Elpis (Claire)
Elpis doesn’t keep a diary, but if she did it might read a bit like this..
So I guess it turns out all those rumours are true and I am gods-damned cursed…
A manticore tried to snack on me on my way to the Oracle – a freaking manticore!?! Before I could deal with it this have-a-go-hero charged up and spooked it away. I managed to get a little hit in – I am NO-ONE’S snack!!
The hero guy turned out to be some fighter called Leander – I have an awful feeling that it’s -that- Leander, the failed thief and family betrayer. He definitely fits the description.. Trailing up along the path behind him was the rest of the party I’d been cutting through the woods to avoid contact with.
Kyrah – a bard who is far too chirpy and ‘helpful’ and seems convinced that my fate is to join and travel with this party… uh right!
Aster – a nymph but not just any nymph, no he’s the freaking god-spawned star nymph! The carnal seducer. Honestly, the latter part’s better than the first as long as he does it far from me.
Seranfar – I thought he was human but he boasts of a draconic magic.. he seems a coward but I’m unsure, didn’t he become captain by stabbing his superior in the back?
As we were all heading to the same place it made sense to walk on to the Oracle together. But it didn’t feel right, there were mephits in the geysers and blue-cloaked soldiers in the temple who made a beeline for Leander (guess I better keep away from him - I don’t need tarnishing with that brush!) But I needed to see the Oracle and there was no way I could get through this many on my own.. I summoned a tentacle from the Deep and I gotta say it was incredibly satisfying seeing it in action. All soldiers but one were slain, many were deceived by Seranfar surrendering then attacking when they least expected it. Aster took the last as a hostage, seemed a rather pointless if noble thing to do.
Inside the temple there were Sydonites threatening Sydonites, I don’t know why the party made a huge deal out of it.. none of us were here for those godbotherers. Anyway it turned out the Oracle was facing off with a witch below which spooked Leander who shouted out “Pumpkin!” (what the hells?!) and ran off to find a key. Which was trapped, of course, leading the whole group to be attacked by the bloody fanatics. Including me. Big mistake on their part, they won’t be bothering anyone or any god again.
At some point in the fighting Artemis the centaur joined us, I figure she was with the group earlier. She can pack a punch and parties with the best of them from what I’ve seen.
Then the bard Kyrah says that we’re destined to be the team that save the world – I should’ve turned around and walked away..but I needed to see the Oracle. I needed to know.
Fighting our way past a fake door that became a monster and a too-friendly carpet we finally found the Oracle.. being held in place by water and a hag slaughtering her lackey.. how in the hells did a simple trip to the Oracle become so cursed?!
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Achievement XP (total)
In the Hills
Manticore scared off - 350
Temple of the Oracle
4 steam mephits - exploded - 50x4 = 200
8 Order of Sydon soldiers - 5 killed, 3 flee (inc Dalpo the Captive) - 100x8=800
Braeca, Sydon cult fanatic - dragged down to the Nether Sea - 450
4 Flying Swords - 50x4=200
Mimic Door - 450
Rug of Smothering - 450
Total: 2900/5 = 580 each.
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