Fate Lost

"Fate Lost  (3x02)'' is the ninth session of Breadgar's Campaign and the second session of Chapter 3. The group make a hasty retreat from Ithil. Faced with the knowledge that Ithil has fallen, the group are left to decide what to do next.

Synopsis
With Wynston keeping the Tyrannosaurus abomination busy, the group are able to make a hasty escape. They run into the eastern part of the jungle. They eventually stop to rest and think about what had just happened. The group decide to rest for the day and find an outcropping in the forest to rest in. They make a small campfire and think on what to do next. The smoke from the campfire billows oddly and eventually swirls and forms into a translucent form. This form is revealed to be Dawning, who instructs the group on what to do next.

The group decide to look for any surviving Orks by travelling north towards the mountain, specifically towards River Rhin. The group travels for a couple of hours before arriving at what seems to be roads. They are attacked by giant spiders but they are able to decisively defeat the spiders in combat. As they catch their breath, they hear loud thunderous footsteps coming from the north. A massive spider comes barrelling into the clearing where they had been fighting. Despite Aamon’s attempts to dissuade it from attacking, its anger at the group’s killing of its kin leaves the giant spider hostile and disagreeable to any parley. The spider advances but is halted in its tracks by a sudden ambush by ork warriors whose furious assault drives it off.

The group meet surviving orks who explain that Ithil fell from mysterious elemental beings. The group realised that the Etoi attacked Ithil and successfully sacked it. Understanding this the group offer the Orks a chance for revenge. The Orks agree and take the group to the ork survivors. The group arrived at a giant cave mouth boarded off by massive wooden walls. They met the Chiefs of the Ithilian Coalition who promptly challenged them to a test of strength to prove their honesty, asking them to elect a representative to fight on the group’s behalf. Should the group win, they would be allowed into Ithil, if they lost, the representative would die and the group would have to leave. Ann was selected.

In the ensuing fight, Ann is able to decisively defeat the Ork warrior. She kills the ork. Afterwards, the massive spider returns with a huge horde of spiderlings. The orks prepare for battle and the spiders charge as the session ends.