[HQ Ignorance] Scene 55: The Damned Dam Breakers!

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
> When the bulk of the undead forces had reached the
> middle of the plain, messengers were dispatched back
> to Icthya, Kalen and Baros, at the dam, proteced by a
> ring of some the best defensive warriors. Whilst
> Icthya attempted to convert the Water to Holy Water
> [Heal Water magical ability], greater success was
> achieved by allying with a powerful river spirit charm
> [Hero Points already paid for]. Upon this moment,
> Kalen used the special Mostal magic to explode the
> damned dam. Appealing to the gods of the dwarves, an
> exclaiming in joy (unusual for the normally dour
> dwarves) at the engineering marvel, a mighty torrent
> of water gushed forth, sweeping all before it.
>
> And sweep forth it did; hundreds upon hundreds of the
> undead were utterly unprepared the torrent, as were
> their vampire and wizard controllers. As their
> controller perished, the undead themselves became
> aimless. Some of the zombies remained stuck in the mud
> as the river remade itself over them. Skeletons, swept
> off their feet, found themselves buffeted and bashed
> against fallen trees and tumbling rocks. But more
> powerful of all, was the ancient river spirit which
> touched upon the remaining Power of these animated
> corpses and told them to rest, to sleep, to return to
> their natural state, to end their fight, to be - at
> peace.
>
> It is said that many of the Aldryami burst into
> sponatenous song at this moment, both mournful for the
> foliage which had nobly given their lives in this most
> momentual success and with victory that at least ten
> thoudand corpses were now truly at rest and their
> bodily forms would provide nutrients for generations
> of plant-life to come.
>
>   

Baros took out his pipes and played out a tune into which he poured his 
passion for live and love, keeping in time and tune with the more sedate 
song of the Aldryami.

At last he stopped and turned to the dwarf, saying little but with a 
deep almost theatrical bow  "Impressive, very impressive."

He turned to Icthya and said with careful understatement "My lady, I 
think you will have attracted the attention of the enemy. If you see to 
rallying the elf soldiers and skirmishers you should be able to harass 
Theoblanc's slow and clumsy forces and run some of them around the 
forest for much of the night and maybe into the day. I cannot sense 
where Aalmon is for the moment so I do not think is can do this. I will 
use our fellowship guardian to let Azhur know what has happened, in case 
he could not see the destroyed army floating down the river. If you 
agree I will inform him that we will lead the enemy in a dance but avoid 
fierce combat, so that the defence of the walls against whatever forces 
that do not come after us will be for him and his men. Then if I may I 
will take myself aside to try to find and aid my brother through the 
bonds that tie us together."

OOC: Lev, we can pick up with Aalmon whenever you think it dramatically 
appropriate.

Nic

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