006 - 25 April 1023
Introduction
Bharat
Erikos
Jack
Accompanied by 30 Light Infantry
News in Sojenka
First Pit fight is Friday 5 May
Today the Sons of Mithra have decided to return to the Lost Temple, hidden behind the illusion in the Serpentine.
En route they encounter Raimi the Merchant, a small caravan of 3 wagons and 20 Light Cavalry. Raimi says he has been delivering goods to a camp of Berzerkers who have stopped near the Serpentine, and plan to be there for some time.
Their interest is piqued, and they continue on toward the Lost Temple. About a mile from the base of the Serpentine they are intercepted by a Berzerker patrol.
DM NOTE: I rolled a 10 for the Reaction roll, indicating initial friendliness/positive reaction
A well-armed and armored Berzerker introduces himself to the company as Aznaro, and asks, “What draws you here? Have you come to join the exploration?”
There is a short parley, in which the Sons of Mithra engage in a bit of boasting and self-promotion.
Aznaro leads the Sons toward the Serpentine and the large Berzerker camp. There are easily 200 people here.
A priestess named Graciosa is summoned and she has her own parley with the party, “Are you prepared to journey to the next world?”
Erikos makes a great show of piousness and takes Graciosa’s extended hand. She begins to lead him toward the Lost Temple entrance. Erikos tries to stay a bit ahead of her, and as a result they both wind up trotting and almost running into the temple.
Bharat and Jack follow along, telling their men at arms to stay behind and keep an eye open for trickery.
Erikos is so intent on staying in front of Graciosa, so as to be seen to be leading her, rather than the other way round, he fails to see the ecstatic look upon her face.
They run pell-mell into the temple, heedless of any guards or possible danger, stopping just short of the green light that pours down from the ceiling like an obscene sunbeam.
At this moment Erikos stops short, swings his spear back over his shoulder, and plunges it into Graciosa’s back. She screams and falls into the light, her body appears to burn and instantly turn to ash! A greasy, black smoke rises in the air, going up into the glowing opening in the ceiling. An anguished cry, high-pitched and rising out of hearing, seems to come from far away.
The Berzerker guards move to attack!
There is a violent struggle between the three PCs and the dozen or so guards, who fight valiantly but are cut down in just a couple of rounds. Their dying screams have barely stopped when chanting can be heard from the corner of the chamber and a great lightning bolt streaks across the room!
It strikes the center of the trio of Sons of Mithra, and they are instantly burned to death.
TPK
Meanwhile the Berzerkers are outraged. The men at arms waiting outside, who had attempted to get closer during the sounds of fighting, became the prey of half-a-hundred screaming warriors. They fled into the grasslands, taking cover where and if they could.
17 Mercenaries were cut down by howling Berzerkers. The other 13 managed to hide or escape and made their way back to Samichi over the next two days, by hiding in the grass and shrubs and moving at night.
There will be no downtime log for this session, or XP log for this group of characters.
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