Session 55: The Revolution Will Not Be Vampirized Pt. 2

Inside a dusty, candlelit mansion, an ancient vampire noble—clad in rotting finery—lounges in an armchair surrounded by cobwebs and faded portraits. The party stands in the broken doorway mid-breach, weapons ready. The vampire looks smug… just before fleeing.

A Dragonborn warrior crashes Kool-Aid-Man-style through a crumbling stone wall, roaring with battle fury. Behind him, magical traps still spark and explode from his wake. At the far end of the room, the vampire leader retreats through a solarium, reaching toward a towering, unactivated stone golem.

A cinematic split-panel composition: each hero in a different corner of the burning city.
– Sazed stands among dwarf clerics in a ruined chapel.
– Edid speaks passionately to the Cousins in an alley hideout.
– Kiet rallies warforged in a smithy-turned-armory.
– Haru on a lecture podium at the university, flames behind him.
– Boris stands on a printing press, ink-stained, holding up a newspaper headline as his owl flies overhead.

A wide, hopeful shot of a courtyard at dawn. Smoke still curls from distant fires. Former prisoners and citizens clean debris. The vampire council’s alley is now empty, lit by morning sun. A new council—dwarves, cousins, warforged, scholars, and Boris—stands in a semi-circle, preparing to lead.

TALES OF THE RADIANT CITADEL

Session 55: The Revolution Will Not be Vampirized pt. 2