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Dramatis Personae
Player Characters
- Taiyo – a forest nymph bard, who was implored by the voice of the forest to seek a replacement sun and save the world, and thus joined this mission
- Wilkins – former raven familiar to a now-dead master; an illusionist and informant to Princess Claire
- "The Druid" – A female human druid with no name
- Lieutenant Paragon Douglas – a human fighter, officer in the royal navy, and professional investigator
- Rosemary – A female human ranger
Non-Player Characters
- Commander Kand Hozla – A grizzled veteran of the TLDF (Trinellonde’s Lantern Defense Force). A middle-aged male damyana, athletic build, weathered face, and with an enchanted prosthetic arm. Openly critical of Governor Pevinai. Short-tempered. Annoying nasal voice.
- Draigas Vong – A very tall, elderly damyana male with long hair and unkempt wizardly robes. Has long studied the nature of Sols, but has made very little progress and as such has begun to despair.
- Lord Gonren Nostrod – Young male zorakith and Lord Berdek's nephew. A talented telepath and died-in-the-wool cynic. Haughty and amoral.
Summary
The heroes set out from Casarbon with the zorakith telepath, Lord Gonren Nastrod and his retinue in tow. They set course for Trinellonde’s Lantern, hoping to learn more about the Sols and how to deal with them. They found Trinellonde's Lantern to be a sprawling magical city built on the inner surface of a hollowed-out metallic asteroid, with a caged Sol in the center.
When they arrived, they quickly learned that the city was under lockdown from bombings. Terrorists planted bombs throughout the city, and demanded the surrender of “the Sword of St. Trinellonde,” or else they would detonate more.
At the same time, long unused maintenance hatches within the city had opened for the first time in centuries. Inside were dark tunnels filled with hostile metallic constructs.
Commander Kand Hozla, a grizzled veteran of the local defense force, confided in them that they were at an impasse, as they didn't actually know where the Sword was. In response to their inquiries, he connected them with a local wizard, Draigas Vong, who is an expert in Sols and the works of St. Trinellonde himself. Vong urged the heroes to escort him into the tunnels, believing that this might lead to the hidden workshop of St. Trinellonde, and must be connected to the bombings.
The heroes ventured to the tunnel opening, only to find it heavily guarded. Taiyo used her jellybird companion Shroom to distract the guards while they ran inside, only for Lieutenant Paragon to be spotted. When attempts to talk his way out of it failed, the lieutenant knocked one of the guards unconscious and ran for it.
They ran into the dungeon with the guards hot on their heels. Draigas Vong cast a spell on the door, magically locking it behind them.
Interesting things found in the dungeon so far:
- A trio of blade-wielding constructs who attacked them immediately
- A turret lens (looted from one of the constructs) that allows one to see in infra-red
- A room dedicated to Trinellonde’s “Orchemical Combinator,” an intricate mechanism for performing orcery more safely and more efficiently.
- An impossibly vast, dark room with mirrored panels on the walls. Probably some kind of spatial anomaly.
- A steel construct shaped like a hulking gorilla with two giant shields, which tried to prevent them going down a certain hallway.
TL;DR
The players arrived at Trinellonde's Lantern and found that it was being threatened by terrorists, demanding they surrender the Sword of St. Trinellonde. They teamed up with a local wizard, Draigas Vong, and entered a newly discovered hidden maintenance tunnel beneath the city, which Vong believed to be connected to the bombings.
Concluding Thoughts
And so it begins. This ended up being a pretty good dungeon crawl, albeit one which took three sessions.
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