18/8 Trystan & Raeka, Carrick the Shadow Sorcerer, Nemesis the Amazon, and mighty Ying 'Three Punch' Fu reach Selatine. Trystan dines with Lady Vex. Apparently Hakeem pased through a week ago & has resigned as King Regent!
19/8 The group consults with Dr Rosa and decides to explore the Quiet Halls in Stonehell's uppermost level. After dealing with the remnants of a Thanatic cult site in the Canyon, they descend and enter the northern part of the Halls. This turns into a nightmare slog through countless undead when they encounter and attack the hideous, leprous prophet Malefeces Nul, who claims to be being sought by the Black Sun in fulfilment of some evil prophecy. Nemesis cuts him down.
Eventually the battered group garner some grave loot and return to the surface.
18-19/8/47 Bratanis Tabletop
Plans go slightly awry, as the local heroes are woken in the middle of the night to act as impromptu midwives to a tiefling birth, as the local midwive is nowhere to be seen.
Bonus points to Barbabus, for asking the human father if he was sure the child was his [note to the reader: Barbabus is a tiefling...]. A brawl starts, but is quickly calmed down.
The next day, the adventurers spot a nearby farm on fire, with the local farmers pointing at each other - bitter rivals gearing up for the Bratanis Pie Contest, and suspicion of sabotage and foul play.
The adventures investigate the fire, spotting hidden threads beneath the surface, and using charm spells on witnesses(!). They quickly figure out that there is a gluttony demon (gulabus) hiding in the town, spreading corrupted pies. Anyone who eats a pie comes under the gulabus's power (and can be killed by the gulabus at a distance). The mystery is solved, clues are followed, locals are purged of demonic energy, and the gulabus is identified as possessing the midwife. Who is located outside the town, and very, very killed.
The adventures do not figure out where the gulabus came from, though they do find a suspicious statue...
22/8/47 Zagaar (retired PC, Ftr-5, +1 maul & plate armour) the mighty (if smelly) half orc hero, returns to Bratanis from Selatine, his great maul 'Verminator' newly enchanted, to marry his beloved girlfriend the fair Berta 'the Fat', one of Lady Thuvia's farming slaves, and raise lots of little quarter-orc piglets.... Lady Thuvia is delighted to give permission, granting Berta her freedom in recognition of her loyal service and Zagaar's heroic efforts on behalf of the community (months ago Zagaar rescued Shelos the Shepherd of Bratanis from evil Thanatic cultists in the dungeons of Skygod Idol). She's also keen on having Zagaar and his maul in defence of her community should Bratanis be threatened...
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