The King Is Dead

An enormous howl draws the party over to look through the columns.  There on the throne sits the Carrion King with his Troglodyte priest beside him.  The party wastes no time and strikes out. Billy shoots, Lars summons an air elemental, Luce races around, and Kushii vanishes to an acrobatic launch onto the pillar where the throne resides.  The priest runs off to the side, and disappears, leaving the Carrion King the sole target.  After taking his share of lumps, the Carrion King brutalizes the air elemental.  Luce closes and finally lands a blow on the oversized gnoll.  As the battle goes on, at the moment the Carrion King seems to weaken, his troglodyte priest attacks him, appearing in midair beside the throne.

Lars thinks for a brief second, and tells Billy to take out the priest.  Billy shrugs, and fires away.  The priest looks surprised and after the second bullet strikes him, charges Billy.  Trading lumps with the Carrion King, Luce and Kushii finally bring down the lumbering oaf.  After dancing with the priest, Billy and Lars drop the disguised Janni.

Exploring the pit, the party finds a passageway.  Lars says there is magic thataway, and the party finds a huge monstrosity of a centipede.  Fighting with everything they got, the centipede falls.  Luce rips into the centipede's belly and finds a mummified hand of an elf on a golden neck chain.  Back in the cavern there is also a magical whip.

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Session Characters:  Kushii, Lars, Luce, Billy
Session XP:  2133.3 each
Session Loot:  +1 large breastplate, Goreshred (medium +1 human bane greataxe), belt of constitution +2, ring of protection +1, +1 chain shirt, +1 fire outsider bane frost scimitar, 4 daggers, hat disguise, ring of protection +1, a hand of the mage, +1 vicious whip.