Faneara's Trap

Roland was magically anchored to the tavern, that had been Faneara's joke. She had rewarded him with the tavern but then tethered him to it. He had dared tried speaking to Faneara about sparing Addelin. She did not like being questioned.

Roland told the group as much as he could but with so little time there was not much time to prepare. They would have to do their best to strike Faneara quickly, if they could take her out perhaps the rest of her minions would flee. Leomarvis would find a vantage point and he would take a shot at Faneara and then the group would join the fight. They would concentrate on Faneara and hope for the best.

The wedding ceremony between Maurice and Faneara was to take place in the city centre, the very place the group had fought the mimic queen. Morthos was worried, he knew that a sacrifice was needed so why the wedding ceremony. It did not make sense but he was consumed with the need to save his love. Leomarvis found a rooftop that gave him a commanding view of the city square. He spotted the rest of the group mingling in the crowd but could not spot Ngarius though the old rogue had come with them. Leomarvis waited until the group was in position and then drew the bowstring of Winter's Call. Leomarvis took his shot and hit Faneara, chaos ensued.

Soldiers scrambled looking for the sniper as Leomarvis's second shot sailed past Fanear's head narrowly missing. The group launched into action. Norbert felt nervous but concentrated on being brave. The power of the staff flowed into him and he had an idea. He used his telekinesis to lift a portion of the wooden stage that had been setup for the ceremony and then dropped it on Faneara. Norbert had been careful not to hit Maurice, and the moment the stage crashed down on Faneara he ran away.

Soldiers attacked while Morthos ran towards Maurice. Then Maurice caught sight of Morthos and turned towards him.

"You!" Maurice yelled "This is all your fault. Fanear told me all about you. You killed my father, you killed my sister and now you want to ruin my wedding". Morthos was cut deeply by Maurice's words. He was confused, had Faneara somehow enchanted him. He tried to talk but Maurice lunged at him with a knife.

Bob's eye was acting strange again. Sometimes his eye could see magic and other things, and right now it was looking at the strange creature that Morthos seemed to believe was Maurice. Everybody seemed to think it was Maurice, but Bob could see what it really was. Bob seeing the creature attack Morthos launched into an attack.

Suddenly Bob attacked Maurice, and Morthos was horrified. Why! he yelled and then cast Bigby's Hand using the giant spectral hand to grab a hold of Bob. Though the hand had grabbed Bob, he was still able to hit Maurice with his flame sword. Suddenly the visage of maurice was gone and some hideous creature stood in front of Morthos, it grabbed Morthos, flung the bard over its shoulder and started running.

The voice of Faneara boomed across the square "We have Morthos, kill the others and prepare to start the ritual". It had been a trap, it was not Maurice Faneara needed, it was Morthos.