Dungeons & Dragons Group The Hague
Chapter 8
The Second portal
As the party returns to the palace they are overjoyed to see that Ivril has quickly returned her strength. Eurendur tells them he has found new information about the Saranthar Forces, they are led by Drexifar Rufus, a powerful wizard. With these words Berrit suddenly tells the party that he knows a secret language that will stop the demons from harming the party. Eurendur and the party want to know how he got this knowledge, yet Berrit will not tell.
Meanwhile the captured wizard had broken and told the locations of the second portal and last portal. It is located on one of the many floating plateaus in the region. Berrit convinces the party to go through the portal and enter the base on the other side. He tells he is on a divine quest to recover two items, a sword and a stone. In his quest for these he has discovered the song.
As they fly up to the plateau Berrit sings his strange song and the demons seem to ignore the party. They enter the portal without any problem and step into the fortress on the other side. As they arrive in the fortress they are shocked to see the fortress is the base of Drexifar Rufus himself. Things start to go really bad. The fortress is heavily defended with elite guards, demons, magic and traps. Berrit dies in the attempt and disappears. The party is barely able to return to Colone only with great skill and more importantly lots of luck. As they return to the palace in Astaran they are surprised by a strange mystical being carrying an alive Berrit. He tells the party that this was a onetime gift.
Realizing the importance of Berrit's quest they try again. It is even more difficult than the first time with more guards and demons. Yet Berrit knows the way to the vault. Inside they close the doors behind them to seal them off from the hostile forces. Maxx is able to disable the traps and open the almost impossible to open doors. They enter a great treasure room and start loading the treasures. Berrit look in glee as he recovers the stone and sword. A strange force field holds the party back but Desiderius is able to overcome it. As the party teleports back all the items disappear, Berrit had forgotten to sing a magical sentence to remove their attunement. Realizing this portal is going to be heavily defended the party decides to head to the third.
The third portal still hadn't gotten words of the attacks and was very lightly defended, relying on the fact that their location was unknown. The quick attack from the party succeeded in overwhelming the defenses and once again Maxx crumbled the portal.
Meanwhile the captured wizard had broken and told the locations of the second portal and last portal. It is located on one of the many floating plateaus in the region. Berrit convinces the party to go through the portal and enter the base on the other side. He tells he is on a divine quest to recover two items, a sword and a stone. In his quest for these he has discovered the song.
As they fly up to the plateau Berrit sings his strange song and the demons seem to ignore the party. They enter the portal without any problem and step into the fortress on the other side. As they arrive in the fortress they are shocked to see the fortress is the base of Drexifar Rufus himself. Things start to go really bad. The fortress is heavily defended with elite guards, demons, magic and traps. Berrit dies in the attempt and disappears. The party is barely able to return to Colone only with great skill and more importantly lots of luck. As they return to the palace in Astaran they are surprised by a strange mystical being carrying an alive Berrit. He tells the party that this was a onetime gift.
Realizing the importance of Berrit's quest they try again. It is even more difficult than the first time with more guards and demons. Yet Berrit knows the way to the vault. Inside they close the doors behind them to seal them off from the hostile forces. Maxx is able to disable the traps and open the almost impossible to open doors. They enter a great treasure room and start loading the treasures. Berrit look in glee as he recovers the stone and sword. A strange force field holds the party back but Desiderius is able to overcome it. As the party teleports back all the items disappear, Berrit had forgotten to sing a magical sentence to remove their attunement. Realizing this portal is going to be heavily defended the party decides to head to the third.
The third portal still hadn't gotten words of the attacks and was very lightly defended, relying on the fact that their location was unknown. The quick attack from the party succeeded in overwhelming the defenses and once again Maxx crumbled the portal.
The Final Battle
Scouts had reported that the plateau had been heavily fortified with Wall of Stone and Shape Stone spells. Realizing this, Lancet assembles the Astarran army. They will lead a full attack on the portal so the party can sneak from the back. Aneirin is asked to lead one of the battalions as his skill is better put to use on the front lines. Lancet sends Archaran to the party's aid, a lantern archon. Together the party will attack the plateau from the back while the Astaran army attacks the front to create a diversion.
The plan begins successful; the party is able to infiltrate the compound with ease. As they enter the portal room the door closes behind them. In the middle of the room, behind a force field, stands Drexifar himself and four guards. He asks why we had attacked his fortress and wanted the stone. He places the stone on the floor in front of him and says he will take great pleasure in killing the party personally. He begins casting powerful spells through the shield, the party is unable to get through it and are about to bite the dust when Cyan remembers Berrit telling about a song that could defeat Drexifar. He quickly casts a sending and recites the Berrit's words. Drexifar look shocked and teleports away, yet the teleportation was not cast by him. With him gone the shield disappears and the party attacks the guards. Stunned by the sudden disappearance of their leader they are taken out quickly and as always Maxx crumbles the last portal. Berrit retrieves the stone.... which does nothing. Bloodied the party steps out of the portal room and sees the Astaran army entering the fort itself. Aneirin at its lead he embraces the party and tells them the day is won. With his quest completed Arachan bids the party farewell.
The party enters Colone as heroes and are regarded as the saviors of Astaran. As they enjoy the many celebrations a guard approaches Aneirin and tells them there is a messenger for him. Together with the party they follow the messenger to a tower. There they see Minoeska, a vampire as well, and her gang, Dale a blond two-longsword wielding Blackguard vampire, the vampire they saw in the vault in Avalon and a wizard. She tells them that they should bring the Scroll quickly or die. Aneirin is shocked to see Elisare Pellon with her, under captivity. The party convinces her that they do not the scroll and she tells them they will do without it than. And to show her anger he looked at Aneirin. "I have killed your parents and captured your one true love Elisare Pellon. A fight quickly ensues with the wizard and a vampire going down. The rest flees, including Elisare. On the wizard's body they find a book with strange markings.
As the vampire teleports away they leave behind a collapsed Aneirin and a shocked party.
The plan begins successful; the party is able to infiltrate the compound with ease. As they enter the portal room the door closes behind them. In the middle of the room, behind a force field, stands Drexifar himself and four guards. He asks why we had attacked his fortress and wanted the stone. He places the stone on the floor in front of him and says he will take great pleasure in killing the party personally. He begins casting powerful spells through the shield, the party is unable to get through it and are about to bite the dust when Cyan remembers Berrit telling about a song that could defeat Drexifar. He quickly casts a sending and recites the Berrit's words. Drexifar look shocked and teleports away, yet the teleportation was not cast by him. With him gone the shield disappears and the party attacks the guards. Stunned by the sudden disappearance of their leader they are taken out quickly and as always Maxx crumbles the last portal. Berrit retrieves the stone.... which does nothing. Bloodied the party steps out of the portal room and sees the Astaran army entering the fort itself. Aneirin at its lead he embraces the party and tells them the day is won. With his quest completed Arachan bids the party farewell.
The party enters Colone as heroes and are regarded as the saviors of Astaran. As they enjoy the many celebrations a guard approaches Aneirin and tells them there is a messenger for him. Together with the party they follow the messenger to a tower. There they see Minoeska, a vampire as well, and her gang, Dale a blond two-longsword wielding Blackguard vampire, the vampire they saw in the vault in Avalon and a wizard. She tells them that they should bring the Scroll quickly or die. Aneirin is shocked to see Elisare Pellon with her, under captivity. The party convinces her that they do not the scroll and she tells them they will do without it than. And to show her anger he looked at Aneirin. "I have killed your parents and captured your one true love Elisare Pellon. A fight quickly ensues with the wizard and a vampire going down. The rest flees, including Elisare. On the wizard's body they find a book with strange markings.
As the vampire teleports away they leave behind a collapsed Aneirin and a shocked party.
