13th session: Two deaths and the destruction of House Tuin

7th moon, 11th day, year 4553

After talking with R'azz, the brothers learn that cousin Ry'jak, a failed cleric turned fighter has been acting suspiciously and meeting in secreet with noble sons of other Houses. The T'orghs decide that he probably is the spy and set new plans in motion in order to get a confirmation thereof. Talking to their father, High Priest Venar, they are allowed to sacrifize 600 sets of weapon (stolen from the orcs) and armor to flush out the spy. They get the weapons and the armors moved to an old warehouse.

7th moon, 12th day, year 4553

Disguised as orcs (using change self), Nalfein and Glazmar pull a fast one on cousin, and make him think that those weapons are meant for a sizable mercenary force coming to bolster the T'orgh forces. Then they hang back and wait for him to make his move.

7th moon, 13th day, year 4553

A couple of hours after midnight, Ry'jak leaves the palace and heads down to Scumtown. The 5 brothers follow him under the cover of invisibility and darkness, and when he enters the Red Devil, an Inn of ill repute, Glazmar and Ukerin follow. There he meets with Crantyk, the elderboy of House Xiltyn and tells him of the weapons. Crantyk pays him, and leaves, and Ry'jak goes back to the palace as well.

The brothers quickly return to the palace and tell Father, what they have learned. He is pleased, but informs them that the spy will have to wait. House Tuin will most likely soon attack, and he has a job for his sons.

As you all know, one doesn't have to destroy another house to destroy them. Provoking them to attack and repelling them, is more than enough. House Tuin will come at us with all that they have, and we will stop them. Your older brothers and I will defend us all against the concerted magical assault they will launch. Meanwhile, you will sneak out and take out 3 of their spellcasters to ensure a stallmate. Once rebuffed they will either leave and be destroyed by the other houses or risk a head on assault on the palace with all the defences intact. At this point, it will just be a matter of how the House of Tuin dies.

The spellcasters will be spread out in the area surrounding our palace, in a pattern to enhance their magical assault. Probably on rooftops, in appartments or other places out of sight. They will probably be protected by some sort of guards or traps. In order to find them, you need to use locate object to find this pendant, which all spellcasters of House Tuin wear. All of their most powerful spellcasters will be at the center of the pattern, so if you find a place with multiple pendants, move on to another.

He then hands them 3 scrolls of Locate Object and the Tuin Pendant.

7th moon, 15th day, year 4553

After waiting around a couple of days, things finally pick up pace, and the Tuin family and army make their move. As soon as the attack start, Nalfein is alerted by his uncle, and the brothers move out and start magically tracking down spellcasters.

They find the first in a courtyard, surrounded by dark elf guards and an ogre. A long battle starts, with darkness spells flying left and right. Raheem is held by the cleric's magic and so is Glazmar. In the end, the a repeated barrage of lightning bolts kill the cleric while Tagar and Nalfein deal with the ogre and the dark elves.

The brothers recoup their breath and move on to the next target, which turns out to be on a rooftop nearby. The T'orghs all levitate up, but fail to surprise the wizard standing up there. He quickly launches a fireball, knocking both Raheem and Ukerin unconscious, which causes them to plummel to the ground and die. Meanwhile, Glazram manages to land a hold person on the wizard, and as Tagar is about to cut his throat, they find out that the mage is protected by stoneskin and that he has a pet troll which was hiding. The battle continues, but blinded by the dark elf magic, the regenerating beast is no match for the dark elf brothers, and they manage to beat their way through the stoneskin and the troll before the hold person spell expires.

There is no time for mourning, and the 3 brothers left standing move on to the last target, which they find in an apartment. They levitate up and surprise two wizards who have occupied a goblin place. The fight is swift and brutal, but the 3 brothers walk away from it relatively unharmed.

They return to Father, who is very very pleased. They have done honor to House T'orgh, and he offers to ressurect Ukerin while he declares that Raheem is not fit to live. Unfortunately is is not either the will of Asmodeus that Ukerin lives (failed ress check with 1% on a 98). So just 3 days after his birthday, Ukerin is no more.

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