Session 02
General Summary
Suddenly Fenby arrived on the scene, coming up from downstairs. Gotrek and Braken, on guard,
recognised Harley's cousin so didn't immediately attack him. Harley called Fenby into the
interrogation chamber and ushered the rest of Magma Force outside so he could talk with Jil and
Fenby alone. He discussed the situation with them and it was agreed that if Harley and his friends
could get rid of the Jester, Fenby and Jil would happily submit to Harley as the new Jester, letting
him take control of the Last Laugh himself. In exhange for their freedom Jil told Harley that the
Jester had ordered her to watch House Rhiavadi because there was a meeting scheduled to take
place there that evening and the Jester did not want anyone spying on the house. They had caught
Shensen doing just that and had brought her here for questioning. Harley agreed that Magma
Force would "escape" out of a side window with Shensen's body and that Jil would tell Finch, the
twins and the other unconscious thugs of the Last Laugh that they got away with Shensen. No one
in the guild would know that Jil had told Harley where he might find the Jester and that he would
take the Jester's place if Harley was able to dispose of him.
The group took Shensen's body back to the Drunken Morkoth where they quickly went to see
Meerthan in his private suite. A room had been set aside and the group quickly reported their
findings from Jil. Meerthan gave Camero enough residuum to raise Shensen from the dead and he
started the ritual which was to take eight hours to complete. Once she was brought back the
Striders and Magma Force met for a discussion on what they knew and on what to do next.
Shensen was able to tell the group she had seen Zarn Kass, otherwise known as the Blue Duke,
entering the house. In addition she had seen a priest of Nerull, Adrick Garthun the dwarven
gamber from the Cusp of Sunrise and a fey woman of strange appearance entering the house. The
group decided that they really did have to go and break up this meeting and find out what it was
all about.
The group worked on a plan and decided that they would try and teleport into the observatory at
the top of the house and work their way down from there. Camero believed he could use magic to
open a gate into the observatory from a nearby alleyway. They planned to listen in and glean
whatever information they could and then attack, killing anyone in the house.
After resting up and with darkness fallen the party made their way to the alleyway near the
Rhiavadi household. Camero used his wizard sight to look into the observatory, finding it empty
of guards or people. He opened a gate and the group stepped through into House Rhiavadi.
Coming from the floor below the party could hear the sounds of many voices discussing things.
The group snuck down and soon found themselves listening in at a pair of double doors. Beyond
them they could hear Lady Thifirane addressing a group of people who she addresses as
mercenaries, scoundrels, rogues and the like. She told them of the Cagewrights' plans to open a
gate to Carceri and that they were looking for help from the likes of the people in this room.
Having heard enough to convince them that everyone in this room was guilty, Magma Force
kicked open the doors and rushed in all guns blazing. Inside the room was Lady Thifirane, a cleric
of Nerull, the Blue Duke, Adrick Garthun with a couple of dwarven bodyguards and a dozen or so
orc warriors. Camero dropped an ice storm into the middle of the room and followed it up with
plenty of area spells, killing orcs left right and centre. Harley and Gotrek rushed at Lady Thifirane,
pinning her in the corner and trying to bring her down quickly. Morgan moved in to take on the
evil cleric of Nerull and Braken stood in the doorway, offering support as usual.
As soon as the fight began the Blue Duke changed shape before the party's eyes, becoming a
towering ogre mage, firing a lightning bolt at the group and then he disappeared from sight.
Adrick Garthun was stuck inside Camero's ice storm and so reverted to throwing shuriken at the
group. The cleric struck Morgan blind with a spell but Morgan stood firm holding his ground.
Gotrek and Harley hacked away at Thifirane as she threw spells at the group. Braken moved into
the room with Camero but the wizard soon had to drop back out of the way as he was targetted
remosely by many of the opponents in the room. The fey woman was seen at the far end of the
room, but she so far had not elected to join the fray.
Morgan shook off the blindness affecting him and dropped back to what looked like a safer
position near the wall unaware that the Jester was hiding there. The assassin stepped out of the
shadows and struck, driving his knife deep into the paladin's side. Morgan prepared to engage him
as the cleric of Nerul circled around to fight Braken. Braken launched a burst of holy energy
which healed his friends and burned his enemies but as this radiant burst struck the Jester the
strangest thing happened. Suddenly there was another Jester! He was stood directly behind Braken
and ready to stick his knife in the cleric.
Camero launched a sleep spell at the fight and this was enough to make the cleric of Nerull fall
unconscious. Like sharks around blood Magma Force swarmed on the fallen priest and he was
quickly killed. Meanwhile the two Jesters, working in conjunction with each other and using short
range teleportation in places, worked well in tandem setting up distractions for each other and
proving deadly. Recognising this, Gotrek moved into this part of the fight along with Morgan and
the two of them spliit the Jesters apart, saving Braken from possible death at their hands. With
Harley, Gotrek and Braken concentrating on one Jester and with Camero firing magical missiles at
him, it was ineviatable that he would be killed soon enough and he was.
At this stage, with space opening up on the battlefield the Bluke Duke appeared again, launching
another lightning strike on the group. Meanwhile Lady Thifirane began throwing scorching fire
around the place. Gotrek charged the ogre mage and engaged him in melee, forcing him to draw
his huge two handed sword. The fey lady, that Morgan suddenly realised was a vampire,
continued to watch the fight and slowly walked between the battle lines, not helping or hindering
either side. The party chose to leave her alone for now so as not to antagonise her at all. She went
and stood near Camero and watched the fight from there.
At this stage Thifirane appeared to be out of most of her more nasty spells, and was now
peppering the party with magic missles. The Blue Duke had appeared but had already been
bloodied by Gotrek, although he was clearly regenerating before their eyes. Adrick Garthun was
fighting Morgan and Braken and Harley were currently engaging the solitary Jester. The fight was
still fairly well balanced but perhaps had just begun to swing in the favour of our heroes. But what
would happen next...?
Report Date
11 Apr 2024
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