![]() ![]() Scanlan jokes that he is going to write a "sternly-worded" letter to the customer service of the alchemist's shop. The battle over, Thurista laments that Vash did not deserve such an unceremonial death, as the rogues did not even try to negotiate. He cuts the arm off one, guts a second, beheads a third, and, Scanlan distracts the last one by pretending that Vash has reanimated into a lich, Grog chops him down. During the fight, one of the rogues manages to garrote Vash by the neck, causing Grog to fly into a rage. They chuck daggers, one of which is caught by Arnicor on his shield and the other slashes Vash on the side, and soon, a skirmish ensues on the docks of Stilben. The rogue cryptically threatens the party that there is one way out of their situation, "but myriad ways to die", and the rogues rush at the party. The rogues order the party to hand the potion over, but Scanlan refuses. The rogues all run outside and one yells at the party that they had interfered with their plans for the last time, but a confused Scanlan yells back that they were unaware they had ever messed with their plans in the first place. Inside, however, are a number of rogues from The Myriad, who all brandish their blades and glare at the gnome, who steps back out. ![]() ![]() Scanlan grabs the potion and heads to an alchemist's shop to get the potion identified. Vash agrees, listing a wand of lignum vitae, a pair of boots of sorcerous origin, a necklace with some arcane function, and a potion she cannot identify. Scanlan is scolded for his recklessness, but the gnome dismisses their concerns, reasoning that the party got their artifacts and loot. As Grog stands over him, greataxe in hand, the ritual leader only smiles with yells "Vengeance!" as Grog finishes him off.Īfter the battle is over, Grog and Vash retrieve the ruby eyes of the statue of the god, Arnicor and Thurista collect the treasure, and Scanlan remarks to readers "Now that will make a great story!".īack at Stilben, the party discusses their adventure. Grog starts to exclaim to Scanlan that he has made it through the entire battle without flying into a rage, just as he is grappled by the frog, but as he is about to be reeled in, another Fireball detonates nearby, exploding the frog into bits and pieces and leaving the ritual leader prone on the ground. Three sahuagin witnessing this stare in stunned silence, allowing Grog to behead them with one swing of his greataxe. The ritual leader calls out for his sahuagin brothers to aid him, for the ritual is broken, but the frog swallows him whole. The giant frog heads straight for the tattooed humanoid male, grappling him with its tongue. As Scanlan flees a sahuagin that Grog quickly kills and Vash casts Fireball at a group of sahuagin. Just then, two bursts of light come out from the frog's eyes, causing Grog and Scanlan to flee to a larger chamber, where the rest of the party is fighting sahuagin, where a tattooed humanoid male wearing a headdress is leading a ritual. Scanlan deduces that the " shark-god temple" was constructed atop an even older "frog-god temple". Grog starts to pound on a small drum he is carrying as Scanlan lights a candle, places it on the rock, and rings the bell, causing the boulder to animated into a giant frog, who croaks the name Hoarmorath. Scanlan jokingly thanks Grog by telling the goliath that he "want to have babies" and tells him to "hit it". Scanlan, curious if the bell will summon a creature that they will fight and loot treasure from, asks Grog for his opinion, and Grog supposes that Scanlan should go with his gut. Scanlan expresses his desire to ring a bell they find on a boulder, but Arnicor warns against it and Thurista threatens to Fireball him if he touches the bell. Grog Strongjaw, Scanlan Shorthalt, and partymates Arnicor, Thurista, and Vash are in an underground sahuagin temple to their god, Hoarmorath. Returning to the city, they’re almost killed by assassins and then almost arrested by the Watch! What the hell is going on in Stilben? And what does this pompous sorcerer want? Synopsis Scanlan and Grog loot a shark-man temple in the swamp outside Stilben. ![]()
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