DavesGaming

Chuck

We set out ahead of the army towards the Boareskyr Bridge. We were making a small detour towards where Jaheira had mentioned a Temple of the Mad God was located. Apparently a ward stone, that could grant access to the besieged Bridge Fort, was thought to be there.

In the area of the temple we were attacked by a group of several Wyverns.

We also faced a Hill Giant. Then, near a small cave, a mass of large spiders.

We followed a trail up a hillside, and fought some Bugbears along the way. We came to a large cave, and heard the rumbles of something large within.

We found the Temple we sought further into this cave. From the markings it had obviously once been a Temple of Bhaal, but followers of Cyric had taken over at some point in the last decade. We battled them, and even freed a few Crusaders who’d been locked up. I wanted to tell them it was time to quit the Crusade! But I didn’t, it could cause us trouble later if we were too recognizable to the Crusaders.
We fought a high priestess, who seemed more out of her mind than you expect from a follower of the Mad God. Hearing voices kind of bonkers.
Which made it, not completely shocking when we found another group was taking over the site.

We cleared out a large number of Cultists and troublemakers. And, found the Ward stone we wanted.
So off we went to the Bridge Fort.

The defense was led by Jaheira’s husband Khalid. He seemed to be doing a commendable job keeping things all together. The attackers had not damaged the walls significantly, and didn’t seem very close to gaining access. So I told Khalid to hang on just a few hours, we’d be back with the army from Baldur’s Gate and route these guys out of here. Sally out when heard the fighting start.

So that’s what we did. This was by far the largest fight I’ve seen. But we all did well. Sarah is a force of nature.

After, I looked over the Boareskyr Bridge. It is massive! I was told to lead the way, so we all set out.

It was some sort of echo from the events that occurred here a decade ago. When the God Bhaal was murdered here, some sort of energy marked this place. And my blood triggered it. When I came back to the real world Sarah was holding me up, my other friends were all nearby. And a large symbol of Bhaal had been burned into the bridge. I guess the whole army can guess my lineage now.