Session 9: The Four Horsemen

The 36th day of Summer in the Dying Lands...

10PM. The Motherfuckers approach the commune of Scrap; three habitable buildings among a ruined village. A small garden, with more crops in development, and a cleared field by two tall trees.

Malachi, a ragged swordsman introduces himself and the commune. Fredrik, Joy, Rake, and Jane are the other members of the group. Seth Blue says goodbye to the party and joins the others. 

Scrap

The Motherfuckers and Malachi investigate a wagon that Malachi says was left by Western Front soldiers (and was instructed NOT to investigate). They uncover the tarp, and it looks like Blasterace. Stile checks inside and sees a pile of dead bodies, the ones on top appearing like the Western Front soldiers the Motherfuckers killed in the past.

10:30PM. Malachi stands by the wagon, waiting for the soldiers to return. The Motherfuckers hide in the trees, alerting Zaq to come to their rescue when Feyrien whistles.

Stile checks the wagon once more, finding Calypso's, Pandorog's, and the masked assassin's bodies underneath the soldiers. He takes Calypso's halberd and Pandorog's magical longsword and stashes them in Witch Asteroid.

Calypso's Halberd (pike). ~gp, M, 2x C, 1d10. 2H, 2 slots, indestructible.

The 33rd Blade (longsword +1). ~gp, M, C, 1d8+1. --

11PM. Four horsemen arrive: three Western Front soldiers, and a western reaver leading them. After the horsemen act antagonistic Malachi makes a run for it. Battle ensues. The Motherfuckers and Malachi trap a door, locking the fight to the small field with the trees in between Scrap's three standing buildings. Gorthron cracks open the door and sees the soldiers have already killed Seth Blue and Jane. 

The Four Horsemen

Victoria is killed. Stile attaches the Chains of Death to his wrist in a last-ditch strategy. Eventually everyone is downed by the remaining soldier and reaver. The horsemen exit, searching the rest of the commune. Zaq exits Witch Asteroid and resuscitates Malachi, on the brink of death. Malachi wakes Feyrien up, who tries to heal Stile (bleeding out) but natural 1s Cure Wounds. Malachi resuscitates Gorthron, and Zaq resuscitates Stile with a huge sloppy mouth-to-mouth kiss (I mean CPR). The Motherfuckers and Malachi drag Victoria's body into Witch Asteroid and book it.

The reaver and his soldier chase after on their horses. The Motherfuckers kill the reaver's horse and trap him under its body. Gorthron and Malachi double-team and throw daggers at the soldier's horse and kill him underneath it.

11:30PM. The Motherfuckers exit Witch Asteroid and watch as the reaver tries to escape. Gorthron sticks his short sword into his throat and tortures him. The reaver slides out from under the horse and crawls away. Stile shoots crossbow bolts into his ankles, planting him. Gorthron and Stile ora-ora the reaver unconscious as Zaq salutes the party and Malachi watches in horror. Feyrien has to perform penance in order to cast Cure Wounds again, and gets a vision from the Bone Bowyer: the reaver's arm bones DOOM-vision through his flesh as they master build in her mind as a short bow. She executes the reaver and chops off his arm. 

The 37th day of Summer...

12AM. The party heads back to Scrap. Ernie, Victoria's crow, pecks at the clasp on his cage. The party lets him free as he says his name "err ee" one last time, and flies South to Brandonsford. 

They grab Pandorog and Calypso's bodies from Blasterace. 

Malachi, Fredrik, Joy, and Rake start turning the battlefield into a cemetery park, making headstones for Jane and Seth Blue and burying their bodies.

The Motherfuckers transfer their horses and gear to Blasterace, and burn Witch Asteroid. They wrap Victoria, Calypso, and Pandorog's bodies in the tarp and attach it to their roof. 

1AM. After some deliberation, Malachi, Fredrik, Joy, and Rake join the Motherfuckers. 

Fredrik, Joy, Rake. AC 10, HP 4, ATK 1 fist +0 (1), MV near, AL N, LV 1.

Everyone levels up, including Zaq:

Zaq. AC 10, HP 6, ATK 1 razor +1 (1d4), MV near, S +1, I -1, Ch -1, AL C, LV 2. 

Ambush. Deal two extra dice of damage when undetected.

The Motherfuckers settle down for the night, as the third sign of Revelation rumbles through the ground... 




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