Session 99
07/25/2025
Attack on Dax
Section titled “Attack on Dax”- Dax began to act strange. Without warning, he lashed out. Dark fire erupted in the tight corridor, Malice magic roaring through the air and washing over friends who just a moment ago would have trusted Dax with their lives.
- Peach and Orianna were the first to realize the magic. They both knew what this magic was as it was dark and frighteningly familiar.
- As chaos erupted, the party leapt into action. Mack couldn’t bring herself to fight back and hurt her friend. This didn’t matter how dire things looked.
- Spells and words. The group’s desperate pleas filled the air as the group battled against the sinister presence that had taken hold of him.
- The group was able to bring Dax back from his dark possession.
- Dax, a bit shaken, wondered if abandoning the pit’s creatures had been their mistake…if guilt had let Gardhu slip inside, as Gardhu’s voice taunted, “You left the door open.”
Checking for Life
Section titled “Checking for Life”- The group returned to the pit, peering into the darkness below.
- Twenty-three beings were in the pit, who huddled in fear as the group approached them. A female Qirvani found the courage to climb, clinging to the cage above, and revealed the truth. A monster with pincer claws was snatching victims, prey on them one by one
- Aydriann and Ember struggled with the dilemma. Should they risk everything to save strangers, or leave them to their doom? None of the strangers were from the Dark World.
- Pragmatism clashed with conscience. The debate grew heated, but the truth emerged. Freeing the captives might be as dangerous as leaving them.
- Aydriann reached out to Seryna for guidance. Seryna hinted at a plan using “No Magikae,” but when pressed, she turned the question on Orianna.
- Orianna, resolute, chose hope. She would try to save them. That decision was enough.
- The party disarmed the trap and opened the cage. The lost made their way toward the surface.
Dealing with the Big Thing
Section titled “Dealing with the Big Thing”- Rest and reflection hardened the group’s resolve. Something monstrous had been taking the pit’s captives…a cunning predator.
- The party planned and decided that Dax would don the guise of a Gharvok which had worked previously.
- This act of deception worked. While the others prepared an ambush, Dax confronted Threxavor the Vhorazk, feigning alliance by lying about hungering for the spirits of the slain.
- Through clever words, Dax won more than time. He pried from Threxavor both the location of Velmorith and the key to the throne room.
- Dax also learned Threxavor’s true intentions: betrayal, should anyone assist him.
- The party struck first, refusing to let a knife remain at their backs.