Storm King's Thunder

Marav takes the stone out of his pocket. "Pim, situation has gotten a little worse here, any chance of the Enclave's help with... a small army of undead?"

Ink recognizes the visage of a black-bearded dwarf zombie. The meat cleaver is still in his hands. 

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"Nothing we can do," says Pim in Marav's head. "My fears were realized. We were attacked. Hobgoblins, hill giants. Abbot and the Envclave devoting all men to giant problem."

"Ok, the Emerald Enclave can't help. We are on our own... so.. run for it?" Marav smiles slightly knowing that isn't a real plan. 

"Guess the villagers might have had a point."

"letting Evil fester in their lands would have been their end eventually either way."

“Correct. It was an inevitable result, unless one intervened. However, I am saddened that it ended this way. If possible, I would like to give them a final act of service and free them from this.”

"Aye. Send them ta  their rest."

Ink returns from his transference, "Well, seems that both the villagers and I were right. They'd die one day, as we all do, as I predicted, and we're the ones at fault, as they correctly accused."

"A couple of hundred years of peace this village had, even if it was under a precipice of fear - we show up and in two days led to the death of the entire town.  We introduced a bit of chaos to the town and it died because of it," Ink says grimly.

"So... Do we continue forward?" 

"What is controlling all of this? And what of the mold and vegetation death?" 

// DM AWAY: Besides the skeletons and zombies - any sign of the giant skeleton, flameskull, or other rarer undead?"  //

//  Also, Ink brings up and describes the mold and fungus and the death of the vegetation in detail to see if anyone, himself included, has heard, seen or read about something along those lines before that could give a clue on what's going on. //

“I would like to note that I only saved you three and no part in destroying the hunt lords. However, I will consol you in the fact that you single-handedly destroyed a town. There. There. It is ok.”

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"Ah'll carry'na  guilt from this. These folk were in thrall and struck an evil bargain, knew it 'r not. We could'na  allow evil ta  fester 'ere. We done what done an'they done what they done."

"Nothing to do now but clean up the mess. We are gonna need to do as much damage to the bulk of them or we are going to end up being overwhelmed by sheer numbers. How many do you two think you ca eliminate?" Marav asks Crownsguard and Flint.

“I can possibly clear an area of 30 feet, which could likely be a large amount of undead. However, they will only be frightened of me and run. They will not be reduced to ash.”

"Ah'm not too worried about th' recent dead. It's th' others ta  focus on. "

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// DM AWAY: Besides the skeletons and zombies - any sign of the giant skeleton, flameskull, or other rarer undead?"  //

//  Also, Ink brings up and describes the mold and fungus and the death of the vegetation in detail to see if anyone, himself included, has heard, seen or read about something along those lines before that could give a clue on what's going on. //

"Everyone assumes that they struck some evil bargain - we have no proof of that.  Did they live in fear? Absolutely. Did they avoid the eyes of others and perhaps forget to warn of possible dangers? Perhaps. But as far as they knew, the Hunt Lords would treat betrayal with death - or worst: Undeath.  And given those circumstances - their behavior was understandable. We will all carry the guilt of what happened to these people. If it were not for our interference their lives would not have been forfeited. Own your actions and your part as I will own mine. All of our blind righteousness without care to find out the truth of this village caused this genocide. This unthinking and unbridled faith in our personal world view and its forceful application to every situation is why those homes are bloodied and empty. Our hubris led this village to its Undeath."

"Except for Crownsguard - he just got here. He's fine."

"Yes, we will try to finish what we started. Although we will likely face our own deaths because of it. But if we continue to shift the blame of what happened here to the villagers than we will doom others to the same fate - death at the hands of our reckless and thoughtless actions."

"Now - own your actions and join me in rebirth by blood and fire."

Ink storms off, circling north looking to the forest for cover. 

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"Except for Crownsguard - he just got here. He's fine."

//Also, I have an idea. What if I cast Sanctuary on myself, and just walk in? They can’t actually touch me and I could scout out the area.//

//Marav is pretty good at stealth too. I could just Scout ahead... //

"Ye misunderstand me. Ah don't blame th' villagers. Ah blame th' hunt lords. And ah mean ta make 'em pay! '