A Sprint Through Velein

The wedding party leaves the High Priest behind, who, having sobered up considerably after the fight, utters blessings upon you and speaks of aiding the wounded before making his way up the mountain to the castle himself. In his own words "The revel of nuptials is secondary to the suffering of the common people. I did everything for them..." The High Priest looks saddened and lost, but with renewed purpose he sets about bandaging wounds on those with cuts and bruises and administering healing to those with broken arms and crushed limbs. He also utters prayers of mourning for those taken byu the insects, but quietly.

Sprinting and flying through the city streets, the party finds that the entire city was raided by the insects. Things get more militant and therefore less damaged as you all get closer to the castle, and it seems that military order has faltered but is in the process of being restored. Watch captains and castle sergeants are belting orders to the soldiers on alert in the streets, but the cry is always the same. "To the castle! To the castle! The Royalty are In Danger!", and without hesitation the men-at-arms (and even some less ordered and militant sword arms) begin flooding like a tide throughout the city towards the castle.

The march is met with consternation, however. The drawbridge had been down when this... event? attack? catastrophe? came about, and the rubble cascading down the mountain crashed down on the bridge, snapping thick timbers as old and solid as Doredan can ever remember like match sticks. The flowing Velein River washes over the smashed rubble, creating a haphazard path that only the brave or the fool hardy could manage. One of the bravos of the city, surely a sellsword, leaps ahead of the pack and attempts to leap the gap, and when he does he slips on a wet stone and comes crashing down into the water, immediately swept away by the fast moving flow of the river. The officer on duty, an old, grizzled Captain bearing insignia marking him a veteran of the war, calls for a rope, which is quickly brought forward.

He turns to Doredan, hovering as he is on gossamer wings, and says "Prince! If you could fly this rope across, we can start a slow flow of troops into the castle! Can you aid us, sir?" another mercenary scoffs at this idea, looking to Doredan's wings and saying "The threat is whatever knocked down the turret of the castle! You could fly straight there and get to the heart of the action before this procession of ants makes it to the foyer!"

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Here's a problem for the party. The drawbridge has become something of an obstacle course of water flowing over stone rubble and shattered wood. I'm going to need an athletics check from anyone who tries to cross it (unless they are being carried). There's also the question of if you should split the party- those with wings could fly straight to the top of the mountain rather than moving up through the halls of the castle. Let's see how careful, how risky, or how determined you all are to get to the fight. This is an area where I'm ok with a party split, but the question is whether you will be weakened by leaving part of the party behind. Then again, Felicity moves with insane speed, so your reinforcements can't be far behind... if she can cross the raging river!