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 ==== V2 Session Eleven - 6 July 2007 - "Barrow of the Forgotten King" (part 7) ====
-[[v2session10|(Previous Session)]] [[v2#session_notes|(Back to V2 Index)]] [[v2session12|(Next Session)]]
+{{ v2-11-betrayersthrone.jpg|The Betrayer on his Throne}}
+[[v2session10|(Previous Session)]] [[v2#session_notes|(Back to V2 Index)]] [[v2session11b|(Next Session)]]
 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
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 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/3 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/4 |
-| Val | [[Allie]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/3, Fighter/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/3, Fighter/1 |
 //Note: This adventure concludes
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 After the [[v2session10|difficult battle with the undead]], the party discusses
-whether they should return to town and rest again.  However, with the graverobbers
+whether they should return to town and rest again.  However, with the grave robbers
 apparently still ahead of them, time cannot be wasted.
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 clearly the man known as "The Betrayer", he is //far// from what the party
 expected.  Rather than being some form of hideous undead, he seems calm and
-talkative -- right up to the point where someone((Likami?)) asks about his children.
+talkative -- right up to the point where someone(([[Líkami]]?)) asks about his children.
 The Betrayer leaps from this throne so quickly that half the party is surprised.
 He then calls his "Knights" to join him in battle -- at which point two statues of
 mounted warriors change into lance-bearing skeletal warriors atop skeletal horses.
+{{ v2-11-thebetrayer.jpg?200|The Betrayer's true form}}
 The resulting battle is brutal.  [[Líkami]] falls under the hooves of a skeletal
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 **dead**, the triumph turns to shock.
-Still...  The graverobbers had made it this far and were nowhere to be seen.  There
+Still...  The grave robbers had made it this far and were nowhere to be seen.  There
 must be more to the tomb...
 The surviving party exhaust their healing spells and begin searching the room.
-Eventually, someone((Ketamine?)) finds a secret door that leads to the true tomb...
+Eventually, someone(([[Ketamine]]?)) finds a secret door that leads to the true tomb...
 //Area 23)// The King's Tomb
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 The final tomb has been ransacked.  While four statues of the king, his queen, and
 two of their allies remain -- complete with lifelike illusions to project the way
-the lived, all four of their sarcophagi have been disturbed.  Three of them still
+they lived, all four of their sarcophagi have been disturbed.  Three of them still
 contain remains, but the fourth is empty.  As the group begins to search the place,
 the statue of the king comes "alive" and speaks to them.
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 //"My name is Theron, but that is no matter, for my time is past. The name you
-need to know is "Sertrous".  I heard the graverobbers who came through here use
+need to know is "Sertrous".  I heard the grave robbers who came through here use
 that name in conjunction with something called 'The House of Circlet', and while
 I do not know who or what this House is, I know that they are evil and must not
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 //"This weapon, [[Merthúvial]]" he says, "once helped me save a kingdom. May it
 aid you in your heroics and serve as thanks from a forgotten king."//
+The King then handed his weapon to [[Allie]], thus satisfying the first legacy
+ritual (//King's Gift//).
 **//14 March 1111//**
-After leaving the Tomb of the Forgotten King, the party loads the bodies
+After leaving the Tomb of the Forgotten King, the party loads the bodies of
-of [[Líkami]] and [[Yosi]] into the cart and heads to see the cleric
+[[Líkami]] and [[Yosi]] into the cart and heads to see Sebastian, the cleric in
-in the village of [[Hardanger]].  While he cannot help them raise
+the village of [[Hardanger]].  While he cannot help them raise the two from the
-the two from the dead, he tells them of a priest in [[Southbay]] who
+dead, he tells them of "Ludvik", a priest in [[Southbay]] who might be able to
-can help (though he will require a //significant// fee).  He offers a
+help (though he will require a //significant// fee).  He offers a letter of
-letter of introduction and helps them remove some cursed armor from
+introduction and helps them remove some cursed armor from [[Ash]] before they
-[[Ash]] before they leave.
+leave.
-**//15 March 1111//**
+=== Interlude ===
+//The alley was dark enough to shield the woman from unwanted notice, but her
+heart raced nevertheless.  She had always hated the city.  It reeked with the
+smell of humans.  It was noisy.  And despite being a few miles upriver from the
+bay, the cold sea was too close for comfort.  She longed for the safety of the
+marsh. Even more, she longed for the warmth of her homeland.//
-Travel from [[Hardanger]] to [[Kingsholm]].
+//But like many times before, she had to attend to business.  And that meant the
+city.//
-**//16 March 1111//**
+//The shopkeeper she was meeting was better adapted to this place -- his shape
+closer to human -- but even so, he was forced to keep to the alleys and wear
+concealing clothing.  How he managed to do it was a constant source of wonder
+and disgust.//
-Travel from [[Kingsholm]] to [[Skaar]].
+//With a last look to ensure no humans noticed, she opened the door to the shop
+and stepped through -- latching it closed once she was inside.//
-**//17 March 1111//**
+//The keeper kept his shop warm.  Warm enough that she was able to relax, if
+only for a moment.  Behind his counter, he was slowly and carefully measuring a
+vial of red ink.  A variety of blades and piercing tools were laid out to the
+side.//
-Travel from [[Skaar]] to [[Feather]].  Meet the baron and deliver the message
+//"About time," he hissed.  "You were supposed to be here an hour ago.  I am
-from Baron Erik.  Discuss their adventures in detail.  Much is learned...
+expecting a client soon -- so you will have to be quick."//
-**//18 March 1111//**
+//"I have received a vision," she began.//
-Travel from [[Feather]] to [[Southbay]].  Locate the priest that //whatshisname//
+//The keeper stopped measuring and set the ink down.  "Praise to Sseth! Does it
-referred them to.  The priest agrees to help, though he will require nearly 11,000
+reveal our victory at last?"//
-gold pieces to perform the services.  The party spends the rest of the day selling
-magic items and converting the gold into diamonds -- attracting much attention in
-the process.
-**//19 March 1111//**
+//"No."  She lowered her head slightly, "It tells only of defeat."//
-The priest casts //Raise Dead// on [[Líkami]].
+//The shopkeeper stared.  His eyes locked on her.  His face expressionless.//
-**//20 March 1111//**
+//After a long, awkward silence, he asked softly, "What did it say?"//
-The priest casts //Raise Dead// on [[Yosi]].
+//"It was short and unclear.  It said:// 'The end of Sertrous begins when the
+two who are one breathe the Dragon's Breath.'"
-**//21 March 1111//**
+//He remained still and silent.  She waited.  Was he angry?  Was he relieved?//
-The party splits -- most returning back to [[Stillsquall]], though some remain
+//"Well then," he finally replied.  "I guess we had better find these 'two' and
-in [[Southbay]] to do some additional shopping...
+stop them from breathing whatever it is they're not supposed to breathe."//
+==== ====
 ^ # ^ Challenge ^  CR  ^
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 | 6 | //Story Bonus//  |  2  |
 ^ ^ Total XP (each) ^  1,100(([[Líkami]], because he is 3rd level -- though he loses 1,000 for dying))\\ 1,065((for the others who are 4th level -- though [[Yosi]] loses 1,500 for dying))  ^
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