DCC - The Forests and the Earth

"Aye" says Loygar "You could say that Master Dwarf, but what errant dreams of men would regard it as such?"

As Thonrat looks around he sees the entire area about the castle is a vast plain. Most of it is completely blasted, the ground bare rock.

Far in the distance, at least eighty miles, a giant forest encircles the plain. One sliver of trees, almost like an arm, extends from that forest across the plain and intersects the castle's Northern wall. Seemingly it continues into the castle itself.

This "arm" of trees is about a half mile from them about eight gates clockwise from where they are.

Banjo wrote: »

Tanaa spits at his feet.
"There . An Elfen bow. We reserve it for only the most distinguished company."

The bearded man just smirks.

"As I expected, you were raised in the forests unlike this pampered fool then" he says gesturing at Aelrindel.

They arrive at one of the towers.

"Open the gate" he shouts to one of the nearby old women.

She slowly and painfully walks over and pulls open the door.

Within is a stone walled room with books on shelves and a large green metallic box with wards on the floor beneath it.

Banjo wrote: »

Tanaa shouts back at the Jeremy
"Hey! Army! There are some wards that might explode, we could use a spare face to test them!"
After a few seconds she grows impatient and walks over to the box, looking to open it.

A bunch of hooded figures walk over to the metal box and help Tanaa release the clasps.

The walls of the box collapse to the floor.

Within is a figure bound to the floor with strange shimmering grey metal chains. His jaw has an iron covering over it with symbols, though he can speak through it.

Loygar gasps. "To think...I've never seen one up so close..."

"Yes.." the bearded man begins "...Took out an entire platoon of men. We needed help from Elves and Dwarves to capture him. The device about his jaw prevents his words from having their divine edge"

"Is he...doing it on purpose?" Loygar asks.

"Who can tell. Such power is a curse on the land itself. It chooses them so rarely, or perhaps I should say few reach its mind. Only in Madania are we cursed so"

He turns to the party.

"Behold a Priest of Cthulhu. Worst and most alien of all the outer beings"

OOC: You're in Nebel

The bearded official nods at the hooded figures.

Under the hood Tanaa notices they are like the old women outside but without eyes.

They present her with the key to the manacles.

Necro wrote: »

'This woman did vile things to the prisoner. I know in my homeland that's worth at least a few lashings. Death, depending on the severity of the abuse.'

The hooded woman balks in shock.

"Leave those wretches alone false Elf, they're not to be whipped and cannot do what you say"

OOC: Down to two players so stopping there

Entering the king's chamber it's a very solemn affair.

The king himself looks old enough to be a corpse and sits on a chair made of glass. About him on nine large pedestals sit the nine queens. Their features cannot be seen as they are concealed behind golden masks from which emerge pitch black hair.

The room aside from this is completely bare, except for a large skylight letting in the light from the grey cloud covered sky above.

"You are here to help with our problems?" the queens say in unison.

"The greater the danger the greater the reward we offer, do you want us to offer the most dangerous first?"