4/4/2026
Session 10 - The Journey to Melanii
Looking at the town, bathed in blighted light, the party was filled with apprehension. One sliver of hope - torchlight seemed to burn within the central hold of the city. Though the trip there would be dangerous, if there were survivors, they needed help, and rescue. All but Cedris gathered on deck, took a rowboat, and may their way to the docks. They debated briefly landing on shore, but fear of blight was enough to make them head to stone and wood.
Scarcely had they disembarked, before they were spotted and set upon by several undead. The unsteadiness of the docks, and overwhelming stench of death rattled them, and it took some time to gain their footing. Worse still, the large lumbering Skeleton Bonecrusher wielded a giant femur like a club, swinging wildly and knocking party members back and nearly off the dock, In the end, Fate was on their side though, and eventually they prevailed, catching breath before setting out into the city.
Sneaking silently through the city, they moved past several hordes of undead, mostly undetected. A few minor mishaps, they were almost through when they came into contact with a large horde of weaker undead. Between Revon’s Chaos Magic, Embers fire, Faelyn’s Lightning, Irabin and Jerry’s guidance and Drafous’s leadership, short work was made, and no others seemed to appear from the shadows. Ahead, they spotted a large city park, with several empty stone paths leading through it.
Cutting through the park, they eventually reached a large fountain, with a large bull and several corpses. It took only a moment to realize the bull had also been turned to undead. It noticed the party, charging across the path and battering the party into the blighted soil just off the stone path. While they group did manage to make short work of the Bull and the two skeletons with him, they paused at the fountain for a rest and to clean the blight from their bodies before they contracted the skin-rot it carries.