Second Age - Session 13

Mansday 28th Nauvambor, Year 599 (continued)
The fight against the drow was short and brutal. Especially the magic powers of one of the drows caused the Fists some problems, but luckily for them, no one fell to the drow poison used by the other drow. The drows had nothing which could indicate what in Pelor's name they were doing out of the Underdark, but the Fists did manage to salvage some drow poison and a couple of House Insignias.

Onsday 30th Nauvambor, Year 599
A couple of days later, the Golden Fists arrived at Laketown. At the gate, they were welcomed by a handful of guards, led by a fellow named Bob. Bob informed the Fists that they were to pay an adventurer-tax, or rather, that they had to deposit 50 gp per person at the gate in the advent that they would destroy something. Too often had adventurers visited Laketown and left it again with buildings or other things destroyed. They were also informed that drawing ones weapon was illegal and that squatting in one of the many empty houses would be dealt with harshly. In general, Bob and the other guards seemed very proud of living in the only democratic town in Draegor.

The Golden Fists immediately made their way down the main street, asking around for the Massis. They were directed down to the harbor, where they met up with Jonathan Massi. He knew nothing of a medallion, but promised to relay their questions to the patriarch of the family, Leo Massi. He suggested that they take some rooms at the Golden Pheasant, a nearby inn.

While waiting, Arpametan spent most of the day brewing some of the new potions he had learned to make. The others did as little as possible.

Torsday 1st Deecambor, Year 599
On the next day, they were contacted by a member of the Massi-family's staff, and brought to the huge Massi mansion, which occupied a significant area of the north-westernmost part of town, down by the lake. There they met with Leo Massi. As it turns out, he knew the medallion of which they spoke, but it became clear he had no intention of selling it, and no intention of just handing it over for nothing. He did have a suggestion. His much younger wife, Victoria, had recently been behaving oddly, slipping out at night on unknown business. He wanted to know what was up. If she was whoring around, he wanted proof, so that a divorce would become much cheaper for him. A much easier job than they expected.

They left soon after, and spent the day making plans. At night, they spread out, covering all possible exits. But no one came out.

Lordday 3rd Deecambor, Year 599
They spent the day sleeping and waiting for night to come. Just like the two previous nights, they spread out and staked out the Massi mansion. Finally something happened. During the darkest hours, a robed figure slipped out of the mansion grounds and headed towards the harbor. The Fists got a hold of one another, and followed the figure.

Down at the harbor, it entered one of the empty houses. After waiting a bit, River decided to follow it inside. Using his new magical armor to turn into a mouse, he quickly found a hole in the wall and entered the house. And almost got stepped on, as the robed figure was heading out again.

The robed figure moved up through the ware-house area and entered one of the warehouses. The Fists snuck in after the figure and found themselves in a warehouse full of boxes, kegs and other assorted containers. But no robed figure anywhere. As they were searching, a door was opened and a torch tossed inside. River made it out by reflex alone, just as the building blew up. Soon they were swarmed by fanatic cultists and robed spellcasters. The fight was tough, but in the end, the Fists all stood alive while the Orcus cultists were dead. No trace of the original robed figure though.

The Fists quickly returned to the house, to see what was there. All they found was trace of a ritual being cast in the room where the figure had been. They then ran back to the mansion, to be there when the robed figure returned. But no one came.

Sonday 4th Deecambor, Year 599
The next night, the Fists once again surveilled the Massi mansion. Once again, the robed figure slipped out of the grounds and headed towards the harbor. The Fists got together and followed it. Just as they decided to attack it, it turned up and headed into the ware-house area again. As the Fists tried to catch it, they were once again ambushed, and this time the cultists had brought a big red angry demon.

The fight was rough, and especially the demon, which seemed to get aroused by the sight of blood, was positively lethal. But it was still sent back to the Abyss by Paavu, well helped by the healing of Elron.