Boss Battle!

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+## Current Objectives
+
+- Establish a viable route from the interior to the Far Territories for the army
+
+## Events
+
+- Boss. Fight. Time. Baby!
+    - Sir Beat declares Sister Clemence his target for _Smite Evil_ and unleashes some holy projectiles! Fallen Damian _Smites_ Sir Tern, critically striking and downing him! The demon Sister Clemence closes with Sir Beat and engages in melee.
+    - Outside, Stackor hears something and thinks something's wrong. He tells Smokey to go check on the temple, and _Dimension Door_'s to the inn to fetch Jack Flint. Smokey and Jen Erica casually stroll to the temple, and ask Sir Dunce to get Sir Beat. He initially pushes back gently, since Sir Beat asked for privacy, but Smokey insists, and Dunce agrees to check.
+    - Sir Beat steps back, and unleashes more holy arrows against the demon Clemence. Fallen Damian moves in and _smites_ Sir Beat for massive damage. Dunce opens the door, Italian Spiderman's the scene, and moves in to engage the Fallen Damian. Smokey and Jen Erica enter the fray! Smokey engages in melee combat with the demon Clemence. Jen Erica _magic missiles_ the demon Clemence. Stackor tells Flint, and Flint rides in force towards the temple. The demon Clemence _suggests_ that Dunce kill Sir Beat.
+    - Sir Beat steps back, and downs Sister Clemence, but takes a strike from the mind-controlled Dunce. After, Dunce shakes off the _suggestion_. Fallen Damian moves and engages Sir Beat: a potentially fatal strike is lessened by _heroic defiance_, and the follow-up misses! Dunce bends and _lays on hands_ to Sir Tern. Smokey engages smacks Fallen Damian a bit. Jen Erica tries to _boneshaker_ Fallen Damian, but fails. Stackor returns, and sees what's happening.
+    - Sir Beat steps back, and strikes at Fallen Damian. Damian moves forward, and strikes Sir Beat down. Sir Tern stands, _lays hands_ on himself, and activates his _divine bond_! Sir Dunce swings at Damian, but misses horribly, instead landing his axe in Beat's corpse. Smokey engages Damian, but misses. Jen _magic missiles_ Damian. Stackor attempts to _hold_ Damian, but it fails.
+    - Sir Tern declares Damian his smite, and moves to engage, but misses! Damian and Smokey continue to melee. Jen Erica moves into melee, and _vampiric touches_ Damian, with little effect. Stackor tries again, and successfully _holds_ Damian with a persistant mythic spell.
+    - Sir Tern places his sword on Damian's neck, and advises him that the fight is over. Smokey wraps his iron rope around. Dunce requests Sir Tern behead him, and after a brief consideration, Sir Tern agrees. Damian is beheaded. Combat over.
+
+- Unknown things
+    - Who hung the Altasian soldiers?
+    - Who killed the market guards?
+    - Who was leaving those weird gems around?
+    - Who vivisected the miner?
+
+- Sir Tern explains to Flint the combat, and Stackor is quick to follow-up and fill in any details. After a brief discussion, Flint thanks us for our actions, and asks us to leave sooner-than-later. Tern, initially conflicted about the unfinished judgement against the cultists of Arconis, for likely hanging the Altasian soldiers, agrees to leave, but asks Flint to pursue that justice. Flint seemlingly will do no such thing.
+
+- We loot Fallen Damian's belonging, selling what we don't keep, and then leave.
+
+- The next day, Stackor gets a _sending_ from Sheila G, asking him where he is, and saying she's going to Lon's Thicket. Stackor agrees to meet back in Rhyme, and then returns.
+
+- **Side Story Done!**
+
+- Back in Rhyme, with the main party, Stackor/Boobons and Sheila G meet up on the docks. Boobons tries to convince Sheila G not to go to Lon's Thicket, because it's obviously a scam. G thinks that's the best way to deal with the scam. We decide to talk with Harvey, and that is where we will start next time!
+
+## Locations
+
+- Flint
+
+## Player Characters
+
+- Stackor, dwarven wizard (James)
+- Sir Beet, paladin of Iomedae (Thans) [Dead :(]
+- An unnamed oread shaman (Thans)
+- Jen Erica von Illamage (Mike)
+- Burren "Smokey" Blunt, aka Bat-Man, but in the bat language, so like a bunch of "eee eee" and stuff (Dan)
+- Sir Tern Ipswitch (Bill)
+
+## NPCs
+
+- The Damerrich Former Representatives
+    - Fallen Damian, a blackguard
+    - Sir Dunce, a paladin (still at the start, at least)
+    - Sister Clemence, a demon in disguise
+- Jack Flint