The last stand (at the monastery)

The party reached the monastery safely, thanks to Patience's scouting. There, the heroes and villagers of Grymnon would make their last stand against the Horde of Ardric. Though they faced an impossible challenge, they set about securing the second story of the antechamber. Once the creatures had breached the ground floor and began ascending the stairs (only one could be used as the heroes had filled the other with debris), the group gave word for the villagers to escape through the windows and climb down to safety.

The group also lit the other stairway on fire, hoping to fry the creatures. Alas, the acid-spitting demons with poisoned talons were not susceptible to fire.

The Abbott, revisiting his suspicious behavior from the conference, began undergoing an abominable transformation. We thank our other newfound companion, Brik the monk, for ejecting him out the window.

The battle went nearly as could be expected: the abominations barreled through the village guards and severely injured the heroes, even killing a newly new-found companion, Ezekiel the monk. Soon, we were once again at the down-but-not-out stage, where more of us were unconscious than not. The fiend Ardric reappeared, sniping the escaping villagers from outside (we solved this by creating new route through another window).

Our new companion, Brik, the half-orc monk.

Other highlights included the Archduke's wall-like opposition against one of the creatures, blocking it from reaching the rest of us; Belinda's securing of Archduke once his opposition met its match at the hands of said creature; Brik's much appreciated assistance in healing our wounds (through healing potions); and [please insert any highlights you recall and think should be mentioned here].