Ididerac's Citadel (Session 12) - Emmanir 20, 888 F.S.

Heading north to Ididerac’s citadel
It’s a three-day travel to the citadel. On the second day, it begins to snow. Estenel contacts Gidnia to confirm that Emirin’s message is legitimate (it is). She instructs us to stop by her lake after we’re done at the citadel. About a half-day’s travel from the citadel, it is snowing so hard that visibility is cut to 20 feet.


Ididerac’s citadel
We make our way to the door of the keep. There are two guards flanking the door to the keep. Eminir sneaks up and waylays one of the guards. Flick arrows the other guard. One of the guards knocks on the door. Moments later, both guards are unconscious or dead. A few seconds later, the door opens. Flick skewers the man opening the door, who then screams, but no sound is made as Estenel silences the area.

We make our way into the outer baily. There are three men inside, including Ididerac. Melee begins. We engage two men-at-arms and Ididerac. A couple rounds into the fight, a curtain opens on the second floor overlooking the bailey and two crossbowmen take shots at us. A few rounds after that, two minotaurs jump down from the upper floor, knocking Ecran and Taverius to the floor. More combat. A few seconds later, a woman appears, and commands Taverius to drop his weapon. We then notice that there is a man pulling ropes to open up the curtain above us, and that the man is the messenger from Laendersberg that was travelling with us and Lady Laenders back to Laendersberg when we got ambushed. He was the one who ran off during that ambush. Cheeky bastard.

More combat. Dapifir chops down one minotaur. The balcony overlooking the bailey now has six men standing upon it; three in the front row who are throwing spears and three in the second row who are handing more spears to the front row. Taverius knocks out Ididerac. Yukon keeps one of the minotaurs incapacitated by chain-stunning him. Estenel gets into a pinch in melee. Emirin attempts to intervene and inadvertently impales himself on the foe's spear. Taverius guts the woman who had commanded him earlier, knocking her out.

Flick makes his way up the stairs to where the goblins retreated and finds the “real” Ididerac upstairs (the one we thought we knocked out was an imposter). He is upstairs with a mage, an ogre, and three goblins.

We muck around in the bailey, determining what to do next and awakening Ecran and Taverius, when the mage in the upper floor comes out to the balcony and throws a lightning bolt at Dapifer, who dies on the spot. At that point, we hear feet running down the stairs.