Session+98

**1-21-2017** **Session 98** **Battle for a Post in Corellion's Realm**

Dulcet, Sonaris, and about a dozen priests of Corellion and Rillifane were able to open a gate to Arvandor. A large procession was set up at the temple of Hanalil, elven children dropping flower petals along the steps in front of the chosen heroes as they made their way to the gate.

Dulcet addressed the crowd, "This is a momentous day. Normally most of our people wait until their time has come before making their journey to Corellion's realm... but Corellion himself has sent us a vision that we send him our prince and his companions to his realm to aid in the war in heaven against Ghandahaur."

Eltrue and Attalicus stood on either side of Hirotsu as she stepped forward, "Ever since my son was a young lad..." She continued into a story of many exploits of Erevin's youth and how she knew he was destined for greatness. The crowd was entranced with the words of the charismatic paladin, and hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at the young elven prince. Erevin nodded to the crowd, his companions beside him, "What we do... We do for the People." As everyone cheered and applauded around them, Dulcet directed the companions into the waters of Hanalil.

Yenshul slipped through a wall of people, to quickly pin a ribbon on Thorn's shirt, "Good luck!" She leaned in closer to him, "Last night was mythic." Thorn embraced her, glancing over at Kale with a sly wink before placing a big kiss on Yenshul's lips. The crowd once again cheering and applauding around them.

The Hanalil water was warm and steaming as all of the companions stood in the pool as the elven priests and priestesses spoke in prayer about a safe trip to Arvandor. They could feel themselves lift up, ascending toward a bright golden light... landing into water with the slightest displacement.

They were in the most beautiful forest any of them could imagine, standing in a clear blue pond with shiny rocks and sparkling rainbow trout swimming around their feet. Tall verdant trees stood perfect against the bright sun. The air was pure and perfect. To their right, a magnificent tall white tower stood next to a group of elves. An elven woman with long red hair was addressing several uniformed armored elves before her, "Even though we are outnumbered, we shall fight to the last elf in defense of Corellion's realm! Though it may cost our immortal souls, we do this for the love of Corellion!" They answered her with a resounding, "For Corellion!"

Looking back toward the woods, a line of orcs stood with goblins leaping around in front of them. An enormous platform of tentacles stood above the tree line with orcs around it and two massive giants standing guard. The leathery heads of two dragons could be seen occasionally leaning in and out of the leaves. Among them was also an ettin, a mythic troll, and chimeras! There was a tentacled black mask on all of their faces.

The group swiftly joined the elven group, and Wren wove a heroic invocation over all of them readying them for battle. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The elven woman leading the soldiers turned toward the newly arrived group as she felt the powerful magic wash over them, "I don't know who you are, but Corellion himself must have sent you!" She pointed into the distance, "One of our number is in her tree. Our druidess is defending her home. The attack came so fast..."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Erevin moved forward, sending two flaming arrows into the approaching troll. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Ursus and Melleron moved off to the side ready to defend Mali from the approaching chimeras as the little druidess began summoning. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Posy sent out her ring of raging ghostly barbarians in the center of the line of enemies before them, encircling and shredding several orcs! Unheading the threat, the orcs charged through it anyway, taking several gashes as they went. Wren wove a warding hex over Thorn who was still standing beside her as Kale moved out with Erevin, ready to defend her from the approaching force.

Three chimeras glided through the woods toward the companions. One with a blue dragon head blew a cone of electricity over Wren and Mali, burning their skin with jagged black marks! One with a red dragon head partially caught Ursus and Melleron in it's fire breath, but an invisible Thorn managed to get out of the way. The third with a green dragon head blew a spray of acid toward Erevin and Kale, but the elven prince dodged out of the way while Kale warded away most of it with his shield.

Erevin brought up his bow, firing a barrage of arrows into a large green dragon who seemed to teleport through the trees in behind the chimeras, but it seemed to be protected from a magical shield that deflected some of them. Two managed to pass through to pierce between it's green scales! Surprised, the dragon roared loudly, whipping it's head toward the elven prince. 4 huge bulettes surfaced through the earth, answering Maliumpkin's call to divide into pairs and devoured two of the chimeras! Melleron turned around and used his claws and teeth to maul the third chimera to death! In an awe inspiring display, Mali wove storm in the sky that hailed down fiery meteors that obliterated all of the goblins and some of the orcs already injured!

With the front line of goblins gone, Posy and Uther turned to charge the second dragon who magically stepped through the trees from the other side. Wielding her hearth hammer, she smashed into the great dragon as Uther followed her in slashing with his sunblade. Wren pulled a dispell from Cirdan on one dragon, and wove a second dispell over the other dragon to pull both of the shield spells that were protecting them. With the area around him nearly clear, Thorn advanced swiftly along the ground staying invisible as he moved deeper into the enemy's side.

The full force of orcs advanced forward, passing right by the invisible Thorn. The first green dragon blew a full cone of acid over the mainstay of the companions, eating away at the flesh of the landsharks and splashing over Wren and Mali. Erevin dodged out of the way of the acid only to be slashed by an armored orc swinging his great axe! The second dragon all out attacked the tiny barbarian gnome in front of him... biting, clawing, beating her with his wings, and slapping her with his great tail! Another big armored orc smashed into Kale, while the main force crashed into the group of elven soldiers who met them with their sharpened blades. Three air elementals answered the call of the orc mage from the platform, spiraling above Maliumpkin!

Erevin stepped back and sent a barrage of arrows into the burly armored orc attacking him, dropping its corpse to the ground! Two of the landsharks, slightly confused by the breath of the dragon, quickly devoured the armored orc fighting with Kale! A third landshark attacked one of the other bulettes, gashing through it's hide to send it back to the plane it came from. The fourth bulette managed one bite into the big dragon's scales! Mali began weaving her druidic magic.

Posy began self healing with her renewed vigor, and slammed her hammer into the second dragon again as Uther turned around to blow a cone of acid over the goblins and orcs gathering behind them! All of goblins melted into fleshy goo! Wren pulled an empowered bolt of lightning from Cirdan to strike at the first green dragon and then a full storm of bolts poured from her hands to spark through the mythic troll into several of the orcs! Most of the green skinned warriors fell with only the heavily armored ones remaining. Thorn continued his invisible run across the field to the large druid tree.

The air elementals attacked Mali with precise directed rage, tearing and pummeling her halfling body again and again until she fell unconscious to the ground! The first dragon bit and clawed into the enormous lion in front of him and beat him with his leathery wings! The second dragon tore into Posy with it's claws and slammed it's great tail into her raging gnome body! The elven guard captain fought hard against the mythic troll's amazing regeneration, but he couldn't seem to touch her as she dodged back and forth. The remaining orcs and elven guards went head to head with axes and blades clanging against metal armor and a mix of green and red blood sprayed onto the earth around them.

Shri sent out a wave of moonlit energy to heal some of the wounds of her companions, bringing Mali back to conscious. Erevin sent a barrage of flaming arrows into the huge troll, the elven guard captain waving her thanks through a hole in the troll's chest as it fell to the ground in a burning heap! The remaining 3 landsharks circled around the first green dragon, joining Melleron who dug his claws between the great green scales. Mali, awake and staring at the hovering air elementals above her, sent out a wave of powerful healing energy over herself and her companions around her.

Posy assaulted the second dragon with her hearth hammer, making a good connection with one of her hits as a splash of acid came back at her from it's blood. Uther continued to strike at the orcs behind them, keeping them off of Posy while she fought the dragon, and he managed to drop one of them. Thorn climbed the stairs into the enormous druid tree to find the elven woman struggling on the floor as two bugbears held her down with a third looming over her! Thorn quickly snapped one of his pyrotechnic toothpicks, blinding all three of the bugbears as they roared in surprised frustration! Smoke filled the air around them.

Elven warriors on horseback charged across the field to meet one of the massive hill giants who was protecting the floating pedestal. The three air elementals beat into Maliumpkin again, tearing her apart to drop dead to the ground! An ent fell dead to the ground as it struggled to hold back some armored orcs! The second dragon stepped back, with Uther following him up to strike through his scales mightily, and sprayed Posy and Uther with a powerful spray of acid that melted away part of their flesh! A two-headed ettin stepped up behind Posy to rip open her back with it's great spiked flail!

With a mournful roar of rage Ursus formed into a huge earth elemental, surrounding Mali's corpse protectively! Erevin changed his arrows into brilliant energy and began taking aim on the mage on the pedestal across the field. Shri moved up quickly to breath life back into Mali, mending her shattered bones and bringing her back to conscious to see Ursus standing over her.

Dripping in blood, and only moving forward because of her full rage, Posy assaulted the ettin with several blows of her hearth hammer until it fell to the ground in a pulpy heap! Uther slashed into the second dragon, carving a wound between it's scales to finally draw the attention of the great beast! Noticing the bloody mess Posy was in, Wren quickly gauged the field and looked down hesitantly at the fox beside her, "Inali... I've never asked to deliver a spell for me before...but you're faster than I am and Posy needs us! Take this to her and come right back!" A glowing white light went from Wren to Inali's paws as the little black fox nodded and dashed over to send a mythically powered heal that fully restored the little gnome's health. Posy breathed in renewed strength, hefting her hammer for another go-round, and nodded to the little fox behind her, "I could kiss you, Inali!" Thorn dashed through the smoke, using the cover to dart in and out with his two daggers to drop 2 of the bugbears in the room!

The first dragon stepped back to breath out a mighty acid spray that killed the three landsharks! Splashed by the acid and immediately pounded on by air elementals, Ursus used his last breaths to cover and protect Mali until he toppled to the ground, unconscious! The second dragon turned its attention to Uther, slashing and biting the great barbarian until he fell with a final breath to the ground! One of the hill giants fell to the mounted elves as they lost one of their own.

Erevin carefully steadied his bow, launching several precise brilliant energy arrows into orc mage across the battlefield, dropping it's green skinned body to plummet off of the floating pedestal! The single large eye on the pedestal blinked and the tentacles shot down to the ground, sending the entire platform to vanish into the dirt! The tentacled masks fell from the entire force around them! With the orcs weakened, the elven guards made quick work of them, dropping their corpses to the ground.

Mali sent a powerful heal into Ursus, bringing him back to conscious. He stood up beside her, healing more of his wounds. Melleron quickly returned to her side. Posy quickly dragged Uther toward a rushing Shri who slid to her knees to breath life back into the great barbarian. Wren sent a bolt of lightning through the three air elementals above them, trying to draw them away from her red-haired druid companion. Inali quickly returned to Wren as Kale moved back to check on her as well. Thorn easily finished off the still blind last of the bugbears as the smoke began to clear.

The two dragons seemed confused with the loss of the tentacled masks, so they immediately took flight and fled the battle. One of the air elementals battered Wren as another battered Mali, and the third beat down on Melleron.

Erevin put several arrows into the air elementals as Shri sent out a wave of healing energy over her companions. Posy threw her hearth hammer into one of the air elementals, tearing through it's airy form, and caught it easily as it fell back to her. Wren sent Cirdan to circle the battlefield and search out Thorn as she stepped closer to Mali, using a healing hex to mend some of her wounds. With everything else gone, the group focused on the air elementals, taking them down.

The elven druidess got back to her feet, blinking in surprise at the halfling before her, "Thank you! Who are you? You are not an elf..." "No, I apologize that I can not be as magnificent as an elf," he took her hand, "But I am Thorn, and that is good enough." "You are magnificent in mine eyes, little Thorn," she ruffled his hair and walked down the stairs with him. "One could say... mythic," he grinned. "We must go outside and aid the others," she declared as the swiftly made their way to the door. "Absolutely, but only if you are well enough to do so," Thorn agreed. "I will defend Corellion's outpost with my dying breath!" she answered. The two stepped out to see the battlefield littered with dead bodies and the companions gathering back together.

Losing only a few of the elves, their corpses disappeared as prayers of Corellion were spoken over them. "What was the meaning of this attack?" Erevin turned to the red-haired paladin captain. She clasped his arm, "These tentacled altars have been springing up out of the ground in Corellion's realm... spewing forth orcs from Grumish's domain as well as these... blackened tentacled masks that have attached themselves to even some of the native creatures here... like those 2 green dragons. They have been trying to get to the Seldarine Palace. Grumish has sold his pride in order to strike at Corellion... knowing he could never beat him in a fair battle, he has joined with another god." She spit on the ground in disgust. Erevin nodded, taking it all in. She continued on, "They have been trying to breach the Outposts to try and sneak into the Forest within to hunt our People. You are Erevin Lionspaw?" "I am," he nodded, "May I have the pleasure of your name?" "Ariella Whispersong," she answered. Her name rang out as a familiar heroine in history... Hundreds of years ago she had helped to defend Myth Drannor before the demons eventually took it over. "Your battle and legend are well known," he nodded to her. "It has been so long... I thought my name would have vanished into the mists of time by now... even to our People," she smiled. "No," Erevin shook his head, assuring her that she had not been forgotten, "Your name lives on in memory." She smiled and nodded, "The battle still continues on. We were told that if we see you, we should send you on to the Eternal Grove." "Will you be okay here?" he asked. "We will need reinforcements, but yes," she nodded, and called over the druidess that Thorn had managed to rescue single handedly.

The elven druidess sent up a beam of light from her tree to summon the reinforcements. "As long as the other Outposts are not too pressed, they will send us help here," Ariella nodded. "Would I not be summoned by Corellion himself, I would stay with you until your reinforcements arrive," Erevin proclaimed. "We just need to find the source of this. I have heard rumors that the one-eyed bastard himself hunts in our forest," she explained. "We'll be sure to send him back to his own realm... or join him permanently trying," Erevin answered. Wren and Shri healed up their companions with spells and wands as Mali healed up her lion companion. In preparation of more to come, Wren wove a mage armor over Inali.

An elven guide lead them deeper into the forest of enormous oak and maple trees where occasional natural houses had been built into them. The deer were much bigger than they had ever seen. Huge heavenly bunnies bounced across their path.

A golden palace stood shining and immaculate built into the top of a mountain. Golden rays shined out as the sunlight danced off of it. A golden road led to the mountain and brightly covered pavilions formed a semi-circle where 8-10 groups of a dozen elves stood at the base of a tower where an 8 foot tall perfect elven man stood. Obviously he was Corellion. His eyes were like stars. An elven woman stood beside him, just as beautiful as he was. Angharradh, the tri-goddess Queen of Arvandor, made up of Hanalil, Sehanine, and Aerdrie. She was the ultimate in elven femininity.

Erevin quickly went to a knee before the gods that was followed in suit by his companions. "Rise, Erevin, and come forward," Corellion's voice was magnificent, "You have arrived just in time. I heard that you had a bit of trouble on your arrival, and you saved one of our Outposts. We are grateful." "It was just a warm-up," Erevin smiled, slowly approaching the lead god of the Seldarine. "You have brought your hunting party?" Corellion asked as he looked over the companions behind the elven woodsman. "The finest warriors I have ever known," Erevin nodded to him, gesturing to the group behind him.

The other elven groups whispered among themselves. Groups of well known elven heroes throughout history... legendary hunters, warriors, and heroes. Even the once queen of Myth Drannor. One of them stepped forward, "It is good to see that the lion remembers his pride." He had a family resemblance to Erevin, dressed in ranger leathers and a lion fur cloak. His hair was styled almost like a mane of a lion... Akama Lionspaw, Erevin's ancestor of 3 or 4 generations before his grandfather... during the time of Myth Taryn when the drow had first broken free. The young elven prince moved up to embrace him warmly.

"Grumish, our enemy... the one-eyed god," Corellion began, his voice thundering, "has brought his filth into my forest. It is time to cleanse it, so that my foe remembers why he only has one eye." Angharrad handed a jewel from her crown to Erevin, and he looked around to see that each of the groups already had one. He nodded to her his thanks. "When you find him, crush this gemstone in your hand and it will summon me to you that I might join your battle against Grumish," Corellion nodded, "Let the hunt begin!" The groups of elves blew several horns that were echoed deep in the forest. Akama clasped Erevin's arm, "Good luck!" The groups vanished into the forest...