event The Weaver's Den Unraveled

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A few Saint’s Days ago, a brave group of young men and women descended into the Weaver’s Den within the Swamp. The Valiant Seekers:

 

Wyn ‘The White Light’

Julietta ‘The Sharp Shooter’

Zelphar ‘The Erratic’

Leonardo ‘The Pack Mule & Bomber’

Raven ‘The Inflaming’

Rumil ‘The Unrelenting’

Uhier ‘The Golden Throw’

Giraudus ‘The Explorer’

Saxton ‘The Gaunt’

Handil ‘The Watcher’

A’lia ‘The Hound’

Azra ‘The Invincible’

 

The Weaver’s Den is a cave system shrouded in darkness consumed by Piranha Wasps. These wasps live in the upper regions of the cave hive, eating and tearing through everything that enters. The Valiant Seekers came across many dead bodies that fell victim to these wasps in their venture. 

Further down lay the Karkossa, acid spitting spiders the size of humans, poking out of holes in the walls. Taunting the Valiant Seekers. They appeared in numbers, usually three or more.

 

Then, at the very center, lay the Queen.

 

 

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FIRST EXPEDITION

Wyn, Julietta, Zelphar, Handil, Raven, and Azra enter the Weaver’s Den, the party not knowing what to expect. Lucky for them, Wyn brought torches. This kept the Piranha Wasps at bay, the only thing keeping the group alive. They transcended the tunnels, no map in sight. When approaching a dead end, the Valiant Seekers found themselves cornering the Piranha Wasps. Light keeps them at bay, but they quickly found out that if the bugs felt like they had to, they would charge. And that they did, passing through the group giving everyone scratches and nicks. The medic during the expedition, Julietta passed out a Tippens Root salve to everyone and they moved on. Down the winding tunnels, they found themselves at many fault lines. Passing over them with relative ease until Zelphar threw a rock at one. The whole fault line crumbled, the sound of shifting rock all around them. They moved on, Julietta throwing a blast potion on another one which opened up into a massive cavern. Wyn and Azra approached the hole, before it collapsed beneath them! The group rushed in aside from Handil and Julietta where they found themselves face to face with the Karkossa. Eventually, everyone makes it down there and after Wyn, the Tank, kills them all they ascend to the surface once more. They needed to prepare.

 

SECOND AND FINAL EXPEDITION

We return to the Weavers Den. Now a party of 10 and much more prepared than last time. The Valiant Seekers knew what to expect and what to bring. Weapons and potions, as many lanterns as one could possibly carry. Back inside the winding tunnels they found themselves with Piranha Wasps on both sides. They had to make a decision, into the tiny tunnel or be eaten alive. As they all rushed to the tunnel, for obvious reasons, the Piranha Wasps left them alone. Finding themselves in a new place within the hive, they continued on. This was the Spiders Territory. One Fault Line after another, eventually they ended up breaking one. In doing so, the noise alerted the Karkossa and they began to attack the rear of the group in a giant wave. Those at the front of the cave were helpless in the matter and after doing a Perception check, Leonardo heard something. A scream. He transcended down into the cavern, Julietta quickly following with a now loaded crossbow. 

The fighting continued up above, the duo now in a new tunnel and making their way through it. A cry for help was heard, before nothing. It was silent, too silent. Julietta advised they wait for the others and headed back to the entrance, Leonardo quickly following. 

The group rushed down the new tunnel, their eyes watching every crevice within the walls. A cocoon. A silk cocoon. Wyn cut it open, the dead body of a man falling out. He collected the man's belongings, hoping to give him a proper burial once they made it out. Even so, they continued on. Reaching a thick tunnel of webs, Raven lit the thing ablaze, burning their way through the pathway.

 

THE BOSS BATTLE

The tunnel opened into a massive cavern, eggs and webs covering the walls. Everything was still so quiet, the party on high alert. Those same silk cocoons hung from the ceilings, the victims' cries never having been heard. Then, she appeared. The Queen. She shot that same acid onto Raven, burning him beyond belief. Julietta immediately shot her crossbow, landing a solid hit on the thing. A blast potion was thrown and missed, scaring the Queen further into the room. Uhier threw another blast potion, hitting the Queen dead on. She fell, scurrying off to the far side of the cave room. Wyn and Rumil followed, Julietta passing Leonardo an acid neutralizer to help with Raven’s burns. 

 

 

Zelphar, Saxton, and Handil took care of the minions that began flooding into the space. 

 

 

Julietta loaded up a flaming bolt within her crossbow, waiting for the perfect shot. Wyn slid under the Queen’s underbelly, stabbing it with his greatsword. One thing led to another and his leg was punctured by the Queen’s. Rumil slashed at the legs of the Queen, cutting one off before getting thrown by another. There! The perfect shot. Julietta warned everyone before letting the bolt loose, hitting the Queen dead in the head! Her whole head lit ablaze in mere moments, Wyn using this time to slice her head clean off. He succeeded, but in doing so the Queen retaliated. She lifted a leg, going to drive it directly into the man in a killing blow. While her head was no longer, that leg still had to come crashing back down. But to Wyn’s luck, Uhier sliced it clean off, saving his life. The group cheered. Wyn and Julietta get the finishing blows with Uhier saving Wyn’s life. On the other side of the cavern were the three men, Saxton, Zelphar, and Handil taking care of the minions in perfect succession. 

 

THE AFTERMATH

With the Queen dead, the Valiant Seekers cheered. A’lia and Julietta rushed to Wyn’s aid, A’lia magically healing him with her wolves following. They surveyed the area before taking whatever they could get from the Queen’s body. Then they felt it. A rumble. Something had awoken. Something much bigger. The Evils of the Swamp were not defeated yet, the party had another mission after this. This was not the last the Swamp would see of them. Until next time.

 

THE WEAVER’S DEN WAS DEFEATED, THE VALIANT SEEKERS VICTORIOUS.

FIRST ONES IN, LAST ONES OUT.

 

 

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To celebrate the victory, Julietta is hosting a tavern night in Whitespire, Aaun, on Wednesday, June 21st at 9pm EST. Be there to hear the terrifying tale of all they have to share.

 

 

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OOC

 

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Thank you so much to White_Wolf for hosting this for us! Both of these events were at 3am EST which did indeed kill our sleep schedules, but so worth it. We had so much fun and it was an absolute blast. If anyone would like to join our next swamp event msg otik or rccola25 for more information. The events will almost always be really late at night so be warned. 

Regardless, it was so much fun and we all heavily enjoyed it. Was definitely worth the scheduling hell I went through with Wolf and I’d do it 1000x over for this experience. 

<3

 

Here are the VODS for the events if anyone wants to take a peek :) 

 

Expedition #1

 

Expedition #2

 

 

[Roguechaotic 264]

Wyn smiles at the missive giving a sigh of relief as he looks down to his leg, the woven silk still clinging to it for the healing process. "The first of many dungeons and the like to be conquered in the land..." as he prepared for the victory meeting.

[PlutoPhobia 63]

Rumil The Unrelenting had sighed underneath his black coated armor, setting it off and onto his desk where that of two fangs from the queen spider, a jarred organ, and two eyes had rested. He'd tied his hair back into its braid, as to get ready for the victory festival held in only a few more saint hours. "..Since when did Karkosa come back?" 

 

[ChaoticRoller 635]

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Zelphar sits back reading the missive and says "I think my favorite part was throwing a rock like a demon at a faultline. But, please no more spiders no more dealing with them with limited power at least." He would then laugh and give a big smile and a nod.

 

[TheWyrdWolf 1532]

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So glad you guys enjoyed it, it was a pleasure running it for you and others. <3

 

[RatFromTheTrash 532]

Uhier Va'eylul 'The Golden Throw' had just finished getting told off by all his family and friends for going on such a dangerous mission, when he'd sit down to read the missive. "Why is it always spiders? Fighting an evil goat, or frog would be a nice change.." He'd mutter to himself, as he stands back up once more to head over to the victory tavern night, his pet Nepema sitting on his shoulder.

[Pallodium 3776]

"Raven" would smirk as he read the missive in the late night, "They really didn't know my name, eh?" He chuckles lightly, lifting up a small quill, "Well, 'Raven' is quite a nice name to go by... perhaps I should write something looking back on this adventure..." He'd murmur a few words under his breath, trying to find his wording, before smiling and opening a small book, starting to write a poem late in the night.

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OOC: Banger event, would rate 10/10 in terms of danger and how fun it was. The constant ambience was really cool! Probably going to write a poem soon about this! :D