Journal of Rollo Lavius 2

Entry #258 - The Rescue Party

(G258 04/12/2015 via Roll20 - AP(GM), JF, Mira, Guru)

DAY 235 (2 Uktar)(November) cont ...

Dear Kitty,

Well, we've just about got back to where we had left the 'Statue Squad'. I'm pretty nervous about what we might find there when we go looking for them. Hopefully there will be enough of them all left to cast Break Enchantment on. It's a bit of luck Irritator turned up when he did.

Oh, I should get to that then, I tell you what, I'll do a little report on what has gone on so far just to keep you up to date.

Well, Kitty, as I said, I arrived at the Lost Refuge, or the Last Refuge, or Wisphaven or whatever we are calling it, to find the place was infested with about a hundred lizard folk and stunk to high heaven. The gate house, where the non lizard folk were wasn't much better as it contained a half orc and a gnome.

I was informed that Kithguard the prisoner that had been taken when we captured the place had died somehow. I think someone told me why, but I wasn't particularly interested. Just another dead bad guy.

So, it had been nine days since I'd seen the guys (DAY 226) and I caught up with Jiggles, Shump and Lavinia.

Lavinia was obviously distraught at her husband lazing around in another plane of existence and wanted to go sort it out straight away. But were we not enough to go in by ourselves so I talked to K the head of the lizard folk and arranged to have the word put out that the Vast Swamp was in danger of being destroyed and that those that wanted to help prevent that should come and see us.

DAY 236 (3 Uktar)(November)

So, the messengers were sent last night but I wouldn't expect anything to happen today anyway so I spent most of the day sleeping and recovering from my torments in the Plane of Shadow.

Lavinia seems to be unofficial 'Queen of the Lizard Folk' and is always ordering them about and getting this place into some kind of order. They don't seem to mind.

DAY 237 (4 Uktar)(November)

Today our first volunteer arrived, Irritator the Lizard Wizard. Well, in actual fact he's a kobold but the name seems to suit him. For a kobold he seems to be a decent enough sort of fellow and as I said he can cast Break Enchantment which is the perfect spell for sorting out lazy loafers who think they can get some time off just because they have been turned to stone. Is Silvanus finally smiling on us?

DAY 238 (5 Uktar)(November)

Yli Taruin Samarach the Xeth arrived today. Some sort of wizard or something. Seems a bit on the posh side so Lavinia took to him straight away.

Jiggles told the most disgusting joke I've ever heard. Yli blushed.

DAY 239 (6 Uktar)(November)

Cybil and Basil arrived today. A very odd couple indeed and for more than a moment we thought we were under attack again. Basil is a druid of the 'mud in the beard and bird's nest in the hair' variety that rides around on a giant serpent. Cybil, get this, is a medusa!

They carry on like some old married couple. They bicker all the time but I get the feeling they've known each other for decades. Cybil needs to be watched, I know what medusa are like, they are evil to the core. For some reason though she wants to help out and we sure need it.

Today Lavinia and myself agreed we had enough for a rescue party now and after a spot of lunch we set off back into the wretched Plane of Shadows via the portal.

The line up then was me, Lavinia, Shump, Basil, Cybil and Irritator.

Jiggles we left back at Wisphaven as a rear guard.

When we realised that we needed a boat we arranged for the lizard folk to make us three of them and we dragged them through and then down to the water. After that we made good progress, paddling away like we were all on some kind of holiday.

DAY 240 (7 Uktar)(November)

Travelling through the Plane of Shadows by boat is not my idea of fun, but we made good progress today and were not attacked by anything nasty.

DAY 241 (8 Uktar)(November)

Another day of uneventful travel. Everyone seems to be getting on ok. I mainly talk to Lavinia. Shump and Irritator keep to themselves. Basil talks to his snake mainly and sometimes Cybil comes and talk to us, but only so she can complain about Basil.

What sort of druid marries a medusa (assuming that's what the story is)? What is Rollo going to make of him? Maybe they'll be fine once they do a secret druid handshake or something, or maybe it will be hate at first sight.

DAY 242 (9 Uktar)(November)

Sometimes it can be pleasant coasting along by boat. Most of the time though its terrifying, watching the shadows move around just beyond the range of the lanterns.

Tonight at camp me and Lavinia talked to Cybil a bit more. I wouldn't say I'm warming to her exactly but I suppose you could say she is refreshingly honest. I mean, half the girls I was tutored with were total back stabbing bitches. At least with Cybil you can see the evil right in front of you. She even complimented me on my complexion this evening and I think she is envious of women with real hair.

When she said my skin looked lovely I was taken aback. On reflection though I suspect she was thinking about eating it.

It's just interesting to hear that she had all the same problems that me and Lavinia do (men mainly!) plus a few of her own. Don't worry, I've already made all the 'bad hair day' jokes, if looks could kill - phew!

In the right light (Plane of Shadows gloom is about right) Cybil is genuinely pretty. I doubt many people have had the chance to look them over as closely as me and Lavinia have, but she's unblemished and as healthy looking as anyone can be that lives in a swamp. She doesn't realise she's pretty either, which adds to her 'charm'.

What am I talking about though? I need to keep reminding myself that she turns people to stone and steals their belongings for a living. As soon as we're done saving the swamp she'll probably be right at our throats. Ah well, we'll see, if the worst comes to the worst I'll take her out.

Kitty, its been a while since you've seen me, but I'm totally bad ass these days!

DAY 243 (10 Uktar)(November)

Today we arrived at the Monastery again, the scene of all that fighting with the flappy things and the various monsters and bad guys. This is where Rollo turned into a rhino to batter down a door and Gurudor rode around on his horse.

The fighting between Basil and Cybil was really bad today. I was getting seriously fed up with their bickering and when they both decided to stop talking to each other it was a blessed relief.

We set up camp in the same rooms as last time and Basil went outside and slept with his snake.

When Yli and Cybil were on watch they saw some lights in the distance and woke us all up.

By the time I arrived on the scene the lights had been identified as wisps. I hate these things!

They attacked us, four in total. Cybil took one out with her petrifying gaze but was badly zapped in return. I ran up and healed her. Yli tried to talk to the wisps, they do understand common apparently, but they just kept coming regardless.

Once they got inside, zipping around everywhere, Irritator started dishing out the magic missiles which helped a lot. Outside Basil summoned a polar bear (he must have a thing against crocodiles!) and it went and mauled one of the wisps.

Cybil petrified another of them, it landed on the ground with a clunk, and Yli killed another.

The fourth and final one went invisible and legged it.

Well, that had been a good job all round, considering that one wisp had held us up for days not so long ago. I'm glad Basil and Cybil are on our side, that's for sure.

Anyway, Kitty, that's you all up to date now. Hopefully we'll get to where Rollo and the others are tomorrow and get them sorted out. After that I don't know, Rollo would normally take charge but with Lavinia here now things are bound to be different, much as I like my sister-in-law she's a right bossy boots.