Twenty-eighth Session (10 page pdf) – “The Battle of Nightfall Station” – It’s death or glory as the Ekujae elves assault the station in force. Can the PCs stem the tide of these “savages?” Or will they fall to overwhelming numbers? Find out as we conclude River Into Darkness!
Well, it turns out one of the Hated British was actually a necromancer, making fast zombies out of elves and dead colonials alike. The Ekujae have very severe taboos around their dead so that explains their “wipe out whitey” program. There’s no opportunity to negotiate a peace, however, as wave after wave of elves throw themselves at Nightfall Station.
But finally they are rescued by a real high level party – the Hands of Slaughter from the Rival Guide, a real bad set of dudes (like, a gorilla antipaladin named “Eater of Elves” bad) that are the Aspis Consortium’s local enforcers. The party gets paid, levels up (they’ll level up again in… seven years I guess, spoiler alert), and heads off to Nantambu, putting the impending genocide out of their minds. “We’re pirates, man, this isn’t our problem.”
It’s always tricky emulating a problematic type of story, but I think everyone came away with the clear message “these were the bad guys and we were helping them.”
And with that, we have finished River of Darkness!
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