[HQ Ignorance] Scene Three: Dilis Swamp

[Nic Hughes]

Lev,

A really quick question, have we moved onto the next (half-moon) day? 
Aalmon's confidence and magics both vary with the phases of the moon.

Nic


Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Scene Three: Dilis Swamp
> ------------------------
>
> When the famed Gates of the University shut at
> twilight, the fellowship congregated the Red Garter
> Chapel for the oecumenical ceremony; some prayed
> fervently to the Invisible God, others out of respect
> and consideration of their atheist hosts. Ureban
> Anostos was in sorrow over the fate of Moelene and his
> brother Istevan and was joined by Donalari. All were
> deep in thought of the dangers that lay ahead, not
> only of the chaotic beasts that they would have to
> face but the troubling issue of how to capture a
> powerful spirit like The Nameless Man.
>
> The following morning a entourage escorted the party
> to the outskirts of Dilis Swamp. It was clearly a
> place of disgust and wrong. The miasma felt
> unnaturally warm, and the brakish waters bubbled as if
> some fell creatures lurked beneath the opaque waters.
> Strange mists danced and swayes in the distance. The
> thick plantlife was clearly abnormal in all regards,
> and on occassion grasped at the limbs of the group.
> Occassionally birds and small animals could be seen,
> each deeply mutated examples of their True forms.
>
> Kalen Ironhand exclaimed that the swamp was a
> definitive example of the grave dangers of an
> oversupply of life, that the swamp was obviously an
> example of what goes wrong when there is too much
> vegetation, too much water and not enough earth and
> rock. "What I would be able to do to this place with
> with some gravel, paving stones and - dare I dream -
> *concrete*", he remarked.
>
> The fellowship continued deeper into the swamplands
> using the map provided by the sages of the University.
> But in the shifting mists and dancing lights, and
> overhanging foilage, it was clear that the map was of
> little use. More reliable was Jareena, the healer from
> Jonating, who had travelled these lands before, and
> Karala The Spirit Guide, who could detect direction
> and strength of sources of Power. Indeed, it was only
> due to this ability that the the party was forewarned
> by the sudden and rapid appearance of a score of the
> Vroluti.
>
> Prior descriptions could not save one from the
> overwhelming disgust that non-chaotics experience when
> encountering these beasts. Some were like warty frogs
> with unnatural colours and the horns of goats, others
> like fish with vestigal hooved legs and poison
> dripping from their dorsal spines, others carried
> primitive spears of stone, sinew and wood. Their
> appearance and smell and most of all the sound -
> "V-r-r-r-o-LUT! V-r-r-r-oLUT! V-r-r-r-o-LUT!" -
> revolted all those of True Power. 
>
> But the clearly murderous intent of these creatures of
> Chaos steeled the nerves of those present. The fight
> was on. 
>
>
>
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