S is for Strikes Recap (Event #3) (August 26th - 28th)

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On the gather that takes place in Welloyir 1120, Barran time, the mists gathered heroes through the mists, many from Barran-khet to face an infestation of strange phasing dogs and spiders that could rift their comrades away. The group bravely fought their way to the Crow's Nest tavern, finding refuge there while they were greeted by Rook alone. Though Branwen was nowhere to be found, Rook did not comment much on his sister's absence but that she was busy.

With the heroes gathered into the tavern, the raven fae known as Rook asked those present to separate themselves into two groups - one would retrieve the scroll, the other would retrieve the catalyst to create a Greater Earth Circle of Power in the Crow's Nest Tavern.

The first group encountered fae who had the scroll in their possession, opting to fight their way through when it seemed a trap to allow only one of their number to join the denizens of the darkened hall. They were successful in their venture, and returned to the tavern with their spoils.

After the success of the first group, the second group was taken to the Piñata Woods, where Rook had planted more of his trees - there, they would find a star-shaped Piñata Tree seed, but not without resistance. Creatures attempted to batter down the heroes, but they were able to prevail against their foes and return to the Tavern. With them, Rook absorbed the components and created the Greater Earth Circle of Power in the right side of the Crow's Nest as entered, by the wall closest to the door.

It is a strange circle, though, sentient and conscious to possible foul play! Rook explained that any creature or person may pass through it, but aggression while inside the Circle will cause it to bar exit until such a time as the aggressor can be dealt with. The adventurers' fae patron also warned that while all with Healing Arts are considered invested in this unique Earth Circle, any who interrupt a resurrection will be similarly trapped.

Not long after the creation of the circle, two individuals - the Elf known as Eurig, and the Selunari known as Sylvia, were rifted out without any nearby. Each of them was accompanied by one of their compatriots and teammates, but the source of the rift was not of Rook and Branwen's making.

In the evening, after their return, the human Scholar Adrien gathered all who were willing to lend a hand to go back with him through to Barran. Their mission: to create a ritual Limited Circle of Power around a sticky wound in the ground where some necrotic dryads were becoming corrupted. The risk of running afoul of undead or necrotic dryads was kept at bay by his companions while he cast the ritual, and all who had gone through the portal were able to safely return to Port Morgan after the ritual.

Come morning of the Day of Death in Port Morgan, groggy heroes were informed that to get their breakfast, more pork was needed for the bacon. A fae known as "Felt" and bearing the favors of Rook and Branwen approached to gather a group with ranged weaponry and spells in order to set them after flying pigs that evaded capture for food.

After they were sated, Rook came again seeking volunteers for a two-fold mission. There was a Kingdom storehouse to capture to aid the people of Knoch'Len, and he had it on good authority a scroll for a Greater Celestial Circle of Power could likewise be found there. The intrepid heroes raided the storehouse and fought back the soldiers of the Kingdom. After some preparation in case the safe's trap should trigger, the trap was disarmed handily and the scroll recovered.

While the group in Barran was taking care of business, those in the Crow's Nest Tavern with Healing Arts were surprised to feel a spirit in the Earth Circle, and not just any spirit. Rook was waiting to resurrect, with one adventurer starting the process and another finishing the resurrection. When it was finished, his body unraveled again before the adventurers, creating a portal.

Those who were present were rifted to a plane where they could not attack, and their weapons were left behind. An entity there asked each in turn to give their truth, and in return they would give an answer. Two questions were asked of the entity in total, and then the being bestowed upon them the catalyst they would need to create the Greater Celestial Circle of Power.

When Rook returned, weakened but whole, he absorbed the catalyst and scroll again and created the Greater Celestial Circle of Power. This functioned quite similarly its Earth counterpart, with the exception that all with Read Magic are considered invested, and if any use it to identify items or entities without paying the requisite two silver, they would be trapped within.

Through the day, the Crow's Nest was beset by Redcaps, as well as having to fight sentient garlic and a beast that produced wheat, the latter two which were quite useful in supplying the kitchen with components for the powerful and nourishing "dinner with garlic bread" ritual.

At the solicitation of a botanist known as Merrygold, a group of adventurers went to identify and name the fauna and flora of Port Morgan. There, they had a merry time of naming some of the strange plants of a strange new land and discovering some of their most basic properties.

Later into the evening, one of the Bone Biter tribe of friendly bugbears came to the Crow's Nest to solicit everyone who could come to go to deal with one of the Dracolich named Legion's undead caches. There, the group fought waves of powerful undead and one of Legion's lieutenants, a lich with a yellow sash. After the lich was first dispatched, he emerged from Stavous' bag where the kin had collected all the treasure that had dropped during the course of the fight. The group was able to identify that the spirit bottle must have been the catalyst, while destroying the lich once again. Fortunately, the body crumbled to dust, leaving a sash that the unfortunate viperkin Zyrim picked up while retrieving arrows and personal belongings of his fellows.

After touching the sash, it affixed to Zyrim, and shortly thereafter he was rifted away from the group. With no way to find him and no recourse but to head back and inform Rook, the adventurers used the coin they had been given to return to Port Morgan. To their surprise, when they appeared, Zyrim was with them again - this time, with a tricorne hat and speaking like a pirate, but sans the yellow sash of the lich lieutenant. With some frought conversation and Hera bringing him to be identified in the Celestial Circle of Power, as well as testing that he was unharmed and had his own metabolism, the group monitored the man's condition after having disappeared and reappeared.

Before the night came to a close, the lights in the Crow's Nest gradually went out and a portal on the wall opened. Adrien came too close to the portal and was closely followed by his friend Aiden, but no others went through the portal with them. When they were disgorged by the portal, they warned others not to go near it, but would not or could not disclose what they had seen or what had happened. Both men were, to all appearances, unharmed, escorted by Rook with blue flames trailing up the side of his face from the effort of returning them. Shortly thereafter, redcaps appeared in the Crow's Nest, aflame with a similar blue fire.

In the morning of the Day of Life, a more put-together Rook approached those remaining with notions of heading to the plane of Dreams to retrieve one of Princess Na'Rab's generals. There, the group had to fight dreams and nightmares, finally parlaying with an entity that held a circle around the General who was imprisoned therein. For the cost of a good night's rest for five of their people, to be taken when the entity demanded, they were able to have the General released into their care so the dwarf could regain his strength and help the Forgotten Princess of Islan Tel'Nava
 
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