Blunderdome

Billy spends a day performing the tasks that Jank normally does.  After being mistreated, spit on, yelled at, ordered about, Billy started keeping a very low profile.  Routine checks on the door, were followed by sneaking off and wandering about the battle market.  When the party returns, Billy discloses that there are only two gnoll patrols inside the market.  And other than Kardiswan, there are a few bugbears, a flind, and a ogre who enjoys strangling opponents.  Billy also notes that there is a fighter who doesn't seem to be there willingly.

Kushi and some of the party go off to try to recruit Haleen, others continue to wander around the battle market.  And after Haleen is on board, a general plan devised, the brave party starts a scrap in the main hall.  The Three Jaw Tribe is set loose on the other gnolls, and the party focuses on the heavies in the room.

Billy starts things with a shot at the ogre, as Luce moves on stage to draw him closer.  The party groups in on the stage, but the bugbears seem to be taking their time finishing their drinks and gearing up.  As the ogre falls, the bugbears are moving in.  The two moving in the main aisle are met by Luce and Kushi, with cover fire from Billy.  The lone bugbear is met by Haleen and Lars.  The bugbears fall quickly, the party is then drawn back into the fight when Kardiswan appears in the ring and strikes Haleen with his vicious-looking great-axe.  Kardiswan shows himself to be a very dangerous foe wielding his axe, so Lars makes attempts to grease his weapon and succeeds on the second try.  This turns the battle to the party's favor, and Kardiswan falls attempting to retrieve his weapon.

Any remaining gnolls flee Kelmarane, anyone the party made an alliance with remains in Kelmarane.  While word is sent to Almah that Kelmarane is clear, the party searches (ransacks) the battle market.  The party finds the gear of the Lions of Senara.  Oxvard and Felliped reclaim their gear, and give the gear of their fallen comrades to the party.  Billy, begins to refer to Oxvard as chief, and joins Oxvard on burial detail.  First, the fallen Lions of Senara, then the priests of the church, then clearing out the battle market.  Billy seems unusually attentive to Oxvard.  Fillaped helps for a while, but later starts searching Kelmarane for maps.  The Moldspeaker feels pity for Kardiswan, as if he was destined for great things and had fallen from his path.

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Session Characters:  Luce, Kushi, Lars, Billy.
Session XP:  2100 XP each
Session Loot:  +1 ring of protection, +1 cloak of resistance, masterwork chainmail, +1 dagger, wand of bull's strength (8 charges), silversheen (4 doses), +1 amulet of natural armor, +2 cloak of charisma, slippers of spider climbing, small silver masterwork flute (130 GP), three (3) potions of cure moderate wounds, potion of expeditious retreat, two (2) masterwork breastplates, masterwork flindbar, +1 halberd, five (5) daggers, ring of feather falling, +1 lawful outsider bane greataxe, four (4) large garnets (400 GP each),