Quest : Monastery In The Mountains : Revenge on Fuko Part II - Friday April 2nd 04:00 EST/ 01:00 PST / 08:00 GMT / 12:00 Georgia / 19:00AEDST - FULL

Friday April 2nd  04:00 EST 01:00 PST 08:00 GMT 12:00 Georgia 19:00 AEDST Name Player Details Bronson Rao Mark Level 4 Goliath Way of Mercy Monk Miles Blaze Level 4 Fire Genasi Wildfire Druid Ayla D. Sabrina Level 4 Half-Elf Draconic Sorcerer Crimton Aoibhinn  Level 4 Hakuma Avenger Monster Hunter Draggo Bruisetooth Level 4 Minotaur Fighter Rune Knight  Chris Nadia Level 5 Human Gloomstalker Ranger Eric Reza Level 4 Vedalkan Knowledge Domain Cleric Quest Details Our intrepid heros have trekked through the Harrowmere, discovered the Ettinheight pass and now rest in Budo Town. Soon they will travel on to Shibai to defeat Fuko once and for all!  After a failed expedition into the Ettinheights left the village of Shibai defenseless, it has since been rendered a ghost town by the wicked wind oni,  Fuko . Refugees have begun to make their way down out of the heights and into Hope, bringing with them tales of the horror that lurks beneath Robai-Shita Temple. A reward of 1,500 gold pieces has been offered to the group who can defeat  Fuko  and drive back the mysterious Mists that now shroud the once thriving mountain village. Requirements Level 4+ recommended. Mount required. Ranged attacks/spells are strongly recommended. In-Game Start Date Eleint (The Fading) 27th

Confirmed.

Signing in Aoibhinn (Level 4 Hakuma Avenger Monster Hunter) in Fergal's /Dougal's place.

Alright gamers. Throw in Reza Macintosh Level 4 Vedalken Knowledge Cleric. Y’all need some healers.

During our stay in Budo Town we have been joined by  Aoibhinn  &  Reza  and after 5 days of rest we are finally ready to head out and confront Fuko. We have been told that Shibai and the Monastery are 18 miles directly east so we should be able to reach our destination with plenty of time to spare. This matches up with the maps Father had sent me during his time up here. I guess I should continue his work and begin writing up formal reports on the area.  After Action Report Party composition:  Aoibhinn, Reza, Nadia, Bronson, Sabrina, Blaze, Bruisetooth Mission: A) Travel to Shibai/Robai Monastery B) Destroy Fuko. Time of departure and return:   Depart Budo Town - 27 Eleint Return to Hope - TBA Route Taken:  Budo Town - Navpoint 1 (12 miles north of Shibai) - Robai Monastery Catacombs Enemy Contacts:   Navpoint 1 - Overtaken by Mists of Akuma & attacked by 4 Spined Devils- all eliminated Robai Catacombs -  1 Paper Golum, 7 Tsukomagami - all eliminated  Enemy Notes:   Spined devils - resistent to cold, immune to fire, spines can be harvested for darts, consuming their eyes can grant darkvision. Tsukomagami - ordinary objects which have become animated by spirits. Varients encountered: wooden chests, a teakettle, chains. Casualties:  None Mission Outcome:   A) Success.   B) In progress.  Recommendations:  First level of the catacombs have been cleared. Recommend short rest before proceeding. Personel Reflection:   The spells we learnt in Budo Town have already proven useful. As soon as we saw the Mists approaching Blaze was able to protect us by casting 'Lungs of Akuma' on the party. I'm told the initial effects of taint are quite harmless but over time repeated exposure to the Mists will eventually result in certain death.  The Chain Tsukomagami was the most dangerous varient we have encountered so far. Even though I was alert enough to prevent it from suprising me it still moved  with incredible speed and I was immediately grappled by the creature. I fought back with everything I had and dealt it several blows but without my companions help I surely would have perished. 

28 Eleint I write this back at Bas Budo Town, after having come back from fighting that fucker Fucko  Fuko. My mind is not entirely mine, taken over by some force of rage, and why SHOULDN'T I be? Why should I be angry after the MESS that happened? The rest of them, they stood around and talked for far too long, we were delayed when they KNEW what we faced, surely it couldn't have been that hard, and Blaze got us lost even WITH my help! Useless! I ought to            Something is wrong with me. Something wants me to lash out. Nadia and Reza looked at me after one of the Tesu   Tetsu  animated object monsters attacked us and hammered me in the head, they said some kind of damage was done to my head, but what would they know? They don't know about the resilience of a Minotaur, they have no idea! They            We fought our way down and through the rooms beneath, places that were once quiet with solemn reverence, now silent like tombs. Fuko awaits, but in my condition, I dare not stand by my fellows. I'll never live with myself if I hurt them, and we couldn't delay any further. I hope they find someone to aid them in my absence, but I can't think straight right now. I'll return to hope and pray they follow. And if they don't it's not my damned fault. *more attempts have been made on this page, harshly scratched through until ink nearly seeps through to the opposite side of the vellum*

Sabrina notes and inner monologue 28 Fading Before leaving Budo Town we were greeted by the most ridiculous procession I have ever witnessed. Riding on an elephant through the mountains like some delusional general we were joined by Reza the blue cleric and the very unimpressed Aoibhinn. Bronson welcomed them with opened arms and unveiled his mural. He calls it ‘Fergal and Friends’ Gods dammit Bronson , I told you to make ME look prettier than Nadia . You got the nose wrong and everything. At least after all this tomfoolery we were able to hatch a plan of attack and headed out towards Shibai. Of course, it’s now that Blaze decides to get us all lost. Right when the mists of Akuma come pouring down the mountain. At least we are prepared. However, we are not ready for the Spined Devils that came out of the mists. The bloody creatures were more intelligent that what I gave them credit for and they got a good swing at me and Blaze. Bronson was most courteous and healed me . For once a non-Bahamut based heal – I may just forgive Bronson for his hideous depiction of me back in Budo. Sadly, for Blaze his wounds ran too deep for normal healing, looks like he is going to be walking with a bum leg for a while – what a shame (not). Ending those devils, we harvested their bodies for some useful ingredients for the inevitable fights to come. Getting our bearings, we headed south and saw in the distance the monastery … was this Blaze’s plan all along, to go through the back entrance? Trying to keep our arrival a secret most of us ate the harvested devils’ eyes that granted us darkvision for a short time with Bronson struggling to keep his down might I add. Making our way to the basement of the temple. Nadia scouted out first along with Reza. The first room we came across looked like a study of some kind. Reza declared that the room was safe, right up until one of the chests tried to eat him. I never though fighting furniture would be difficult but it floored Bruisetooth. Good thing he decided to head home, it seems this trip has been not very Minotaur friendly. 29 Fading Licking our wounds, we took a rest before delving deeper into the temple. After that all that has happened is: we go into a room, the room attacks us, we kill it then loot whatever we can get our hands on – rinse and fucking repeat. Gods, this is getting old. I just want to kill this Fuko spirit and finally start my holiday. Why is it that I can’t do anything nice with these people around me, it’s so unfair.  

Prayer for Forgiveness and Salvation, Bless Thee Ilmatir Lord, Father all-powerful, and ever-loving God, I thank you, for even though I am a sinner in the kindness of your mercy you have fed me with the precious body and blood of yourself, our Lord Ilmatir. I continue to give testament to those lost and brought unto your judgement Oh Lord.  T he Fergal and Friends mural shall lay in Budo for all to see.  For even though I failed to let Fergal walk within your light, you grant me mercy with your inspiration to let their spirit shine on through art.  May it raise peoples spirits further up the mountains of Celestia, closer to your light, oh Lord! We walk through the valley of my past failures.  Shibai in shambles, Robai-shita Temple in ruin.  I pray that this holy communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of goodwill. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in power to do good, to bring justice and solemnity to the spirits still lingering in Shibai, and one day bring the return of people to Shibai. In the face of evil I shall not faulter but call upon your strength oh Lord.  I call upon you, Ilmatir, the martyr, who so willingly spillith of your blood for the sake of others, grant me strength to do battle against my own failures.  The evil within this place has possessed the walls within.  The evil consumes all things, but Oh Lord Ilmatir, grant us protection in prayer.  May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritually. May it unite me more closely to you, and lead me safely through death, through these halls, through the battles with even the furniture, to everlasting happiness with you. Lead me, a sinner, to the banquet, where you with your gratitude and Holy Spirit, there is true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end and perfect happiness for your saints. Grant this our Lord. Ilmatir Almaten.

Aoibhinn's notes from the frontier After exhausting 5 days of following corpses along side a new fellow named Reza and living on few berries this group left behind, we reacead our destination - Budo town where we re-grouped with the others. First thing worth notice was a mural on the roof with them on it. It has a description "Fergal and Friends". Fergal .... That name ring some bells. I'm positive I heard it in Hope few times. I guess another fool got himself killed on the way because I don't hear of adventurers here naming things after their ALIVE companions. Kinda sad. He seemed pretty knowledgable in regards of survival. Well, minotaurs rely rather on their pure strength in fight and are proud as noone else. Probably that pride is what killed him. The group felt rested so we didn't spend much time in town. I have no idea who that Fuko guy is but I heard he's a dick which seems fine enough reason to put him down. Confident in his navigation skills Blaze  was leading us to what I heard is supposed to be a monastery. I wasn't here before but it was taking longer than I heard it should so I guess condence is not all. On our way we got attacked by flying 'Spined Devils'. They had particular liking to attack Blaze  and Sabrina  so I didn't even get much aof a scratch. The goliath guy - Bronson  seems like someone you'd want to have in your party. He was flinging darts with great accuracy and was skilled in treating injuries as well. Not even mentioning his strength. He may be the first person here that I feel I could entrust my safety. We took those things down from the sky, straight up murdering them and took time toharvest some parts from 'em. I can understand why Bronson wanted those bones, but eyes? You guys are weird. After a while we got to the said Monastery where we were supposed to fight Fuko. They didn't seem like they knew about this entrance tho but who cares. Here it started to get real weird real quick. How nasty do you have to be to eat eyeballs willingly? Thnaks, but I'll pass. We begun our search through rooms for some treasure if there would be some left by any chance. Well... There was some but furniture didn't like us taking it and protected it with their... lives (?). So we started going through each room poking, shooting and hitting random furniture which was eventually fighting back. I was fine but Bruisetooth  took quite a beating so when we decided to take a rest, he said he's done and bailed out. I can't blame him really. I'd be pissed too if a tea pot and a chest would almost beat me to death. Reza  said he's gonna go with BT  so they can get back safely. I heard someone was also going to help this group so we'll just wait. maybe this person is not far from here.