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A Delve in the Dark (D&D 3.5 Campaign)

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Felixia_Luna

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For various reasons, people have left the main land of the island to a satellite island that has become their new home. Riddleport could be described as a shanty town, where lawlessness is king and the best protection is a dagger. There was never any construction policy to be followed in this warren, and so the shanties grew together, on top of, and under existing structures. Truly this is a town where, if wanted, a person could disappear for a very long time. No one rules in a land of the free, but gang lords have staked property across the settlement, daring rivals to strike upon their lands.

Mortals....always thinking themselves as gods.....they forget who is in charge....

It was a drizzly morning when the adventures were tending to their normal day errands. They had been allowed to settle down for a few months on the island, getting used to the area and customs of the land. However, divine intervention was due to strike down their normal lives and to throw them into the chaos that will change their lives forever. One by one, they were overcome with darkness, crashing onto the ground in their varied estates, and taken into the lair of utter malice. They last sights are the shapes of humanoids, but utterly not humans reaching towards their forms. The last smell they catch is one of wet fur...

Hours later, they slowly regained consciousness, seeing nothing but utter darkness coiling around them. As their senses slowly trickled back, a dull ache in their bones and a hammering in their mind came to the forefront. A chittering sound flooded their ears, and they could sense a huge multitude of presences surrounding them. As their eyes slowly adapted to the dark, they could "see" a patch of darkness in front of them, slowly swaying in time with the chittering, if there could be a rhythm in the multitude. Suddenly, in a light bright enough to dazzle all of them with its intensity, green lights erupted from around the cavern that they found themselves in. Standing in front of each of them was the form of a naked elven woman. Each was a stunning work of beauty, which was quickly shattered when knives flashed across each of their throats, splattering each adventurer with the lifeblood of the gods. Before they could overcome their shock at the sudden violence, a burning pain lanced into each of their naked backs. The smell of charred flesh quickly filled their nostrils and the chamber, eliciting a spike in the chittering, sounding of... approval. The flood of sensations, the warm blood on their faces, the burning flares of pain from their backs, the waterfall sound of the chittering, and the painful green lights from massive green crystals are all too much to handle. Once again, they party falls into the crushing grip of the dark....

Brief flashes of images flow by......

the surrounding jungle....

rain falling on their faces.....

the sound of waves......

Darkness.

Hours later, one by one the party awakens to the sound of waves hitting the side of a hull. A single candle illuminates their surroundings. They each lay on a straw cot with their gear under each of their beds. As they roll around, they still feel the pain on their backs. After focusing on which areas hurt and which do not, they conclude that the the burn marks are in the shape of an upside down triangle that stretches from their shoulder blades to the small of their backs.


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What do you do now?
 
Drayden tosses and turns and falls out of his cot, landing on the floor with a loud flop sound.

"Nnnngh..." he mutters something inaudible.
 
It all happened so fast! One moment they were adventuring within a cave... And the next they were passed out. "Uuugh..." Esra moaned as he rolled off of his cot. He hit the ground with a loud thwack. Rubbing his head as he stood up. He puled for his pack, from under the bed. And then for his bow... He was squeamish, and felt drugged. Ready for anything to happen at any moment. He was ready for fight or flight. Realizing Drayden was awaking. He walked to Svir, shaking her a bit roughly. But not to mean, knowing her temper. Wake up my'lady. Come on wake up." As smart and witty as he was. Esra knew that the first person to wake up, save, or take with him would be the thief. What if there was trap's? What if this was a trap? Either way, she was the one they needed to asses the situation the soonest. Esra was a singer, artist, story teller, and scout. Trap's and locks weren't quite his forte. "Come on now, or I will start pulling on your horns." He said, as he flicked one of her long horns. He then drew his bow from his shoulder. And into a ready position. Keeping it at hand. But, not to be threatening to any guest they might have. For all he knew they were saved. And this was not a trap after all. He only hoped as such. He looked around, and then to Draydan. "Get off your lazy arse. Are you supposed to be a dragon, or a overgrown lizard? Get up off your face already." He looked over to Svir and smiled. As he cought one last good glimpse at her cute sleeping face. Knowing she would most likely soon be ringing his neck for touching her horn again.
 
Svir groaned in her sleep and slowly woke up to the sound of her halfling bouncing around and yelling at the massive lizard-man on the floor. She slowly sat up, pulling the covers up with her to cover her bare flesh. "Will you shut up..." She groaned out at Esra and stood up. Quickly taking stock of her surroundings, noting the dwarf still passed out on one of the cots, and keeled down and pulled out her clothing, quickly changing into her normal clothes and buckling on her armor. With a final tightening of her weapon belt, she slide her weapons into place and went over to the lizard, hauling him up. She then stalked over to the door and tested the door, noting that it wasn't locked at all. "Huh, it is open guys." She said to them, and shook her head in confusion. Turning back to the dragon that stood buckling on his armor, "Who are you?"
 
"Ha, 'will you shut up!' " Esra mocked Svir. "Thats no way to treat a Halfling." He was smiling none the less, since he got to see a rather nice, yet saddly quick show of Svir's incredible body. "Well, whoever he is, he is sure one lazy lizard. That is for sure. Any way, more importantly. How the hell did we end up here? I have no good feelings about any of this..." He looked over to the open door. And with a deep breath walked over to the dwarf. "Wake up ya smelly oof." He said. As he gave the dwarf a push with his foot. "Any way, I blame you for putting us in this mess. What, did you see a shiny object and picked it up? For a thief, your a bad one. Should have seen this coming. But, alas here we are. Stuck with you." He complained, and teased. But only in jest. He liked getting on women s nerves. But, also was part of the fun. In getting them to fall for him. "So, what do you see? Anything out of the ordinary?"
 
"Can't we sleep in? I'm still tired. Besides, I was having a good dream too..." Drayden says looking at his lockete.
 
Adrian woke up to the sound of voices, feeling somewhat confused. He wasn't the kind of deep sleeper (or drinker) who would often wake up surprising to be somewhere he couldn't remember how he had gotten there. Still there he was, finally in that situation. He quickly sat on the bed, looking at the four strange creatures before him. A very peculiar group that was, indeed, and the Blackguard once noticing his situation, came to the conclusion he had no desired to stand there, naked, in front of them. So before asking anything, he got up, pulling the covers to keep his modesty, and proceeded to quickly dress up on his normal clothes, and buckle up his armor. Once he had all his armor and weapons on him, as well as his shield firmly strapped on his left wrist, he felt a lot more comfortable to face those people, whoever they were.

He apporoached the group, his long hair waving before him, while the candle light made his polished black armor to reflect it almost unnaturaly.

"Who are you people?" - he asked, carefully gazing at the group. - "And where are we?" - he finished, his voice demanding, without knowing they all knew about the same as he did.
 
"The same could be asked of you, stranger." Svir glared a bit at the human, noting the heavy armor and his stature. "As for where are, I think we are on a ship." She answered dryly and then walked over to the door, opening it wide and poking her head out to look around. "I suggest we head out top side and figure out what the hell happened." She quietly slipped out and started to search around, looking for stairs or a ladder. "Who are these people...." She wondered quietly and kept stalking around, eventually finding a ladder that looked like it led to the deck of the rocking ship.
 
"I coulda told you we were on a ship. Due to the sound of waves, the slight rocking, the area is made from wood, straw... hay... whatever kind... cots. So um... yeah... we should get to the top deck..." he says a little shyly. He grabs his stuff, puts on his armor, sheaths his weapon, and heads out the door. He looks at his locket, says something in dragonic, (idfk if thats what its called) and walks out the door.
 
Dazed eyes flickered open with a low, primal grunt as the beast pawed in what seemed like a wooden crate, captors intent on keeping the massive bugbear away from the other 'passengers'. The darkness was just as absolute with his eyes open or closed, but he was conscious now. He could feel it. But where was he? "Head trauma - possibly kidnapped. Moderate seasickness. Naval environment. Salty: likely seawater. Conclusion unfavorable." the beast mumbled, elbow feeling against the wall of the crate as it moved up, up, feeling for the edge of his prison until he found it, open palm pressing against the underside as he stood up in a single motion, a low "hrrk" as nails gave way and the beast freed himself, light shooting into his eyes as the bugbear squinted, watched bickering humanoids, audibly sniffing their scent as his lips wrinkled. "Unkempt conditions, unlikely captors. More likely, fellow prisoners." he confirmed, stepping out of the box as he approached the squad, finding his greatsword, slinging the massive blade over his shoulder as he wore his backpack and spoke with a nonchalant introduction. "Tel'goth, Bugbear Battlemage. Do you have a plan or shall I make a better one?"
 
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