Thursday, 3 September 2020

The Great Oubliette of Shyish, part 4

The Cleavermaws gathered round the Dead Man's Chest. Thunder rumbled overhead as they trudged through the forest, they followed a narrow dirt path that wound between the trees. Thorny undergrowth tugged at their clothes and gnarled roots tried to trip them.

Kaptain Mogrum followed just behind (the less-than-reassuringly named) Lost Uzzog. The shaman studied his brass aetheric compass and only occasionally hesitated as the crew stumbled and swore behind him.

Uzzog's compass did not point north, it pointed toward the strongest nearby source of magical energies. Mogrum was sure it was a hidden Realmgate, uncovered by the Necroquake.


Sludga herded the rest of the crew forward, silencing most of their grumbled complaints with harsh words and hard stares.


Kaptain Mogrum could feel the magical energies surging through the gravelines in the forest. Lost Uzzog's compass span round a few times then settled again, pointing at a cluster of overgrown stone ruins.

Kaptain Mogrum stepped ahead of Uzzog and signalled for the crew to halt.

"Are we here then boss?" asked Sludga.

"Aye." said Mogrum, simply.

Sludga nodded and started the crew into activity, they began getting the Dead Man's Chest ready and preparing the other equipment they had hauled through the woods for over a week.

Kaptain Mogrum had become a Weirdnob Shaman, when a head injury unlocked the power of Gorkamorka within him, a few years before. He focused his power on the magical energies within the chest and the crew turned the keys to unlock it.

The Realmgate was locked and obscured but the power of a half-dozen Endless Spells condensed into Realmstone was enough to force it open, when focused in the right way. Like a knife forced into a locked doorframe, a crack of light appeared. Mogrum's head felt like it might split as the gate resisted but he pressed on.

The gate opened. 


Mogrum stepped through the gate, into the chill air of another underworld. The Cleavermaws had found a way into the Great Oubliette of Nagash... but now they had to find the Adm'rul and a way out!

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