Month: November 2016

Nine. There were nine of them and that perhaps is where the trouble started. The vampires took control of half of the mystical isle. The other inhabitants, both old and new, maintained a shaky hold on the other half. There were intense negotiations regarding the Rules of Warfare and in the heat of the battle, the honorable warriors followed them all.

Then the vampires called for a council, and all nine attended. Before they could begin negotiations, the bloodshed started. It was a slaughter. All the vampires were destroyed within minutes. “We tore right through them,” a weary victor said, “It was kind of scary.”

Ace showed the Red Knight a very nice seat made by elves in a tree. All looked peaceful, but it was deceiving for the defeat of the vampires was not the end of the danger, for the vampires had allies. Allies who mounted an attack against the island’s defenders. Again there were nine. Again the defenders defeated their foes.

But those foes had allies of their own and again the defenders faced danger in battle. Each side had a champion with a dauntingly large sword. The champions began to duel. The ferocity of their attacks was terrifying, but the battle lasted less a minute and then both champions lay dead. Soon all the warriors on both sides were utterly destroyed. Of the nine, not one remained standing on the battlefield.

All sense of cohesion, of group loyalty, of friendship evaporated. It was of a war of all against all. Everyone was attacking everyone, even themselves. A brave warrior shot himself with his own weapon and then lay dead upon the field. His friends wailed and mourned but battled on.

Soon all was lost, all was hopeless, there was no remaining option but to go home and tend to one’s own wounds.

Ace and his two companions awoke to discover that they had crashed landed onto a mystical island. They quickly discovered that their ship was destroyed, and they were stranded. They also discovered that the island’s inhabitants, the Multitude, were trying to protect a tree that guarded a treasure. Of course, they decided to obtain the treasure for themselves. They attacked and soon drove back the tree’s guardians but then discovered that the treasure within was useless to anyone but the Multitude. They were horrified to also realize they had seriously damaged the Guardian Tree, but Ace had a potion that he used to repair the damage.

Soon they found themselves engaged in a massive battle to determine who would rule the island. Ace and his compatriot soon claimed control, but before they could settle in to their new roles as rulers, they were attacked and defeated. The new ruler took control of the island and called herself the Queen of Hearts. She ordered her minions to execute everyone who had opposed her.

The executed rebels soon reanimated as zombies, but they were quickly defeated. After that, all the rebels who had not yet been executed escaped from jail and were chased by some knights.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the Mothers of the Realm and the brave adventures found themselves torn asunder and transported away from the mystical isle and forced to study under the tutelage of the Great Mothers.

It was a sunny day in the village outside the Fields of Fatality. The dragon-phoenix-human cross Ace was enjoying a meal with his good friend the Shapeshifter when they were approached by the proprietor Mincarnom offering to sell dragon treats and magic potions.

Mincarnom reported that he had overheard from Mr. Normal that Balrog the Demon was possessing people to add to his demon army, but Mincarnom had a cure that only a shapeshifter could wield. Also, the cure was a bit nasty, as you first had to kill the possessed person and then reanimate them, demon-free, using the magic potion.

Staff Sergeant Aiden, always interested in a battle opportunity, walked over with the Paladin to see if their services would be needed. Of course, they were.

The group of adventures recruited Mr. Normal for his extensive information on demonic activity in the area and set out towards the Soaring Summit. They had not gone far before they were joined by Lydia the Dark Elf and master of the art of being dragon borne and  Janis the explorer archeologist. They were followed by Lam the documentarian.

Unfortunately, distracted by his filmmaking, Lam was quickly possessed by the demon. Every weapon had the reverse effect on him. He drank his own poison, and it healed him. Fortunately, the demon grew annoyed and perhaps bored by the relentless attempts to drive him forth and de-possessed Lam in order find a more reliable host. Lam then immediately collapsed from the poison. Thankfully he was healed by Mincarnom who reversed the polarity on his weapon and set it to poison gas and shot him with it.

Ace and Staff Sergeant Aiden decided to patrol the village perimeter to ensure it was secure. They set out to do so, but were soon missed by the Shapeshifter and Paladin, who set out in search of them. When the four of them returned, the discovered that Mincarnom had found a space ship and was going to lead an expedition to find valuable resources on alien worlds.

They arrived on an alien world and headed down a path to try to find some resources worth selling. They were disappointed, so they returned to their ship and headed back to Central Terra.

When they returned, they learned that the Confederacy of Dragons was attacking the village. The Confederacy meets once a year and all dragon rivalries are set aside so that the dragons may band together against their common foes, which turned out to be the merry band of adventures, for no particular reason but that they were not pure-blood dragons. A double-headed dragon with a remarkably long spiky and poisonous tongue descended upon them, nearly wiping out the entire band. Staff Sergeant Aiden was able to cut off the dangerous tongue but he died moments later. The dragons then left believing that all were defeated.

Then Ace regenerated and grabbed the healing potions and revived most everyone else. Lam and Staff Sergeant Aiden remained dead or so it seemed. Sadly, it turns out they were actually petrified zombies, and the entire band was zombified while trying to revive them.

The group of zombie shuffled off to find brains.