Unwanted Necromantic Attention: The Ellywen Incident

First, some disclaimers/housekeeping:

• This is an attempt to create opportunities for roleplay and open-world PvP that are fun and enjoyable for everyone involved - out of character, Ellywen and Sheearyn are working together closely to make sure it remains a positive experience.
• We'd really like the event to be welcoming and inclusive to as many people as possible - when it started, Sheearyn was circle 73 and Ellywen was right around 90, which is...kind of tiny, by most PvP standards. We're hoping that characters around our size can participate, without just getting smashed by bigger characters.
• That said, if you'd like to be involved, please reach out and let us know! We're excited to be having fun telling stories with one another, and we ALSO want to include other interested parties.

2025-11-19

Last night, Ellywen killed Sheearyn , and proceeded to threaten to kill her AGAIN after she came back and granted Ellywen's request for a discussion. After Sheearyn ran away, refusing to be used in threats to coerce others, Cambin attempted to reason with Ellywen - eliciting information that makes it clear that Sheearyn should expect more, um, attention - but also cutting a deal with her that gives us a week to prepare before any more attacks (assuming Ellywen can be trusted to keep her word). Sheearyn's looking for folks to accompany her when she needs to venture outside of city walls, and for folks willing to come to her aid when Ellywen inevitably gets her hands on Sheearyn's corpse again.

2025-11-21

After making a deal with Cambin not to attack Sheearyn for a week, Ellywen killed again last night and confirmed everyone's suspicions that the necromancer's word can't be trusted. Sheearyn showed up for a discussion about how she'd really appreciate her friends' flesh not being Ellywen's choice of knife storage - but that conversation didn't happen, as Ellywen chose to take the opportunity to slay Iceander , Sheearyn , and Cambin before they really even pulled their act together.

Luckily, at least some of Sheearyn's recruiting efforts seem to have paid off - Salvitoriel was able to dispatch the assailant and drag Sheearyn's corpse to the (relative) safety of Phelim's shrine while waiting for aid - which Ellywen seemed none too pleased about.

Meanwhile, Cambin and Sheearyn are both receiving letters from Ellywen which ride a very confusing line between sweet and threatening, and there are some, as yet ineffective, efforts afoot for others to court Ellywen in an attempt to distract from her...love?...for Sheearyn.

2025-11-22

(Ellywen's Perspective)

Mine and Sheearyn's first date went really well. This is the story as I recall it:

Finally... @Sheearyn asked me out on a date!

Lipstick? Classy. Mascara? Regal.

The Gilded Unicorn - A Bar in Kaerna. She wants to introduce me to her friends!

I'll be there. I stepped into the bar and quickly made a combat assessment. Cambin - Paladin, Iceander - Moon Mage, Larxene - Thief?Barbarian?, Daevhid - ?, Venshen - gross, Sheearyn - Gorgeous!

Drinks were flowing, tea was sipping, jokes were laughing. "A gift?"... I whisper, "Thank you, Venshen... this is very thoughtful." "BURN HER!""BURN HER!"

Hey.. I think we need to go for a stroll.. get some fresh air?"

We take the party to the street. More fun. More friends. We move outside the gate.

Sheearyn gestures. A thick, dusky light reminiscent of honey shimmers over her body. Have tensions been rising? THUNK Darkness.

Violence is upon me..

I don't recall what I'd done to upset the young thief, but she was charging me stiletto in hand and a glint in her eye!

I love her passion. I rip her to shreds.

I turned my attention to the other assailant (Daevhid) and his large clockwork crab. A brutal and skilled assailant. In the end I devour his corpse.

Almost alone with her..

But that pesky pacifist paladin suggested they leave, thwarting my chances this time and leaving me to start planning our next date.

(Larxene's Perspective)

Sheearyn asked me today to meet up with her to discuss an incident that happened last week. Seems some filthy necromancer's taken it into her mind that she's in love with Sheearyn. Understandable, but she needs to learn a lesson about relationships.

I met Sheearyn at a tavern in Kaerna before the group moved into rock trolls for some strategic training. We practiced keeping Cambin alive against a single (overwhelming) opponent and I think they did alright. I've got a lot of work to do, though, if I'm going to be able to protect my friend.

Then she arrived.

I don't really understand why, but we agreed to a truce to try to talk things over. I have very little to say to a necromancer, but I agreed for Sheearyn's sake. Sometimes I wish I could break that kind of truce. Sometimes. Thankfully, she broke it for me.

After what seemed like an eternity of "diplomacy" that went nowhere, Ellywen summoned a dirt construct and I... snapped. I failed miserably. And then she snapped me. In half. Terror gripped me as I realized my companions were dropping like flies. This necromancer is a monster, and we were giving her more bodies to defile with every passing roisan.

Things have calmed down but I need to go back South for now. I'll be back for Ellywen, when I'm ready.

2025-11-28

(Sheearyn's Perspective)

After a few days of not having heard much from Ellywen, my crew and I - hopeful that something had happened to her - decided to perform a wellness check to ensure Ellywen's unwellness. Unfortunately, we chose a team (Sheearyn, Cambin, and Souv) that was much more suited to ensuring someone's health than their death, and Ellywen remained quite well. The same couldn't be said for us, and we returned to Crossing to reassess our approach around our daily lives.

My daily life, right now, includes attending Wyvern Trials fairly regularly - so I was, of course, at the Hollow Eve Tournament helping to heal. Elly showed up and - neither party wanting to make a scene around such a large crowd - things went smoothly until the end, when Elly got the idea that I'd been flirting with her, and offered - rather insistently - to walk me home. I opted, instead, for a different escort - and thankfully made it home safely, but with a newfound appreciation of the buddy system.

Unfortunately, Elly didn't seem to get the hint that I'm not interested - and started requesting that I come visit her for some alone time. She put on quite a convincing act of being a lonely girl who just needed some human contact, which I have quite a soft spot for. While I managed to resist her charm, it did occur to me that kidnappings don't always happen by force alone.

Meanwhile, Larxene was paid a visit while hunting near Shard and, as I hear it, agreed to...trade makeup tips? Instead of stabbing the murderous necromancer? Anyway, she did warn us that Ellywen was coming for Cambin, next, giving us time to join him in Lost Crosing under the Moon Mage Guild. It was Zaelinn's first time encountering the villain, and - caught off guard by her strength - everyone went down fairly quickly. Ellywen did, inexplicably, spare my life - this time - allowing me to heal my companions just as Daevhid was showing up to make one final (valiant, but unsuccessful) attempt to bring her down.

Last night, I finally put the pieces together - between the temptation to fulfil her requests for time with me against my better judgment, Larxene's agreement to have makeup-time, Cambin's repeated hanging out with her despite reliably ending up with knives embedded in him - Ellywen's not a necromancer at all. She's some sort of succubus or siren, masquerading as a necromancer because it's easier to blend in to society.

With this new realization about her true nature, Zaelinn, Cambin, Salvitoriel, and I were able to show up and defeat her while resisting her wiles even as she begged for mercy. Once dead, she was much less charming, and we must have all let our guard down, because we then found ourselves at a bar, drinking together, and passing around a cake she offered as shared food. Eventually, everyone had their fill, and she encouraged me to finish the cake, which I did. I must have blacked out for a moment, after that, because I came to my senses in a different place, alone with her. Fortuitously, Salvitoriel's leopard showed up in short order, reassuring me that rescue was on its way. Cambin and Salvitoriel got me safely back to Crossing, where we took the opportunity to learn from the encounter and prepare for next time we inevitably cross paths with the necromantic siren.