Cragholdt Bluffs are deadly but Defiance Bay is easy
Up in the Northeast parts from Caed Nua is the Cragholdt Bluffs which is where the Torn Bannermen, the group that had some raiders attack the parties Caed Nua keep, are established.
Even with the new members that were meant to be stronger, this fight against just a mercenary soldier and berserker was not going to be something they could win without luck. All the deadliest spells and abilities were cast and before the enemies even reached them. TheGoliath had his new fireball spell which was awesome but did not do much on this attempt, all the others got in some good damage but the berserker would be the real issue in this fight and they would have to come back after some more questing and leveling had been completed.
Helig of Thein the Undead Wizard resides in the Copperlane Catacombs and had asked the group to retrieve his research from Moedred's laboratory in the Brackenbury Sanitarium, but after talking to Moedred it was revealed that it was all a lie and that Helig was just after more power all the time.
"Can I convince you to slay Helig and ensure his thirst for blood and power stops once and for all?" Moedred asked.
"You can count on us, it will be an easy fight and he cannot continue what he is doing" replied TheGoliath.
Before going back into the catacombs to slay Helig, there were three level ups to use and give a nice boost to the party.
Hiravias the Druid gained a lot of new abilities with some including the Beetle Shell, surrounding a target to make them take less damage but also unable to take an action which will be handy in a quick fix of someone close to going down. Then another is Spreading Plague where the target is plagued with a virulent and disease which will weaken them, then spread to other enemies which will be useful in bigger fights.
Sagani the Ranger gained the Defensive Bond ability to increase defence against AoE attacks for her and her companion, helping against wizards and others with the big AoE attacks. Final level up was Eder the Fighter, gaining the ability Vigorous Defence which adds a whole bunch of gain to all defences for 15 second, that will allow better tanking of damage when being the main focus.
It was time to slay Helig of Thein! After the chat and announcing his demise the fight broke out. Kana and Itumaak the wolf get nice piercing hits on Helig while TheGoliath cast a fireball to do some nice damage to Helig and his summons, setting them on fire as well.
Sagani had marked him so her and her wolves attacks would do much more damage and it was working. Lay of Hands from Pallegina would help heal the party member needing it while they all focused on finishing off Helig and his summons which would all fall shortly after he did.
With this fight finished and the amulet recovered it was back to Dalton to give him the amulet. He was happy to have his love back with him, but TheGoliath advised that maybe she should be set free as having the amulet is only best for him and not her, so Dalton agreed it was the best choice and destroyed the amulet so she could be set free.
This was part #14 for my Pillars of Eternity series.
Stay tuned for part #15 and see what happens next and what TheGoliath will get up to.
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