The Session in which Dan Does Poetry

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+title: Dead Boys and Ability Score Damage, Session 11
+---
+
+## 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
+- We rename the sessions!
+
+- Stackor _teleports_ off to the capitol to fetch the king's men and return them
+  to the army. There's a spymaster, who will integrate himself as a fletcher
+  into the army; there's a cleric of kelinahat, she of ebon wings, that will be
+  joining us; a noble duelist, who will be joining up with the army; and a
+  fourth that I didn't catch. He then _teleports_ back to the army to drop off 3
+  of them, and returns to the party with the cleric.
+
+- Returning to the party, we heal some ability damage, and then move back into
+  the mines. We walk past our previous victories, finding the bodies of the
+  slain (though not as many as there should be, and definitely moved about).
+  Moving back to the bone door, we trigger an _alarm_ and another symbol (this
+  one significantly less damaging). There's a trapdoor leading up, with orgres
+  awaiting us with burning oil. After Gabro discovers this, Stackor gives us all
+  _resistance_ to fire, and we ascend! We beat up some orcs, and find ourselves
+  in a large cavern. After some exploration, we eventually hear some giantish
+  discussion, and then get ambushed by a giant betentacled horror! The combat is
+  grueling, but we perservere.
+
+- We call it here, batter but unbroken in our quest for the ogre king.
+
+
+## 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)
+- Brother Gabro, an oread monk (Dan)
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+
+
+## Locations
+- Tinsel Town, and the associated mines
+- Rime
+    - The Temple of Torag
+- Army Encampment
+
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Pale Root, a byakhee summoned unintentionally by Sir Tern under his will.
+- Little Plague, a byakhee summoned intentionally by Stackor
+- Colonel Syrup, and his under-officers