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=Last Refuge of the Black Hearted=

If by some strange chance you are a player in this game, look away now or risk ruining the story for yourself.

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==Story Notes==

===Mieka, Algernon, Dean, Naria and Weldon===

====The Plot====

Koran Charis has aquired from the Norowin the location of an ancient artefact that will greatly increase the golem output of whoever uses it.  He has sold the location to the Together and thus aroused Lady Eviscera’s ire as she has a stranglehold on golem production at the moment.

LE needs to stop this deal from going ahead as she would lose a great deal of power to the Together if they could surpass her golem production but she can’t risk being associated with any attempt to stop the deal as it could result in open warfare between her and the Together, something she is not ready for yet.

LE has summoned forth a demon and it has possessed Koran Charis and is going round murdering children in his body.  He is a spectator to all this, having no control over his actions.  LE tells Mieka et al about this, knowing that she won’t be able to resist taking vengeance on Koran.

Once Koran has been disposed of the demon will return to LE, job done.  The deal is off and, as far as anyone knows, Mieka killed Koran for murdering children.  The weak link in LE’s plan is if anyone saw Mieka talking to LE.  The Together have her under observation and, due to the unique nature of their agents, they are uncorruptable.  LE had one of her agents cast a spell over Mieka that mean that a bubble of invisibility surrounded her for the morning except for those bearing a particular symbol.

The Together will despatch agents to take vengeance on Mieka and anyone involved in Koran’s death and it is at this point they will realise something is up if they haven’t already.  Searching Koran’s place will reveal his diary, the most recent entry in which is over a week ago (how long the demon has been possessing him for).  It states that Koran has made a deal with the Together to give them the location of the device, he’s just awaiting payment.

From here the PCs are being hunted by the Together for their part in Koran’ death.  If they approach the Together to explain they will find that evidence has been planted in Weldon’s home that suggests he was planning to usurp Koran’s deal.  They will insist that the PCs locate the device and bring it to them or they will be slaughtered horribly.  LE will be watching them, waiting for them to lead her to the device then she will kill them.  The Together will also watch them, for the same reason.  This should get messy.

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Dean and Naria have a subplot they must resolve before they will help Weldon.  Sweesha is a knowledgeable merlady who knows a vital piece of info that can help Weldon find Koran.  She has been kidnapped by Drow as she has an artefact of their that they want back.  Sweesha is refusing to tell them where her stash is so they intend to torture the information out of her.

===Coran, Kher and Rouen===

Discover the ship has been seized by local faction in the docks.  Must get funds/perform tasks to get it back.  Also investigating a group of doppelgangers who are impersonating guild members to rob folk.

===Qilan, Snarub and Urban Ranger===

Turned over to slavers.  Must compete in combat test to encourage bidding.  Sold to man who wants to use them as his agents.

==NPC Stats==

[[Beronic Character Sheet|Beronic]]<br>
[[Cravex Character Sheer|Cravex]]<br>
[[Ivellimis, Priest of Pelor and his crew|Ivellimis]]<br>
[[Fiendish Dire Ape]]<br>

==Encounters==

===Unprocessed Encounters===

Sahuagin Raid - 4 sahuagin - Rouen and Aelron defeated them
Mob attack - 1 level 3 warrior, 7 level 1 commoners - Amadre and Snarub defeated them
Koran confronted - Koran Charis - Weldon talked Koran out of killing him
Flophouse? - Mieka avoided the Flophouse Owner
Flashback - Weldon overcame the demi-human gang
Equiceph - Snarub and Amadre were defeated by the Equiceph slavers
Little Jimmy - Kher tracked down, confronted and avoided Little Jimmy
Gnolls - Weldon avoided 2 gnolls
Carts - Ulfar satisfactorily dealt with teh cart situation.

===Bonuses===

Misdirection - Weldon convinced the flophouse owner to investigate Mieka and Ovan