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Aphrodisias sways a bit, "Shhhh!!" she scolds. "You'll break my concentration. Let us watch for as long as we may."
The night deepens and the visions continue.
In the middle of the night Uvan strides over and kicks Rashid awake, who in turn scrambles up and crouches into a subservient but defensive posture. Thereafter you see Uvan gesturing to Rashid and his mouth moves, but no sound is transmitted through the font.
A few moments pass and Rashid straightens to full height and then walks over to the still sleeping Oona and cruelly grabs her by the hair and yanks her up into the air. She kicks him in the groin with both of her feet and he returns the favor with a violent punch to the face that sends her sprawling to the ground, but before Rashid can continue his beating, Uvan calmly walks up behind him and cuffs him. Rashid demurs and cowers again. When Uvan walks away, he grabs a rope and binds Oona about the waist and he prods her to start walking down the hill.
Aphrodisias croons a bit and the image in the font pulls back to get a wide view of the terrain.
You get a sick feeling of vertigo as you soar miles into the air and look down on the ground through the watery vision. A whole tapestry of forest, hills, moors and dimly illuminated land can be seen, including a glittering body of water some distance to the east and south of the broken tower. Little flickering lights along the shore like starlight can be seen -- Crannógmere!
The vision drops like a falling stone and the earth rushes up to meet you and you are pulled in on Oona, Rashid and Uvan. They are walking down a faintly visible trail cut into the side of the hill leading from the tower. Dark moving shapes to the each side of the trail -- a score at least -- can be seen yards away from the trio who seem oblivious to them. Several of the figures who seem made of pure shadow lift sticks or perhaps tube up to their mouths and moment later Uvan, Rashid and Oona jerk violently. Rashid and Uvan swat at their necks as if they've just been stung by a bee. Long seconds pass and the three being to sway and stumble. Oona drops to the ground and lies still, then Rashid drops to one knee and topples over sideways, lastly Uvan unsheathes his sword and staggers into the thick brush hacking wildly, but moments later he succumbs too. Another minute passes and the dark shapes emerge from the shadows and into the pale monlight and begin pawing at the three unconscious figures. With the vision now focused tightly on Oona the faces resolve and you instinctively recoil at what you see. Twisted, evil faces out of nightmares. Green-skinned little "men." Some grossly fat with pig snouts, others with with comically pointed ears, noses and chins. Big ones, little ones -- in fact no two alike.
One comes forward taller and fairer than the rest. He looks like a strangely attired Hyperborean, with pale, nearly translucent skin, white hair and dressed in a fashion that looks simultaneously both very boroque and alien. He motions to the scuttling hoard of little green-skinned creatures and they caper and jig, but quickly surround Rashid, Uvan and Oona and lift them onto sheilds that they hold up on their shoulders like pallbearers.
The tall fair-skinned "Hyperborean" in strange garments suddenly wheels around and looks directly "at you" (or seemingly anyway). he sniffs the air a couple of times and begins weaving a spell.
A burst of bright light erupts in the font and you all fall backward stunned for a minute or longer. Aphrodisias rubs her temples as she regains her composure. "Blood and gods! Unseelie! How?" she groans.
The night deepens and the visions continue.
In the middle of the night Uvan strides over and kicks Rashid awake, who in turn scrambles up and crouches into a subservient but defensive posture. Thereafter you see Uvan gesturing to Rashid and his mouth moves, but no sound is transmitted through the font.
A few moments pass and Rashid straightens to full height and then walks over to the still sleeping Oona and cruelly grabs her by the hair and yanks her up into the air. She kicks him in the groin with both of her feet and he returns the favor with a violent punch to the face that sends her sprawling to the ground, but before Rashid can continue his beating, Uvan calmly walks up behind him and cuffs him. Rashid demurs and cowers again. When Uvan walks away, he grabs a rope and binds Oona about the waist and he prods her to start walking down the hill.
Aphrodisias croons a bit and the image in the font pulls back to get a wide view of the terrain.
You get a sick feeling of vertigo as you soar miles into the air and look down on the ground through the watery vision. A whole tapestry of forest, hills, moors and dimly illuminated land can be seen, including a glittering body of water some distance to the east and south of the broken tower. Little flickering lights along the shore like starlight can be seen -- Crannógmere!
The vision drops like a falling stone and the earth rushes up to meet you and you are pulled in on Oona, Rashid and Uvan. They are walking down a faintly visible trail cut into the side of the hill leading from the tower. Dark moving shapes to the each side of the trail -- a score at least -- can be seen yards away from the trio who seem oblivious to them. Several of the figures who seem made of pure shadow lift sticks or perhaps tube up to their mouths and moment later Uvan, Rashid and Oona jerk violently. Rashid and Uvan swat at their necks as if they've just been stung by a bee. Long seconds pass and the three being to sway and stumble. Oona drops to the ground and lies still, then Rashid drops to one knee and topples over sideways, lastly Uvan unsheathes his sword and staggers into the thick brush hacking wildly, but moments later he succumbs too. Another minute passes and the dark shapes emerge from the shadows and into the pale monlight and begin pawing at the three unconscious figures. With the vision now focused tightly on Oona the faces resolve and you instinctively recoil at what you see. Twisted, evil faces out of nightmares. Green-skinned little "men." Some grossly fat with pig snouts, others with with comically pointed ears, noses and chins. Big ones, little ones -- in fact no two alike.
One comes forward taller and fairer than the rest. He looks like a strangely attired Hyperborean, with pale, nearly translucent skin, white hair and dressed in a fashion that looks simultaneously both very boroque and alien. He motions to the scuttling hoard of little green-skinned creatures and they caper and jig, but quickly surround Rashid, Uvan and Oona and lift them onto sheilds that they hold up on their shoulders like pallbearers.
The tall fair-skinned "Hyperborean" in strange garments suddenly wheels around and looks directly "at you" (or seemingly anyway). he sniffs the air a couple of times and begins weaving a spell.
A burst of bright light erupts in the font and you all fall backward stunned for a minute or longer. Aphrodisias rubs her temples as she regains her composure. "Blood and gods! Unseelie! How?" she groans.
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