Tyrant's Grasp
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Nobody7713
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Tyrant's Grasp
All is darkness and cold stone. Although you dimly recall going to sleep last night in the small community of Roslar’s Coffer, you awaken in a dark, stone box only a few inches larger than you in each direction. The cool scent of earth surrounds you.
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Waking stiff and sore, the first thing Krodas notices as his eyes adjust to the pitch-blackness is that he’s trapped in a tight stone box. The next thing he notices is his skull-capped battering ram and sword stuffed in here with him, making the tight space even tighter. Trying to control his breath as the claustrophobia sets in so as not to burn through all the air in the box, he pushes his hands as far as they’ll go in front of his chest, trying to get the lid off.
With a mighty push, the stone slab shifts... and then settles back into place hard. A guttural orcish curse escapes Krodas as he settles back down, teeth bared, and thinks on his next move.
With a mighty push, the stone slab shifts... and then settles back into place hard. A guttural orcish curse escapes Krodas as he settles back down, teeth bared, and thinks on his next move.
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Did I die? That was the first thought going through Titia’s mind. Thus, she does the natural thing - she pinches herself. Yup, still hurt. Not a dream, and a pretty shit afterlife if it was that. Her hands begin roaming around the insides of the box, searching for a latch, hinge, or crack. Something to either help her out or give a hint of where she is.
Her fingers find some kind of inscription directly above her head, though she can’t tell what it is. She can tell it’s a lid, however, given that she also finds a seam. A lid... an inscription... the smell of earth. Not dead, buried alive, she realizes with an annoyed scowl. What idiot...?
Her fingers find some kind of inscription directly above her head, though she can’t tell what it is. She can tell it’s a lid, however, given that she also finds a seam. A lid... an inscription... the smell of earth. Not dead, buried alive, she realizes with an annoyed scowl. What idiot...?
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In a separate box, a heavily-scarred blacksmith comes to with a jerk. The first thing he becomes aware of is an immense pressure in his back, which he shortly identifies as the massive blade and misshapen haft of his axe, Nailhewer. Next to his leg, he feels the pressure of his travel pack, though he didn't remember having it when he went to bed the night before... after all, why would he. Working out from there, he feels the bounds of the box he's in. Shocked now, his eyes fly open... to complete darkness. Slowly he feels about, identifying the bounds of his box, as his nostrils pick up the earthen scent all around him. Closing his currently useless eyes again, he listens to the surroundings, to see if he could pick up on anything.
Unfortunately he hears absolutely nothing, so giving up on that plan, he tries pushing in what he believes to be up. After a moment the box's lid gives, and he slides it forcefully to the side, rolling his shoulder as he sits up in a room about as dark as the box was.
Unfortunately he hears absolutely nothing, so giving up on that plan, he tries pushing in what he believes to be up. After a moment the box's lid gives, and he slides it forcefully to the side, rolling his shoulder as he sits up in a room about as dark as the box was.
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Though he can't see anything, Victor does now hear the faint sounds of stone scraping against stone coming from the right, and farther to the left.
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Holden awakens with a gasp in a cold grey box. Nightmares fade to reality as his mind defogs from his rest. As his senses come to him, he realizes that he is not in the same place he went to bed. What’s more, he is dressed and battle ready rather than in his sleepwear. His training kicks in as he takes several deep breaths to calm himself and quell the rising panic. Once he has calmed down he decides the best course of action is to attempt escape. His breathing calms and enters a steady rhythm as his body twists and reshapes itself into that of a werewolf hybrid. With his strength increased, he begins attempting to somehow push or dig his way out.
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After a couple of deep breaths, Krodas grits his teeth, squares his palms against the slab of stone and pushes. His arms burn and ache and a bellow rumbles up from his throat as this time, he gets his feet into it as well and manages to shove the heavy to one side and off the stone box.
Sitting up, he looks around the room, reflexively grabbing his falchion from beside him.
Sitting up, he looks around the room, reflexively grabbing his falchion from beside him.
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Struggling, both Holden and Krodas manage to get the lids off. Holden casts a light spell to pierce the darkness, revealing a room 30' long and 12' wide with niches set into the back. Each of the three men sit in sarcophagi set into the niches. Other than the sarcophogi, the only things of note in this room are a single crate sitting in a corner, and a series of relief carvings above the sarcophogi, each one depicting a heroic figure, with the words "Red Shrikes– Noble Companions in the War against Evil. Rest Well, My Friends" inscribed above them. Meanwhile, one sarcophagus remains the source of stone scraping, and they can see the lid shifting ever so slightly periodically.
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Without skipping a beat, Holden heads to the coffin with scraping from it. He begins attempting to remove the lid. It comes off easily enough for him now that he has proper leverage. He steps back once it opens, just in case, and looks around the room. ”Are all of you as confused as I am right now?”
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Sitting up, Krodas gets a quick look around the room in the split second before an explosion of bright light fills the space and he howls in pain, clapping his hands over his eyes and swearing again in Orcish.
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As his eyes adjust the first thing Victor notices is an orc on the side away from the light. Then he notices that the source is a hulking wolf-man. Taken aback by this, his hand goes for his axe, until he notices the sigil on the wolf's armor, and the fact that both are in the same situation he is. Loosing his death-grip on the axe, he pushes himself to his feet, giving one more side-eye to the orc before grabbing his pack. At the wolf's question he looks over at him. "For sure. Last night I lay in m' bed in Roslar's Coffer, next thing I know 'm in a box."
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As soon as the lid opens, before she even really looks at who's there or what her surroundings are, a short young woman - barely above 5 feet tall - with dark hair cut into a bob springs out of the box and draws a heavy, expertly crafted crossbow and readies it. "Who the fuck are all of you?" However, she lowers it slightly. "Victor," she nods to the grizzled older man, "I'd say it's good to see you, but that's an overstatement at this point."
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Victor adjusts his pack on his back, nodding agreement. "Nice t' have at least one familiar face," He says, before turning his attention back to the wolf and orc. "Well as she said, m' name's Victor, and 'm the blacksmith of Roslar's Coffer. It seems introductions may be in order, and then we should prob'ly see about findin' out where we are."
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”Knight Holden Armstrong of the Howling Order,” Holden replies. ”I was sent to Roslar’s Coffer to investigate strange rumors. Everything seemed normal enough when I arrived. Last I remember I was heading to bed at the inn.”
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Blinking hard to adjust to the light, the orc groans, in a much softer voice than his previous outburst would have suggested, ”Krodas. Krodas of the Broken Horn. Where are we?”
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”Titia Julio,” the short woman introduces herself. ”I do some mercenary guard work out of Roslar’s Coffer. And I was hoping one of you could answer that,” she tips her head to the orc and werewolf in greeting.
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”You are all from Roslar’s Coffer?” Krodas asks, squinting hard and trying to stumble out of his erstwhile container. ”This does not seem to be any part of the village I am familiar with. I have heard of pinkskins burying their dead in stone boxes such as these, but I had not believed the town held to such traditions, as many of my people are buried in the same graves as yours. Are we in such a tomb now?”
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Hefting his axe to his shoulder, Victor looks over the room again, his eyes resting on the inscription on the wall. "Well, that might be a clue. Roslar's team were the Red Shrikes. They have a crypt in Roslar's Tomb, maybe that's where we are," He says, stepping closer to the wall. Turning towards the door, he shifts the axe again and steps forward. "What do you say we find out the fast way?"
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Holden hefts up a large greatsword and follows. ”I’m with you.”
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Even as he says this, something occurs to Victor, and he looks back at the reliefs. At first nothing seems off, until he realizes the woman in the relief above his sarcophagus is wielding a massive axe similar to his, although it appears to have been designed for a larger creature altogether. Above Titia's sacrophagus is a young woman dual wielding hand crossbows, while Krodas's is beneath a half-orc riding a majestic stallion. Most interestingly of all, though, is Holden's relief, which features a spear-wielding werewolf bearing the symbol of his order.
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"Well, that's a little weird," Titia raises an eyebrow at the carvings. "Not totally accurate, but damned close enough to not be a coincidence."
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Victor raises his scar-traced eye, adjusting his axe again. "Maybe 't's not chance that we specifically wound up here. If'n it's not, I'd rather like to know why," He says, turning back towards the door.
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"I agree," says Krodas, throwing the battering ram over one shoulder and belting the falchion across his chest. "Let us go, if we're going."
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”I hope this isn’t someone’s idea of a joke,” Holden mutters as he looks at the relief that bears resemblance to him. ”Who are these heroes supposed to be?”
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"Presumably Roslar's fellows, big hero that our village was named after," Titia explains briefly. "But yeah, let's get out of here. I want to know how we all got here."
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