The Twenty-Seventh Session

Taking a step back to before the group left Ashaenford, Yief learned of the good status of his bar, and that Nul and Fish had started living there. They caught wind of the Midfall troops getting sent north and decided to come join the resistance. They then met with all the commanders that would be joining them in the seige of Myth Drannor: Amante Gaani, Kronlim Kragbrand, Tasara Rellaren, Lorilla Nyx Odana Vas-Kama o’ Errikan Sparkflyer (who goes by just Lorilla or Sparkflyer), Fared, and Daruvar Nerinelis. They would also be joined by the Guardians of Gaelus, a cleric troupe led by Samblar Reigana, and the Shining Lions, a paladin troupe led by Sarra Lionheart. Lorilla showed some interest in Shag upon their introduction.

Arriving at the campsites set up by the wood elves they had rendezvoused with, they began to fall into position. Shag and Halrek went to the west of the city, while the armies following Aoth and Yief went toward the east and stayed just southeast of the fortress, under the cover of the mage units' illusions. They saw that a strip of forest had been burned down for nearly a mile leading up to the base of the hill, with ash still falling like a light snow, mixed in with the general fog of the area. Once everyone was in position, the wood elves lit the distraction fires and fled, prompting the Ebony Legion to begin to amass their troops to send them out to what appeared to them as an imminent threat. This gave Shag and Halrek time to blink into the city and begin distributing the scrolls of raising undead among the piles of corpses in the city. The Ebony soldiers realized there was no one at the campsites, and turned back toward Myth Drannor, but 2 units came in contact with the illusion barrier and saw through it, prompting the resistance to begin fighting. Shortly after the clashes began, Shag told Aoth that the scrolls were set, and Aoth used Thaumaturgy to sing "This is Halloween," raising 432 zombies from the corpses in the city. The armies continued to clash, with both sides quickly taking light casualties. Rayeth began flying overhead to blast the Legion from above. Shag and Halrek reunited just in time to see a Balrog emerging from one of the war encampments within the city, which began to charge toward the battlefield. The Balrog immediately killed some of Yief's soldiers, but thanks to a fast reaction time from Yief and Aoth's commands, one of the mage units and the archery unit were able to bring the balrog to a knee.

Meanwhile, Shag and Halrek blinked up one of the giant trees to a point where they could blink to one of the floating islands orbiting the central stronghold. After an impressive sprint and jump off the island, they fell at an angle and picked up speed, until they were within distance to blink to the fortress. After searching, they found a cracked window and blinked through, sneaking along a ledge in a large room with unsuspecting soldiers underneath them. They found access to a ventilation tunnel, and made their way through until they found the war room. Standing in it were an Ebony Warlock, a Berserker, and a man in very intricate armor that seemed to give off a slight smoke. Halrek recognized the armor, and realized that General Zekiev Ibixus was the one who had led the attack on his tribe, and given Halrek his burns.