Murder Squad - North

The Myste-Hass Calender

18/04/24

Tom's Code - 10001.5

Drenched in blood, the group stand exhausted. Reinholt hands out Dragon's Milk to reduce some of the exhaustion levels for most of the group, Gartok drinks multiple doses.

Moalmhuire gets a message from Mehklan asking if he has left town or will be returning to the temple. He exits the temple, heading to the Temple of Garr. Harbinger makes to follow.

On emerging into the Market Square some white bulging creature make through the crowd and attack Sten whilst he is delivering a speech.

Harbinger is turned into a T-Rex by Dramos and crushes two civilians as she runs through the crowd to get in.

Elril is amongst the crowd and casts a spell on the dinosaur and Sten, something Moalmhuire catches. He goes to the paladin and tells him to stay as Elril attempts to sneak into the crowd.

Rasvyn arrives, seeing his comrades drenched in blood and locked in combat.

It becomes apparent during the fight that Sten is missing an arm. Once the creatures are killed, Corym disperses the crowd and tends to the Hall Master.

One of the flattened dead civilians has a necklace, only part of it can be read - 'til lar' - are the only text seen.

The group investigate the dead abomination, seeing that they had burst out of their normal bodies. The one in tattered pink armour has left a trail of scales. It had the symbology of Alaie on it.

Moalmhuire puts the loop from the noose around his neck. Then he runs off to the Temple of Garr with Gartok and Dramos.

Harbinger and [{Reinholt]] stay with the guards to deal with the flattened people.

Corym and Rasvyn head to the Sten's house.

At the Temple of Garr, Mehklan is there but no one else is there. Moalmhuire stands on the alter in the temple and calls to Garr. A presence comes to Moalmhuire, but he's not sure if its Garr. So, he pulls the noose around his neck tighter.

Fate answers back. "You are a small man, to think you can face me without your Harbinger's protection. You are nothing.

A hand appears, white with black veins. It reaches out and lifts Moalmhuire.

"Without Harbinger, you are nothing."

Dramos tries to cast thunderstep, but Fate counterspells.

Moalmhuire sees a huge crater, a vast casam of blackened crystaline form with light above. Gem stones are everywhere. Moalmhuire is there, his friends are there too, Fate is also there. His nails slips under Moalmhuire's rib cage, Garr cannot get to him (for the next 24 hours Moalmhuire will automatically roll a 1 on any death saving throw).

A mask is turned on Moalmhuire, but it shatters the altar beneath. A spear of energy piercing into Moalmhuire.

Dramos casts thunderstep, but Fate counters again. He calls for Mehklan to aid, then shadowsteps out of the temple.

You think you know my Fate, but you do not. I am a saint of Garr.

Fate tells Moalmhuire that Garr cannot hear him.

Mehklan is terrified, pressed against the wall. Moalmhuire calls to defend his tower.

The others arrive, splintered altar, no Mehklan, no Fate.

Meanwhile, Gartok goes to the Temple of Fate. He shuts the doors, blocks them with rubble and uses plant growth to seal the entrance of the temple.

Rasvyn informs the group that Olive was thinking of Geoffrey, Yanif and another council member - Goraz. She thought about them when Harbinger asked who worshipped Fate on the council.

Moalmhuire suggests passing a message onto a reliable group of adventurers the cleric has recently worked with.

The group arrives at the large elaborate stone columned Temple of Peridot, with a huge domed roof and magnificent library inside. Harbigner and Rasvyn detect nothing unusual with their abilities.

The priest, Somro, provide prestidigitation and healing. They have thirty priests there. The head of their temple is not in, she has a family. Somro is the highest ranking priest present. The man knows about what has happened in town over the past few years with the gods.

Somro informs the group that there has been a number of sad occurrences today. He leads the group towards the back of the temple. He leads the adventurers into a large room with couches and an oval table with deeply stained wood.

He creates a depiction of the stone circle fein above Bern Hut. There is a group of individuals confronted by Fate. The paladin Moalmhuire saw in the market square, Elril, is there. Sylleth is also there. They kneel to Fate/ The individual wearing pink armour who became a creature. A group move in the side and directly attacks Fate - led by Engaro and Geoffrey Howell. Engaro is killed. Geoffrey Howell is torn in two. Yanif is revealed and killed.

The group decapitates Geoffrey and Engaro and then leaves.

The man says that because of the position the Temple of Peridot has had since Anglan was ripped from the world, a neutral temple, Fate will show leniency.

The group are free to roam the books freely, as is everyone. They do not believe anyone should be forbidden.

The Temple of Peridot put a scry on Engaro. The group followed the Fate worshippers and waited for them to reappear.

The group asks about the Star Arms, the Peace Maker General and Fate.

Dramos speaks with a priest who was reading dirty literature.

The Peacemaker General was crafted by Dariss to create peace. But, he decided that mortals were too war orientated, so he started killing all mortals and bringing them back as undead to complete the work. He was entombed, until he was freed. He then moved from body to body, until he was killed in the body of a priest called Father Jinir, in [[Brindle] by adventurers who used a Star Arm.

The Star Arm is depicted as a four-foot long tube or sphere with radiant light shooting through it. It has a Genai Stone in the side.

Rasvyn looks for information on Genai Stones and arcane. He sees the same place that Moalmhuire had earlier been shown by Fate, a darkened pit with gem stones littered throughout. The scholar, Gestin Moor, supposedly found out where the location was, but its not detailed.

Maolmhuire searches for information on the undead. He searches for information on the orb, and finds it is connected to an Avatar called Xelec. He was defeated years ago, the orb rested from the world and protected by Garr himself. It was believed to be too powerful to be taken. It thrives with Genai power. The orb absorbs vast amounts of power, until the users morality was completly twisted and used the power to wipe enitre races from Tempress. When broken, the orb is unstable.

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