update post.Hello, everyone! Thanks to the plotting and volunteering of the players, King Kathashun was freed from the Palace today. A few things of note:
Rescue Squad: Navigating the palace is tricky business. The inside is beautiful, full of artwork and multiple staff, all of whom look nervous at the sudden presence of outsiders in their midst. None of them attack you, though -- and so long as you stick close to the path Jalin gave you, you will make your way to the dungeon. Stray too far and you will absolutely get lost. It's a complex building, with multiple side halls and rooms.
Once you get to the room where Kathashun is being held, you will find there are only two guards -- the rest immediately ran for assistance outside. Dispatching them is fairly simple. And once they are gone, you begin to attempt to crack the doors. It takes a lot of effort, but after some time, you manage to etch a crack into the marble itself, disrupting one of the runes. Once that happens, there's a sudden crack of marble as the wall itself seems to be ripped away, and you seem Kathashun standing in the now defunct room, his eyes glowing a peculiar gold, the chunks of marble floating around him before he allows them to fall with a crash. It isn't the most subtle of rescues, but once Kathashun is done assisting the doors cracking, his eyes fade back to their normal color, and he . . . abruptly seems to pass out.
You'll have to carry him to get him safely back to the Fight Ring, but you do so, relatively unnoticed . . . weirdly enough. The Guard is so preoccupied with what's going on outside that you can sneak away quickly, and Kathashun will remain unconscious until you get him back to the Fight Ring. He's probably Jalin's problem now.
Distraction Squad: Apologies for the shorter description, but you guys are here to screw shit up, rigt? RIGHT. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Guard is ready to fuckin' fight. The minute you launch the offensive, the Guard attacks. It's a pretty strenuous battle, and more Guard seem to come pouring out of the Palace once the offensive is launched. But you manage to get through it and . . . abruptly, after some time, the Guard stops fighting. And whispers begin to permeate the air -- the King escaped, where the fuck did he go, track him down, get the General -- and you take that as your cue to vacate, quickly. You rendezvous at the fight ring . . . to find out that Kathashun is, indeed, still knocked out.
Some things of note!
(1) All those who fought on the outside to provide a distraction for the Guards will suffer moderate injuries. You'll be able to escape the palace once the Guard is distracted by the King's absence, but you've got some cracked ribs, black eyes, cuts and gashes. The injuries are up to you!
(2) Kathashun will have a top level later today for when he wakes up. He will be taken in to the Ring, and if you ask Jalin what's wrong with him, Jalin will tell you that Kathashun is a powerful mage, but his magic does have limits. It probably didn't help that he was locked in a magic-free cage for a week with little food or water. He should be fine, once he has time to rest.
(3) The city falls to an uneasy quiet for the next day after Kathashun is released. The Guard seems to have a new directive, which is to find Kathashun, and the people are clueless as to where the King is. You are the bearers of this information. What you do with it is entirely up to you.
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Yours,
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acatalepsy_ooc2018-06-12 02:02 pm
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