[Horde] Chapter Four: Session Forty-Nine

Appearing Characters: Arthak Saurfang, Azgadaan, Eralaz, Garrosh Hellscream, Go'el, Gramgun Laughingeye, Halno, Jace Darkweaver, Jubeka Shadowbreaker, Kanrethad Ebonlocke, Khadgar, Kira Iresoul, Levia Blackflight, Loryx, Nyxxa, Oronok Torn-heart, Rehgar, Rexxar, Ritssyn Flamescowl, Shinfel Blightsworn, Solion, Win'thas Keenblossom, Zaela

September 19th

Nyxxa releases her hug, Jace realizing that Nyxxa had gotten her memories back.

Nyxxa nods and explains the new status quo as well as their next target. Jace had started to pace, messing with his hair or scratching his chin as he does.

Nyxxa nods along.

He snaps his fingers, and some of the sand washes away as a rough map of Azeroth is drawn in the sand.

He highlights some areas with fel green energy.

He gestures to a section of the drawn map, and a path illuminates from the tip of the blob is likely Quel’thalas.

He points at an area.

Nyxxa nods.

Nyxxa nods.

Nyxxa waves and the dream blanks out into complete darkness.

September 20th

The next morning, Nyxxa brings the rough map to Gramgun to start trying to plot a direction to the Broken Isles.

As Azgadaan is looking over some of his notes in his home, he hears a knock.

He turns around and it’s Levia.

He gestures to Ini, who is on his lap.

Levia looks around and sits down, leaning on the back of a chair.

Azgadaan nods.

Levia bites her tongue.

Levia shakes her head.

Levia blinks.

Levia chuckles humorlessly.

Levia blinks.

She stands up and spins around it.

Levia heads out and disappears.

September 21st - October 11th

Several weeks after the upheaval of the Legion, Nyxxa gets a sending from Khadgar.

An envoy is sent to the Kul Tiran blockade with some prisoners in order to barter for passage for some ships through the blockade. A familiar is sent alongside them with a note penned by Azgadaan.

A few days go by with no response, and the familiar returns empty-handed. A few more days later, Arthak hears some commotion, and the beating of wings. An albatross lands nearby.

It has a message on its foot. Arthak takes the message, and gets it translated. There is an acceptance of the terms, as well as a steep number of captives that needs to be returned per vessel. If any of them senses any deception, there will be cannons trained on the vessels to bring them down.

There would need to be a flare three days before the transaction would happen.

Levia meets up with Nyxxa, Arthak, and Azgadaan.

Levia snickers and gestures at the manor that Nyxxa had helped Solion's gang acquire after they were evicted from Sylvos's manor.

As soon as the trio gets to the manor, they hear a voice. It’s Solion.

Nyxxa looks at Azgadaan and Arthak.

Azgadaan jams his weapon into the cobblestones, as does Nyxxa. Arthak grunts.

Arthak drops his weapons, looking unhappy. Nyxxa senses there is someone hidden from view–invisible–perched on one of the posts of the gate. Nyxxa lets her fellows know, and they step past the gate.

The gate closes behind them, and they see a handful of felblood elves materialize from invisibility. They seem to be ready to defend themselves, and all of them look like they haven’t slept much.

Solion appears on top of the manor, and jumps down with feather fall to land before the group. He rolls his eyes at Azgadaan.

Solion ignores him and looks at Arthak. He seems to be speaking in broken orcish.

Solion nods.

Arthak gestures at the gate. The felbloods look at each other.

Solion scoffs.

Solion scowls and snaps his fingers. The door behind him opens, and two more felbloods drag someone out.

The individual is tossed to the ground before them. He’s another felblood–raggedy, dirty, with a mop of sandy blonde hair. A few fingers are missing nails, and there are a few missing fingers as well as teeth.

Levia puts a hand over her mouth.

Nyxxa looks down at the felblood.

Solion nods.

Nyxxa picks up that Solion seems to be frightened, despite the big talk. He knows the group is stronger than them.

Azgadaan glances at Arthak, who is clearly considering the felblood at their feet–who is smiling and softly chuckling through coughs. Arthak kneels down to Win’thas and snaps his neck while staring at Solion.

Everyone freezes, and Solion’s eyes widen in obvious fear.

Solion blinks.

She starts to close the distance.

She gestures at Win’thas.

Solion takes a step back, and a ball of felfire appears in his hand. He slams it to the side, scorching the stone.

Nyxxa looks back at Arthak.

Solion shakes his head.

Solion looks between the group, and the corpse of Win’thas.

A few of the felbloods exchange glances.

Solion walks by Arthak.

Arthak looks at Solion.

Solion spits on the ground and leaves, as do the rest of the felbloods.

Arthak looks at Nyxxa and Azgadaan.

Levia shakes her head.

Nyxxa follows after the group of felbloods. When they detect her presence, Solion turns.

Solion scoffs and turns. A few follow right away, others linger, but follow as well. Nyxxa returns to the rest of her fellows to help Azgadaan search the house.

Levia approaches Arthak.

Levia tosses Win'thas’s body against the wall.

She pats him on the head.

As the group searches, Arthak looks at Nyxxa.

She seems legitimately fine, if a little disappointed.

As they case the manor, they don’t find anything much of value as it seems the felbloods had been moving things out well before the encounter. However, the cellar seems to be under some sort of complex lock.

Nyxxa works on picking the lock–but Azgadaan stops her, identifying signs of a trap. He dimension doors to the other side of door and finds a [Glyph of Warding]. He is able to dispel it, and it seems it had been set up as an incendiary glyph to incinerate the contents of the basement.

Down the stairs, they find an abundance of research on demons. There is a preserved imp corpse that seems to have been dissected, as well as wings and horns of succubi. There are various reagents that had been collected from demons, as well as an inactive summoning circle.

There are skeletons and spines of felbats and felguards, though no eredar.

In a storage area, there are three unconscious felblood elves–battered, bruised, and clearly have seen better days.

Nyxxa notes, from what she remembers, there are rudimentary similarities to the rituals she had undergone. There seems to be a fervent desire to use demons and demonic flesh to grow more powerful–likely to become full demons.

She looks at a glass with a demonic eye in it.

The unconscious felblood elves were uncovered to be Shadowsword loyalists and they remain loyal. Two of them seem to be loyal to Runesight, while the other seems more loyal to Selin. However, they have no desire to spill anything.

Nyxxa ends up executing the Runesight loyalists, but they choose to keep the Selin loyalist alive.

Levia had investigated Win'thas's body using [Speak with Dead], and she managed to get confirmation that Runesight had fled with Gul’dan and the others. Selin, however, did not want to flee initially–though his motives in that were unknown beyond the fact Selin and Runesight had hit an impasse.

At one point, Halno meets with Arthak in his office.

Arthak sends some runners, and not long after Go’el and Oronok show up.

Go’el nods.

He looks at Halno and Oronok.

Oronok starts to laugh.

Go’el gives Arthak a sideways glance. Arthak is just smoking calmly.

Go’el smirks.

Oronok nods.

Oronok blinks at Arthak, as he only has one eye. Halno, however, digs into his back and produces a mountain of paperwork.

Oronok bids them farewell and heads off.

Halno leaves, and Go’el looks at Arthak in exasperation.

Go’el sighs and pinches his brow.

Halno makes his way into the sewers, following the instructions he was given, and he gets the sense he is being watched. There is suddenly a cloud of black smoke, and he sees an imp appear.

Halno looks at the imp and groans.

He grumbles the entire time as he leads Halno into an area around a large ziggurat built into the sewers. It’s a tomb, of sorts, and Halno immediately sees signs of a small camp with magical implements. There is a small group of shadows slinking about.

A human steps out of a tent. He has long hair in a ponytail.

He looks at Halno. He has a well-maintained moustache and goatee. He has simple travelers clothes that resembles a royal purple robe, and he has green gems dangling from his ears and neck.

He speaks in orcish, casting [Sending].

There are some footfalls making their way in, and Halno sees a woman make her way into the camp.

The human is very pale, her eyes have a twinge of green in them. She has a limp as she walks, and is using a cane.

Next to her is Kira, wearing a similar cowl. She nods at Halno with an impossibly white smile. Kanrethad gives Jubeka a kiss on either cheek.

Jubeka looks him up and down.

She offers a hand.

They then hear some humming, and another small individual enters. She has a thin frame, and she is holding a cluster of long mushrooms in her hands. They are terribly poisonous, but she’s holding them like a bouquet. Her hands are blackened and pock-marked.

The long ears poking through her hood reveal her to be an elf, and she almost dances as she reaches the top of the stairs. Then she stops.

There is a wide grin beneath her hood, and her face is sunken and her eyes are dark. She seems to be a red mist victim. She waves.

She holds a mushroom out to Halno, somewhat bashfully–as if she was shy. Halno takes the mushroom. It is, in fact very poisonous.

Shinfel shakes her head with a small smile.

There is suddenly the crash of teleportation magic, and a burst of felfire that reveals Ritssyn Flamescowl.

She gestures at the imp, who is reading a book.

Ebonlocke smiles.

Ritssyn looks Halno up and down.

Halno gives Ritssyn finger guns.

Ritssyn shoots a look at Ebonlocke.

Halno points at Shinfel, who smiles and starts to stroke her hair.

Ebonlocke withdraws a piece of amethyst and hands it to Halno.

Shinfel smiles.

Halno reaches into his bag of holding and produces a jar with his preserved hand that he hands to her. Shinfel starts to laugh, holding it close to her chest.

Later that day, Go’el had returned to Arthak to speak about things–and suddenly Halno appears, along with a curious figure.

She’s speaking in orcish.

Halno is grinning.

Arthak looks at Go’el.

Shinfel nods.

Go’el has not blinked since Shinfel entered.

Shinfel and Halno toddle off. Go’el looks at Arthak again.

Halno comes back.

He leaves again.

Go’el nods.

The skarvyn had started to emerge more now that they were members of the Horde–and they frequently would wander the streets during dusk. They seem to be tending to the plants around the city.

Nyxxa and Azgadaan head down into the Burnt Grove to meet with Eralaz.

Loryx stays with the group, but everyone else gives them privacy.

Eralaz grips his staff to his chest, tears in his eyes.

Nyxxa shows him a small image of a nether dragon using an illusion.

Nyxxa smiles.

Nyxxa nods, tearing up.

Loryx looks at Eralaz.

Loryx puts a hand on his chest. Eralaz invites the pair of them to eat with them, and Azgadaan expresses he was about to do the same. Eralaz also wishes to invite Arthak and others in honor of friendship and their joining to the Horde, and Azgadaan sends Arthak to inform him.

Arthak drags Go’el and Garrosh to the feasting as well as a few other chieftains. Zaela also comes–not far from Garrosh–as does Rexxar and Rehgar. Fires burn long into the night.

This page was last edited on June 30, 2023, at 01:50 PM

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