Alizander Carmelizzia - Human (Varisian) sorcerer
Boecca – Half-orc inquisitor of Erastil
Carlos Santiago - Half-orc (Alkenstarian) wizard
Slavé/Jancen – Tiefling (in guise as a human) rogue/assassin
Tavo Dechirent - Human cleric of Pharasma
Vaeden Corleone - Human rogue
Toilday, 14 Calistril, 4709 A.R.
Vaeden, Boecca, Tavo, and Carlos track down Nyxervex to his lair within the Rasdovain gatehouse and destroy the bone devil before it manages to heal itself sufficiently to rejoin the battle. They also discover ten citizens of Westcrown stacked like cordwood in two storage rooms in the gatehouse – unfortunate abductees of the osyluth devil. Tavo examines the Wiscrani and determines that they are not dead, but in a severe weakened, comatose state. The group begins transporting the unresponsive bodies out of the gatehouse and into an emergency first aid station set up by Tavo outside of ground zero.
Meanwhile, Alizander and Jancen begin to parlay with the halfling Aberten. Jancen attempts to convince Aberten and the other thieves to allow him to speak to Crosael Rasdovain, implying that he is a close associate of the Lord-Mayor’s former majordomo. Aberten cares little for Jancen’s attempts at diplomacy, however, and orders the thieves to attack. Alizander falls under the thieves’ rapiers, but the attack is aborted when several of the dottari guarding the south approach decide to intervene. Aberten escapes back into the manor, while Jancen manages to capture one of the thief henchmen.
Jancen revives Alizander and the two rejoin the rest of the Returners with the captured thief. The group decides to retire for the rest of the night. Tavo remains at the first aid station near ground zero to tend to the survivors found in the Rasdovain gatehouse. Jancen, Alizander and Boecca interrogate the captured thief, Dourik, and learn that he works for the so-called Council of Thieves under the halfling Aberten “the Dealer” Vittershins, who recently assumed command after the death of Lozendi, who was killed by the erinyes devil soon after the explosion at the site. They also learn that a second group of thieves is exploring the Nessian Spiral under the manor under the command of a cold, calculating elf woman named Avahzi. Given the choice, it becomes clear that the thief is glad he does not serve under Avahzi, even considering his present situation.
The group learns that the Council thieves infiltrated Aberian’s Folly several days before the explosion, with the assistance of Crosael, whom Dourik describes as a tiefling woman with features more cat-like than fiendish – a far cry from the human woman the Returners met at the Six Trials of Larazod after-party almost three months ago. Dourik explains that Crosael is an agent of the Council of Thieves, who, as far as he knows, has been working a deep-cover operation as the Lord-Mayor’s majordomo since he took office twenty years ago. Apart from this, Dourik knows little more information, and in fact admits that he is not quite sure what about the motives of Crosael, Aberten, and Avahzi, and believes they may be operating at odds to the Council leaders. Dourik insists he doesn’t specific Council leaders, but that many of Westcrown’s noble elite – the Drovenges, the Oberigos, and others – are surely counted among them. Satisfied that they have gotten all they can from the thief, Boecca, Alizander and Jancen decide to let him go.
In the early morning hours, Jancen sneaks back into the site at ground zero and makes his way (invisibly, with the aid of a potion) to the far side of the existing wing of Aberian’s manor, where he manages to access Crosael’s room. The tiefling (who was sitting at a chair, examining a text of some sort, even at this early hour) notices the intrusion immediately. Jancen manages to avoid a fight, however, and trades words with Crosael for several minutes, appealing to her tiefling heritage and revealing that he knows of the location of the Lord-Mayor’s contract with Liebdaga the Twin. Jancen finds himself drawn to the alluring tiefling woman – the timbre of her voice and its songlike quality; the curve of her hip; the shift of her cloak as she glides through the room – and readily agrees to retrieve the contract and bring it to her the following day. As he leaves, he begins hatching plots for turning Crosael to his own cause.
Wealday, 15 Calistril, 4709 A.R.
The following day, the Returners head back to the site of Aberian’s Folly. They approach the north side of the remaining structure, where they are attacked by four shadows. The shadows are hesitant to venture into the daylight, and appear to be guarding the northern door into the structure. Tavo manages to wrest control of two of the shadows from their former master, whoever that may be, and the party defeats the other two shadows and enters the structure, bring the battle to Aberten and the rest of the Council thieves inside. Crosael takes a defensive posture, refusing to enter fight against the Returners, who clearly have the upper hand in the situation. Aberten falls under the relentless onslaught, and the rest of the Council thieves are either killed or driven away.
Treasure
· From Isavenda (erinyes devil) – session 25
o Longsword +1 (worth 1158 gp)
o Flaming composite longbow +1 (+5 Strength) (worth 4450 gp)
· From the Rasdovain Armoury – session 25
o Merciful arrows +1 (16) (worth 1328 gp total; 83 gp each)
· From the Rasdovain gatehouse – Nyxervex’s lair
o 450 gp
o Rings (4) (worth 400 gp; 100 gp each)
o Bracelet (worth 100 gp)
o Necklace (worth 100 gp)
o Anklet (worth 100 gp)
o Potions of cure moderate wounds (2) (worth 300 gp; 150 gp each)
· From the Council thieves
o Potions of cure moderate wounds (4) (worth 600 gp; 150 gp each)
o Leather armour +1 (4) (worth 2320 gp; 580 gp each)
o Masterwork rapiers (4) (worth 640 gp; 160 gp each)
o Masterwork hand crossbows (4) (worth 800 gp; 200 gp each)
o Crossbow bolts (40)
o Coins and jewelry (worth 1200 gp)
· From Aberten “the Dealer” Vittershins
o Punching dagger +1 (worth 1176 gp)
o Magic wands (2) (properties unknown)
o Leather armour +1 (worth 580 gp)
o Masterwork daggers (3) (worth 453 gp; 151 gp each)
o Magic ring (properties unknown)
o Illuminated Harrow deck (worth 250 gp)
o Pouch of gold dust (worth 100 gp)
Experience Awards
· Trap – glyph of warding (from session 25) – 1200 (divided among 7 PCs)
· Nyxervex, bone devil – 6400 xp
· Shadows (4) – 3200 xp
· Council thieves (8) – 6400 xp
· Aberten “the Dealer” Vittershins – 6400 xp
· Story Award (defeating Liebdaga’s faithful – Nyxervex and Isavenda) – 4800 xp
· Story Award (rescuing Nyxervex’s victims) – 4800 xp
· Story Awards (turning Crosael) – 4800 xp
· Total – 36,800 xp (divided by 6 PCs); 1200 xp (divided by 7 PCs)
· Per PC (6) – 6304 xp
· Nagiphax – 171 xp
Current XP Total per PC
· Alizander, Carlos, Slavé, Vaeden – 41,535 xp each
· Boecca – 38,780 xp
· Tavo – 37,790 xp
· Nagiphax – 31,657 xp
· Total Current Fame Points – 15
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