After successfully stealing a sorcerous device from the grot Hopper Boss's
encampment (and a burning it and large portion of the forest surrounding it),
the Rotmoons planned to use it to blow-up a ley line nexus. The nexus was
guarded by The Gleaming Host - Sybarite mercenaries in the employ of the
defenders of the Prime Dominion.
That night El Doktoro carefully divided up the component parts of the device
and then combined each part with a generous measure of blackpowder, in a
effort to create multiple "bombs" from the artefact.
Bortagno and a couple of the crew reconnoitred the ley line nexus - it seemed
it was beneath a stone shrine or temple and its power was being syphoned into
a brazier as a "sacred flame" - the Gleaming Host's employers were using the
magical flames to empower weapons and armour. The Rotmoons were going to try
and put a stop to that.
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All around them forest fires raged. None-the-less, the sounds of the battle
taking place beyond the smoke and flames could still be plainly heard.
Despite using the noise and smoke to hide their presence, the Gleaming Host's
sentinels soon spied the pirates and raised the alarm.
Once the gig was up, Deestro was the first to leap into action, just as a
burning tree branch fell with a crash and hit Geedo.
Deestro charged a Painbringer and their swords clashed as the Slaanesh
cultist counter attacked.
Kapitan daLeeva charged as well, to assist Percy Percy. The Kapitan hit
hard, but his opponent seemed to be empowered by the wounds.
Deestro countered the Painbringer's attacks and took them down. The fires
closed in - Bold Rikk, daLeeva and a Twinsoul were all scorched as they
fought.
The Gleaming Host's leader, Ramael, joined battle against Dragante.
Percy Percy struck the final blow against the Painbringer.
The Slaangor, who'd been stalking Deestro, struck from the shadows and took
him down. The bomb Deestro had been carrying slipped from his pack and rolled
towards Bold Rikk.
So Bold Rikk scooped it up and sprinted toward the Shrine.
But a Twinsoul intercepted him and cut him down. The bomb once more bounced
across the battlefield, just shy of its target.
The Kapitan seized the moment. He roared a triumphant battle cry and
barrelled-in, snatched up the bomb with one hand, hurled it into the sacred
flame brazier. He dived sideways into what little protection the nearby rocks
could provide.
Less than a heartbeat passed. The sacred flame changed colour. Dazzling light
lanced into the sky. The Shrine split in two. The magical power coursing
through the ley lines beneath it erupted and turned the central stones molten,
and the Shrine collapsed.
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The Kapitan pulled himself to his feet and looked around - the world was not
silent but the only sound in it was a like a huge echoing bell, so loud it was
head-splitting.
Bortagno said something to him, but he couldn't make it out. Then the bell
noise receded and other sounds slowly returned.
Motes of red hot stone fizzed and popped as they landed around him or bounced
off his armour.
Bortagno offered him a bottle and said, "Kapitan, you will drink this, I
think?"
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The Animosity VI UK Meet-up - Game 2
Deployment: Stark Beginnings
Victory: Poison The Well
Twist: Flame Pockets
Opponent: Ed / Maps
Warband: Sybarites
This was a fun game - and we both loved the emergent story that came from the
combination of Battleplan cards and the counters that Ed had made.
Kapitan daLeeva's Doom Tally = 6
(Which is bad news for the ship...)
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