The Ageless Promise

After confirming that the undead forces are enormous, with giants among their ranks, the group returns to the village to warn the Jarl of the coming attack. The Jarl seems almost uninterested and leaves the defence plan to the PCs.

They evacuate the elders and the children to a cave not far from the druids’ grove. Erik (Freya’s friend), though badly wounded, manages to get back to the village and is left in the care of Bjorn (father of Ragnar and Sigurd). He reports that there are also shadows among the undead ranks; then he too is taken to the cave.

During the preparations the group learns that the undead might be after a relic kept by the druids, but nobody believes it to be in danger.

In the evening the undead arrive, but instead of an overwhelming assault they attack a few at a time, as if their only aim were to keep the warriors pinned down there.

During the assault we see:

• Bjorn use Rengoku (the special power of his sword, a magic weapon from Tian Xia that he acquired during his mission to Vigil as a young man)
• Olso fly into a rage (Spirit instinct)
• Bite cast Call Lightning

Ragnar is possessed by the spirits and declares that they must “defend the Vigil”. Guided by Bite, the group heads to the druids’ grove, leaving the village to deal with the undead.

At the grove they find three druids already dead, and Bite officially declares the circle disbanded, sending “the Blond” to take refuge in faraway Springsgate.

The group reaches the place where “the Vigil” is kept, but Ragnar and Bite are paralysed and out of the scene: Eaudrik appears as an illusion, while he hides not far away.

He recognises Freya and demands that the relic be handed over to him, because only a devotee of the Wolfmother can take it.

The group is under a spell that prevents them from attacking him directly, but they refuse, so Eaudrik decides to withdraw.

The group decides to take the relic.

NPCs

Eaudrik Vallemar, Bjorn, Olso, The Jarl, The two berserker twins