Session 61 - The Lightning Siege of Finowen

12/08/300 (Late evening)

Following Heskan's duel with Colman, he and Cori had roused the crowd to action. The group marched towards the gates of the fort and the rest of the group persuaded Heskan to send the civilians away. He addressed them and urged them deal with the corruption in town, namely the desecrated temple to the Old Gods. The message didn't fully get across but the crowd scattered to various places.

The group approached the gates and made their plan. Cori, Nervein, Fergus, Gavin, Lena and Ashling stay behind whilst Bankanir and Braith take cover to the left. Heskan, Elnorin, Ruric and Bryce head to the right. Ruric steps forward and ask for surrender which Trian rejects. As Ruric leaves he shouts a slur at Asmodea which Trian responds by casting an Insect Plague on the rear group, vindictively killing most of them. Nervein pulls Cori out. 

Elnorin uses a wall of fire to attack the gates. After the second casting the gates are brought down. During this time Braith attacked Trian, forcing him to retreat. Elnorin used giant bats to harass the archers on the wall once the gate was destroyed and Ruric joined Heskan on Namhias. The pair charged forward but one of the guards dropped their disguise and was revealed to be a tiefling woman. She cast spells down at the charging pair but could not stop their advance. Braith used a fog cloud to cover their advance after wounding the tiefling with arrows. Ruric headed up to the wall where he finished off the remaining soldiers. He climbed up to attack the warlock, who used a spell to throw him from the gatehouse. She then promptly disguised herself as a guard and fled. The others made a plan in the safety of the gate house. They could see forces arrayed against them.

Trian, Saraid and Lil all commanded the forces inside the walls. Saraid cast a wind wall whilst Elnorin rained lightning down on them. Braith, again, used a fog cloud the cover them. Heskan led the charge but the party arrived individually. The battle was long and complicated but some 'highlights' are presented below;

The battle was bloody. The priest's workings were interrupted when he was struck with lightning and it was not seen until towards the end that he had been possessed by a demon. He spent the battle using the young Ri as a human shield whilst Lil used her abilities to protect him as best she could. Later in the battle Trian would take control of Ruric's mind and have him attack Elnorin when he became a fire elemental. He also attempted to banish Elnorin and briefly imprison Heskan in a demi-plane.

Saraid used Lightning Bolts to bring Elnorin down before vanishing when she had been wounded.

Lil was killed by Braith as she attacked Bankanir, nearly killing the Hobgoblin. 

Ruric waded through the lines only to be controlled by Trian and ordered after Elnorin. He would eventually clash with Heskan whilst nearly killing Elnorin.

Heskan battled many of the guards before having to save Elnorin from a controlled Ruric. Heskan brought Ruric down with a smite. 

Elnorin rained lightning down on the lines before becoming a fire elemental, causing havoc against Trian before turning back to pick up Heskan from his injuries. He set both Trian and Gringolet on fire. Eventually he summoned a packed of wolves to harass the priest.

Braith laid about with arrows. Whilst surrounded by the enemy she spied Lil about to kill Bankanir. She left herself open to attack, using her last shot to bring Bankanir's attacker down. She was eventually brought round by Elnorin whilst Namhias defended her body. Fail-Not, who had been hunting Trian since the walls, finally brought the cleric down with and arrow through the heart.

The battle was over...