17/7/2022
They are spotted only a few hundred meters from the perimeter of the Serai. It is just before dawn and the defenders let out a shout - they are unprepared for an attack but quickly assemble. The rebel (mostly dwarf) army opens fire. There are flashes of light, darkness, explosions from artillery fire and it is near impossible to see what is going on.
The party are given the signal and charge from their hiding place, and the Porcelain Prince army counter charges, supported by a number of porcelain walkers.
The Kenku uses his energy weapon to great effect, cutting down slave/conscript soldiers. A walker advances on them and they blast it with concentrated fire. It blasts away at other troops - it seems the pilot is unsure where the fire is coming from. They at the lest minute get a volley off, wounding the Eladdin who transforms into a bear, is blasted into oblivion, and then struck again as a person before the leg of the walker is shattered and the walker comes down. A second walker comes to assist, but by this time the group have used their spells to drive off or kill the ground troops and can concentrate their fire on the second walker, which falls beneath a volley of energy bolts, magic missiles and wooden arrows.
They look around - there is too much smoke and darkness and dawn is just lifting to tell what is going on but they hear a great cheer and they realise they have successfully taken the Serai!
The revolutionary army declines their request for magic items (all such items have been conscripted into the defence force) but pay them lavish amounts of gold and honour them with medals.
They decide to spend their recovery time celebrating.They carouse for a week - and luck is with them, they all win big at the gambling tables, especially the Gnome, who has a legendary run of good luck.
They watch the dwarfs and freed slaves prepare for the inevitable counter assault and debate what to do. They discuss heading west again, toward the Near Moon, but eventually decide to offer their services to the Revolutionary Army, which gratefully accepts. They are sent on a reconnaisance mission, to find out what the Princes are up to, and see if there are any advance forces.
They head out, refreshed, emboldened, and ready to face anything. Which is just as well because on the second night out, they hear something huge approaching - loud booming footsteps. Whatever it is stops and - sniffs the air. With horror and surprise they realise - it is the golem from the Copper caves! It has been hunting them for weeks now and has finally found them. It lurches toward the campsite.
They blast at it - it smashes the Eladdin several times while the others try to take it down. It takes an impressive amount of damage but finally it cracks, and crumbles lifelessly into its component rocks, lying in a scattered pile by the campsite...
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