[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 57: The Graveyard Shift (and new player, Damien)

[Lev Lafayette]

Aalmon, recollecting the original chess-game,
dismounts for a moments and pulls the pieces out of
his pack. He displays them in front of Kalen and
quizzical onlookers.

"This", he points out, "is where the remaining
skeletons and zombies are. The path of the western
mercenaries will be along these squares, which should
make them easy to avoid", he said smiling. 

"And here is Anzhur, fighting within the inner keep of
the city itself. Hopefully Jareena's hands aren't too
full at the moment. Over here, on the top right, is
where Knarl and Karala are - the Curse should just be
affecting them about now. I'd like to hope that Karala
is moving away as soon as possible."

"But where is that Black King?", he muttered
frustrated.

Ability Check: Crystal Chess Set (13)
lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
19

Ability Check: Resistance to Scrying (5W1)
lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
5

Failure vs Critical. That sounds pretty bad, eh?



--- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:

> Aalmon rode a while until he stopped in a clearing
> to let his horse 
> catch his breath. As he sat there he noticed a
> slight break in the 
> clouds. Looking up he saw the stars, not as the warm
> beacons that had 
> guided his life for the past years but just as cold
> specks of light 
> against the sky. He looked to the North East where
> the moon hung in the 
> sky, he tried to make out her face in the craters
> and mountains but all 
> he could see were random patterns of lines and
> rocks. He shook his head, 
> what did it matter so long as he could still use
> them - draw on their power.
> 
> His eyes clouded over for a moment before going
> dark, his pupils cold 
> sparks of light. As he gazed down from the heights
> he peered through the 
> gaps in the clouds to make out the masses of men
> crawling over the 
> fortifications. He muttered quietly to himself "Aah,
> fighting within the 
> walls. Its not going too well then, nor too badly so
> long as they are 
> still fighting. That has the stubborn smell of Azhur
> about it."
> 
> His eyes returned to normal and he leaned over to
> pat his horse's neck 
> "Well old boy if its tough going there is glory to
> be had and that's our 
> chance to take it. Better go find some people to
> earn that glory for us 
> and if we don't really have a grip on this we can
> always give them the 
> old razzle-dazzle as old Sir Griftwald would have
> said."
> 
> He spurred the horse forwards again and having
> convinced himself that 
> nobody was following him he headed for his brother,
> homing like a 
> messenger pidgeon. As he passed through the
> screening line of 
> skirmishers he spotted runners hiding in the
> branches and casually 
> saluted them. Making it to the main body he reined
> his horse to a sharp 
> stop in front of the commanding group "Kalen, nice
> to see you." his 
> eyebrows raised a little "No idea where you pulled
> all those friends out 
> of but damn well done. If your metal-clad friends
> are half as tough as 
> you are its going to make a real difference. As for
> the rest, welcome to 
> the party - its been a good night's work so far but
> the real test is yet 
> to come."
> 
> "A few skirmishers will tie down the remnants of the
> undead army. That 
> frees the rest of us to go save the day." he stands
> up in his stirrups 
> to be heard more clearly "We have all come on a long
> journey, we have 
> but a short way to go before we face horrors we have
> only read of in 
> history books. Its time for us to write some history
> of our own!"
> 
> As the small army started to move again he rode up
> alongside the dwarfs, 
> slightly surprised by their marching speed - the
> manner in which their 
> legs just kept pumping away over rough or smooth. He
> leaned down to 
> speak to the short warrior "If part of Theoblanc's
> army is inside the 
> walls that leaves his reserves outside with him. All
> we need to do is 
> slam a door shut across the main gate to cut his
> army in two and leave 
> him right ready for our smooth skinned friend, and
> it looks to me like 
> you have a walking talking iron gate with you today.
> Inside the 
> gatehouse all that matters is being tough and
> stubborn - they can't use 
> their numbers against you there nor can the vampires
> fly down out of the 
> night sky. I can't imagine anyone tougher or more
> stubborn than you and 
> your friends. So if we get the chance what do you
> say?"
> 
> He sits back up again "I think my brother and I will
> join with the beast 
> people, you will need a cavalry screen." He rode
> over to Tierre and 
> nodded his head "Nice to see you again, do you mind
> if my brother and I 
> join you for the night's activities?"
> 
> He looked around him. Not enough to win against the
> bloodsuckers but 
> more than enough to get their full attention. He
> remembered the 
> chessboard and how looking around they all looked
> like pieces on that 
> board, pieces that just need moving to the right
> place at the right 
> time. Time to isolate that black king but no sense
> in getting too much 
> in the middle personally, the kind of glory they
> award dead men is no 
> good to him. He smiled as he rubbed a stellar
> talisman, time to bring 
> some fire and light onto the subject.
> 
> Nic
> 
> 
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