Tuesday, March 20, 2012

38th day of Corellon's time in the 22nd year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift (Day 33)

38th day of Corellon’s time in the 22nd year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift (Day 33):  Sjolander, feeling refreshed and no longer weak from his ten days of death, returns to the keep and sleeps there.
A spirit visits each of the adventurers in the night, in their rooms, bidding each to rise and come to the great room.  Each does.  When they are all assembled, two apparitions appear.  One is the spirit which has visited each, and the other is an evil-looking spirit wearing a horned helmet.

The spirit who visited them looks like a soldier, and he is wearing Baron Silverkin’s tabard.  He identifies himself as the Baron’s long-dead son, Fellwood Silverkin.  He tells of going off to war with his band of the Baron’s soldiers and being ambushed on the way and all killed.  However, they were cursed to undeath, and have so remained all these years.  He also tells them that the amulet he now wears is the amulet of House Silverkin which they seek.

Now, Fellwood wants the adventurers to kill him and his soldiers and free them once and for all, but he warns them that he is required to resist them.  A glance at the other apparition makes it clear that it is this “guardian” who is enforcing the requirement.  Fellwood takes up a martial stance, ready to fight, and others of his soldiers appear as ghosts.

A battle ensues in the candle-lit great hall and the adventurers ultimately prevail against the apparitions.  Once slain, they all disappear, except Fellwood Silverkin, whose physical body re-materializes, as if just slain.

Baron Silverkin and wife are awakened and come to the great hall to find their dead son.  They are grief-stricken, but soon come to understand that the heroes have done all they could and finally their son is back with them, as well as the family amulet recovered.

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