Ferrous Fortune-Hunters: Session IX

This is basically a mini-session, as Pat was still coming down from bronchitis, Larry (armiger) was visiting family for spring break, and Mary didn't wake up until 3pm and we figured there wasn't enough time to run a proper session. In our boredom, we ran a two hour deal for Adam and Jon, since they actually had the decency to show up.


Finally suiting up for departure, Ino came to them in adult form, telling them to be careful on their trek and acting generally worried. Just as they crossed the barrier at the 5-mile mark, the land changed into something otherworldly. The sky was engulfed in clouds, the mountain range expanded to cover the entire horizon, and the landscape itself sprouted the corpses of angels and other extraplanar entities. They were overcome with a sense of regret and sorrow on a supernatural level. Off in the distance, they could see a copse of crystal towers that seemed to be a castle, surrounded by a large and lush garden.

Jon recognized this to be Cornoust, the legendary realm where the supernatural minions of Law go when they die. From what they could tell, Oog-suer (the beholder villain they defeated) kept the town he controlled between planes as the primary means in which to keep others from remembering it; but his death caused it to land in an uncontrolled manner, and was thrown to a random realm.

Deciding to travel to the castle, they were greeted by an angelic minion of Law. She claimed to desire to help them return the town to its rightful plane, and spoke of a deceased minion by the name of The Mender, who wielded a sword that could repair the planar tear. Since she was a minion of Law, she could not speak with him, but the party could. The Mender would likely be near the castle, assuming the urge to pass on hadn't overtaken him.

Jon recognized a hidden accent, only possessed by minions of Chaos, but kept quiet (for the most part) until she was gone. Deciding that it was the only lead they had, they took her advice anyway and began to travel. They were interrupted by a naga-like minion of chaos out of the blue, but took her down swiftly.

Eventually, they came upon a band of humans that were sifting through the wreckage of broken weapons amidst the piles of corpses. Cautiously, they hailed them and discovered they were scavengers, seeking powerful weapons that could sold to prospective clients. Not wanting to speak much in the open, the band began lead the party to a safer area, but Adam noticed an oddity.

In an attempt to point it out, he shot an arrow into the odd collection of armor he saw, causing it to stir and rise to reveal a 14' wide demonic spider and zombie-like minions. After a fierce battle, where Jon barely managed to strike down the creature before it took down Adam, they showed sufficient prowess and trustworthiness for the scavengers to bring them to their camp closer to the Mountains of Grief.