Editing Game-Summaries:12/28/2018 Recollections (section)

==Recollections by Jeroy==
We have been tasked with the western front. We must figure out why they are attacking, how, and their goal. In preparations of the naval battle we contact Captain Jenny Harkens and Price for their assistance. We have sailed with both and know that they are steady at the wheel and fearless before the steel. Their skill will only be a benefit to our ranks.<br />

The sun sets and we hear a war drum heartbeat. Over the eastern edge of the hills is a horde of fungus zombies guarding a center monstrosity. I look to [[Ford]] and say "Good thing we took the western front..." He doesn't hear me as his eyes are keenly fixed on the western horizon. He nods for me to look ahead, "the mist is clearing" he says. I look up to the sea as the mist breaks to show a fleet of zombie ships sailing towards us and behind them are a series of ships that appear as though they were upside down. <br />
"Don't be so sure we have the easy fight my friend" Ford says to me. <br />
"Are those turtles behind them?" I ask him.<br />
[[Pearl]] jumps into the conversation "No, but they'll be just as tough to crack."<br />
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We are interrupted by a cacophony of orders from the commanding officers - "Archers Ready!" They shout as waves of archers load their bows and quivers. "Contact the Commodore - We attack the leading vessels first!" A series of flags are waved to the ships before us. In rapid succession they have their orders and draw their sails taught to the wind. Captain Harkens and Price position themselves to lead the charge as we prepare to support where we can. [[Tallulah]] takes charge of a battalion of Archers and begins to convey their orders "Ignite your arrows and aim for the sails! Don't let them get close..."<br />
I overhear an archer mumble to is buddy "[https://youtu.be/9x6KApzgtjU?t=73 I'll let her get close to me, am I right]?"<br />
"Be ready to fire one off on my command!" She calls out.<br />
"[https://youtu.be/hyLWrKh2fB0?t=22 Phrasing]" The archer blurts out. Tallulah flashes a look and Wethril growls at the archer. <br />
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We exchange several volleys with cannons and archers against the zombie ships, we sink some but more pop up from the depths. Their ranks seem inexhaustible. Harkens and Price fight valiantly but are hardly able to make a dent in their numbers. At 7:30pm one of the turtle ships partially opens and fires a shimmering red flare into the air over the city. It penetrates directly through the city's forcefield and lands in a district behind us. Soon we notice a red mist rolling through the streets over our feet. We continue to fight but it quickly becomes apparent that the mist is rising like that of the tide. Between volleys the turtle ships crack open to reveal large canons which begin to charge with magical energy. The red mist is soon up to our necks. Our lungs are filled with an acrid and caustic scent. People begin to panic and run in terror as we try to control the ranks we are commanding. In the ensuing chaos ([[The_Chaos_Curse|....ohhhh]]) we see from the Magistery Tower the archmage Mordenkainen mount a golden dragon that flies over the attacking fleet. The dragon lets out a devastating attack of golden fire energy that destroys many of the cannons but one ship managed to evade. Its cannon fires out a beam of pure golden radiant energy through the Magistery Tower. The tower disintegrates and the temple district begins to list and descend towards the city. <br />
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Chandra appears from the chaos running towards us "You five - get onto that ship and take out that cannon, it shoots balefire, pure un-life. It will destroy the city, GO!"<br />
Sakura yells to us "Get next to me, we will teleport there." He touches his helmet and we are whisked away in a blinding light.<br />
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We appear on a ship that is bustling with activity. We are surrounded by Deep ones like those that I saw on the island that appeared near Kraken's Landing. They are running about in the heat of battle so preoccupied that they don't even notice that we have appeared. I enter a rage and kill two, Ford kills one, I kill two more and the rest run from us in fear. We realize that we have been teleported to the wrong ship as that one next to us us being prepared to fire again. We see deep ones carrying gold coins by the bucket full and dumping them into a chute at the top of the canon. It reminds me that we need to find that sea captain we worked for long ago who had an engine powered much in the same way. "We have to disable it!" Tallulah yells to us.<br />
"It can't fire if it isn't loaded." Pearl responds and casts and insect plague onto the canon. The deep ones that were feeding the canon become devoured by the plague insects. Sakura casts fireball onto the canon but it is dispelled.  We see a mage at the back of the ship begin to fire a magical energy into the back of the canon. "He appears to be charging another shot." Sakura tells us. "We need to get over there!"
Tallulah fires an arrow at the mage but it doesn't stop his spell. Pearl moves the plague over the mage but he is able to avoid them. The mage fires off a final blast of energy and dives off the ship. The canon begins to whirl and glow with energy.<br />
"It's about to fire!" Sakura tells us. "We have to stop it!"<br />
Ford turns to me, puts a hand on my shoulder and says "See you soon friends, it has been fun." and he [https://youtu.be/IWXOMbMPZrk?t=54 leaps off the stern of our boat] dashes over the water and onto the other vessel.<br />
"Where is he going?" Sakura asks as we watch in horror as Ford expertly climbs up the ship, runs directly in front of the barrel of the canon, sheath his weapon, turn back to us with a wave, and turns back to accept his fate.<br />
"NO! I can stop it, I may come back, I just need to get there. I need to take his place!" Sakura stays as he runs towards the stern. He yells to Ford "I could survive, don't waste your life!" He pleads. I charge from behind him "Then hang on my flowery friend!" I grab Sakura and leap over the water extending my wing suit to glide over to the ship. Sakura and I climb on, the cannons gears and mechanism spin nearly out of control, it screams to release the tension building within in. Sakura runs for the front of the barrel while I run to the most complex and active part of the cannon I can see. I draw my soulmate, drop my shield, and whisper "So that others may live, ancestors I need all the strength you can give me." With all the power and might I can muster I swing into the canon. I carve our large gashes in the side of the canon revealing a torrent of heat and energy that envelops around me. My soulmate's edge has melted and dulled from the raw energy that powers the canon.<br />
I turn to the front of the canon to see Sakura dive in front to push Ford out of the way. The fervor and pitch of the canon reaches a crescendo as it discharges into Sakura. I see the balefire beam hit him squarely in the chest and in a explosion of cherry blossom petals the beam is refracted out in all directions. All I see is a flash of light so blinding I have to turn away.<br />
[[File:Assault, the Western Front.jpg|thumb|The Spark of a God]]
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The noise is gone. The ships are gone. I am back on my family farm, but it is busier that I remember. The fields are tended by dozens, the home is filled with people. I look from face to face, unsure of what I'm seeing. I begin to recognize some like Bulk Bar, Veis Jedorfes, Unliff Yakkom, and my grandfather Taekr Lenkins. Where did the ship go? Where did my friends go? Why am I with.....and it dawns on me. We stopped the cannon but we did not survive. I have gone to Valhalla with my ancestors.<br />
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Suddenly the blinding light returns and I thrashing in the water. I fight to regain my bearings as I see Ford, Tallulah, and Pearl in the water around me. <br />
"What just happened...?" Ford asks us. "And who is that?"<br />
Floating next to us stunningly beautiful woman with purple hair. "I am Drusilia. When Sakura sacrificed himself he was reincarnated as a woman. His selfless act saved the city and so his new corporeal form became the vessel for my divine spark."<br />
"So Sakura is now a God?" I ask.<br />
"Sakura was reincarnated as a God." Pearl explained.<br />
I nod. "Welcome to the team."