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==== Cheraî Campaign: Session #17: The Secret under the Keep ====

^ Players in attendance: ^^^
| Norm Kindle | Half-Elf Wild Magic Sorcerer/5, Bard/1 | Connor |
| Dr. Barry Smiley | Human Rogue/3 Cleric to Loki/3 | David A. |
| Quintin Q. Quincy, aka “Q” | Half-Elf Warlock/5 (Hexblade) Fighter/1 | David S. |
| Tan Balli | Elf Wizard/5 Cleric to Sehanine/1 | Frank | 
| Hamakona Munu | Variant Human Barbarian/6 (Path of the Berserker) | Ricky |

== 18 Dec 1129 ==
  * Kuriz uses his Sending Stone to respond to the party's query about The Castellan.  Unfortunately, he can offer nothing specific -- other than the fact that intelligent undead can sometimes be reasoned with.
  * The party tries to get more information from their Dwarf captive -- but he, too, has little to offer.
  * As the Dwarf is still confused from years of being possessed by a Ghost, the party decides to release him.  But he chooses to stay (at least for the time being).
  * The party returns to the Keep, where they discover that "Parley" banners have been placed at the main gate.
  * They chose to respect the parley request.  Q, Barry, and Hama meet with The Castellan and his two subordinates at a table in the Inner Bailey.
  * The Castellan offers the party a simple deal: They leave and never return.  In exchange, they may keep the wealth they "stole" during their earlier encounter.
  * The three offer to consider the offer and then return to the rest of the party (though Hama remains by the table).
  * Deciding that The Castellan needs to be stopped, the party opts to attack.
  * After a brief, but intense fight, The Castellan, his Advisor, and his Scribe are all destroyed and the party occupies the Fortress.
  * They take a short rest -- during which, Tan casts //Identify// on the magic items taken from The Castellan and the Scribe.
  * They descend the stairs and discover a large natural cavern with some kind of green glowing energy source at its center, and numerous Specters floating around.
  * After a long, arduous combat, the glowing energy in the center (and the Specters) are destroyed.
  * Underneath it all, they find an oblong rock, roughly 18 inches across, with glowing green quartz infused throughout.
  * Tan protects himself with a //Protection from Evil// spell and casts //Identify// on the rock.  He confirms that the evil of the Keep was being fueled by this rock.
  * They decide to wrap it up in bedrolls and take it with them.

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