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[[Khirius]], a 200 year old [[Vampire]], was awoken during the day by loud banging at the doors of his mansion of four years. [[Hanna]], his servant, rushed to his door to alert Khirius that they were under attack by people from [[Redworth Down]]. Khirius told Hanna to calm down and that they needed to leave, advising her to go get [[Tonnen]], another servant, and get to the basement while he attempts to slow the attackers down. As the attacks attempted to burn Khirius out of the home, he used his [[Necromancy]] to raise the dead ([[Zombies]]) to attempt to slow them down. Khirius moved quickly to the basement however was stopped by the arrival of what seemed to be two vampire hunters. Khirius managed to defeat the new arrivals and afterwards summoned more undead, resuming his walk to the basement quickly after. | [[Khirius]], a 200 year old [[Vampires|Vampire]], was awoken during the day by loud banging at the doors of his mansion of four years. [[Hanna]], his servant, rushed to his door to alert Khirius that they were under attack by people from [[Redworth Down]]. Khirius told Hanna to calm down and that they needed to leave, advising her to go get [[Tonnen]], another servant, and get to the basement while he attempts to slow the attackers down. As the attacks attempted to burn Khirius out of the home, he used his [[Necromancy]] to raise the dead ([[Zombies]]) to attempt to slow them down. Khirius moved quickly to the basement however was stopped by the arrival of what seemed to be two vampire hunters. Khirius managed to defeat the new arrivals and afterwards summoned more undead, resuming his walk to the basement quickly after. | ||
As [[Khirius]] decended the staircase to the basement, he noticed blood trailing down. When Khirius arrived at the basement, he found [[Garan]], a werewolf, standing by the carriage with [[Tonnen]] standing in front of him attempting to calm him down. Garan was holding [[Hanna]] in his claws. Khirius attempted to calm Garan down and eventually released Hanna with Khirius ordering her to quickly to find the rest of the servants so they can escape. Revealing to Garan that they were being attacked because of Garan's recent killings, Garan charged upstairs with Khirius chasing after to stop him. The mob had already entered the house and Garan began to attack them with Khirius summoning more [[Zombies]] to slow them down. More hunters arrived and attacked Garan, including a paladin from the [[Order of the Brothermark]] (revealed to be [[Edvard]] in [[Faith Aligned]]). As the hunters tore down the curtains, the light burned Khirius which prevented him in helping Garan. The paladin from the Order of the Brothermark managed to slice off Garan's head, killing him. Tonnen then arrived to help Khircus escape and they ran back downstairs and got into the carriage along with Hanna. They escaped and started to head towards [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]]. | As [[Khirius]] decended the staircase to the basement, he noticed blood trailing down. When Khirius arrived at the basement, he found [[Garan]], a werewolf, standing by the carriage with [[Tonnen]] standing in front of him attempting to calm him down. Garan was holding [[Hanna]] in his claws. Khirius attempted to calm Garan down and eventually released Hanna with Khirius ordering her to quickly to find the rest of the servants so they can escape. Revealing to Garan that they were being attacked because of Garan's recent killings, Garan charged upstairs with Khirius chasing after to stop him. The mob had already entered the house and Garan began to attack them with Khirius summoning more [[Zombies]] to slow them down. More hunters arrived and attacked Garan, including a paladin from the [[Order of the Brothermark]] (revealed to be [[Edvard]] in [[Faith Aligned]]). As the hunters tore down the curtains, the light burned Khirius which prevented him in helping Garan. The paladin from the Order of the Brothermark managed to slice off Garan's head, killing him. Tonnen then arrived to help Khircus escape and they ran back downstairs and got into the carriage along with Hanna. They escaped and started to head towards [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]]. | ||
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Hero Falling is one of two sequels (Faith Aligned) to Steps to Deliverance and takes place several weeks after its events.
About
The fame and success following the Battle of Andro has left ex-Sisterhood mercenary and adventurer Aestelle both wealthy and famous, but also spiritually unfulfilled and disenchanted. Knowing that her actions in the lead up to that battle have awakened an evil in the Mountains of Tarkis, she assembles a group of adventurers from her past to return to the mountains and put right her mistake.
At her side are the famed adventurers Ragran the Mighty, a brutal warrior from the Howling Peaks, and Thesilar Searite, an elven archer famed for her role in defeating the orc warlord Thrundrak Also in the band is Z’akke, a gentle and optimistic salamander mage-priest with his own mission, and Valletto, another veteran of the Battle of Andro who is needed once more for his skills as an Aeromancer.
Braving the ancient corridors and tunnels of the ancient, long forgotten mountain tombs, the band of warriors struggle onward in the face of the undead, simultaneously threatened from within by conflicting motivations and forceful personalities.
The situation for Aestelle is complicated further by the arrival of Khirius, a vampire lord forced to flee by the Order of the Brothermark, and now the unwilling ally of a dark, secretive underground alliance of undead operating within the very heart of Basilea.
Plot Summary
The following contains spoilers and listed in chronological order
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8 year old Ragran Taavison was fighting his step-brother Gunnar outside their village in the Howling Peaks. Ragran managed to knock his brother down and as Ragran kicked Gunnar, Gunnar's mother Frida pulled Ragran away from him. Taavi, Ragran and Gunnar's father, arrived due to the commotion, questioning what is happening. Frida accused Ragran of "rough play" which Taavi dismissed as boys preparing to become men and dismissed Frida who took Gunnar with her back towards the village. Ragran told Taavi that Gunnar had challenged him as the hunt leader and Ragran had to put him down as a reply. Taavi asked what his hunt leader name was and Ragran told him it was "Ragran the Mighty", Taavi then went on to challenge Ragran to run to the top of Black Peak to earn that name. Taavi told Ragran that he will be rewarded with a grown-up drink on his return and if he fails to return, Ragran would be disowned by Taavi. Ragran left to climb Black Peak.
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Escape to Basilea
Khirius, a 200 year old Vampire, was awoken during the day by loud banging at the doors of his mansion of four years. Hanna, his servant, rushed to his door to alert Khirius that they were under attack by people from Redworth Down. Khirius told Hanna to calm down and that they needed to leave, advising her to go get Tonnen, another servant, and get to the basement while he attempts to slow the attackers down. As the attacks attempted to burn Khirius out of the home, he used his Necromancy to raise the dead (Zombies) to attempt to slow them down. Khirius moved quickly to the basement however was stopped by the arrival of what seemed to be two vampire hunters. Khirius managed to defeat the new arrivals and afterwards summoned more undead, resuming his walk to the basement quickly after.
As Khirius decended the staircase to the basement, he noticed blood trailing down. When Khirius arrived at the basement, he found Garan, a werewolf, standing by the carriage with Tonnen standing in front of him attempting to calm him down. Garan was holding Hanna in his claws. Khirius attempted to calm Garan down and eventually released Hanna with Khirius ordering her to quickly to find the rest of the servants so they can escape. Revealing to Garan that they were being attacked because of Garan's recent killings, Garan charged upstairs with Khirius chasing after to stop him. The mob had already entered the house and Garan began to attack them with Khirius summoning more Zombies to slow them down. More hunters arrived and attacked Garan, including a paladin from the Order of the Brothermark (revealed to be Edvard in Faith Aligned). As the hunters tore down the curtains, the light burned Khirius which prevented him in helping Garan. The paladin from the Order of the Brothermark managed to slice off Garan's head, killing him. Tonnen then arrived to help Khircus escape and they ran back downstairs and got into the carriage along with Hanna. They escaped and started to head towards Basilea.
Returning to Mountains of Tarkis
Aestelle, Salamander Z'akke and Ragran the Mighty were waiting around Mount Fardis in the Mountains of Tarkis, waiting for elf Thesilar Searite to arrive. Aestelle had gathered them to return to the crypt that Orion and her found in when setting up the bridge during the hunt for Dionne in hopes to find treasure. After a nights rest, they continued on without Thesilar.
Eventually the group came upon the bridge that Aestelle helped repair and followed a path to a cave entrance. They found Thesilar waiting for them and after some re-introductions the group headed deeper into the cave towards the catacombs containing the crypt. Aestelle warned of the undead threats ahead and explained that the previous entrance they used before had collapsed and that she was unsure where it will lead to but it is the best she could find.
The group continued down deeper eventually reaching a junction and as Aestelle moved forward, Thesilar grabbed her back which managed to narrowly avoid darts hitting her. Thesilar was angry at Aestelle for drinking and not being at her best.Z'akke managed to work out they were traps set by Aeromancy and examined the nearby corpse. As they are Aeromancy traps and not the normal Petty-Magic traps, he was unable to disable them. Despite this, Z'akke opened the nearby wooden door and Z'akke spotted a wooden chest which he rushed to. As he opened the chest, Dart traps triggered again which missed everyone except Ragran, puncturing his lung. Thesilar and Aestelle attempted to tend to Ragran however Thesilar didn't want to turn back and attempted to encourage Ragran to continue. Ragran insisted to get him out and Aestelle and Z'akke picked him up and moved towards the exit.
After successfully escaping, Aestelle, Z'akke, Ragran and Thesilar rested for the night to gather strength. Aestelle, Ragran and Thesilar Searite began to verbally bicker between themselves about the recent events while Thesilar prepared dinner.
Once dinner was done, Z'akke cleaned their dishes and the group discussed the recent events. They agreed to go back to Torgias and [{Aestelle]] was going to reach out to Valletto via Borjia (who lives in Dennec and previously had helped them contact Valletto during the events of Steps to Deliverance) to get recruit his help against the Aeromancy designed traps within the crypt.
Gathering at Torgias
Characters Featured
Basileans
Human
- Borjia
- Cane
- Fiana
- Fran
- Grennias
- Henry
- Marilla
- Peggi
- Sancos
- Tomas
- Turius
- Aestelle
- Clera
- Orion
- Jullia
- Lyius
- Saffus
- Valletto
- Vendis
- Saltius (mentioned)
- Semential Curnis (mentioned)
- Dionne (mentioned)
- Taavi (mentioned)
Sisterhood Order of the Penitent and Devoted
Human
Gur Panthers
Dwarfs
Elven
Northern Kindred
- Dalofir Searite
- Thesilar Searite
- Bannien Searite (mentioned)
- Halofir Moonsight (mentioned)
- Kennarten (mentioned)
- Loswithen Searite (mentioned)
- Nyarin (mentioned)
- Oliyana (mentioned)
Half-elves
Noble Undead
Human
Vampire
Lycanthrope
Northern Alliance
Human
- Ragran Taavison
- Frida
- Gunnar
- Taavi
- Orlaf Skull-Splitter (mentioned)
Orcs
- Thrundak Skullsplitter (mentioned)
Salamanders
- Z'akke
- Ch'annde
- D'rokna
- X’marta
- Hrrath Flamespitter (mentioned)
- Kthorlaq (mentioned)
- Tz'Arak (mentioned)
- V’yaal (mentioned)
- X’orther (mentioned)
- Z’annde (mentioned)
Undead
- Cixus
- Tansia
- Arteri Seabreeze (mentioned)
- Mhorgoth (mentioned)
Vampire
Trivia
- Hero Falling contains multiple appearances and mentions of previously known Dungeon Saga characters such as:
- Thesilar Searite who first appears in Dungeon Saga: The Warlord of Galahir
- Ragran the Mighty who first appears in Dungeon Saga: Infernal Crypts
- Semential Curnis is mentioned who first apepars in Dungeon Saga: Infernal Crypts
- Hrrath Flamespitter is mentioned and revealed that he only pretended to not understand the others during their debut appearance in Dungeon Saga: The Warlord of Galahir
- Guraf Dammerson appears during a flashback with Aestelle, Ragran and Z'akke and is known as a "dick" by Ragran and Thesilar Searite, Guraf first appears in Dungeon Saga: The Warlord of Galahir
- Orlaf Skull-Splitter is mentioned when Thesilar Searite talks about how Ragran wanted to become as famous as Orlaf.
- It is revealed that Ragran's full name is Ragran Taavison in a flashback.
Gallery
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Z'akke and Aestelle -
Resting at the Inn -
Hero Falling Cover
External Links
- Hero Falling Digital Copy - https://www.manticgames.com/fiction/tales-of-pannithor/hero-falling-digital/
- Hero Falling Paperback Copy - https://www.whpsupplyroom.com/fantasy/p/tales-of-pannithor-hero-falling#gsc.tab=0
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