Session Information

Session Date: 6th Aug 2025
Saga: 5th Saga - Freedom's Flame
Attendance: Sam Gallon,Rowan Hales,Tom Brothers,Caleb Hamlet

Session Summary

Mordecai and Chenris lured their Goliath guards into the forest under false pretences and ambushed them inside a magically concealed dome. After killing the guards, Chenris used necromancy to extract information from their corpses, learning that the best route into the palace was via the sewers. Disguising themselves in the Goliaths’ armour by standing on each other's shoulders, they infiltrated the palace and searched for the antimagic field's source. Their path led them underground into an old food storage chamber, where they stumbled upon a massive golden robot powered by a tower crystal and piloted by a tiefling named Sera, seemingly a broken former friend of Korrigan, fused into the machine and consumed by grief and rage.

Mordecai attempted to reason with Sera by referencing Kal, sparking a chaotic battle as she lashed out in fury, believing Kal to be dead. Chenris held back, analysing the situation and identifying the robot as the source of the antimagic field. Though he initially hesitated to strike, fearing for Sera, he eventually fired a disabling shot at the crystal. The battle escalated, with the robot splitting off an arm to chase Mordecai. In the end, Chenris heroically destroyed the power source, sustaining major injuries just as King Malachi arrived, gloated, and knocked him unconscious.

Meanwhile, Korrigan, Drache, and Aiden were preparing for revolution in the slums. After rallying allies, making Molotovs, and coordinating choke points with Tish and Misty, Korrigan sparked the uprising with a fiery speech and a bowshot. Slaves joined the battle, overthrowing guards and spreading chaos. Misty reappeared in deadly fashion, and the group stormed the hunter’s quarters, enlisting the goblin mafia and recruiting a healer. As they pressed forward, they planned to regroup and assault the palace directly, believing Mordecai and Chenris might already be there. The rebellion was in full force, and the party set their sights on the king himself.

Full Session Notes

Mordecai and Chenris led their two bodyguards into the forest and to the Leomund's Tiny Hut. Upon seeing a large opaque orb in the middle of the woods, the guards were very concerned, but Chenris was dismissive of the claims and ordered them to follow through. One obeyed and followed suit while Mordecai tried to make an excuse, saying this was merely a safe place they set up to store their hunting gear while the roughs in the slum were dealt with.

Once both were within the spells' effects, Mordecai and chenris unleashed their abilities on the guards. They were both initially confused about why they were being attacked and tried to deal with them by using the blunt side of their weapons, but after some goading by chenris, they began fighting for real. However, the two were no match for two fully powered-up mages and soon were killed.

While Chincheris healed himself back to health, Mordecai suddenly realised that because the goliaths were so big, their armour could not fit them. Chenris suggested that they could sit on each other's shoulders to wear the armour, and he could use Speak with Dead |to get some answers out of them. Mordecai wasn't convinced, pointing out that they could have just asked the guards and didn't have to kill them.

Chenris shrugged before casting the spell, calling forth the spirit, and asking them the following questions:

They both decided their best option was to get on each other's shoulders and use the armour to enter the palace easily. Chenris suggested that Mordecai should be the head as they were the best at 'all those people things'. Mordecai asked if they would be alright holding up Mordecai, to which Chenris stated, "Thank you, my new body is quite a dexturous boy, much better than my old self, so I shouldn't have any problems."

When removing the guards' armour, they noticed they both had tattoos on their chests, much like their slave tattoos. Chenris manages to walk them over to the palace gates, but is a bit wobbly. A guard stops them, casually asking where their next shift was. Chenris whispers to Mordecai that they have palace duty next and need to talk to the foreman first. The guards hear the whisper but assume it's their stomach growling. Mordecai jokes, saying that it was the beans. The guard laughed, letting them and warning them to get a hold of it, as they didn't want to anger a noble with gross sounds.

Inside the palace, they were greeted by a brilliant garden with immaculately pruned flower beds and surfaces made of gold and marble. There was even an ornate golden fountain that poured molten gold instead of water. Mordecai commented on how it was a lot, with chenris simply stating that rich people often have strange tastes and to ignore them. He explained it was best to keep walking so as not to raise suspicions. He added, "Please don't disrespect Legumes; they're a great source of protein, fibre, and other nutrients." Mordecai didn't reply; he just rolled his eyes.

Once inside, Mordecai asked if Chenris had any ideas on where to go, as they were once nobles. Chenris explained that he sadly had no idea, as Human palaces differed significantly from the eleven. He stated that many Human palaces did their best to hide their servants from view, so they should look in the servants' quarters if they wanted to get underground. Mo[[Lost Haven Guardsi]] nodded and walked down a few corridors. As they approached the servants' quarters, they noticed how the gold furnishings got fewer before disappearing as they reached a rickety old door.

When they entered the room, it was incredibly dark and dirty, with piles of straw for beds. Upon seeing a guard enter their living quarters, many of the servants ran away, crying out in fear, stunning Mordecai. chenris prompted them to keep walking, "Although sad, we can't do anything about it until we stop the antimagic field."

Mordecai took a deep breath and continued forward, finding a tiny spiral staircase downward. Mordecai dismounted chenris, and they dragged the guard's armour down the stairs to raise any suspicions. The stairs took them 5 minutes to get to the bottom, where they were greeted with an ancient wooden door with planks of hardwood nailed over it to stop it from opening. There was text written on it reading 'KEEP OUT'.

Chenris used Halfbie's woodcarver's tools to pry the wood off the door without making much noise. He managed to take enough of the wood off to open it, enough for the two to sneak through, though insufficient to bring the armour through. Chenris pushed it to one side, reasoning that it was best to have it out of the way if they needed to exit quickly.

The two found themselves in what looked to be an old food storage room, with large jugs of water and rotting food lining the shelves. On the other side of the room was a large cave opening. They quickly approached the entrance and realised it opened up to a sheer drop into a truly massive cave. The cave was lined with many crystals the party had previously found around The Towers. Suddenly, two lightbearers appeared behind them, whispering "lightbearers!" repeatedly. chenris sneered at them before turning back to the cave.

Passing the cave was a ginormous robot constructed entirely out of gold. On top of it was a red tiefling, which seemed hardwired into the robot as if its bottom half had been cut off and fused with the machine. The tiefling's eyes were filled with rage. The robot's legs alone must have been 4 or 5 Mordecai's tall, and it seemed to be powered by one of the tower crystals, with one glowing brilliantly in the centre of the robot's chest.

Seeing the tiefling, Mordecai suggested they could reason with it. chenris nodded and said he would hold back with the bow and shoot the crystal in the middle if Mordecai could convince them. Mordecai nodded, quickly climbed into the cave, and began to play their song about the revolution. Notably, the song mentioned the salve Kal quite a lot. Upon hearing them, she quickly snapped her metal body towards Mordecai before lunging at them. She began screaming, "Kal! They killed my Kal!"

Mordecai fived out of the way, screaming that their friend was safe but needed their help. They both realised this must have been one of Korrigan's childhood friends. The tiefling screams that Mordecai is lying. To convince her, Mordecai shouts, "You gave him a sword and he was going to kill the king with it!"

The robot seems to falter momentarily as tears run down the tiefling 's face. In the moment of pause before the machine's fists come thundering down, Mordecai sends them flying to heap on the ground. The machine flares again for a metal voice screams, "i will kill you, i will kill you" However, in the background, a more Human voice could be heard pleading for Mordecai to turn away. Mordecai quickly recovers and dives between the robot's legs and takes the chance to gather their soundings. On the other side of the room, they spot a wooden door that seems to be another entrance back into the palace. Mordecai decided their best chance was to get to the door and hope something on the other side could help them.

Back in the old food store, Chenris observed from above. He held off from shooting the crystal because it seemed for a moment that Mordecai would be able to reach the monster. As he watched, he began reading the magic in the area. "No.. it couldn't be," he said, as he realised that an antimagic field was coming from the robot itself. Deep within his body, Halfbie weled with compassion for the tiefling; however, chenris pushed that to the side and, with a clinical neutrality, he nooked an arrow on the bow and fired at the crystal, aiming to destroy it.

Unfortunately, at the last moment, the robot turned, and the arrow hit the crystal at an odd angle and only chipped it. The machine whipped around and grabbed onto the wall as it began to climb up the wall. Mordecai took this opportunity to run for the door. chenris tried to shoot nearby crystals but could not make them explode. It soon reached the opening and covered the hole with its hand, showering chenris in darkness. With the whole covered, the robot's other arm detached and crawled along the wall to case Mordecai.

Terrified that an arm was chasing them, Mordecai kept running. As they ran away, a metal voice rang out, screaming that she knew 'you' killed him and claiming that all salves were the same, the quiet voice pleaded for them to run away again. Mordecai reasoned, "He fell into the ocean, and then he got saved by some fey creatures, and then he went on an adventure, and then he met us. And then we travelled around for a bit, and then we came back because he found out that he had lost his memories, but he got them back. And then he really just wants to liberate you guys because he thought you were dead, he watched you die."

The machine blames them again before shackling the tiefling on top as they scream in pain and anger.

On the other hand, chenris studies it and finds it's been very crudely riveted together. He begins to use his tools to try to pry the metal apart. Eventually, he makes a crack large enough to pour water into it and circles the robot, causing the body to drop to the ground again. From where he was, he heard Mordecai scream in pain after a large boom as Mordecai was struck by the hand, knocking them unconscious. Hearing Mordecai's scream gives chenris just enough of an adrenaline rush to rip the rest of the metal off, exposing the arm. He found that it has its own core, which is how it can operate separately from the main body.

The core was a magical object swirled with ancient Dwarish ruins. Chenris intended to try to reprogram the core but found it would take too much time and magic to do so, two things he didn't have much of at the moment. Instead, he forced the hand to release its grip by powering down. He climbed to the floor and shot the bow at the crystal powering the machine, hitting it dead on. The crystal exploded and smashed the machine into the wall. Chenris began rushing to Mordecai to help them.

As he approached, he watched in horror as the robot's arm began to reach out and grab a crystal from the wall. He shot that one, exploding it. The arm knocked into the wall again, but didn't seem to care as it went for another crystal. chenris rushed towards the robot to try and disable the arm, but he could not figure something out before the robot was close to putting another crystal in the machine. With no time left, chenris grabbed an arrow and stabbed it into the crystal, destroying the robot and forcing him to take the full brunt of the blast.

Chenris was sent flying as his body hit the ground hard.

His vision began to blur as his ear rang. His arms were like jelly as he fought back against his body shutting down.

Suddenly, a man in ornate clothes and a decorated crown entered the room, cackling wildly. He ordered a guard to pick up the half-alive chenris. He looked at his machine, saying, "It's alright, my pet. You put up a good fight." he then turned to chenris "Well, you tried, and that's all we can hope for." And with a cruel laugh, he punched chenris unconscious.

Drache, Korrigan & Aiden' POV

Korrigan wondered if Mordecai and Halfbie would be okay. Drache reassured him that they would, and the water they were using was probably to help the revolution. Korrigan agreed and got back to his preparations.

After helping make the Molotov cocktails, Misty drew a detailed map of the slums, and Tish pointed out choke points they could use. Korrigan turned to Aiden, pointing at the wall where the bow and armour were, and asked him to sneak down to grab them. Aiden nodded, sneaked off, and quickly returned, having not been spotted.

While Aiden was out, Korrigan looked at Drache and said, "Okay, there will be some sort of repercussions. What I did was enough to buy everyone some time. We need to prepare for the worst. It'd be better if we were armed."

Drache agrees, "They're not just going to whip us and send us on our way"

"No, no, no. They're going to probably come and find who did it and kill them. So if that comes to it, like I said, I might die," stated with a sense of conviction and duty.

With a smile, Drache replies, "You're not dying yet; we haven't even started."

"We will find a little guard down here earlier, if you think that's a good idea. And we're going to ambush them. And we're going to get them," said Korrigan as he began to lay out his plan, "and then we rampage through the streets. I don't know. I'm making this up as I go, Dracker. But I'll be saying inspiring speeches the entire time.

"So you're planning on starting the revolution right now?" asked Drache, almost excitedly

"Yes," Korrigan stated, "I try to inspire everyone to stand up and fight back like I did before, but I don't want more people to die."

"I mean, let's be realistic. You're planning a revolution," Drache said with a worried sigh. "People are going to die."

Korrigan paused for a moment before simply stating, "I don't do realism. I am a fairy man with antlers. I am literally what children dream of in their nightmares."

They started reviewing the plans and confirmed they would do their best to pick off the garirds one by one, loot the armour and weapons, and use the mines as bastions. They could then push slowly, only taking on challenges when they were nearly confident they could win. Drache nodded in approval. He then asked if they would wait for Halfbie and Mordecai to return. He explained that they weren't even sure if the two were alive or dead. Korrigan nodded but explained there was nothing they could do about that now, and they just had to trust in their party.

Korrigan said their only other option was to use their bow to shoot the guards as soon as they walked in. Drache raised an eyebrow, stating, "Surely now is the time to start the revolution. If all options lead to us dying, why not go out with a fight?"

Korrigan looks at Tish and asks if he has any opinions on this. Tish, looking tired but determined, simply states, "I think it's a bit late for being passive. I think at this point we have to fight."

At that moment, Lull walked in, and with a huge grin, he said, "We have to fight, no doubt about it."

For the first time since entering the slums, korrigan usual mischievous grin infected his face. "If the old ways didn't work, we'll have to do it the fey way."

As he sat down with the people around him, he discussed his plans to set traps for the guards to either slow them down or kill them. He also grabbed the bow and began attaching some Molotov cocktails to arrows. He then passed a broken Bootle to Drache, "This is a shiv, he stabs"

With their preparations complete, Korrigan told Drache to stand behind him imposingly while he gave his speeches. Drache nodded, and once they both got to a populated square, he stood behind the man like a bouncer. Korrigan cleared his throat before bellowing out to the crowd, "PEOPLE OF LOST HAVEN." Even one, including some guards, turned to look at Korrigan.

(x:]]:He swallowed hard before continuing, "I fought in these battles before, and let me tell you now, THE KING IS KILLABLE. It does not matter how high he builds his towers or how thick hn Guards|is wa]]lls are. We will arise again, and we will kill him. Fear is a powerful motivator, which is why he keeps us here. I rose to the rebellion ten years ago. And he thought he killed me. Now I have returned." Korrigean then drew his bow, aiming at the guards, before shouting, "I am KA1 of Lost Haven, I am Kal Kal The Korrigan †, rald]] of Lorwyn, and they will all now know fear!!")

He then let loose his arrow, which was embedded in a guard. The guard didn't seem affected by this and got out his Javelin, but before he could throw it, all the salves around him jumped on him and scratched at him with their nails savagely. First, they went for his face and eyes before taking the Goliath down. He screamed in pain as he slowly died. They have opened up too many of the guards in the area.

Drache quickly loots the guards of the armour and weapons, brandishing a greataxe with a grin. Donning the armour, they both begin trudging through Lost Haven, inspiring more crowds. Suddenly, Korrigan, amongst the carnage of slave breaking and setting fires to everything, noticed he couldn't see Misty. Torn between wanting to protect her and the result, Korrigan begins looking for her, throwing Molotov cocktails seting guards on fire in the process.

Korrigan continues looking for her in the meantime. However, watching the guards go up in a blaze of fire, he grabs Drache's hand and says, "You are my brother in war. Let do this!!"

Drache nodded, brandishing his weapon, "In life as in death", before lobbing another Molotov at a group of guards.

They carried on through the slums, noticing that the surprise had worn off and the guards were starting to fight back and kill slaves. They wondered if one should stay behind and help armoured people up. Tish reassuringly puts a hand on Korrigan's shoulder before nominating himself to help the slaves organise. "Aiden and i have got it from here"

They both nodded and thanked him for stepping up. They headed on. Korrigan led them both to the hunter's quarters, still looking for Misty. He was about to throw a Molotov at the gates before a black figure jumped down off the wall and sliced the guard's throat with a small knife. The Misty looked up from her kills and gave the two a beaming smile.

Drache gave a hearty belly laugh before commenting, "What a fucking menace!! "Before Misty grabbed a key and unlocked the gate, they entered the hunter's quarters. They were greeted by members of the goblin mafia, whom they convinced to join their side by letting them have the gold after a successful revolt. They rushed off with crude weapons to kill the guard. Korrigan also get them to bring him a healer.

They bring a doctor over. He's a Human with slicked-back black hair, pale skin, and a pair of spectacles. After a short look, he tells Korrigan to stop whatever is causing his wounds, as it isn't good and rubs an ointment on the injuries. Korrigan explains he has an allergy to iron and had no plans to go back after this.

"Thank you. That's good information right there. I will stop wearing irons on purpose. Would you be able to go..." He grabs the doctor on the shoulder." Would you be able to go and help the slaves? The miners? Heal them when you can? Um... And we will take some hunters and travel to Luminara." The doctor agrees and goes into the slums with his medkit.

A few hunters stay behind, ready to help. Tish catches up, exclaiming that it's very bloody in the slums. Korrigan points to the doctor, saying that he will help where he can. Tish sarcastically replies, "I think it's gonna take a bit more than a doctor to reattach a head!" but thanks him none the less.

"I don't know. Maybe he's a witch doctor," Korrigan said coyly before getting serious again. "Sorry, I should not be joking."

"I think we need to take off the head of the snake." said Tish simply.
"Yeah, I mean, there's leather armour available and bows to us now. We could always redirect more of the slaves here. A tactical retreat."

"Yes, let's do that," said Korrigan, "Tish, do you know where we had some magical weapons taken from us. Do you know where they would be?"

"The only place I can assume is the palace," he replied, "and Anything magical gets kept there."

"It looks like we're going for the big boy, eh?" said Drache. Let's hope Mordecai and Halfbie haven't gotten to him first!! " before they laughed.

Walking towards the gate, Korrigan turns to Drache, "Okay, no holding back, Drache. I've seen the rage within you. Unleash it. You are a tempest wrapped in silk, my friend."

Drache blushes briefly, gripping his weapon. "I made you that promise, Corrigan. I told you I'd do whatever it takes."

Korrigan's eyes welled up for a moment, "You're a good friend"

You're a better one," stated Drache with a smile.

(x::They approached the gate to Luminara. A large group of guards stood in front of it, brandishing weapons with steeled determination.

They kept walking forward, ready to make their message clear: The king would die today.