May 15th 216B Having spent a day laying out plans the party decides to use a frontal assault. Mel scouts the area in animal form with Thilvara's familiar only to find armed townsfolk milling around under the close personal supervision of the Blue Cuckoo. The bodies of Mayor Murdows, Tarby, and Tanasha are all crucified on the tower. The party calls upon the strength of their individual gods and armored for battle they enter the town flying and invisible. The elves approach the town from the other side and everyone attacks when Essandri glitterdusts the tower roof. Unfortunately the enemies are not on the tower at that moment, but the attack has started. Moge strikes the first blow against the Cuckoo but before the cuckoo can be seriously damages he teleports away leaving the party surrounded by an angry mob of charmed villagers and no real targets. The party employs the colorspray form of crowd control, and quickly gains access to the upper levels of the tower. Dyson and Tully were heard in the tower, but when the party entered, the mage teleported outside and hit the party from the rear. Mel releases bolts of lightning at Dyson, but Dyson evades and the bolt hits the trilinth Dyson was standing on causing ripples of force in all the other stone slabs. The stones closest to Mel explode with force that fries Mel badly. A glitterdust from Essandri reveals Dyson's position, and Alex quickly binds him within a mental cocoon of force. Dyson breaks off the attack by magically shuttling himself and Henwen out of harms way. The party turns back to the tower and breaks down the front door only to have chained glyphs of warding shatter a dozen burial urns and surround the party with shadows. The remaining villagers scatter at this point, the shadows drain several villagers and Moge before Katie manages to turn them. The party then spends the next several minutes hunting down shadows and attempting to get the jump on Dyson. When Dyson does appear he send several Howlers to pound Korvath but a well timed cocoon immobilizes Dyson for Moge's killing blow. The death of Dyson releases the floodgates. Tully, Henwen and the others engage in battle, but the group is able to quickly overcome the enemy now that their leader is gone. SESSION END Afternoon May 15th 216 years after the Breaking NEXT TIME : Dragon hunting?... REWARDS ------- 3000 Experience for all players 1500 Experience for Katie and NPCs