Session 01
General Summary
Camero was woken at first light by a telepathic message from Meerthan, the head of the Striders
of Fharlanghn. He told Camero that Shensen had been captured outside House Rhiavadi by
operatives of the Last Laugh and was being held captive. Camero woke the group and they hustled
to the Drunken Morkoth to speak to Meerthan. He explained that Shensen was able to use her
telepathic bond to tell him pretty much exactly where she was being held - in an upstairs room in
the abandoned inn. Magma Force rushed off to the location of the Brass Trumpet in the early
morning light.
Arriving at the inn Harley did a quick reconnaisance. He determined there was one door on the
ground floor and all the lower windows were bricked up. The upper floor had a few windows.
Camero used his Wizard Sight to look into the upper level where he saw a room full of curtains
arranged to make a maze. In this room he saw a Last Laugh thug looking out onto the street from
the window. In the room was also a halfling who the thug called Finch. Camero wasted no time
and summoned a portal into the room above. Magma Force rapidly stepped through and they were
in the upper floor.
Harley took out the first guard before he could move or make a sound. The rest were in and
heading for where they thought Finch might be hiding. Soon they discovered the golden haired
halfling but he drew daggers and shouted a loud warning. The fight was on!
Magma Force moved to surround the halfling but he tumbled aside as suddenly across the other
side of the room a previously hidden door opened and many Last Laughers rushed into the room.
These included the twins from Harley's crew, Morkiaus and Xendro. They rushed in to help Finch
but Magma Force were unrelenting. Soon only Finch was still standing as one after another Last
Laugh Harlequin was felled. Then another secret door opened and out stepped Jil, her face painted
in the traditional black and white mask of the Last Laugh. She stabbed Gotrek in the back and
tumbled into a position of flanking. Everyone converged on this fight and in moments Finch was
down. Then Jil used some dark magic and the room plunged into inky blackness.
She must have still been able to see in this darkness as she repeatedly stabbed at our heroes and
then snuck off, making it hard for them to retaliate. Eventually Morgan and Harley shepherded her
into a corner by fanning out and sweeping the area and then Harley found her and stuck his rapier
into her side. She retaliated by striking him nastily with her blade, but doing so forced her to drop
the darkness spell and the group swarmed over her. Five onto one was no match and she was soon
overcome.
Moving into the room from which Jil had come Magma Force found an evil looking torture
chamber and on a rack in there was Shensen. She showed signs of having been tortured and sadly
her throat was cut open - a recent strike. Camero lost it at this point and after gently removing
Shensen's body from the rack, he replaced it with Jils and then woke her up. He started to torture
her, and when she offered to talk and he ignored her and continued to twist the rack, coming close
to killing her Morgan and Harley interjected and stopped him physically.
So Magma Force have captured Jil, the second in command of the Last Laugh and she is ready to
talk. What can she tell them that they don't already know? And what will they do with her and her
companions?
Report Date
11 Apr 2024
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