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 ==== V2 Session Eleven - 6 July 2007 - "Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 7) ====
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+{{ v2-11-betrayersthrone.jpg|The Betrayer on his Throne}}
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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
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 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/3 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/4 |
-| Val | [[Allie]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/3, Fighter/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/3, Fighter/1 |
 //Note: This adventure concludes
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 **//14 March 1111//**
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+After the [[v2session10|difficult battle with the undead]], the party discusses
+whether they should return to town and rest again.  However, with the grave robbers
+apparently still ahead of them, time cannot be wasted.
+As a compromise, the party leaves the tomb (with Sigur's help at the waterfall),
+climbs down the mine shaft they discovered earlier, and returns to the magical
+dragon fountain.  Finding its restorative powers still intact, [[Allie]] and
+[[Ketamine]] refresh their spells -- and the entire party is refreshed as if they
+had rested for the night.
+//Area 21)// Treachery's Price
+Back in the tomb, the party finds the last illusion room that reveals the fate
+of the forgotten king -- he was betrayed by his raven-haired follower and his crown
+was stolen.  This man was clearly the one Sigur referred to as "The Betrayer".
+//Area 22)// Betrayer's Throne
+The party finds a dark-haired man sitting on an opulent throne.  While this is
+clearly the man known as "The Betrayer", he is //far// from what the party
+expected.  Rather than being some form of hideous undead, he seems calm and
+talkative -- right up to the point where someone(([[Líkami]]?)) asks about his children.
+The Betrayer leaps from this throne so quickly that half the party is surprised.
+He then calls his "Knights" to join him in battle -- at which point two statues of
+mounted warriors change into lance-bearing skeletal warriors atop skeletal horses.
+{{ v2-11-thebetrayer.jpg?200|The Betrayer's true form}}
+The resulting battle is brutal.  [[Líkami]] falls under the hooves of a skeletal
+horse.  [[Yosi]] falls at the hands of the Betrayer.  But in the end, the trio of
+evil are vanquished.  When it is realized that [[Líkami]] and [[Yosi]] are actually
+**dead**, the triumph turns to shock.
+Still...  The grave robbers had made it this far and were nowhere to be seen.  There
+must be more to the tomb...
+The surviving party exhaust their healing spells and begin searching the room.
+Eventually, someone(([[Ketamine]]?)) finds a secret door that leads to the true tomb...
+//Area 23)// The King's Tomb
+The final tomb has been ransacked.  While four statues of the king, his queen, and
+two of their allies remain -- complete with lifelike illusions to project the way
+they lived, all four of their sarcophagi have been disturbed.  Three of them still
+contain remains, but the fourth is empty.  As the group begins to search the place,
+the statue of the king comes "alive" and speaks to them.
+//"Thank you, my friends. It is good to see that heroism remains in this world.
+My time to return is not now, but it might be soon."//
+//"In my time it was prophesied that my rule would end prematurely, but that I
+would return to aid the world in its most dire struggle. I sense that time
+coming, but my bones have been stolen, and if they are not recovered, I don't
+know if the prophecy can be fulfilled."//
+//"My name is Theron, but that is no matter, for my time is past. The name you
+need to know is "Sertrous".  I heard the grave robbers who came through here use
+that name in conjunction with something called 'The House of Circlet', and while
+I do not know who or what this House is, I know that they are evil and must not
+triumph!"//
+//"The villains stole my bones, and the weapons of my wife and my champions!
+Those arms are very powerful and should not be used in the service of evil.
+Still, they did not get this...."//
+The King reaches into the empty tomb, through its bottom, and pulls out a
+jet-black longsword, with a plain hilt decorated by a single large pearl
+in the pommel.
+//"This weapon, [[Merthúvial]]" he says, "once helped me save a kingdom. May it
+aid you in your heroics and serve as thanks from a forgotten king."//
+The King then handed his weapon to [[Allie]], thus satisfying the first legacy
+ritual (//King's Gift//).
+**//14 March 1111//**
+After leaving the Tomb of the Forgotten King, the party loads the bodies of
+[[Líkami]] and [[Yosi]] into the cart and heads to see Sebastian, the cleric in
+the village of [[Hardanger]].  While he cannot help them raise the two from the
+dead, he tells them of "Ludvik", a priest in [[Southbay]] who might be able to
+help (though he will require a //significant// fee).  He offers a letter of
+introduction and helps them remove some cursed armor from [[Ash]] before they
+leave.
+=== Interlude ===
+//The alley was dark enough to shield the woman from unwanted notice, but her
+heart raced nevertheless.  She had always hated the city.  It reeked with the
+smell of humans.  It was noisy.  And despite being a few miles upriver from the
+bay, the cold sea was too close for comfort.  She longed for the safety of the
+marsh. Even more, she longed for the warmth of her homeland.//
+//But like many times before, she had to attend to business.  And that meant the
+city.//
+//The shopkeeper she was meeting was better adapted to this place -- his shape
+closer to human -- but even so, he was forced to keep to the alleys and wear
+concealing clothing.  How he managed to do it was a constant source of wonder
+and disgust.//
+//With a last look to ensure no humans noticed, she opened the door to the shop
+and stepped through -- latching it closed once she was inside.//
+//The keeper kept his shop warm.  Warm enough that she was able to relax, if
+only for a moment.  Behind his counter, he was slowly and carefully measuring a
+vial of red ink.  A variety of blades and piercing tools were laid out to the
+side.//
+//"About time," he hissed.  "You were supposed to be here an hour ago.  I am
+expecting a client soon -- so you will have to be quick."//
+//"I have received a vision," she began.//
+//The keeper stopped measuring and set the ink down.  "Praise to Sseth! Does it
+reveal our victory at last?"//
+//"No."  She lowered her head slightly, "It tells only of defeat."//
+//The shopkeeper stared.  His eyes locked on her.  His face expressionless.//
+//After a long, awkward silence, he asked softly, "What did it say?"//
+//"It was short and unclear.  It said:// 'The end of Sertrous begins when the
+two who are one breathe the Dragon's Breath.'"
+//He remained still and silent.  She waited.  Was he angry?  Was he relieved?//
+//"Well then," he finally replied.  "I guess we had better find these 'two' and
+stop them from breathing whatever it is they're not supposed to breathe."//
+==== ====
 ^ # ^ Challenge ^  CR  ^
-| //TBD// | //TBD// |  //TBD//  |
+| 1 | The Betrayer  |  5  |
-| //TBD// | //TBD// |  //TBD//  |
+| 2 | Mounted Skeletons  |  2  |
-| //TBD// | //TBD// |  //TBD//  |
+| 6 | //Story Bonus//  |  2  |
-| //TBD// | //TBD// |  //TBD//  |
+^ ^ Total XP (each) ^  1,100(([[Líkami]], because he is 3rd level -- though he loses 1,000 for dying))\\ 1,065((for the others who are 4th level -- though [[Yosi]] loses 1,500 for dying))  ^
-^ ^ Total XP (each) ^  //TBD// ^
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