Breakout! Session 5:
From Toosigma
After the final battle on the train, our group of heroes (?) rushes overland to the ancient and powerful circle of rocks in eastern Breland called the Dragon's Crown where the might find those who escaped from Sharn.
Upon arriving our group looks into the circle and sees zombies and other undead guarding the center of the circle. They also see two wights, a necomancer, and a Emerald Claw Marshall guarding the center stones. Arranvor scouts to the south and reports back to the group as they try to keep from being seen sooner than warranted.
The group decides to flank the hostiles as Minharath and Nadarr head straight in once Leoden uses an illusion to lure one of the zombies into action. As the enemy leaders argue, the first zombie is dispatched with ease. The martial members of the group wade into battle and a specter joins the fray. The hostile Necromancer yells "We cannot let them reach the stone!" as the battle ensues. After defeating the guards and their leaders, the find a quarterstaff on the necromancer and plate armor and a flail on the marshal
The group approaches the stone in the middle of the circle and see in its glowing green light swirling draconic patterns and symbols of the prophecy. It reads:
"The winds of time begin to shift. Those marked by Prophecy are the only ones who can restore history's proper charge."
Aldrin touches the stone before vanishing is engulfed by green energy. After him, Leodon, Minharath, Arranvor, and a reluctant Nadarr also touch the stone. They battle through many challenges each and after each finishes their battle they begin appearing around a magically glowing circle of symbols surrounded by 12 pillars each inscribed with a dragonmark. As they appear , each member of the party appears above his own dragonmark. Arranvor who has no dragonmark appears right in the middle of the circle surrounded by six rotter zombies, a wight, the necromancer Aric Blacktree, and an army of wisp wraiths. A massive battle ensues as the party discovers if they touch a pillar with their dragonmark, the pillar will emit a blast of magical energy into their enemies.
The battle rages until Arranvor dies. As his body falls it explodes in a blast of pure magical energy and fire and in his place stands a short female dwarf cleric armed with Modenkrad. Aldrin sees above the firey explosion a symbol no one has seen in millennia. Aeric continues to battle and summon more undead until his army fails and he himself dies. The group finds 3,168 gold pieces.
After calling Syria d'Lyrandar, the party discovers that something isn't quite right with the time line. As they group struggles to figure things our, Erana (Arranvor) draws a picture of the room and every symbol she sees.
Syria opens a portal to the group and they return to Sharn. They discover that it is no longer the time they thought because it is a day before the massive break out from the Prison in Sharn. They try to contact themselves and seek out the places they were the day before the prison breakout but they find nothing.
After warning Syria of the breakout, the group finds another Eldritch machine below the prison tower and disarm it. Sin, Sever, and Vance, and Kh'raan are all sent to Dreadhold while Aldrin and Erana try to find knowledge of what has happened with the transformation of Arranvor into Erana.
