Get Me To The Church On Time

Uncle Philler Tolo and Armando return from an unusually quick trip to Katapesh.  In their company is a feisty wayang witch named Hazel.  Uncle Philler suggests that Hazel would be a benefit to the party's effort to reclaim Kelmarane.  With the party already full of unusual characters, Alma agrees.

Making their way back into Kelmarane, the party makes for the south western apporoach.   With the gnoll allies in tow, the group makes for the graveyard behind the church.  Exploring the graveyard, they meet a kindly but grumpy priest.   Suspicious, the party detects that he is undead.  He leads them into the church where he slams the door and bars it to separate the party from their gnoll escort.  Kushi gets raked early and looks a bit worse for wear.  The creature is tough, with the party's weapons not fully affecting the monster.  After he is defeated, the group explores the church and finds an interdict seal in the basement of the church.  Even the chime of opening is insufficient to break the seal.

The party moves on to explore the remaining buildings of the down, and walk by the gatehouse without engaging any gnolls.  The gnoll on watch doesn't seem too interesting in the gnoll escorted group of fellows.  Finally taking the plunge, they go up to the main entrance of the battle market where they are greeted by a goblin in a jester's outfit.  Jank, as he is known, escorts them in to the main area of the battle market.  The party refuses his direction to get on stage, insisting instead to wander the stalls.  Dejected Jank returns to watch the front entrance.

After casing the building, the party gets the idea to get Billy to stand in for Jank for a day.  With some shopping, Kushi gets some help overcoming her fever with 50gp of antiplague.  And Billy gets a dose of stimulant to help him stay awake.  The party returns to the old slave market to rest and recuperate overnight.

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Session characters:  Kushi, Lars, Luce, Billy, and Hazel.
Session XP:  387 XP each.
Session Loot:  none.