Sunday, January 13, 2013

Chronology - Moradask, the city of the Sun

9th to 11th of Saris: The party circled the Pit of the Ghul and could not locate the city of the Sun from the air so they decide to land at sunset south of the pit, close to the Mountains of the Lizard's Tongue. They set up for the night and prepare a perimeter to defend the mighty ship and the crew.

12th of Saris:  Saladin, using a ritual only know to sha'irs, summons a janni to guide them to the desert centaurs. Instead,the Janni bring him to the tent of Ardrassir the Incomparable, Sheik of the Janni of the Genie's Anvil and follower of Efreet. They are invited into his tent which turns out to be a palace inside, and introduced. They discuss the task at hand, which is discovering the last pieces of the Peacock Throne for Efreet. The party hide well their mission to reimprison Efreet back into Genie Biter. He asks the party to surrender their weapons for them to be silvered since the cult of the Shorn, which have taken the city of Moradask, are vulnerable to it.

As the sun fell from the sky and Selan rises in the horizon, the party leave the tent of the janni camp and set out to meet up with Tebessa al-Khawati, leader of the desert centaurs. An hour of walk into the desert, they are ambushed by a party from the Shorn, inverstigating the flying machine that flew days earlier. After the leader turns into a rat/human hybrid, the Shorn attack our heroes. After defeating the renegade cult members, they gather their horses and set out only to be intercepted by Tebessa. After explaining their ploy to the heroes, they agree to destroy the wards that prevent the proud horsepeople from entering the ruined city.

After sneeking into the city, lighted only by Selan the moon. They head for the southernmost tower, they lure the guards outside and dispatch them before they can signal an attack. Farooq destroys the first ward. Ashira spots the other two towers from the top of the first, noticing the one to the north had lights on and the north-east one was completely dark. The group decided to attack the north tower next, showing signs of life. After encountering an unlocked door, The party turns to Ashira's Hand of Fate Ritual to guide them through the second tower, which was guarded on the thrid floor by Battle Wights. After a draining fight, our heroes are close to shaterring the second ward...

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