Player Plot: Unwanted Houseguests

[lyriumcarved]

WHO: Fenris, Aleron, Bethany, Korrin, Inessa, Church, Saoirse, and Ellana
WHAT: Getting rid of some nasty visitors... and a little demony surprise twist on top of that! (OOC Post)
WHEN: Close to the end of Bloomingtide, we'll go with the 29th
WHERE: Fenris' mansion in Hightown
NOTES: This is slightly forward-dated to the end of the month. See directions below about groups and things! As for warnings, uhhh... bad interior decorating?

The manor stands in Hightown, Kirkwall's high class area where the nobles live. Fenris had intended to step in and reclaim it when he'd first arrived in Kirkwall, but there were... complications. Major complications. He's had to do quite a bit of sneaky surveillance to find out what was even going on. As he uncovered more over the course of the month, it only made him angrier. A magister had seen fit to move on in and take over while he'd been away. To make matters worse, he's brought along a bunch of slavers, and they've really started making themselves at home as they use the house as a base of operations.

Now that Fenris has all of the information, he's more sure than ever that this has to be dealt with. Immediately. It's more than he can handle alone, though.

So he asks around and finally gathers a group together to deal with it...

Group 1: Fenris, Aleron, Bethany, and Korrin

This group will be going in first! They'll make their way through the house and generally deal with taking down slavers. There's another subthread for the initial battle against the magister and his followers.

Group 2: Inessa, Church, Saoirse, and Ellana

After a rift erupts and Fenris makes a distress call over the crystals, these folks will be joining in. Now it's a matter of fiiighting all the demons, and making sure that rift gets sealed. (It's all on you, Church!)

Comments

[circleprodigy]

"Then we will!" Inessa only had time to set down an array of ice mines in front of herself before the demons snapped out of it and more appeared. She lures them towards her with a few blasts from her staff, only for the mines to be tripped and encase the nearest ones in ice. Garahel leaps at those who managed to escape that fate, keeping them focused on the large mabari and not the rifter with the shard.

[motherfucking_ghost]

The snap of power zaps his hand as surely as anything else, and he pulls back with a yelp. Better for him to pick up and move, ducking out of the way of a demon still shaking off the stun before slamming his sword into it. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of the chaos, but he sees where people are generally aiming to get their traps and distractions going and sets himself back up, rooting himself back to the floor for another mano y mano round with the rift. Just a little more.

[lyriumcarved]

Fenris focuses on the demons nearby, slashing, whirling and striking again and again. All the while, he's taking care to draw the demons away from the area of the rift... moving purposefully to draw their attention. He cries out to taunt them, using this ability to urge them further toward him. As his sword sinks into another, he sees it shudder and fade away. A terror demon takes that moment to attack, hitting him hard. Staggering, Fenris growls and hits it in return.

The rift is again affected by the shard's energy, pulsing as it hits. It's not fully closing yet... but it definitely wavers more as Fenris takes down another demon. Right... if they want this thing closed, they need these demons gone. "We must finish them all off! Hurry!" He uses his Second Wind ability to boost his fighting, regaining some much-needed stamina. Another demon is soon gone after that... he's just got one very angry rage demon to finish off now.

[circleprodigy]

Just after Fenris is struck, Inessa responds with a healing spell. She can't afford to have him drop while faced with such stakes, after all. Then she turns her attention to the demons rushing her and smirks as they become encased by ice. Stonefist shatters one, and the rest are bombarded with energy from her staff before they can respond. Ice flies everywhere, forcing Inessa to shield her face with her arm.

[motherfucking_ghost]

"Guys...guys, I don't want to alarm anyone, but if we could pick up the--"

He sinks heavily to a knee, weakness striking him as slow and draining as the rift is closing. "Oof. The pace. Pick up--" Church pulls his hand away from the rift again, only to put up his small glowing shield of energy. Ice particles thwack against it, bouncing or otherwise sliding to the floor. "Nice," he says about the shattered ice show with a tired, lopsided smile.

[lyriumcarved]

"Fasta vass," Fenris swears under his breath. All of this has gotten too out of hand too fast... He'd expected they'd be up against a lot of powerful magic and such, but a rift and demons? Really? Fenris is glad for Inessa's spell, though. Much as he'd hate to admit it, it was needed at the moment.

It gives him enough strength now to phase out, glowing, striking the rage demon with renewed energy. The demon shudders, but renews its attack for a moment, a huge burst of fire flaring out at the whole group. Fenris doesn't back down, despite the heat. He keeps on the demon, dealing a downward blow, feeling it finally collapsing under his attack.

He glances now to see if Inessa needs help. The sooner these demons are cleared, the sooner Church can close that rift.

[circleprodigy]

Inessa's barrier holds against the flame, fortunately, but the demons are putting up enough of a fight that Garahel and herself haven't finished them off by themselves. She encases one in ice, then fires at her staff. When Garahel pauses in his carnage to guard his mage, she'll down a lyrium potion to bolster her flagging strength.

"Draw them to me, Fenris!"

They'll end this, either with ice or a bunch of nasty hexes.

[lyriumcarved]

"On it!" Fenris follows that with a Taunt at the remaining demons, uttering a long string of further Tevene curses as he works to draw and keep their attention... before leading them on, toward Inessa.

He uses Bolster next, regaining some much-needed stamina as he attacks the demons from his side... they're effectively trapped between him and the mage now.