Carapace armor of loothas is white and orange
Fancy garnets, insignia of the heldenhammer dynasty on left chest
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All folk lores from Dusk has some truth in it.
Only a handful of colonies survive.
This makes stury soldiers, perfect for …something.
Allways looks like just before sunset.
Dense forests and swamplands, half by half
Foreign and disturbing sounds (non-mechanical)
Thick fog, 50 m sight, rain
A heavy feeling of darkness and depression.
Parthas looks around
“Why the hell did i agree to this?”
Khorrl looks out
He suits up (everything) Vadestøvler, red cap, gassmask, ++
The cockpit door opens in a hiss
Pilot tells us to get out so he can get on his way.
Mac: Where are the nearest light?
“3 click south”
Stub is driving
Lelouche is in the passenger seat
Mac takes the heavy-stubber turret
Khorrl is seated at the most impractical position
Loothas keeps him company in the back
Mac “Khorrl, make severe use of yourself and grab the las-turret”
Parthas tells khorrl the las-turret is a very safe position
Khorrl agrees, he sort of trusts techpriest
Mac “Before we leave, …”
Pilot “Can you do that outside?”
The wheel seems to sink a little down into the swamp
Parthas seems calm
Stub “Parthas, is this the amphibious version?”
“Yeah”
The door starts to close as soon as we’re outside
The shuttle burns away everything in a 20m radius while taking off
The ride is a little bumpy, but okay
Deep bass sounds outside
Khorrl says something
Mac “Shoot anything that’s suspiciout”
Dakkadakkadakkadakka
“Stop, only shoot living things”
Dakkadakkadakkadakka
“Stop stop stop, that’s a tree!”
Parthas “It’s technicly xenos”
Mac “Shoot anything moving towards us with obvious hostile intentions”
Dakkadakkadakkadakka
“Stop!”
Louder deep bass sounds outside
We drive off at 20km/h
Khorrl can swear he saw something big that moved
Mac “What is all this smoke coming from, are we on fire”
Parthas scanns and finds a small heat source on Khorrl
The forest starts to thicken, but the trees are only 5-6m high
Stub stops the car and looks
There are quite a bit of roots, but there should be possible to drive through
Mac gets Parthas to give Stub the IR goggles
We drive slowly into the forest, sight here is only 10m, 5km/h
Something bumps into the bottom of the car while driving through some water
Deep bass sounds, distorts the water and make the car shake
Khorrl thinks he can see something slimy that “dupper litt” up from the water
Drives up from the pond, the back goes a little down
Weird sound frome the back, almost like somthing that sucks itself to the car
We drive on
We get to a bigger pond (about the size of mjøsa)
It is possible to drive around, but it is much further, and there are some water there too
No fog over the pond, so we can see the other side
Khorrl sees some bubbles in the water “Drive around!”
Driving around will take 1 hour more.
Loothas tries to feel the force “The powers of the warp here is overwhelming”
Khorrl sees that the water is starting to ripple at several places
“No, no no! Drive, drive, drive!”
Mac casually pivots the turret to the ripples
The bubbles and ripples are getting stronger
We can see something coming up from the water as we drive into the fog
The sound
Also sounds like a waterfall
We barely avoid get caught in some roots
We get around the lake without much trouble
After a while we get to a “lysning”
Ontop of a mini-hill there is a “palisade” 4m high
There is a gate that looks newer that the rest
Stub flickers the lights, but there is no response
Mac spies with his little binoculars, but sees nothing interesing
Khorrl sugests to throw a firebomb and drive over the flames to cleanse the car
Mac “Parthas, can this car withstand a firebomb?”
Parthas studies it “Yes, certainly”
We drive over some fire
Sounds like “tang” with air bubbles being burnt
We drive towards the gates
We can see some people with spears, bows and lasguns ontop of the rampart
We flick the lights, and they wave us in
“Halt! Where you from?”
“Scintilla, it’s another planet, what is this camp?”
“Huh, get the father”
“Are theese people real?”
“We will have to take the test”
“We are here in the light of the emperor”
“Do not mention his name!”
Queue sound
“The mists are not happy with them”
“We will have to take the second test”
He throws a stone at Mac’s head
“Do not dodge the test”
He misses with several stones before hitting him in the nose
“This one is real, are the others?”
Stub goes out, and catches his rock
“Do not disrespect the test!”
…
Loothas steps out
Throw a stone at him
“This one is a witch”
“You five can enter, the witch must stay”
…
“The deamon does not disappear at gunpoint”
…
Khorrl calls Leluge a she-ogryn
“Where is this ogryn you speak of, we could really need one”
…
“The horrors came, the horrors went, we never saw them again”
…
The gang is planning to ditch loothas outside in a tent, but he wants the car
…
Khorrl mentions Loothas’ name
Lootas get a eerie feeling that something evil is singling him out
…
Loothas, Leluge, Stub, Parthas stay in the car
Mac, Khorrl goes inside
Pathfinder-ish camp
Tatched roofs, pens, brick walls
Approx 200 inhabitants
No children
Heavy depressive looks
The gates is closed behind them by a large log
Also fancy mechanism to strengthen it
The Father “You are travellers from where exactly?”
…
How long have you been here?
“3 years, … <trails>”
Last time you had visitors?
“3 years ago”
What is this horror you speak of?
“How can you describe your worst nightmare?”
“All children are gone and all children since have died in birth”
They moved camp here 3 years ago from mountains in east
“Don’t go anywhere near the lake”
“For all we know, we are alone”
They regularly see flares, mostly from the east
“I’ve heard there are cities with thousands of people in it”
“What do you want from that magical object that creates flames (match) ?”
“We have a couple of sheep, goats”
“We are looking for information”
“What information could you seek that would be worthy of such an object?”
Has become more misty the last few years
“People can become changed by the mist. They become empty. We have to burn them”
They don’t scream in agony, their souls are gone
“Have you never seen soul snatchers before?”
“We have technicly never seen them, only their work”
“They stare blankly ahead, eyecontact can not be achieved”
This one dude was outside the camp chopping some wood, and returned empty
“It is no use to keep watch”
“The mist comes in, the mist goes out (you can’t explain that!)”
“We are preparing him for burning now, he is not a person anymore”
“The best defence is not to get noticed”
They go to an inn, mug’o’ale sign outside
“Langhus” with firepit
One young (25yrs) drooling guy on a chair being covered in woolen bandages by some ladies
One looks like she is crying (about the same age), and they leave
The bartender finishes cleaning a wooden cup and goes out
The Father leaves them there
They are alone with the dude
He looks catatonic
No obvious wounds
His eyes does not react to light
He has a pulse
Khorrl smacks him in the groin, he does not react
Khorrl makes a small cut to check if there is blood
They go to the holy house of The Father
Large wooden atilla outside
It’s a shrine to the holy father
A great carving of a man in a throne with two-headed eagle above
The Father is sitting on his knees infront of it
“Celina was his wife to be”
“Can you show us where she lives, we have some questions”
He leads the there
A large burly dude answers the door
“We need to talk to Celina”
“Daughter, stop crying and get out here, you can find another one”
“What do you want?”
“Just to ask you some questions about your soon-to-be husband”
“Geir?!”
“He was out chopping wood, but didn’t come back for dinner”
“We searched for 1.5 hours, and didn’t find him”
“He shambled back to town later”
“He wasn’t near the lake, noone goes to he lake”
Khorrl gives The Father a match box
We didn’t notice him before he was at the gates
“I think we hear more sounds in the night, but it is usually quite quiet”
“Can you leave your vehiche atleast 10m from the wall?”
Reasons: It may attract attention, it can be used as a step, it may be rammed into the wall
They go back to the van
Group meeting
About 4 degrees outside
They go back to The Father
“Was his name spoken before he got taken?”
Can use true names if very quiet and hidden so the deamons can’t hear it
They have seen things with cogs and gears outside at night sometimes?
It would be suicide for a lone tech priest to roam outside
They go to Celine
Her dad tells them the husks are mostly young men, maybe one per week
He leads them to her room
Very quiet, sound are amplified
Sounds like screams from lost souls
See light from beneth door
Little room, bed in one corner, animal hide, hard dirt, lit by 4 lanterns
Celine is crying and holding an old knife
Hunting knife with leather handle “samekniv”, embroided
“Do you know if anyone said Geir name before he dissappeared?”
“I used it in private when there was noone around to hear it”
(Only at home and with family members)
Khorrl tests if he can hear through the stone wall of the house, okay
Each family has it’s own house
Mom lives down the street to the left
They try to find holes on the houses, a few here and there, but not bad
They knock on the mom’s door
A small woman 40yr-ish women opens
“We are strangers, but the father has tested us”
She has red eyes from crying
“It was the mists”
“We need everyone, why would we have enemies?”
They go back to the inn
The bartender is doodading with the fire in the center
“Do you accept thrones?”
“Traditionally yes, but we can’t really use them”
“We have stopped using that system, as it really makes no sense in this setting”
“You can sleep here for free”
They decide to share a room
Khorrl tries to bother Parthas with the auspex scanner again
Khorrl pretends his true name is Leif
Stub says Loothas’ name, and he feels the darkness coming closer
Loothas tries to warn people to not say names,
By player mistake, Loothas mentions Khorrl’s name and he goes half crazy
Khorrl and Leluge decides to swap places
Night begins sets in, and the previousy dim light seems like the brightest day
Khorrl walks in the middle of the street, with the hand flamer
Khorrl finds The Father behind him
He calls Mac to help him
He finds him in fedus position
Khorrl mentions daemon
Some guards from the rampart come
“The father hasn’t been here for about an hour”
“He looked frightened, and when i looked back he was lying there”
They get the guards to open the gates
Khorrl feels the ground is almost fading as he exhaustedly stumbles to the car
Mac, by player mistake mentions Leluge’s name
Leluge feels cut of from the emperor, surrounded by darkness, abandoned
Parthas “Hm, i’m just spitballing here, are people whos names are spoken get violent?”
Loothas “Yes, but it seems to affect red-cap more than us others”
Khorrl suggests to try to use Leluge’s powers to fight the daemon
Leluge and Mac goes to the bar
Mac thinks it’s dark and unnerving, but not overwhelmingly
Leluge is half crazy
She eats and drinks some before sleeping
It tastes like ash and mud
Loothas feels a heavy aura around himself, khorrl, Leluge
Feels like the hill acts as a black hole for happiness and light
Does not seem like the darkness has penetrated his own mind, maybe there is more to take of
Khorrl drowns the car in sich ash
Parthas analyses the gas, performs several experiments
Eveyone feels relaxed and doped
Khorrl goes to sleep
Stub gets bored of holding watch and goes to sleep
Loothas feels the life has left Stub and Khorrl
He stares minorly paranoid around
He feels the hill is telling his deepest darkest secrets
He goes to sleep/enters coma
Leluge feels like the door is so small she would have to crawl through it
Feels like the thing that has got a hold of her name has got a hold of her inner most holy
Mac sees it as normal
Leluge feels like the animal skins have been flayed alive
As the door closes, it feels like the connection to the Emperor snaps
Leluge starts to throw the skins around, and enters fetus position before going to sleep
Mac thinks leluge seems psychotic, throwing important thing around
Time is about 20, Mac does not yet feel tired, he sits watch
Dreamlands of Khorrl:
He feels like a beast, able to jump high, able to bend metal with his arms,
He rampaging around inside the lightbringer
He breaks doors, but noone really notices.
He feels stronger than the emperor.
He walks through endless corridors
Feels like he has an ace up his sleeve, but does not know what
Now midnight
Mac tries to contact the car but gets only static
Sounds like there are some faint voices trying to get through
He recognizes a rythm that seems like a sentence but does not recognize any words
Mac shouts through the vox
Leluge faintly wakes
Looks like he’s angry and frustrated
Mac starts to hear some rustling from the other end of the house
Footsteps, a creaking door
3 knocks
“Whats going on?”
It’s the innkeeper
He stares down the barrel of Mac’s shotgun
He explains the situation
“I would recomend to not shout to the from the middle of the town”
He explains that vox is a form of technology
“Ah, sorceries”
“Don’t wake the whole village, we don’t like to be awake at night”
He leaves
Mac stays awake
The fate of the rest is unknown
400 xp