Ollisir the Silent
The damp air tastes of salt and betrayal. If the pirates have found this cove, they have found our lifeline to the Wildthorn.
Ollisir the Silent
Stay low, Harold. The fog is thin enough that they might see our silhouette against the crags if we move too quickly.
Harold Blackhoof
Ollisir is right. My ribs ache with every breath, but the sound of those oars is a heartbeat of war. We cannot let them beach their craft.
Yuz
Captain, look. The dark shape in the surf. It is a longboat, heavily laden. They intend to offload men directly into the mist.
Harold Blackhoof
Let them land. They will be blind in this soup until they hit the shore. Ollisir, take the left flank. Yuz, keep your eyes on the waterline.
Ollisir the Silent
They think they are ghosting into an empty hold. Let us show them the Brass Shield still has teeth.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the pirate landing party
“I ask ollisir to cast haste on us”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Harold Blackhoof
Ollisir. We need speed more than stealth now. Reach into your weave, old friend. Grant us the haste of the wind.
Ollisir the Silent
The gods of the gale will have to forgive the intrusion. Hold your breath, Harold. The blood will be humming.
Ollisir traces a jagged sigil in the salt-thick air. A surge of frantic, crackling energy washes over Harold, turning his heavy, battle-worn limbs into instruments of pure, blinding momentum.
Harold Blackhoof
My pulse is a drum beat in my ears. The world slows to a crawl, and I can track the individual drift of the fog particles as they swirl around the longboat.
Yuz
Captain! They are abandoning the boat. They are wading in waist-deep, blades drawn. There are too many of them!
Harold Blackhoof
Numbers mean nothing when I can reach their throats before they finish their first step. Do I descend now and break their line while the shore is still slick, or wait for them to reach the bottleneck at the rocks?
“We ambush them at the bottle neck, olliris using arcana to attack them and me and yuz dropping boulder and throwing large rocks”
SUCCESS (Superb War tactics, rolled +0)
Harold Blackhoof
The magic pulses in my veins like wildfire, dulling the ache in my ribs. Now is the time to strike, before they find their footing.
Ollisir the Silent
The rocks are primed, Harold. One word, and I will shatter the shelf above them.
Harold Blackhoof
Drop it, Ollisir. Yuz, push the boulder. Let the mountain do the work for us.
With a roar of grinding stone, the ledge yields. Tons of ancient granite plummet into the surf, crushing the pirates against the jagged rock face before they can even draw steel.
Harold Blackhoof
They are disorganized, panicked, and trapped. A perfect opening for a disciplined charge.
Yuz
They are broken, Captain. Should I hunt the stragglers in the surf, or secure the boat?
Quest Complete
Defeat the pirate landing party
New Gift: Coastal Skirmisher
+ Scene Quest Added
Secure the pirate boat