Day Five of the Odinsleep (An Enemy Revealed)

Day Five of the Odinsleep; 12 pm (12:05 pm)

Shadow draws his allies in close, “I can make a number of us invisible until we attack.  We have to stay close together, whoever strays too far will lose the benefit of the spell.” 

Cedron nods, “Very wise, Shadow.  I will also bless us to ensure our weapons strike true and are hearts are filled with courage so that we may make progress.”  The minstrel-priest then sprinkles holy water on all of his companions.  He follows it with a spell that will allow him to see things as they truly are and with that, all of his invisible allies once again are plainly visible to him.  “Since we are entering the home of a trickster god, it couldn't hurt,” he murmurs to himself.  

Grotto nods in agreement and calls upon Hanseath to mend the holes in his armor and then again to protect against evil forces.

Kysek tells Bubo to check the windows on the tower.  The owl flies off, straight for the structure as Kysek concentrates, linking his sight to that of the owl's.  The bird quickly scans the ground as he flies, eyes darting from one point to the next.  Kysek feels a momentary urge to swoop down and pounce upon a vole but both he and his familiar are disciplined enough to not let something like an easy meal interrupt what needs to be done.  

Raven directs everyone to join hands to ensure they stay near Shadow, moves the group around to the back of the structure as Drax and Niklas begin to climb.  To the casual observer, there are no handholds, no footholds, nothing that anything beyond the most sure-footed of mountain goats could find purchase on but both men scale the side of the building.  Their hands and fingers finding the barest imperfections in the plaster with ease as they make their way up the wall.

Ra’ziir whispers, “Maior invisibilitas” and vanishes from sight.  A second incantation grants him the power of flight.  He rises from the ground, skimming the edge of the tower, alert for activity within.  Kysek's familiar lands silently on the windowsill as the bladesinger comes even with the ledge and both cautiously peer inside.  What they sees ranks low on the list of things expected to find within. It appears to be some sort of audience hall with a raised seat atop a dais at one end with a long, green carpet running the center of the floor leading up to to it from a door in the opposite wall. Near the far wall, a slender figure with long white hair and dressed in a doublet, the left side all in red and the right in black with a white star symbol on the chest and a pleated kilt done in the same colors stands at a low table.  The right side of his face is bone white while the left is black as the darkest of nights.  A body, or more accurately, the pieces of several bodies, some Einherjar, some Svartaflar, with bits of Jotun and dwarf mixed in for good measure, lie upon the table.  The figure’s hands move with practiced grace as he weaves silken thread through the body parts, sewing them together while whispering quietly.  The bladesinger can’t tell what the words are but their meaning is plain – this stranger is crafting a golem.

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• Bubo: 100% health; Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining),
• Cedron: 100% health; Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds), True Seeing (11 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), 
• Drax: 100% health; Nondection (active until 7 pm), Undetectable Alignment (active until Day Six at 5am); 
• Grotto: 100% health; Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining),  Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds), Protection from Evil (8 minutes, 9 rounds)
• Kysek: 100% health; Half of the Tome has been read, Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds)
• Niklas: 100% health; 
• Raven: 94% health; Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds)
• Ra’ziir: 100% health; Find the Path (119 minutes, 3 rounds remaining), Greater Invisibility (16 rounds remaining), Fly (16 minutes, 9 rounds remaining)
• Shadow: 97% health; Fly (15 min, 7 rounds remaining), Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds)
• Spewer: 100% health; Bless (12 minutes, 9 rounds remaining), Mass Invisibility (16 minutes, 8 rounds)