Smith (Jaela, Calleigh, Surraruthru)

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+31 Spot
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=13]

[Anastasia]

Surraruthru notices something in the ground. Rocks laced with yellow...gold? That might be gold! There's gold in those plains!

Kascha meanwhile continues along, glancing at Surraruthru as he looks. "Hm?"

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru lets a low rumble out while staring at the gold.

"Kascha. I demand we lay claim to this area. This land must be ours."

[Anastasia]

Kascha tilts her head to the side, "Why? It's just free floating land in the Astral."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru drops his voice to a whisper and leans in close to Kascha.

"Gold. Everywhere. Baleruk can't be allowed to have any. I need. We need it. For the hoard."

[Anastasia]

"Oh!" Kascha's eyes widen, "Of course a dragon would notice it. We can deal with it afterwards," Kascha says, "We don't have time right now."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Well, if nothing else, you can be the witness. I lay claim to it. It is mine... Ours. Mine mostly."

[Anastasia]

Kascha laughs as the army goes on...

I'll post here again once Ithea gets a little more progress.

[Anastasia]

Soon enough the party goes through the plains. As you reach the end, Crystal flutters back and reports to Jaela and friends. "We came across a wounded trumpet archon," Crystal reports after a quick salute, "The daemons have set up a fortified line of control at 5 miles in, which is approximately halfway. They have enslaved slaad anarchs to control the battlefield and allow demons and others in favor of protecting the rift pass freely."

[Corwin]

"We've got Ithea and Baleruk who are anarchs, don't we?" Jaela responds. "Let's go break their shit. Signal with a fireball if you want us to join in the fight."

[Anastasia]

"We will," Crystal promises, "Anything else?"

[Corwin]

"I'll do my part and stabilize the area, plus respond to new threats," Jaela tells Crystal. "It's Ithea's job to tell me if she can't hack it with just herself and Baleruk in the lead. Five miles is plenty of travel. If she needs some magical backup closer by, we're here."

[Anastasia]

Crystal nods and flies off.

The party makes it about two miles in now, well past the celestial zone of control. It's slow and tough going, having to maneuver around hostile terrain and the like. Soon enough, the group comes to a free floating ocean. As Ithea's strike force moves to deal with it, suddenly the Astral around Ithea's group springs to life. It roils, bubbles and freezes at once, shaking as if in an earthquake. From far away, you can hear the cawing of ravens.

"The Astral's in flux! We need to stabilize it!" Balyss cries out.

A chance for y'all to act and/or give orders.

[Corwin]

"Kascha, Balyss, Simmer! Anchor Ithea's location!" Jaela orders, waving Cresiel over to her. "Canderella and Tryll, keep ours stable!"

[19:07] <@Annerose> roll 1d20+48 K:P, ravens?
[19:07] <Serith> Annerose roll for Serith < 68 > [d20=20]

[Anastasia]

Jaela can recall ravens are an omen of two noteworthy demon lords: Pazuzu and Pale Night. Pazuzu claims dominion over the sky and all that fly in it, including birds. Pale Night has a fondness for the creatures as messengers of her will.

Waiting to give the other two a chance to chime in.