Champions!

After winning their semi-final match in the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, the party sat back to see who they’d face in the finals. The other two surviving contestants were the hobgoblin, Gomwai, facing the Scarred Ninja, Seishuku. As soon as the Emissary gave the signal, Gomwai took the fight to Seishuku, and in short order simply beat the snot out of him. As he stood over the fallen ninja, he picked out the party in the crowd and gave them a cold glare before striding out of the arena.

A Plot Revealed

Marthysan, the previous champion of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, had apparently been kidnapped, and the party had followed the clues to the deserted New Harbor waterfront. While everything appeared quiet, the party expected the worst, and prepared for trouble. They weren’t disappointed. Sandoval had teleported out to one of the ships, and heard muffled voices coming from a nearby fishing boat, and as he went to investigate, he was attacked by Darys Shrike, the hulking fighter from the Aspis Consortium’s team.

Something Rotten in Goka

The party had survived the third round of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, only to be ambushed while trying to enjoy a quiet bowl of noodles. A gang of thugs attacked from all sides, clearly practiced at fighting together and ganging up on their victims to maximize the brutality of their attacks. But they’d never dealt with opponents as quick and deadly as these.

Ruby Phoenix Tournament - Day 3

The party had just begun their third match of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, and found themselves facing the Chanters of the Sacred Song, a quartet of bards who combined lightning speed with sonic attacks that opened wounds and broke bones with nothing more than the force of their words. Before the team could even react, they found themselves hammered by a barrage of sound, while Shinjiro stood babbling incoherently against the wall, the victim of a well-placed Confusion spell.

Ruby Phoenix Tournament - Day 2 & 3

Shinjiro, Sawyer, Bella, and Nicki had just begun the Test of Three Towers against the Vudrani oracle, Ganyavesha. After using Greater Dispel Magic to eliminate many of the group’s more helpful spells, Ganyavesha hit them with a Mass Inflict Moderate Wounds. As they shuddered from the effects of the negative energy, the giant oracle leaped back down off her tower perch, and moved away from the towers.

Ruby Phoenix Tournament - Day 1 & 2

The party had won their first match of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament fairly easily, but they knew there were harder challenges to come. Since theirs had been the first match of the day, they settled in to watch the other matches and get a handle on their competition.

Welcome to the Ruby Phoenix Tournament

With Ameiko and Sandru held hostage by Prince Batsaikhar, the party had no choice but to agree to the Prince’s “invitation” to serve as his champions in The Ruby Phoenix Tournament, a competition held every 10 years between the finest martial teams from all over Golarion. They were paraded past cheering throngs (with armed soldiers standing by to ensure the enthusiasm of the cheers) to the Temple of Abadar. There the priests arranged them in the center of a teleportation circle, and began to chant …