallus reshaped the side wall to little affect as the wall was heavily bolstered up with rebar. Mira Luna had melted a five foot square of the metal and Andrew squeezed in. Once the undead were in part neutralized it could be heard not too far off the Vrocks partaking in a dance of destruction. Many of the party members had taken damage as well as destroying the remaining undead. Corallus was beginning to become frustrated to use his healings instead of other magic. Eventually the party had split up in two different groups; the Angel along with Andrew, Mira Luna and Sulstan went to go neutralize the Vrocks. As Sulstans familiar Tava went incorporeal to search out the inner parts of the keep. Ah-Leph with Sulstan, Corallus and Tysis went on in pursuit to find the burnt out circular room where it was expected to find the cylinder with the scroll believed to be Savauns birth right.

As the Vrocks continued to do the dance of destruction, after using a flying spell Sulstan was able to send forth a blistering holy spell when without seeking any form of healing was killed immediately from the next vial wave of destruction and just as he was falling from flight a rock had pelted him from across the nave sending his dead, lifeless body to the far wall of the nave. Mira Luna sent forth a volley of magic missies to reduce the number of mirror images of Vrocks. The angel did everything in its power to dispatch the Vrocks. Eventually two Vrocks were destroyed as the remaining two went away. Tava was last seen hovering over the body of Sulstan as the other group of adventures was meeting with some grizzly opposition.

Ah-Leph had leaded the way in and began to move through the halls of the keep following his instincts to the upper chambers. Corallus and Tysis had chosen not to follow as Savaun continued on to the next floor with Ah-Leph. Regrettably Corallus did not take Ah-Lephs advice and was struck by some disastrous ray from an undead beholder, immediately they took flight up the stairs as Ah-Leph was preparing to open a door. As the door slowly opened a Morog was waiting in the shadows unleashing its feral tongue at Ah-Leph. Corallus made an attempt to turn the undead creature to no avail and was able to heal him self from the beholder attack as Tysis was covering the rear. Ah-Leph continued to strike many a heavy blows with his sword as Savaun continued to cheer him on. Ah-Leph went face to face with the Morog at the door way making it impossible for any one else to get in to attack. Just as the creature was about to fall it withdrew to a nearby room in which an Iuz priestess came forth. In the rear of the group with Ah-Leph the angel had arrived incorporeally to advise the group that Sulstan was dead. It was then the priestess had succeeded in turning Ah-Leph and to add insult to injury was able to send forth a fiendish spell that injured the group less the Angel. Ah-Leph hasted, made his way out to the lower parts of the keep and eventually outside where he was pelted by rocks. Other party members withdrew to eventually teleport back to Chendl. The angel summoned by Sulstan had taken his body along with Tava through some form of plane shift as the remainder of the group returned by teleportation to the temple of Pelor in Chendl. This is where we ended for the night.

Beyond Destiny Stone #6

It was apparent from the earlier reception committee that the Keep was hot with evil activity. Entering through the outer gates the party slowly entered in the court yard. Ah-Leph leads the way, keeping a close eye out for anything evil. Visions raced through Ah-Lephs mind seeing that he had once lead a group to help defend the outer walls seeing that they were breached and leading them to another defensive position. Ah-Leph regained his composure discerning the area was manifesting a constant pang of evil. As the group continued there investigation it was made apparent that the entire Keep was unhallowed. Once entering into the court yard a large boulder was sent hurling through the air hitting Ah-Leph squarely to the chest sending him flying back twenty feet. Some unseen creature was believed to be using telekinesis at will and was totally out of sight from the entire party. While searching for a place to hide, Andrew along with bill entered into the gate house, once inside the entire roof of the gate house fell upon the both of them as stone and mortar spewed out into the kill zone of the gate house. The group did all they could in trying to dig there friends out when inevitably Andrew and Bill were removed from the wreckage and revived from being without air for minutes. More pieces of wreckage fell upon the party and were steadily developing more and more injuries from the flying debris.

After a while weapons were being pulled from the group as Ah-Lephs sword was hurled eighty feet into the air and finally rested in the middle of the court yard. Savaun and Ah-leph went to retrieve the sword as Sulstan cast a fly spell on Ah-Leph. Once in the courtyard the barrage of stones and weapon snatching continued. Sulstan had used telekinesis spell and was able to retrieve the sword and into Savauns hands. As the group continued into the large area Sulstan was able to spy out the fortress with some form of wizard’s eye. Apparently whom ever Sulstan had seen was able to dismiss the eye and was now aware of our presence. Moments past as more rocks and stones was thrown at the party. The deathly wraiths and unholy group of creatures both undead and abyssal began to encroach upon the group. Mira Luna was able to quickly dispatch the monster from one flank as Corallus from the other. Regrettably Corrallus was struck two times from heavy stones and Ah-Leph was able to revive him from a deathly sleep. Andrew was lifted up off the ground and was hurled 210 feet away into a stone wall. His fate was uncertain as the small army of evil began to fill the court yard. Savaun made a stand against a demon as Corallus was quickly healed by Ah-leph. Sulstan was able to dismay the death creature that had ridden upon the back of a black unicorn with his acid spell.

Inevitably in light of the group’s quick regroup Ah-Leph was able to look into the ruins of the keep. Once in he beamed of day light and illuminated from his body when two Vrocks appeared and the black Unicorn once again. As the group began to prepare to leave Ah-Leph had seen an approaching woman with sunken eyes and symbol of Iuz on her. It took every from of self discipline to withdraw and leave with his friends.The group teleported back to Chandl into the temple of Pelor where they revealed the morning events.

Beyond Destiny Stone #5

It has become apparent in light of the missing children as well as the dreams the quest was on for Ah-Leph and Savaun to journey to Black Hawk Keep. Corallus had sought counsel with his people in the local temple of Pelor in Rel Mord about a mysterious dust or sand left behind in the homes of those children who had disappeared in the dark of the night. By some coincidence the only person who would be able to identify the sand was a wizard who can only be found in the capital City of Chendl in Furyondy. It took a couple of weeks before perpetrations were made since some of the group needed some form of training. It was decided before heading to Black Hawk Keep to make a side track to Maure Castle to get whatever treasure remaining in the vault of antiquities to help in the up and coming quest.

By first light in the next mourn we teleported in to Maure castles room of antiquities. There as expected we were attacked by the invisible demon. Once struck by the hairy creature guardian set forth a blast of glitter dust revealing the evil outsider in his invisible form. It took several moments before the entire party was able to eliminate the monster before they were able to take whatever remaining treasure there was. Sulstan teleported everyone to the city of Greyhawk, from there the treasure was liquidated and dispersed amongst the group to spend another week to upgrade weapons and items necessary for the final quest.

After gathering information for Sulstans spell to teleport into Chendl it was decided to arrive far enough not to bring too much suspicion to ourselves. From there Savaun and Ah-Leph arrived on horse back while the remaining party arrived on foot. There they made there acquaintance with the gate guards and was eventually welcomed in to the city proper. The guard had taken note of Corallus arrival and dispatched a messenger to the Elder in the temple of Pelor. Once inside the Inn the Kings Blessing we were met by two acolytes from the temple who soon escorted Corallus to the shrine. In the mean time Andrew had left to take note of the local sites as Ah-Leph walked the streets of Chendl with feelings of de’ja’vue along with spurts of memories.

Trying to grow accustomed to the local area Ah-Leph sought counsel with the local knights in which all dealt with him with great distain. Savaun had managed to speak with the Furyondy Knights with hope in seeing the king. Regrettably Andrew had been carted away in chains for walking around suspiciously. Even though Corallus now back from his trip with the Elder of the Church was unable to change the minds of the paladin and local guard to let him loose. At which point Andrew was lead to the stocks where he was going to remain chained up until the group as a whole was going to leave the city. Eventually Ah-Leph went to visit his misshaped friend and stood at his side until his release. It was by great fortune Savaun was able to convince the Furyondy knights to let Andrew loose and in doing so Andrew remained in the Kings Blessing until the group as a whole left Chendl.

After several days the group was able to teleport to the outskirts of Blackhawk Keep. There amidst the ruins stood the once thriving village in rubble as the group began there approach to the keep. As the group began to enter the remains of the village ten Wights appeared from the ruins. Just as the group was about to take action against the undead creatures six whil-o-whisps encroached upon the party. Three of which immediately attacked Ah-Leph while the remainder attacked Mira Luna and Corralus. Savaun took to a charge in the midst of the Wights. Ah-Leph had dismissed his charge and was in the midst of battle against three willow-o-whips. Mira Luna had casted some form of firey spell and dispatched the bulk of the Wights. The Willow-o-whisps were beaten down by the combination of blows of Ah-Lephs and Andrews Steel where the remaining three left the field of battle. Although suffering from minor injury the party regained its vigor and continued its march to Blakhawk Keep.