The Session in Which Dan Dies

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+title: The Beasts in the East, Session 9
+---
+
+## Current Objectives
+- Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather.
+    - Kill an Ogre King
+    - [COMPLETE!] ~~Revive (the real) Syrup, and return him to command~~
+    - [COMPLETE!] ~~Hunt-down the brother-in-law, Stanislaw, and bring him to justice~~
+
+## Events
+- The party rests, and Sir Beet and Brother Basalt help restore some ability
+  damage. We loot and distribute. The party considers their next move. After a
+  lot of options, we decide just to do what we were originally going to do, and
+  move into the mine in pursuit of the Ogre King!
+    - Pale Root tries to convince us to fly to the mountain, and now crawl
+      around in the ground. We hold fast to our plan.
+    - Smokey leaves his horse behind, and Pale Root offers to keep watch of it.
+
+- We move into the mine. As we round a bend, we set off a magical trap, and take
+  some damage. We make it to a split at a chasm. We first go left, but come to a
+  dangerous path. We retrace our steps, and go right. The path widens, and then
+  splits again. We continue forward, the path widens further, and slopes down.
+  Eventually, we get to what seems to be the floor of the room. Sir Tern lights
+  a torch to mark where we landed, and we move along the wall to the left to
+  survey the room. As we move, we come across a tunnel with various animal and
+  human bones, and a trickle of water. We also set off a trap, summoning a large
+  earth elemental! COMBAT!!
+    - It smacks Sir Tern around. Stackor tries to _dismiss_ the elemental, but
+      it fails. Some dimensional shamblers appear, and attack Smokey and Sir
+      Beet, grappling Beet! Basalt gives Beet some luck. Tern turns on the
+      anti-magic field, and the elemental vanishes.
+    - Stackor _holds_ the shambler grappling Beet, freeing it! Smokey smacks it,
+      and Beet finishes off the held one. Tern drops the anti-magic field, and
+      attacks the second shambler.
+    - Stackor hits it with a _magic missile_. The shambler tries to _dimension
+      door_ away, but Stackor stops it! It tries to move away, but doing so
+      provokes attacks from Smokey and Tern, who destroy it. VICTORY!!
+
+- We move down this new tunnel. Along the way we see many severed limbs, and
+  then an angry troll rushes up and smacks Sir Tern. COMBAT!!
+    - In the fray, the troll kills Smokey. RIP.
+    - We manage to overcome the enemy, but at what cost? VICTORY!
+
+- The group will likely continue, with Brother Gabro stepping in! The party is
+  hopeful that Smokey's father may see that he is raised. For now, the group
+  breaks for the week.
+
+
+## Player Characters
+- Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
+- Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
+- Brother Basalt/Ignatius Joe, an oread shaman (Mike)
+- Burren "Smokey" Blunt, aka Bat-Man, but in the bat language, so like a bunch of "eee eee" and stuff (Dan)
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+
+
+## Locations
+- The path from Mine Town to Tinsel Town
+- Tinsel Town
+
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Pale Root, a byakhee summoned unintentionally by Sir Tern under his will.
+
+
+## Upcoming Reminders!