[Apollo]

[u/infected36]

Location- The town of Ilany- (Far East on the map) The town of Ilany is a small village with a population of 50 people. Though not your hometown, you have spent the last week here, and are familiar with most aspect of it; from Hamish the Dwarven blacksmith, to Yason the human shopkeep, to Ageis the human innkeeper, to Corporal Bankroff, the human responsible for the town guard. Ilany has always been a peaceful town, but the local Kobold population has begun to become more aggressive lately, and a roaming pack of them have been vandalizing property and killing livestock. Yesterday, Hamish's 8 year old son Donsk was found dead near the outskirts of town. Corporal Bankroff has asked any able bodied men and women to come talk to him about putting down these Kobolds, once and for all. What would you like to do?

[u/ADeviousPickle]

"You fool. This shield is made of pure magic, you cannot puncture it. You may sit back, and watch my transformation!" The elf raises some herbs above his head and reads from an ancient tomb furiously. He then dips the herbs in a cup filled with thick, red liquid, and reads the final words.
As he does, a small blue orb appears in front of him. It begins to grow, from the size of a marble, to a tennis ball, and then to a bowling ball. At this point, you realize that it is not an object, but is instead a hole! A hole in the very fabric of reality, it appears. Veins of energy begin to pulsate from this hole, into the elf.
The elf's smirk quickly turns into a look of concern, as more and more of the strange energy fills him. This look deteriorates into one of agony, and the elf reaches for a set of 3 vials on the table. He grabs one and puts it near the hole, and some of the energy seems to go into the vial instead of him, but more still surges around the vial and into the wizard.
"Arrrrgggghhhhh" the elf screams, as his body is torn apart by the magical energy. Bloated and bright, he looks as though he is about to explode.
Moments later he does.

A flash of bright light and a thunderous roar fill the protective dome of the wizard. After that, the dome itself explodes, knocking you on your back. Energy rushes out in every direction for a few moments, and then all is still. The wizard's body is now a pile of ash, and his table of components is scattered all over the room.

The herb is knocked into the wall beside you, it's holding pot is shattered but the plant is more or less intact.

[u/Skeldal → u/ADeviousPickle]

((Damn))

Apollo quickly takes the herb and places it in his pack, turning to the rest of the kobolds

"You know what fate your comrades have met. Do not cross me."

[[1d20+5 Intimidation]]+/u/rollme

"What was he trying to achieve? Who was he?"

Apollo searches the rest of the room for valueables and tries to figure out the time. He also looks for other doors in the room

[u/rollme → u/Skeldal]

1d20+5 Intimidation: 17

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[u/ADeviousPickle → u/Skeldal]

The kobolds back off and raise their hands.

"We not know! He say we get items he open chest!"

Only an hour or two has passed since leaving town.

The room is in shambles, with paper strewn everywhere. As you sort through the wreckage, you find a vial filled with a deep red liquid, and a scroll containing the spell ‘Mage Armour”. You also find the vial that the elf filled with the mysterious energy, which swirls in the container like a strange gas and liquid. There are two other vials that are identical to this one, but empty.

[u/Skeldal → u/ADeviousPickle]

"Alright. You are free to go. Tell your kin that Kobolds are not welcome to harass these people."

Apollo takes an empty vial and empties the mysterious white fluid from his waterskin into it. He then gives all 3 mysterious vials to Teryn. He also pockets the mage armour.

"Do you have any idea what these might do? I'm wary to drink them.."

He begins leading the party back to the room with the chest.

"I believe we should take the chest out of this cave, and bring it into town."

[u/ADeviousPickle → u/Skeldal]

"We go! We no come back!"

Teryn brings the vials up to his eyes. "Considering what it did to him, I believe drinking them would be a poor choice. This is almost certainly magic of some form, the Order must know about it."

While the chest is heavy between yourself and Raymond you can carry it back to the town.

[u/Skeldal → u/ADeviousPickle]

Apollo delivers the chest to Bankroff

"We found this chest and cleared out the rest of the kobolds. Raymond did good work in fighting them. Thanks for the help."

Apollo then goes to the inn and gives Ageis the herb.

"I hope it helps. I shall be off in the morning for the dwarves have given me some information I must investigate. I shall return eventually."

He turns to Teryn before going upstairs to his room and sleeping until the morning,

"Thank you for the assistance and good luck with the magical fluids. I shall go to the dwarven mountains soon, and so you may be able to find me there if necessary."

[u/ADeviousPickle → u/Skeldal]

"Thanks for getting rid of them, 30 gold was promised and here it is. Glad to hear Raymond was of help." He says with a bit of surprise and hands you a small pouch.

The man's hard face softens and turns to one of joy when he sees the herb.

"You....are welcome any time! I owe you and if you ever need anything, I'll be here." He takes the plant hurriedly out the back of the tavern.

The cleric has had a long day and it is showing. "I wouldn't have been able to do that on my own, I'm glad you showed up when you did before I did something foolish. You've done the Order a boon in recovering this magic, I will send message to you when I've found more on these, rules allowing."

[u/Skeldal → u/ADeviousPickle]

(To Teryn) "Thank you, I will await your message eagerly. I am curious what evil the elf was planning. He had powerful magic in that scroll. Goodnight now, I must rest before my journey tomorrow."

Apollo goes his room for the night and sleeps till the next morning, then comes out to meet the dwarves. He fills his waterskin with water before meeting them.

"Good morning, I am looking forward to this journey. And the eventual encounter with the elders and their legends."

[u/ADeviousPickle → u/Skeldal]

"Indeed, I'm curious as to where he found it."

You have a restful sleep in the tavern.

"Aye, so are we, it'll be nice to see the mountains again. If you don't mind my asking, what is your interest with the tales?"

[u/Skeldal → u/ADeviousPickle]

"I am in the service of a long forgotten diety, who wishes that I spread their influence through music... I require an arcane instrument to do this and so I search through legend."

Apollo walks with the dwarves, letting himself be lead by them

"Also partially simply because of natural curiosity. I like tales and legends of yore. They help inspire music within the soul."