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	17:27 [ST] Leaving Talek and the other troops at the walls, Keshin bears west, deeper into the beleaugered city, where flashes of flame indicate battles between the sappers set by Striking Sparks and some new set of invaders. A few minutes earlier, a column of green pyreflame announced the breach of some place deep in the city's innards, and now the battle is joined within.		17:27 [ST] Leaving Talek and the other troops at the walls, Keshin bears west, deeper into the beleaugered city, where flashes of flame indicate battles between the sappers set by Striking Sparks and some new set of invaders. A few minutes earlier, a column of green pyreflame announced the breach of some place deep in the city's innards, and now the battle is joined within.

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−	~~02:42 [ST]~~ And the Scarlet Empress's oldest daughter, Mnemon, the Alabaster Empress, smiles beatifically as she thinks of victory, and a small windowless room deep beneath Creation's surface, and the Dragonbloods that will soon fill it.	+	And the Scarlet Empress's oldest daughter, Mnemon, the Alabaster Empress, smiles beatifically as she thinks of victory, and a small windowless room deep beneath Creation's surface, and the Dragonbloods that will soon fill it.
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		+	<i>ST's Notes: The players stated, at the beginning of the campaign, that they wanted this short adventure to end with "a heroic stand against impossible odds." I think they got that, along with the very real option of taking the easy way out or standing as heroes. My one reservation about the final battle was Matara striking the killing blow with a truly insane set of successes (something like 13 out of 15 dice), by far the best roll of her horrid career (all those ass kickings weren't made up). I offered to veto it to let the PCs finish the enemy, but they all seemed to like it. I also like to think that her turn here makes up a little for her general weak and non-DB like nature throughout. I had forgotten her plea to Kalan, and his promise entirely. Obviously, she had too. Not so Kalan's player.
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		+	As for the overall plot, as was made slightly more clear in a log which was omitted, Mnemon arranged for the hunt to fail. But it had to be done gradually - thus the wearing demon attacks. The Hunt, according to her, had to fail, but only in the kind of heroic way that could inspire resistance. In this plan, she colluded with the Walker, recently freed and returned to his old war machines which the Craven had created and stored. This explains the ad hoc, weird, and general hardscrabble nature of his forces. By teaming up both sides get what they want - Walker regains power (while still remaining weak), the Mask draws the ire and force of the Realm, and Mnemon gets to be Empress. Certainly, some backstabbing was certainly planned, but the PCs have to deal with the hear and now.
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		+	Originally, the Mask of Winters was going to be responsible, but Mnemon's expanded role and the opportunity to tie the deeds in with the actions and master of the previous Abyssal NPCs was too strong. We never discovered what happened to Keshin and Talek, but Kalan did escape, and would turn up later in the Abyssals campaign, embittered and half-mad. For the record, Mnemon got hers in the end.</i>

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 :27 [ST] Leaving Talek and the other troops at the walls, Keshin bears west, deeper into the beleaugered city, where flashes of flame indicate battles between the sappers set by Striking Sparks and some new set of invaders.  A few minutes earlier, a column of green pyreflame announced the breach of some place deep in the city's innards, and now the battle is joined within.
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 :38 [ST] "There's blood everywhere, sir," Quiet Sapphire announces. She's badly burned and barely able to stand, but insisted upon manning this wall. "Feet deep, it's puddling at the base of the wall. It'll be this way all through the city."
 :43 [Keshin] "Is it shallow enough for you to open the gate?" he yells up.  "If I don't have to waste time climbing over the wall, I don't want to."
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-And the Scarlet Empress's oldest daughter, Mnemon, the Alabaster Empress, smiles beatifically as she thinks of victory, and a small windowless room deep beneath Creation's surface, and the Dragonbloods that will soon fill it.
+:42 [ST] And the Scarlet Empress's oldest daughter, Mnemon, the Alabaster Empress, smiles beatifically as she thinks of victory, and a small windowless room deep beneath Creation's surface, and the Dragonbloods that will soon fill it.