Loose threads None, besides the fact that Winterpost is now a ghost town
Participants Toma Thanja Rhuuk Sirxus Zakkar Mur'Lin Ba'Zeer
Locations Winterpost
Short summary:
Cleaned up Olc's minions in Winterpost
Full Report
After Swampy and company defeated Olc the Chained Jester, the Guild on me to wipe out his minions still in Winterpost.
I enlisted help from my associate Thanja Rhuuk, along with fellow guild members Zakkar Mur'Lin Bazeer and Sirxus Lavant. We arrived to find a city where life had stopped. Spirited away in an instant, leaving the faintest of trace.
Soon after, we heard laughing in the distance and rushed over to investigate. We found Olc's minions surrounding a group of hostages. As soon as we were spotted, Olc's Extras attacked while the civilians started laughing. The laughter continued to rise, raising my concerns.
I rushed over to treat the hostages while my allies eliminated the threat. A successful operation, but not one without injury. We spent an hour resting in what seemed like an office building, not too disimilar to the Astrodius' office in Javervale. Thanja healed our wounds while communing with the local spirits. We learned of the existence of Olc's Stage Manager. An enigmatic figure who would arrive in the places devastated by the Chained Jester shortly after his departure. His goal: extermination.
As we rested, another cacophony of laughter rang out from the south. We ran ahead and spotted the Stage Manager with two more extras. Zakkar and Sirxus engaged one extra each while Thanja went for the main target with me acting as support. The Manager had all manner of tricks up his sleeve: turning invisible the moment he saw us, projecting a debilitating aura that briefly affected the potency of our offensive abilities and an electric whip that could lash out at anyone moving or casting within the aura.
Still, we persevered and took down the extras. Zakkar's speed and power when he unleashed his all against one of the extras was truly remarkable. With the actors gone, the Manager's trick was revealed, ending his invisiblity. Three slashes from Thanja and a bit of elemental assault brought him to his knees. Flailing wildly in his last moments, he bled to death. Unsuccessful. For the first time in millenia. We had won...
With the Manager's death, the extras standing by in the city fell. Like marionettes when their frames are released. All that remained was silence and a town no more.