Bellamy catches his breath and then says "Nothing good from you, so no I won't tell about the others."

Tex on top of Lizzy turns to look around what happened to Bellamy, "Did you fall...?" but stops when he notices Vrakath. "You! Again?"

Then turns around, drawing his spear and rides quickly back to Bellamy and the goblinkin, "Here's one of the others if you must know. Now tell, what exactly have we started?"

He readies his spear to attack on the first sign of malicious intent by Vrakath and Lizzy is prepared to deflect any incoming attack.

(Question: Can Tex still wield spear and shield or doesn't allow the Ruidium affliction to wield both?)

"You all tried to kill me. All I did was spectate your battle with those Revelry fools. You will pay in blood now, just as your "Captain" did." Vrakath pulls out his silvered longsword and swings at Bellamy but an arcane shield seems to ward off the attack. He swings again and this time, cutting the all too familiar gash in Bellamy's side. Blood flows from the wound and to the street. Bellamy falls motionless. Vrakath sighs "You all started this, remember that..." 

Tex you can roll your readied attack. (Yes you can still wield spear and shield)

Regardless of what happens with the readied attack, Vrakath seems to vanish in a mist.

readied attack: (23,12 for 9 damage)

Tex stabs at the attacking foe and manages a notable hit but it wasn’t enough to deter the second attack that took out Bellamy instantly. Stumbling forward as Vrakath vanishes, Tex just doesn’t get used to enemies that turn into thin air. Unsure where his opponent went, Tex touches Bellamy and cures Bellamy's wounds for 11 HP. In case Vrakath stayed nearby, they would have the numbers. “Bellamy, get up! Vrakath just ambushed us and vanished again. We need to keep moving and join the others.”

(Bellamy would normally have had to make a death save on his turn but since Tex healed on the next turn we can skip that.)

Tex, on the second round of Initiative you have used an action to heal Bellamy, is there anything else you are doing? Initiative is still active.

After healing Bellamy, Tex will spend a moment to look around if he can spot Vrakath (action Perception: 17 ) and commands Lizzy to ready to dash away (bonus action) as soon as Bellamy has mounted again, “Come on, Bellamy! Let’s get out!”

(Bellamy, Vrakath's turn is before yours. I will let you change your turn if you want after the following occurs.)

Tex, as you lay your hand upon Bellamy's wound, some of the skin begins to form back and he gasps as his eyes open up. You then take a moment to look around and can just barely spot him looking down on you from a building, positioned almost directly above you. You watch as he jumps down towards you, gripping his large sword with both hands over his head as he falls ever closer to you. The sun reflecting off of the blade as he attempts to use the momentum of the fall to cut you down. The attack looks deadly as you close your eyes before it strikes you.....

With your eyes closed, your life flashes before you. The tough, hard life of being a Drow slave and taking the moments to tinker and build what you could from any scrap you could find. Mostly though, you think of Karrakir, the tiefling who gave you a chance and freed you from the life of servitude. Would you ever be able to repay him? It matters not now, this is the end.... you think to yourself.

Shhinkkkkk! Your eyes are startled open at the sound of steel on steel as a shower golden sparks fly before your eyes. Somehow Lizzy managed to lunge to the side just far enough to deflect the deadly strike with her metal frame causing Vrakath to hit the ground hard. He stands and tries to gather himself while taking another swing at you only to lose his footing and cut wide to the right.

"You all seem to have luck on your side... come then, show me what you can do."

At this point a small crowd has gathered and you hear muttering within the crowd... "Someone should call the Zhelezo..." and another "Let them handle their own business... just enjoy the show..." 


Rel, as you walk through the streets with Lana, Zane, Jarsali and the five Zhelezo, you feel an ice pick like pain in your head, casuing you to stumble and almost fall to your knees though Jarsali catches you before. A voice rings in your mind "Your companions are doomed...what will you do? I am curious to see...." It is not the voice of the woman you had expected, instead it is the voice of the figure from your dream. The voice of the man with a porcelain mask and raven feather adorned armor.  "Are you alright?" Jarsali asks as she helps you regain your footing.

 Bellamy you are up. 

Bellamy will cast [spell[phantasmal force[/spell] creating a deadly illusory creature of fire that wishes to engulf Vrakath in flames

Intelligence Save

DC 14

Suddenly , Vrakath turns as he sees a molten rock like creature with flames billowing from every joint crawl from a crevasse in the street. He steps back and readies his weapon only to turn towards you and smirk, "I have dealt with Mind Flayers, you will have to try harder than that" Vrakath barks as the illusion seems to fade and not affect him

 Tex and Lizzy are up

Tex not sure if they should really try to fight Vrakath by themselves, “perhaps we should leave it for another day, Bellamy?” Tex urges nervously but picks at Vrakath with his spear and lets Lizzy follow suit. “He just needs a lucky strike.”

 (Tex has a shield spell, too, if that makes a difference in a round.)

Rel gasps, recovering from the sudden psychic pain.  For the briefest moment, her cool grey eyes strobe to black before becoming quiescent once more.

She sets her teeth.  As a vessel of the Raven Queen's hunger for death and the essence of life herself, she viscerally senses the danger.  We cannot let them die.  If it is Vrakath, he must not be allowed to pick us off piecemeal.  It was a mistake to split up.

"We have to find Tex and Bellamy.  NOW.  They are in mortal danger.  I cannot explain how I know, but I have received a painful telepathic message and I believe it to be true.  I do not know where they are, but I can only think of starting at the Auction House and backtracking towards the Library of the Cobalt Soul from which they were coming.  We already know there is a killer loose who seeks revenge on us, as I've told you Jarsali."

Without waiting for an answer, Rel breaks into a fast jog towards the Auction House, assuming she knows the way and no one stops her.

Jarsali barks an order at Rel's words "If you want to cut them off, follow me. They can't be far from here based on when I sent that message." She grabs your shoulder and directs you down an alley the the north east. "I know these streets Rel, best to follow me" And she begins to lead the way, with the Zhelezo following her lead. "This path should lead us to a point in between the Auction house and the Library. Keep your eyes peeled for trouble."

Vrakath, takes a hit from both Tex and Lizzy but hardly flinches. "Is this the best you have? It will take far more to stop me from striking you down." He then lunges once more towards Tex and once again Lizzy moves her massive metal body in the way of the stirke, though this time Vrakath is prepared and side steps with a second strike cutting true into the kobold. Blood gushes from his abdomen as he reels in pain. "You are tough for your size" and Vrakath vanishes in a mist once more.

 Rel, Lana and Zane, depending on if you follow Rel or Jarsali will determine how many rounds until you can find them

 Bellamy is up in initiative

(Rel herself immediately switches trajectory and rushes in the direction Jarsali directs.)

"Your right Tex, we should try to get some help" He then turns to Melby "Go fly and bring the Zhelezo to us"

He then uses Feline Agility which is not an action to retreat 60ft away from where he last saw Vrakath.

Bellamy then takes the dodge action

End of turn.

With Vrakath out of sight, Tex instructs Lizzy (bonus action) to make after Bellamy with a quick dash, stopping right next to Bellamy in case he wants to hop on and generally to keep close to each other for the defenders, well, their defense system. Tex takes a look around to see if he can locate Vrakath. (Action Perception: 18)

Zane follows Jarsali and also glances upwards to see if maybe the owl is in sight somewhere.

The message was clear enough and Lana did not waste her time with idle questions. She looked back only once, checking if Zhelezo got the order and then rushed after Jarsali, scanning the crowd for any suspicious commotion.

Tex, you are able to spot Vrakath atop a building once more, this time though he is about 60 feet away from the two of you. He sprints forward and jumps from atop the building and vanishes in a mist, reappearing on the other side of the street atop another building 30 feet closer to you. He stretches out a hand and suddenly, Bellamy is pulled from the ground and lifted into the air towards Vrakath and stops right in front of him, hovering above the streets.

"Are you ready to tell me where the others are now? Or should I just drop you and end your meaningless existence? Your choice tabaxi.."

 Bellamy is up

"I choose option C" says Bellamy. He then cast misty step

He teleports to the ground next to Tex and moves back 30ft.

Then he casts fire bolt at Vrakath

Hit -7 miss

Tex thought that Bellamy was done for when Vrakath hauled him in but he vanished, too. Everyone seems to be able to do that trick! As soon as Tex saw Bellamy run, he reeled around Lizzy, stowed his spear and made after Bellamy trying to grab him. (Grapple check: 16) If he gets a hold of him they will continue running further away with Lizzy dashing, otherwise Tex stays close to Bellamy and holds the line.