Exalted Rnd. 6

So been a couple weeks since we played. Left off with our Circle boldly planning a strike to seize the local shadowland's warstrider. This involved getting into a citadel at the heart of said shadowland. I actually expected them to make a much grander entrance but instead them snuck up onto the outskirts of the town. Here they rallied the mortals in the shantytown to rise up and due to the Eclipse's phenomal skills even got some of the ghosts in the area to revolt. Meanwhile as the pandemonium of a peasant revolt drew away the gaurds allowing the Night and Dawn casts to slip in. This had the highlight humor of the much smaller Night pulling the Dawn over. Upon entering they attacked the 4 guards. Immediately one goes to sound the alarm. The two stronger ghosts attempt to snag the attackers and then go in for the kill. They actually succeed in doing some damage before the very powerful Dawn kills them in one round. On the far side of the city the Eclipse, Twilight, and Heroic Mortal (whose player was AWOL, a miscommunication on our part) advance with the revolt getting to the citadel gates. Eclipse anima flares and pushes the mortals forwards. The gaurds attempt to close the gates. The Twilight quickly forces the gates open ala magma krackens killing most of the gaurds and scattering the rest. At this point the Dawn attempts to attune to the warstrider as there is a lull.

Now the Abyssal and some hastily gathered troops arrive. The troops are sent to deal with the forces coming in through the front door while the Abyssal goes to deal with the Night gaurding the warstrider that needs to be attuned. The Night does get the advantage on init but lacks much damage giving capability. Abyssal combos and cuts her down in one turn. Leaving her to die he then proceeds to get jumped by the Dawn who hastily exits the warstrider and gets the drop on him. What happened to the Night now happens to him but somewhat worse and the battle is essentially one. In the process he is discovered to have a sorcery-disrupting ring which the Twilight takes. This ring is henceforth described as the Plot Device™.

Victorious the Circle leads the peasants back to their capital of Wabash and is greeted by an initially wary but then very happy defense force.

Next session: aftermath.