Draft (Runelords)

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Episode no.	Episode 57
Date	2009
Game Master	Abbe
Characters	Dorothea Gloriana Honeypot Nell Velicia
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We all returned to Turtleback Ferry and was greeted like heroes. Velicia really liked that. I nodded to the mayor to let him know it worked out, but otherwise kept a low profile. Honeypot was a little troubled that everyone treated her like a hero and not like one of them. I returned to the inn and ate. I asked Kaven to get ready to get back to Fort Rannick the next day. If that keep will be my responsibility it will have to be repaired. At least cleaned up some so you can live there. Gloriana said she wanted to join me.

Early the next day the three of us left. The sky had cleared up and it got colder. I thought that I would have to order some winter clothes soon.

Gloriana went up to eagles. I stayed and cleaned up. Really disgusting.

Kaven set up the kitchen.

A few days later there were rumors of a ghost.

I went up the tunnel and talked to Gloriana.

It was a small pixie Gloriana said it was called Japp.

We better go back to Turtleback Ferry where the fey of our party was.

They talked with the little pixie and later translated that Whitewillow had become bad.

The Queen was back but dead.

We discussed how to get there and decided to use the ghost horses that Velicia can summon with her magic. Honey cast telepathy.

That way we could travel across the water directly to Shimmerglens. We rode fast over the water. It had gotten quite cold and I still wore my summer clothes. The shadow horse I rode gave no warmth either. It was just some dark spooky excuse for a horse. While looking at it I thought I could see the water we rode over through it. I decided that I was wrong and didn't look at the magical horse anymore.

We reached Shimmerglens and it was very spooky. There were dead trees everywhere, with cuts looking like wounds with dark sap dripping like blood. They seemed to be stretching dead branches with twigs looking like fingers, as if trying to grab us. I crouched down in the fake magical saddle. The trees also had large and very icky insects everywhere. I saw spiders bigger than any I've ever seen before watching us as we rode past. Japp were somewhere up front leading the way while I was last. We followed a trail that I could hardly see at all and I got a feeling that the branches closed behind us.

They stopped and said that there were ghosts ahead of us. I rode to the side and climbed a leaning tree trunk that were in the same height as the saddle. I hid there holding the reins in one hand and a dagger in the other. I heard strange ghostly music coming close and I thought that the branches closed in on me where I hid. I squeezed the reins as hard as I could. I heard someone up front hailing them. Then I saw them. It looked like ghosts of fauns and other fey creatures, dancing and playing as if they didn't know they were ghosts. Honeypot looked like she wanted to join them and her shadow stead was sucked into the dance and disappeared. I looked at the dark water below and thought of all the awful things that could be lurking down there. Quickly I sheathed the dagger and said to my shadow horse "Here, a shadow apple for my shadow horse." while pulling the reins as hard as I could to distract it from the passing fey entourage. When they had passed I noted that all but me and Velicia had lost their horses to the ghosts.

We continued on, but slower as it was harder for those who had to walk. On the other hand most of them are good at handling themselves out in the nature. I was very happy I didn't loose my shadow stead.

Someone up ahead told us there was a ship ahead. As we approached and we all could see it we all wondered how such a big ship could have ended up there. I had only seen such big ships in Magnimar harbour and even there they were unusual. We heard strange music coming from it. The others hurried abord but I rode up to the side of the ship and stood on the back of the horse to get a look, but I was reluctant to leave the horse as I didn't want to loose it too.