### Conditions - **The Ribbon** - 1 use (-2 penalty to death saves) - **The Fiddle** - 1 use # Session Start > The stained glass windows shift, becoming the mosaic visage of a voluptuous devil leering at the scene, and a sultry voice slithers from the image: *“What a pathetic disappointment you are, Renathyr. But perhaps, you who slew him would replace him? His mission remains incomplete, and I can sense your hunger for power. Cast aside your petty concerns, turn away from the weaklings huddled around you and become the bloody instrument of my will.”* # Session Summary #### Badger Appears! - Session begins with the party in the crimson monastery, where Viraxys petitions them as to whether or not they will become "bloody instruments of her will" - They seem to be unsure about what to do here, but ultimately they ask if they can have some time to decide what to do. - Viraxys agrees to grant them 24 hours to decide whether they will join her. - Ellywick acrobatically jumps into the room - she goes by Badger for short. - Her proposition is that she wants to come with the party for a period of one week, and in exchange she will advise them on Viraxys and how to deal with that. She says that the reasons are her own - but she is honest when she says that she has a history #### Gazza and Badger are Reunited - Bimbap and Louis then go to search for Gazza around the monastery, and they find him hanging out with Jaeger in his hut. He seems to be chilling with Jaeger, who is suspicious of Louis and Bimbap at first, but eventually lets them in. - They chat for a bit, share some beers, and then head back to meet up with the rest of the party. - The group asks if Ellywick and Gazza know each other, and Gazza does not seem to recognize Ellywick at all. - Ellywick reveals that she was concealing her true identity when she met with Gazza, and she really did not need his help at all. - Gazza is a bit hurt at first, but eventually comes to terms with this truth. - There is then a blood exchange between Ellywick and Ember. - Viraxys is mentioned, and Ellywick has a visible reaction - she says that there is something about her past that they do not know - they came from a noble family that had very much wealth - She thinks that her father was influenced by Viraxys... #### Cletus goes missing in the night - CLETUS OFFERS HIS BLOOD TO VIRAXYS - THERES THE GLASS T1000 and stained glass dmt effects happening. - Bimbap sleeps in Olaf's quarters. He gets up and puts on friar Olaf's robe and looks around the room for some valuables - There's a massive ding that echoes... - The party finds a note that cletus left that says "gone fishin! y'all, I'll be missin, spoken when I should have listened." along with Cletus' music box. - Cletus bangs viraxys. Nice. - Cletus has an empty feeling about the fornication interaction - it's the empty feeling after finally getting the thing that they were after - The musicbox is playing third eye blind semi charmed life... - Viraxys gives Cletus a taste of the power she wields. He experiences: - mountain of cheese - a barrel of the finest aged whiskey, - a harem of women - She asks him what he wants. He says "JUST BURN THE WHOLE THING DOWN" #### Cromwell agrees to the blackmail terms - Cromwell agrees to the terms of the agreement - the blackmail terms are that Cromwell will lead the monastery, but she has to contribute a lump some of their earnings. In exchange, they will refrain from framing her and saying that she was responsible for the uprising or a dissenter - There are a number of damning journal entries that will implicate her in this and the party retains these as collateral. - Seraphine talks about the things she learned from reading the journal - she mentions the advice of badger - Louis intimidates the shit out of Cromwell - she cries. #### The party visits the swamp! - The party then uses Seraphine's lantern to get to the swamp and find more information - - Bimbap is flying around the area looking for anything out of the ordinary - A familiar witch appears, and invites them into her hut. - Ember makes a symbol on the door on the way in to the swamp hovel - ELLYWICK goes into the mausoleum and recovers an amulet that she shares with the rest of the party.