Chronicle - The Rescue of Yagitamo

To Limbo

Being back on the plains of Golgorath, a weaker mind might have thought we had dreamed our trip to Asgard, but there were clear signs that things had changed since we left. Burn marks showed where the dragolich, Rantor, had scorched the earth, and a number of bodies were visible. We sent a message to Si-Lung regarding Ollyhydra's dislike of Milai, suspecting that Inwe had blamed Milai for the acts of the Drow and wanting to explain that we were not her enemy. We then set off on another journey through the planes, starting once more with Asgard, as that was close to Limbo.

I took us there, this time leaving Aras and Bavarik to tell their tales of the Gods amongst their people, and Lanzi set about using his map and compass to locate a gate to Limbo. We first entered onto the Astral and then started moving rapidly, following Lanzi's lead. We were to be interrupted, though, as we came across some dragon-like beasts with Gith mounted upon them; they seemed to be engaging something on the far side of their number, but the rearmost quickly turned their attention to us.

There was a mental assault on Milai and Lanzi, as four of the winged creatures, each with two Gith upon them, approached at speed. I let off a fireball from the mace, as Milai absorbed dweomer that came back at us. Magic missiles got through, but failed to hurt me. What was painful, though, was the creatures' fiery breath, and it was clear that we would have to target them before the Gith. Milai hasted herself and attacked, slaying one of the creatures by hacking at its head until it was separated from the neck. The body continued some way before the Gith managed to separate themselves and head back towards us. Lanzi sent a familiar ray at another of them, and to everyone's surprise he successfully disintegrated the beast, leaving two Gith floating in a cloud of dust. Just to make sure his reputation did not suffer, he also created mirror images to protect himself.

Hintzu drew his Daikyu, but as he loosed his first arrow he ended up tumbling backwards in a circle, unable to brace himself in this place. He stopped himself with the power of his mind, but the arrow flew wildly over the target. Milai caused an explosion of ice around another creature, whilst engaging the Gith in melee. More breath weapons scorched us, causing great pain, Lanzi lost a few images, and Hintzu was stabbed by a poisonous tail (although he was immune to the poison). Lanzi ordered a strange stone to float around his head, then conjured a column of flame, killing another of the creatures and both its riders. Hintzu wisely switched to his Lajatang and landed solid blows on the flying creature nearest to us, and I followed up with a massive hammer blow, caving its head in and knocking it flying.

Milai killed the two Gith she was fighting, and then also ordered a stone to fly around her head (apparently these were a defence against mental assault). Another flying creature swooped to attack her, but she decapitated it as it passed, and dropped an ice attack on the Gith. There was but one flying creature left alive, but I suffered its breath yet again and was badly burned; the shield on my back provided some protection but was destroyed in the heat. Lanzi fought fire with fire, hurling a fireball that killed the creature and Hintzu and I engaged in melee with the Gith. I used the mace to heal my substantial wounds, as Hintzu killed one of the Gith. Milai finished the two she had been fighting, then turned and felled the last with a surprise blow from behind.

As the last of them fell, a human appeared (apparently he was the one that had initially drawn the attention of the Gith) and greeted us. He introduced himself as "Felanor", and instantly bowed to Lanzi, telling of his great regard for his legendary exploits and achievements - as if Lanzi needed a boost to his ego. He served Freya, and knew of our quest to aid Perion. He was quick to talk about himself, and we soon learned that he was Mercantire's son! He sought his father in Morgrad, and was well versed in planar travel, preferring to avoid fights where possible. A large, white, glowing pegasus creature appeared next to him, radiant, and knelt before Lanzi, praising him in the common tongue (not another one). He also conversed with us about our quest, being something of a companion of Felanor's. He regretted that he could not accompany his friend to Morgrad, and Felanor removed a bridle from him and said farewell before the creature once again disappeared.

Felanor seemed agreeable to our quest to return Merc to Asgard, and welcomed likeminded company, so we continued our journey together. Eventually we came across a large, shiny black well and could look through it into the chaos of Limbo. Lanzi attempted to direct the gate at the home of the Gnomes, and the viewpoint shifted; we could just about make out the place we were looking for some way in the distance. Lanzi slowly moved the gate closer to our destination, but as we had anticipated this approach was detected and the gate began to close. We quickly stepped through, and I emerged into a bubble of water, quickly making a one-word prayer that created a pocket of air, enabling me to breathe!