Session Four: Gertrude's Home

February 25, 2018

Chat log: http://biblionalia.info/marchen/marchlog.html#s4b

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Back at The Grinning Devil, the ladies do some recon. Elaine notices that the barkeep seems to have a pet raven and speaks with it.

The scene quickly cuts back to the Mad Lads, who find an excuse to go investigate the howling noises. They discover a shadow mastiff, manage to kill it with their bandit scout allies, but then two death dogs appear.

Cutting back to the ladies, Elaine discovers that the raven is Henry the barkeep's familiar, which raises suspicions. Cherish and Marjorie talk to Henry, who becomes so nervous that he ends up shutting the tavern down early. He admits that he is a warlock, and explains that the half-orcs outside the tavern are working with the White Order, a group that polices magic use.

Back to the Mad Lads, they fight the death dogs and Eri is diseased by them.

Aaaand back to the ladies, Henry admits to being a member of the Black Order, an underground group that helps magic users evade detection. He has been waiting for a representative of Amisandra's for several days, Althea, who has not appeared. Cherish pushes for more information, and it is revealed that Henry's familiar is actually an imp named Deacon. The ladies agree to help Henry.