Session 4 summary

The Rotten Fist made their way across the Guild District towards the ruins of the research library.

Despite needing to deftly avoid a huge Ochre Jelly that tried to eat them, and some subtle magics misleading them, they eventually arrived to discover the building wasn't infact partially destroyed. Powerful illusion magics were protecting the place, and once pierced, the true nature of the grounds was revealed. The lawns were lush and green, the gardens were beautiful and flowering, and the building was whole and well maintained.

Two Elves were working in a garden, who the party discovered were slaves, and they told the party to run away, for inside the building a powerful outworlder resided. The slaves were killed by their collars though, before they managed to divulge many more details.

Inside the building, they discovered a scene that could have come straight from Hell. Thundering music was being played, and the air was hot and salty and illuminated with a dull red light. The room was made entirely made of black stone, and books stood in stacks 20 to 30ft tall. Dead elves were everywhere - some unmoving, some animated with telekinetic magics, and some alive elves were around too, being coerced by their collars. 50 animated severed heads hung from the ceiling, singing loudly and strongly, and an animated orchestral band lined the mezzanine levels, playing beautiful music with instruments of every kind. In the middle of the room stood an imp waving a wand in time to the orchestral music, and despite the imps best attempts at talking, the party started the fight.

After a bit of a struggle, the party managed to kill the imp, and only needed to kill one of the elves, with the imp exploding one other.

The imp talked during the fight, and told the party that while Tsuen was a Dailish city, it was also a Hellknight city, with the palace in the center of the city being a Hellknight Citadel. He refused to divulge why a Hellknight city had been destroyed by devils, but did say that it was not just wanton destruction - some sleight of hand did take place

After killing the imp, all the magics sustaining the warding and illusions fell away, with the library itself losing the hellish appearance. The party discovered two basement levels. One contained item creation labs, the other was originally a spellcasting practice room, but was being used to store hundreds of elvish corpses.

The party sent Pocket back to the army in order to help evacuate the rescued elves and secure the building, and the session ended there.