With the Warmth of the Sun | Roll for Initiative - The Wintervale Saga - Episode 27
14Support the stream: https://streamlabs.com/KagatoTheFinalBoss With nothing else in their way, the Emissaries of Alexander are taken to the Island of Wintervale, an area of bitter, unrelenting cold of unknown origin. After some more bonding with the Abyssal Pirates, the ship began to skirt across the coast of the Island, finding that there was no port where one was supposed to be.
Instead, there was a a small, narrow entrance surrounded by glaciers and statues that led to a cave. Now joined by Cyrus, cabin boy, ranger, and infiltration expert of the Abyssal Pirates with a mysterious power to sniff out Portals to other planes, the party made their way inside.
Greeting them was what appeared to be the frozen remains of what was once a small port town, buried under thick ice. There was also a pile of bodies at the entrance and a sign warning intruders to leave. But after ignoring the warnings, the party was attacked by Kenku Assassins. While formidable to the average person, they proved to be no match for the party.
Before victory was assured, the screech of a White Dragon echoed through the cavern, but what the party was met with was not that of a Dragon, but of another Kenku wearing a cloak of Feathers that appeared completely immune to their Fire magic and was shrugging off or deflecting numerous attacks.
The Kenku used an attack via it's feathered cape that dealt a hard blow to the frontline fighters, but it was nothing more than a means to an end as the feathers were disguised explosives strong enough to shatter the thick ice beneath their feet, forcing the party to flee out the back entrance into the unforgiving cold. The Kenku took it a step further and used the same technique to cause a cave-in, removing the cave entirely as a possible way out, though he was not seen again after the ordeal.
Now, out in the wastes, the party had to trudge through the snow to find civilization, though thanks to the Thermal Cube they had gotten before, their warmth and comfort was assured, allowing them to safely traverse the wasteland of snow and ice. Cyrus pointed out that there were no animals in the immediate area and that the trees had been in the cold for so long that they seemed almost petrified, frozen and preserved in time.
Though after a long walk, they manage to find what appeared to be a village, though to their dismay, the village was in ruin with nary a building left to take shelter in. But after finding a barn that was still fully intact, they decide to settle in for the night and prepare for their next trek across the snow.