Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – May 12, 2011 – by Ashlynn – The last of the black stones were destroyed yesterday evening, putting an end the threat they wrought upon the townships. It would seem in my haste to report on previous events, I overlooked those still standing in the towns of Trammel.
Our mission took us to the towns of Guardian’s Gate, Gyldenfeld, Merxmere, Nidaros, Pitmuck and Silvervale. In each town we fought a different horror, some quite powerful, others more of an annoyance than a calamity.
Some of us take cover behind a magic wall as another stone is destroyed.
In Gydenfeld, our first stop, we fought a great Blood Wolf, a vicious creature that soaked it’s opponents in acidic spittle. Guardian’s Gate was plagued by an abyssal pirate lord, a tough corsair that also had powers similar to an arcanist at his command. Silvervale was set upon by an Oni Berserker but it too soon fell. In Nidaros, we did battle against a large void wisp, while a Goblin Hunter was our quarry in Pitmuck.
I must admit, I did have to give lengthy thought to attacking the Goblin Hunter but I suppose we must defend our goblin… associates in Pitmuck too!
Our final stop was Merxmere where we fought against a great scalis-like creature referred to as a thrall elite. Unlike a scalis however, this one seemed capable of taking to the land and was also quite fast while out of the water. But it too soon fell and the last of the stones was destroyed in the biggest explosion yet.
The scalis-thrall was one of the scarier nightmares.
Returning to Lord Balandar’s estate, he informed us that the power of all the stones was focused upon a single location though in order to divine where exactly this was, he would need to investigate further. And so we were dismissed until he needed to call upon us again.
While the threat of the stones is now over, I do wonder what is to stop Morrow from simply building more. Or even targeting one township with several stones or an even bigger one that brought forth multiple nightmares. While it might be within our means to bring one nightmare down, several at once would be far more difficult. We can only remain on guard and hope that Morrow does not embark on such a scheme or that he lacks the resources to do so.