Day Twelve

We walked for three days before arriving in Derelune. Upon arrival, we found that the army was there and the city was almost in a panic. A guard told us that they were expecting to be attacked by the monster army that had conquered Cormyr. We entered the city, sold some gear and re-equipped ourselves.

Having no other leads, or any idea of what to do next, we decided to try to speak with the mayor to offer our services to the city, since we are experienced warriors.

We ended up talking to someone from the army. He told us that a few months ago, monsters had swarmed out of the Storhorn Mountains into Cormyr. They quickly ravaged the land and conquered the country. Now, they are marching on the city and only one day away.

He told us to go to the east gate of the city to aid in the defense. Victor decided to leave us and go to an underground cistern and aid in defense that way, to avoid the sunlight.

We finished out the day with various small tasks. The cleric visited the temple, the bard put on a small show for some soldiers, etc.

That night, we climbed up to the wall over the east gate. We could see torches approaching. They grew closer and then stopped. Soon thereafter, campfires were kindled. The attackers had arrived.

The next morning, the attackers broke camp. While they were doing that, our bard cast an illusion of the god Garl Glittergold to appear over the camp. The kobolds and goblins started to panic, but the orcs in charge restored order after a few hours.

At midday, they began marching on the city.

A line of kobolds led the charge, followed by goblins, followed by orcs bringing up the rear. Once they were in range, the archers on the wall with us began to attack. We joined in with our missile weapons and various spells used to confuse them or hinder them.

Eventually, they arrived at the wall and started putting up ladders. We tried pushing over the ladders, but the goblins at the bottom were holding them in place. The cleric dropped a fire bomb on one and killed a few goblins and destroyed the ladder.

We couldn't hold them off though and they gained the wall. We killed off most of the attackers, but the bard ended up getting surrounded. He cast a spell to hypnotize them and ordered them to jump off of the wall to their deaths. The sorcerer killed the last remaining goblin and it was over. At least for the moment.