Cultists of Horax have come. They begin a ritual that will psychically kidnap one of us if it's allowed to be preformed.
Our fighters assemble and head off towards the summoning circle. Skull Smasher was working pretty far away so he'll be delayed.
It's halfway finished by the time our rangers, now equipped with crossbows, get a volley off.
We've gotta push through quickly.
Vitya gets horrible gored by the cultist's boar spear. He'll definitely die unless we can clear some space and have someone tend to him on the battlefield.
William gets skewered by the same enemy and is in an even worse state.
Hoss gets knocked out, but we defeat the two in front of us. Vergil does something to William that stops his bleeding when nobody is looking. Our crossbowmen pincusion an enemy archer. We're almost at their leader now, though he has two bodyguards still at full strength near him.
Elias manages to get the summoner in the gut with a crossbow bolt, which stops the ritual. What's left of our battered melee squad pushes up.
Feeb bests Bonecrusher only to be instantly decapitated by Skull Smasher in return. Bonecrusher is in a pretty bad state, losing an ear and a paw to the ritual dagger.
The battle was won, but with several close calls. Oscar and Kala are patched up in the field by Lathandra and Lemon, those who can walk carry back those who can't. If only we had some new craftsmen we would be able to forge armor more quickly!
Boontaker chips away at the mountain.
Kala has a mental breakdown due to the pain from his wounds and digs up the corpse of Old Man. Hi, Old Man! He slams the skelly down on the dining table for all to see.
Vitya also snaps and declares that he's going to murder Camille. Skull Smasher throws him in a cell to cool off.
Bonecrusher's wife gives birth to a hyena pup who immediately starts eating **** off of the floor. There are also baby turtles zooming around everywhere
We're seriously low on space to store ****, so we start throwing up a warehouse east of the industrial wing.
An old man named Lance Gander wanders in, asking for a place to stay. He has ridiculously high melee skill.... but he's also almost 80 years old and covered in scars. No sense turning down an extra sword arm though.
Winter is upon us. We have a decent stockpile of pemmican in the homes. Aside from that, we'll do as much hunting as we can to get by.
Elias and Lathandra have a scrap.
The church expands. There's now a bedroom for the priest (current priest is happy elsewhere) and a scriptorium. We can even send letters to other factions with our little crow fella.
To his credit, he did find a bunch of rubies and amber deep in the mountain. Now it's just for fun though.
We somehow built the warehouse around this megasloth. Not a bad emergency food supply.
Vergil gathers everybody in the church to make the following announcements:
-Vampires are cool, and our friends, and should be worshiped. Eating people? Not so bad either.
-Alcohol and drugs will be prohibited going forward.
-Apostasy is abhorrent. **** apostates.
-Turtles, dogs, cats, and horses are to be venerated.
-Women are required to have their hair covered at all times.
Immediately following these changes, clouds of ash choke the sun from the sky and a strange child is welcomed by Lord Stack into the community.
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But if it is, I have to say that it has to be among the best goyslop I've seen.
