Editing Elder Blood and Cosmic Cold (section)

==== Combat begins ====

* Order: Jericho → Anja → Gwyn → Astranna → Alphie → Granny Cracklebones

'''Round 1'''

* Jericho attacks into Cracklebones, taking 2 hb from her. Anja uses curse of the shadow chains on her. Gwyn tries to breeze portal us out, but doesn’t feel the magic… instead, she feels the energy Cracklebones had been placing around this area as she was monologuing. She cocomeloned us. Thankfully, Gwyn doesn’t need to expend her action to figure this out.
* Astranna calls for the others to run, and takes the guard action, trying to back up to the edge of the map… and bumps into the barrier keeping us in. Alphie summons Inora, and gives Gwyn +10 SR. 
* Cracklebones delays her turn until order 1 to meet some conditions, and tries to teleport each Tattercoat Knight to their place on her pentagram.

* Every Knight but Astranna fails their spirit save and gets pulled onto the pentagram, where they get a choice to make a mental or a spirit save as they’re hit with a mass hex. They all fail their saves, but it’s a different consequence depending on the save – those who did mental take 10 dmg when they move on their turns, and those who did spirit take 3 dmg for each success they roll on their turns.
* Cracklebones approaches Astranna.
** “You’re the one who got Newton killed, and yet you came back here. I do love a vain sacrifice.”
* Somehow, Astranna survives her attacks!

'''Round 2'''

* Jericho shoots one of the tooth structures, and it explodes. Anja runs up to Gwyn to give her the syringe, using her action and bg action to reload it(?). Gwyn clocks that the totems might look important, so she uses phantasm of woe on one to her right.
* Astranna tries to move past Cracklebones to get in range of another totem, but Cracklebones has Warden, and her head is lopped off with a Sheer II weapon.
* Gwyn shoots her totem again, and it explodes with a burst of energy. Cracklebones shoots her a death glare.
** “Don’t worry, I’ll save you for last. Morgen wants you intact.”
* Cracklebones looks to Anja.
** “What do you have there?”
** “Nothing important.”
* Cracklebones activates Blood Trance. The dagger doubles in size, becoming a sickly red color. It drips swirls of iridescent red energy. Anja takes the first strike of 126 dmb on 2ab and 1hb, but is killed by the next strike (108 dmg). She then blink strikes into Gwyn, who sacrifices 3ab.

'''Round 3'''

* Jericho looks to the corner of the map, and spots a ghostly figure watching us. He destroys a totem, removing any curses on us. Gwyn uses her action to speak with the Breezestone in her chest.
** “I don’t really understand you, I don’t really know what you are or why I have you or anything, but I need help now, please. I need something now, something you can do.”
** “But why would I help you when all I desire is for the flesh of all these parasites to die, to burn, to be stripped away? I am imprisoned within this husk, a mausoleum of failure in the tithe of bone. You dare ask for help. I. HATE. YOU.”
* Gwyn feels an outward pouring of energy, a heavy darkness within her chest. Her systems are flashing warning signs – electrical overload, shutdown, viruses, rust, cold. Everything internally is going haywire.
** “Is something wrong, dear? Can you hear it singing too? Trust me, there are far worse things than me and the Elder Blood.”
* Gwyn takes one attack on 3ab, and another on 2ab and 1hb. Then she takes a final attack. She hears Cracklebones disappear, then looks down as Alphie’s dagger plunges through her back into her chest. She hears the Breezestone scream in fury.
** “No, let me out, let me out, you infernal prison, I shall n….”
** And then it all goes dark, as that force within her dies.
* Cracklebones has Det III from losing her totems. She sends a bolt of blackened lightning at Jericho (10 dmg, reduced by SR), which he takes on sp. She teleports to him.
** “Hello, my fellow augur. If you lay down your weapon, perhaps I can let you live in my employ.”
** With very little energy left in his body, Jericho levels his pistol at her forehead.
** “Oh! So fun!”
* Inora stabs into Cracklebones.
** “Yes, yes, let the blood flow!”

'''Round 4'''

* Jericho attacks Cracklebones for 38 dmg (sp).
** “Mm, a disappointing answer.”
** “Yeah, well, I’m full of ‘em, I guess.”
* Alphie looks to her fallen Tattercoat Knights, all fallen by the weapon they gave to the witch. Cracklebones attacks Jericho, knocking him to 1 hb with the first attack, and killing him by the second. She gives Alphie a wide smile.
** “Don’t worry, I will make sure your travel is comfortable.”
* Alphie has made the mistake of moving within 15 feet of her. She activates blood detonation on them, and they lose 25 hb. They feel this blast of energy, and then… they’re gone. Drifting in darkness.