The action began with a night op by Zymaan and Grim who decided to circle the outside perimeter of Bale Keep together at night to read the runes inscribed there by Alandra de Winter twenty-one years ago. Zymaan was in the zone, both in terms of moving stealthily and interpreting the complicated runes. Grim faced …
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Ash knows that as a half-elf, Ryparin has darkvision, but his training accounts for that. So Ash does not rely on the cover of darkness for his stealth. He relies on cover. He stands thin behind a tree; he crouches behind a barrel; he lies behind a log. And he moves continually to frustrate Ryparin’s …
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Ash turns the corner and is alarmed by what he encounters. Ryparin has gone mad. Or rather, some demonic creature has seized control of him. His eyes glow red and his veins bulge as though his blood is coagulating within him. Something terrible has happened. Ash immediately takes a defensive combat stance. Ryparin turns and …
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Recalling that Zymaan has the mystical ability to read all written languages, Grim shows Zymaan the sigils along the base of the exterior walls of the keep. They have to open the gates and sneak outside to see them, but the enemy camps are at least one hundred yards away so they take the risk …
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