SOTDL CAMPAIGN DIARY: PRINCE OF DARKNESS, PT 2., 9/19/2017

The Heroes:

·     Ecna Lubma: dwarf priest grudgebearer healer

·       Gruntbelly: dwarf magician sorcerer wizard

·       Kane Arroway: human warrior fighter sharpshooter

·       Mathias: jotun jotun juggernaut spirit warrior

The heroes’ strength was being drained by the relentless wraiths, but they continued to fight bravely and managed to destroy the undead creatures.  Sorely weakened after that fight, the heroes rested a bit, as the battle took its toll on them, particularly Mathias’ sanity.  Gruntbelly was forced to release built up sorcerous energy and in doing so blew holes in two walls.  The heroes entered the keep through the holes, searching for Nareesh and the Sword of Unmaking.  They found many empty and decaying rooms, but then stumbled upon a room full of cursed dolls, similar to the one in Mathias’ possession, and it was trying desperately to join the other dolls, but the jotun would not allow it.

The heroes found several rooms with demons and these encounters put a strain on their sanity.  Eventually they found a way to the second level of the keep.  Mathias found a clockwork person whose key had apparently wound down, so he ripped the key out to ensure it would not be a threat.  The group went up the stairs and found the next level very loud as the Demonstorm bore down upon the keep just above them, unmaking it as it descends.  The group did find a magic circle that seemed to be a countdown timer for the storm’s descent, which Gruntbelly determined would be just a few hours before the entire keep was consumed, driven by a large-scale arcane ritual.  They pressed onward and found a large chamber with a pile of bodies, which had motes of light coming off them and floating away into various parts of the keep.  Next to the pile, a large dark-skinned demon stood and somehow the group instinctively knew that this was Nareesh, the relic hunter that Mathias had been chasing for over a year.  Behind Nareesh, two horned ogres sat and upon the pile of bodies, three small  demons emerged.  Nareesh taunted the joten, driving him into a manic rage and the battle commenced. 

Session ended mid-battle.