The Session in Which Dan Finds a New Radiator

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 ## Locations
 - Mine Town
+- Hawkman Ranch
 
 ## NPCs and Notable Characters
 - Sir Wallace, castellan of Mine Town

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+title: The Beasts in the East, Session 6
+---
+
+## Current Objectives
+- Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather.
+    - Potentially, we're going to kill the Ogre King
+
+## Events
+- The group is at the Hawkman Ranch, staring at the ruins of the exploded
+  pump-house. After some deliberation, we decide to confront Syrup directly. He
+  is in the Ranch House proper, where we meet him with his under-officers. Of
+  note, Stackor identifies he has a new Amulet of Non-Detection on. Otherwise,
+  no suspicious auras or effects.
+    - Syrup feels confident of Hawkman involvement with the assassinations. Most
+      of the family is under arrest, except for the brother-in-law, who is
+      currently a fugitive. The pump-house evidently belonged to him, and he
+      evidently exploded it. He mentions several people in the explosion,
+      however not including himself. He advises we re-evaluate the pump-house.
+    - On the way, once out of earshot, Syrup quickly admits he is not our Syrup.
+      He explains that Syrup did die in the explosion, but his body has been
+      reconstituted and is being kept in good condition at the Temple in Nems.
+      He identifies himself as a knight of the twilight court named Silken.
+      There's a lot of discussion, general updating of the affairs with the
+      Hawkman estate (namely that the brother-in-law is all-but-certainly behind
+      the assassination attempts, but that the Hawkman's proper may not be
+      involved).
+        - The party decides that they must retrieve the real Syrup immediately.
+          A problem is that Beet will not let Silken remain in control of the
+          camp. After much discussion, we decide to split the party. Stackor and
+          Gabro will _teleport_ to the cathedral, retrieve Syrup's body,
+          continue on to the capitol city, revive him, and return. Meanwhile,
+          Beet, Silken, and Jen Erica will ride towards the suspected hiding
+          place of the brother-in-law Stanislaw. Before riding out of camp, an
+          odd fly-headed dwarf that looks suspiciously like Gartug approaches,
+          and introduces itself as Gutrag, a wandering diplomat. The group rides
+          out of camp together, and once far enough away, Stackor _teleports_
+          away.
+
+- Stackor and Gabro arrive at the Cathedral of Nems. We briefly speak with the
+  Bishop (who congratulates us on dealing with the troubles that we ignored) who
+  apologies for not being able to raise Syrup "to our wishes" (as a fey), pick
+  up Syrup's body, and _teleport_ to the palace Chezques of New Geneve. Upon
+  arrival, a king's man attends to us, Stackor asks to notify the king, and we
+  wait.
+
+- Meanwhile, Beet, Silken, and Jen Erica ride towards the assassin Stanislaw.
+  Silken changes to look like Beet instead of Syrup, after Beet complains he
+  doesn't like Silken looking like Syrup. Beet is not amused; Jen Erica is.
+
+- Back in New Geneve, after 2 hours, the group is brought snacks. Gabro asks for
+  a cleric.
+
+- Back in the Buddy Cop film, the group arrives at the ruins. Silken wishes them
+  luck, and offers to wait around if they want to interrogate. Beet literally
+  refuses any assistance, and Silken just leaves, but not before warning for
+  traps. Dunce then steps in a bear trap. Jen Erica finds the secret switch into
+  the ruins, and the party manages to keep going. Heading into the ruins, Dunce
+  steps on a pressure plate and triggers an explosion, taking out the staircase.
+  They heal themselves up a bit, and continue in, eventually finding an
+  alchemists' laboratory, bedroom, and Stanislaw, who spouts some populist
+  stuff. Beet ain't buyin' it, and Dunce raises his axe exitedly. COMBAT!!
+    - Jen Erica gets possessed. Darkness enshrouds the group. Dunce is attacked
+      by a figure in the dark. Beet gets bombed.
+    - Dunce somehow manages to take down his attacker. Beet retreats out of the
+      darkness, up the ruined staircase. Jen Erica follows Beet.
+    - Beet takes down Jen Erica, which causes the ifrit spirit possessing it to
+      emerge. It is wearing robes that show the Carjulian Brotherhood crest. Jen
+      Erica's body then disappears (much to the surprise of all). Dunce gets
+      burned alive.
+    - Beet and the ghost are blasting each other. Jen Erica gets a potion, is
+      revived, and hears a familiar voice asking if it wants it to take her
+      away. Alternatively, it can wait with her for the dust to settle, and try
+      to get Stanislaw. They decide to wait.
+
+- We break for the night!
+
+## Player Characters
+- Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
+- Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Bill)
+- Jen Erica von Illamage, a human wizard (Mike)
+- Burren "Smokey" Blunt, aka Bat-Man, but in the bat language, so like a bunch of "eee eee" and stuff (Dan) [AFT]
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+
+## Locations
+- Hawkman Ranch
+- Plains and ruins near Ganth
+- Cathedral of Nems
+- New Geneve
+    - Palace of Chezques
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Sir Dunce
+- Colonel Syrup, and his under-officers
+    - Major Moto
+    - Captain Crunch
+- The Hawkman brother-in-law, Stanislaw
+- Silken, a fey knight of the twilight court
+- Gutrag, a fly-headed dwarf "wandering diplomat"
+
+## Other Notes
+
+## Upcoming Events
+- Hunt down Stanislaw, and bring him to justice
+- Resurrect the real Syrup, and return the column to order!