Mad, Mad Madame Arlicina Report

General Summary

The party squared off with Madame Arlicina, who gave a horrifying shriek that stunned Darius, Dalvanak, and Garlith. Garlith and Darius were able to shake off the stunning damage to their ears quickly. Faddius cast a spell to show Arlicina and her shadow henchmen their deepest fear. The spell latched onto them and showed a man clad in black with a wicked scar on his right cheek. Arlicina and the shadows quailed before who they recognized as the Man of Long Shadows. Dalvanak then came to his senses. 
Overcoming the fear of Faddius's illusion, Arlicina floated down from the water tower balcony and slashed at Faddius with her spectral battleax. Then Garlith attempted to attack with his crossbow, but found no purchase in her ghostly form. Firing another shot, this time with walloping bolts, Garlith hit Arlicina and knocked her down. Darius had noticed that a thin line of shadow connected Arlicina to the water tower and determined that the wood of the tower could buckle under an attack. Stepping through the starlight, Darius came to the watertower and began to hack at it. The tower broke and Darius narrowly missed being touched by the fetid and desecrated water. 
Grewarum attempted to cast a spell on one of the shadows, but realized it was immune to the necrotic damage he tried to inflict. Faddius, in a desperate attempt to get away from the ax wielding banshee, cast a blinding spell on Arlicina, but it failed. Dalvanak then attempted to blast Arlicina's mind, but her mind was too far gone to be blasted. The shadows then moved closer to try and attack the party. Garlith fired his crossbows at Arlicina again and failed. Darius dispatched one of the shadows with expert thrusts of his rapier. 
Grewarum attempt to cast a sleep spell on Arlicina, but this ghost was too angry to sleep. Faddius again tried to blind the banshee and succeeded. With Arlicina blinded, Dalvanak sliced her with his psychic blades while one of the shadows returned to attack Grewarum from behind. Arlicina tried to resist the blinding spell, but failed, striking out at Faddius in frustration and in vain. Then, finally, Garlith's crossbow found purchase, ripping apart Arlicina and severing the link she had with her body. As her form dissolved, the shadow she summoned disappeared as well. The shadows that covered the hotel receded until they disappeared entirely. 
Examining Arlicina's corpse carefully, Darius found a curiously preserved ax with a large X etched into the blade and recalled that there are cursed weapons that can make people go berserk. Grewarum identifies it as a berserker ax, a cursed weapon that causes someone to attack indiscriminately. Leaving the hotel, the party encounter Hiram Teech, the halfling real estate agent. Teech asked the party if they found anything there and they told him no. They didn't answer questions about Cecilia either. They also cajoled an extra 400gp to make their reward 1400gp. Teech then left quickly via mechanical golem. 
Heading back to the Ocean's Wake via golem rickshaw, Brassons greeted them and was surprised to find Cecilia with them. As they were catching up, the party ran into Sergeant Deepdelver who told them that there are some in the Streltsy who respect them and that they appreciate their efforts since it allows them to avoid political situations. 
The next day, while eating breakfast, a familiar giff entered the bar: Zaufanie had returned.

Rewards Granted

1400gp, Berserker Ax, 11,800xp.

Character(s) interacted with

Madame Arlicina, Cecilia Benbow, Hiram Teech, Sergeant Deepdelver, Brassons

Campaign

We Be Spelljamming Campaign

Protagonists

HighKey Foorty

Faddius Lurendi

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8 / 8 HP

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DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Grewarum The Outkast

Garlith

Report Date

11 Oct 2022

Primary Location

Dragonrock

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• The Shadow Hotel