What does our good friend Skaal look like? How big is he? Seems smaller than expected. How big is the lance? What about that exceptionally thick carapace we've heard so much about?
He's a good 8 feet tall, and looks exceptionally muscled under thick chitinous plates. His eyes, all three sets of them, glow like hot coals, and his jaw is replaced with huge bisected mandibles. His sword seems to be made of some dark metal substance, and rings of fire spiral up the blade. The lance still embedded in davora is made of the same metal, but instead of fire, the thing spiralling the length of the lance looks almost like dark blood, which pulses as if the weapon itself has a heartbeat.
What does the Deadman, the Lich King look like? Can Ethnon see?
He's a little too far away to see clearly, but he definitely looks accurate to most descriptions of the Lich King. One glowing ruby eye set in his skull with no face, and a hand made of swirling dark magic. The dragon he is riding looks just about as fearsome as he does. Blue embers drip from its tattered mouth, occasionally illuminating its two rows of sharp teeth. It seems to be missing one eye, but the other is ruby red, suggesting the control of the Lich King. Its face and body are scarred and missing chucks of flesh, sometimes exposing thick, sinewy muscle and bone.
On an unrelated note, are we currently in a street? Any specifics on environment?
You are currently on a large and sturdy stone bridge over the channel that runs through the city. It's wide enough that the seven of you, including Davora, could stand shoulder to shoulder along the width and still have room for two more.
Maruko and Kyle both attempt to vault up and over the lifeless corpse of the horse on top of Skaal, but the demon is quicker and stronger. He sends horse and heroes flying as he screeches in defiance, while Duncan takes this as a chance to scorch his face with flame.
Everything seems to slow down. In the sky, the dragon once again fills the air with flame, and the barrier once again explodes outwards, sending dragon and rider flying out of view. This time, however, a giant ball of flame strikes the top of the spire as the barrier disappears, and the resulting explosion is blinding and violent. It knocks everyone, including Skaal, off their feet, and suddenly the sky begins to blur. The blue flame and smoke is sucked into the glowing runes placed around the city, and you feel an enormous wrenching sensation, as if the sky itself is sucking you into it, and eventually you fall unconscious.
When you wake, it's raining. Skaal and the dragon are nowhere to be seen, and the sky is unfamiliar. You feel incredibly sick, and some of you vomit. You hear laughter in the distance and turn to see Lady Arweth joyously running up to you.
"It worked! Haha! It really worked! I didn't even expect it to work, but it did! I can't bel- Oh, shite..." She immediately looks distraught as she sees Davora laying on the ground, breathing raggedly in a pool of blood, and still unconscious.
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Topic: 13th Age: End of an Era - Chapter 1: The High Druid (Read 19709 times)