Fly Me To The Moon (Part 3)

Fly Me To The Moon (Part 3)
Date	3/26/25
Storyteller	Jolyne
Tier	Trainee
Player Characters	Swaying Petals, Quill, Life Giver, Crows, Sabelle Regalia
Rewards	200 xp, 93.75 gp
Result	Success
Author	Swaying Petals (Cloyster)
Downtime	5

(Associates flee the wrath of newly arisen King Hellknight)

Log

Log penned by Swaying Petals

Oh my Gosh, I nearly thought we were goners! With King Hellknight actually turning into a genuine Hellknight, we knew that we had no chance against him. We had gotten Onado free, and we just needed to get out of here alive! I feel bad for those Bugbears that we left to deal with King Hellknight as we ran away… But those guys were mean and eat people anyway so I’ll just try to forget about it. At the time all I could think about was King Hellknight who was standing in the doorway of his office, holding his bastard sword crackling with energy, staring at me with glowing, lifeless eyes! I nearly fainted, but I managed to make a run for it. We all jumped out of the window that I smashed and ran onto the dock and found two small boats. We realized that sailing on the river would be faster than running on foot, so we all climbed into the rowboats. The Bugbears of the fortress charged to battle with their undead former king and Sabelle called out to one Bugbear guard to flee with us, and he did! He hopped on our raft and used the DaVinki as a sail to sail away from the fortress. A few moments later, a huge wave of necromantic energy blasted out from the fortress, darkening the sky. We could only watch as we saw a horde of Bugbears rise from the ground and begin to march along the water, following us!

We chatted with the Bugbear and he didn’t have a name, so Sabelle borrowed my Scimitar and knighted the Bugbear as Sir Vivor, at Life Giver’s suggestion. We all then worked as a team to sail the rafts down the river as quickly as we could to outpace the undead horde. I sang a little song about us sailing down a wonderful river to hell (as Sabelle told me this river flows to). Sabelle tied knots, Quill steadied the ship, Life Giver kept morale up, and Crows guided us through the forest. We then came across a huge school of salmon in the way of our boats. Crows fished and gave it to Sir Vivor. Sabelle prayed as Life Giver told the salmon school was in session, and the fish swam away. Further down the river, we came across our pal Owlbear and his posse! But they were trying to stop us from sailing down the river, I guess because we borrowed their ships. They failed to grab us as we drifted passed. Sabelle yelled out to them that a zombie horde from the really undead King Graveknight was coming and to run in the opposite direction of us, to the northeast. Owlbear agreed and charged off, I think directly into the horde! We heard sounds of battle that faded away as we drifted and we were finally free of the zombies pursuing us, but I do feel a little bad for them. I guess Owlbear did send us to the fortress to be attacked and eaten by his comrades, but being eaten by undead is a fate I wouldn’t wish on anybody.

We eventually came to the end of the river and spoke with Onado, who thanked us for saving him as his husband has to be worried sick by now. He told us that he doesn’t plan on trying to go to the moon again anytime soon, but he’ll be around to provide fireworks. Sir Vivor, with his home destroyed, decides to come with us to Onadbyr to check out the city and to maybe meet up with Drake Biloko. I hope they become friends! We trekked the 5 days back to Onadbyr and while we were safe in the city for now, we told the round table of the happenings in the forest. I hope someone can put an end to King Graveknight, because I sure don’t want to head back out there again!