DT2: The Lost City


As the next manse lay in the middle of a shadowland we decided timing was crucial. We would enter at dawn, get what had to be done done and leave before nightfall. We landed on the island with no trouble, there were quiet a few undead around but they seemed to be randomly wandering about with no purpose.
As they weren’t bothering us we made our way to the manse, as we did the number of undead incresed but they were still no threat. Upon our approach was a large stone which appeared to be a focus of some kind which was maintaining the borders of the shadowland, whether it was stopping the shadowland from expanding or collapsing was unclear though. Upon reaching the manse we discovered that there were several wards in place, one against the dead and one against humans. Lucius began to take down the ward against humans while the rest of the circle took up defensive positions. Through the mass of undead Laef began to notice a certain pattern, several undead who seemed to be trying to blend in by wandering but closing. Suddenly the party was ambushed, the resulting combat was shortlived and rather one sided with the undead either being slaughtered or fleeing from Riptals anima barrier. With the ward removed the circle entered and made their way to the heart of the manse to find that it could not be activated as a key part of the mechanism was missing. There were several bodies scattered throught the manse, dressed in DB clothing of house Boral. We talked to one of the bodies, it appears that their essense had been trapped inside by the same wards that were keeping the dead out. We agreed to release his essense in exchange for information. He informed us that the missing part of the mechanism was in a hidden city to the northwest, this was a house Boral city which they had hidden at the time of usurpation. Upon releasing him we sought to return to the ship. Glancing into the crowd we could see that a large number of conscious undead had gathered. We fought a running battle back to the Unfathomable Sea and set a course for the hidden island.

As we drew close to estimated location of the island we saw a Pelops frigate on the horizon so we decided to submerge. As we closed we saw the bottom of several dozen ships. We then came upon a force shield. The shield didn’t reach to the seabed so we swam under leaving Rex to guard the ship. When we surfaced we were greeted by a load of DBs with a lot of bows pointed at us. We were stripped of our weapons and brought before a magistrate being treated as spies. Gambling that Boral was still loyal i revealed myself to be a Solar whereupon profound apologies were offered and our good returned. I requested they send someone to inform Rex that the city was safe. The DBs were astounded that the Unfathomable Sea had returned and that the Solar had at long last returned.