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Chapter 1: Greenest in Flames
Topic Started: Feb 29 2016, 02:32 PM (482 Views)
DungeonMaster
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The road to Greenest has been light, but scenic, as you slowly make your way through the countryside of the Kingdom of Valeria, formerly known as the Burning Coast. You have each taken different paths to get to this point, but each path was as uneventful as the other. The lush plains of the coast don't allow for many hiding places for bandits or ambushes, and even so, adventurers such as yourselves don't typically have much difficulty with the random brigands and thieves that find themselves lurking in the shadows, waiting for unsuspecting prey.

Upon approaching the city, however, you immediately sense that something is wrong as the sun dips down towards the horizon. The normal sounds of summer suddenly draw quiet, instead replaced by screams and what sounds like the crackling of flames. You hear a cacophonous explosion, shaking the ground at your feet, even as far away from the town as you are, and your pace immediately quickens. As you crest the top of the hill that looks down into the valley where Greenest lies, you see a city in flames. From your distance, you can make out humanoid creatures frantically running around, causing chaos and attempting to strike down any villagers that come their way and, amongst all of the chaos down in the city streets, you hear an enormous "whoosh" as a blue dragon flaps its wings, soaring over your head and dipping down towards the town before letting off a blast of lightning that hits something, causing a massive explosion in the center of town.

Your pace quickens and each of you passes through the gates into the town at different times, all ending up in the town square at roughly the same time, each on different sides of the square, looking and surveying the damage done to the city.

Before you can react to anything, however, you notice three kobolds and what appears to be some sort of dragon-like creature anarchically destroying the town square. They are all too preoccupied with their current task to take notice of any of you. What would you like to do?

As far as who is who, Jareth is the top left token, Soliel is the top right and Oakenheel is the bottom left. Also, click on the spoiler to see an explanation of the map.

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Edited by DungeonMaster, Feb 29 2016, 02:36 PM.
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Jareth looks around at the carnage as he taps on the hilt of his sword with his thumb, a habit of his. He takes a deep breath and curses underneath his breath, another habit he's formed on the road. The bandit it in him wants to go into self preservation mode. But beneath that his bringing up to be a leader, his royal blood line he keeps hidden, knows this isn't right what his happening to these people. Finally he nods his head.

"You have my sword, at no price....this once. But I'm no savior and you'll do good to remember that. Now shall we get to it before we get more of these people killed?"
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Castellan nods in recognition as the group solemnly moved through the wasteland of bodies to the front of the keep. With a meaty, gauntlet-covered fist, Castellan pounds on the thick, wooden door.

"Oi! Look alive. I've got survivors!"

You can hear a commtion inside as the remaining soldiers snap to and the door slowly scrapes across the ground and opens up. As you walk through, you see that the soldiers are less soldiers and more militiamen wearing ill-fitting armor and looking tired and tagged. The door scrapes shut behind you with a ground-shaking "boom," and Castellan turns to you.

"Welcome to Greenest Keep."

End of Chapter One
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