Player Plot: Horrible Shards + Where to Find Them

[rowancrowned]

WHO: Thranduil, Cassandra Pentaghast, Samouel Gareth, Ellana Ashara, Tyrion Lannister, Benevenuta Thevenet, Alan Fane, Inessa Serra, and Velanna.
WHAT: Soylent Green is Made of People, Thedas Edition.
WHEN: Forwarded-dated to the end of whatever fantasy December/early January is.
WHERE: Hinterlands, Forbidden Oasis, Temple of Pride
NOTES: Plot Sign-Up. Shrugs hopelessly at title change.

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[el_tybs]

Important or deadly, but that isn't a point he's about to make in the middle of a fight. Instead, Sam is focused on getting to his feet and casting a barrier over Tyrion since they were sure to notice him now, now that he stabbed someone and was running off with a large sack.

There were still plenty of traps left over and because of that Sam does not move forward, keeping his sword deactivated at the moment and simply using it as a focus. Instead of interfering in close combat the mage instead throws down a paralysis glyph under the Venatori, which activates immediately when one of the men moves his foot even slightly.

[serannas]

"No! No!" the mage yells, quickly losing control of this encounter. He casts a wall of fire in front of Tyrion to hopefully burn him to death, but there's enough of a gap that he can stop himself if he's quick. The two other Venatori aren't faring well. They defrost at the same time and try to run, which only results in them being unable to move.

Ellana leaps up from her crouched position, surveys the situation, and focuses on the mage with Immolate. The flames surround him and with a scream he pulls off his satchel and throws it into the snow. Interesting. It seems as important to the Venatori as the sack. Then the mage follows, throwing himself in the snow to try and snuff out the flames. Unfortunately, the spell's flames burn so hot, fast, and long that they aren't going out no matter how much he rolls.

The stuck Venatori finally come out from under the glyph's effects and both men panic, trying to retreat. One steps on another trap and is engulfed in fire yet again. The other manages to fall back and assess the situation with drawn sword. He looks between the small man with their sack and the two mages before he runs after Tyrion, sword raised and yelling.

[tallasaking]

Tyrion did manage to stop just before the flames nearly took off his nose -- or rather the very tip of it. He skidded and held himself very still. Until he saw the drawn sword and the man coming towards him.

Well clearly, there was only one thing to do. He took a moment to breath out, hold the bag nice and low, with the handle. Then he shifted far enough to the left and thrust out his bag to trip the rather ridiculous man who was yelling at him with a damned sword like he was some sort of maniac.

Hopefully, directly into the fire itself.

[el_tybs]

Even if Ellana and him have the Venatori locked down pretty well, they are still cut off from Tyrion because of the traps, and with that flame wall it certainly gave the rifter considerably less space to move around. Finishing up with one spell, Sam immediately focuses his attention on it, casting Dispel on the area to snuff out the enemies magic.

Granted this means the man who Tyrion had tripped is saved from getting burned, but he isn't out of danger just yet. Another Glyph of Paralysis appears under him and the man once more finds himself unable to move.

[serannas]

Two Venatori are on fire, screaming and trying desperately to put out the flames. The mage succumbs to it first, since Immolate burns faster, and he lies unmoving on the ground, an outline of grass around him from where the snow melted. The second Venatori just can't deal with the fire from the traps a second time, though his death is slower as he tries crawling towards the satchel the mage dropped. But his breath is labored, his skin is peeling, and his legs are useless. He dies with an arm outstretched towards the bag.

The third is pitched forward when Tyrion trips him, his body in an odd position of being nearly horizontal and frozen in place by the paralysis spell. Ellana blows out a breath of relief when she sees the wall of flames disappear, because now they're not cut off from Tyrion, and fires an Elemental Barrage at the Venatori, the glyph of electricity appearing before her as she does so. The lightning courses through his body, blowing off his boots and leaving his feet smoking.

"That should do it," she says, eyes flickering to the fort's main gate to see if any more are coming. But all is silent again in the Hinterlands.

"Why don't you see what's in that bag, Tyrion? I'll grab the satchel the mage carried." And she gives the traps a wide berth as she heads over. Inside, Tyrion will find a pile of shards, resembling stone tablets with a slight blue glow to them.

[tallasaking]

Tyrion exhaled with relief when the last of them were dead, making a faint noise of interest at how Ellana had completely fried the other fellow. At her instruction, he nodded, "Let's see what was so important that they ran like cowards and died worse ... what in the name of the seven?"

He plucked out one of the glowing shards, tilting it this way and that, "Oh, lovely. They're ... rather creepy looking tablets with skulls on them."

[el_tybs]

Sam likewise gives a wide berth of the traps once it appears that all the enemies are dead and no more are coming, interested to see what they had acquired. Judging by how desperately they were trying to escape and keep the bags safe, they were perhaps clues to what the Venatori were doing here.

He can certainly agree that there is a bit of creepiness to the shards, only coming close enough to look at them. "And what do you have in your bag, Ellana?"

[serannas]

Ellana gets on her haunches besides the satchel, though she does spare a look over her shoulder at the strange tablets. She'll have to take a closer look later. But Sam's question has her dragging the wet, cold satchel closer and flipping open the flap. Thankfully the papers inside are still dry, and she thumbs through them quickly before standing and bringing them over with the bag.

"Notes on the shards. Research, tests... it's a lot to go through. We should head inside and see what the others have found. I'm guessing if there are any Ventatori still alive, they're being questioned right now."