Having won their arena battle, the squad chats with some of the backstage folks. Cressita the beast-master hired a new worker who met the description of Franca. She was working near the troll-hounds, but was not a good worker. There is a boarded up door with tracks indicating some had passed that way. Simi returned to the group and updated the squad.
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| Cressita the Beast Master |
The door shows signs of having been tampered with, and marked with the sigil of the Norberger cult.
The ancient tunnel here leads to a large columned chamber to the north and stretches off into darkness to the south. A set of rusted iron rings embedded in the lintel indicate that a curtain or something similar once hung in the passageway.
Most of the western portion of this broad hall has caved in; huge chunks of stone and mounds of dirt block that side of the room. Eastward, light-gray columns in remarkably good condition hold up the ceiling. Identical reinforced wooden doors, mostly rotted, mark the entrance to rooms to the north and south. Further east, a faint circular impression on top of a large rectangular dais made of fine stone shows where a statue must have once stood. All around, the walls are adorned with flaking frescoes of tranquil lakes and bubbling streams.
To the south the squad found what at one time been the frigidarium pool, now long since gone dry. They find a Ring of Swimming, which they give to Simi.
In the frigidarium we found a Ring of Swimming. In the chamber east of the Frigidarium, the squad discovered four Lizard Folk gladiators. The Lizard Folk run when the fight goes against them, and a running battle occurs, with the Lizard Folk eventually leading them to Franca.
While Grimbold. Mr. Gone, and Valcos defeat the Lizard Folk, Simi and Pumpelio double-team Franca; Simi casts Smite Evil, and Pumpelio sings Spell Wreck, resulting in Franca being repeatedly pummeled by force bubbles. Smi casts Sunblade.
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| Franca Laurentz |
Mr. Gone absorbs attack after attack from Franca and the Lizard Folk, while Jorin develops a drinking problem to mitigate Mr. Gone's wounds.
Almost exhausted, Franca says "Franca chuckles weakly. “Bomb? You fools. You are nothing more than stooges of the wealthy and powerful, protecting their precious status quo. It isn’t a bomb. It’s a shock to the system that will jolt all the mindless sheep in Absalom to realize that no one has their best interests in mind. They need to rise up and take what they’re owed.” She coughs, a bubble of blood coating her lips, then sighs. “Anyway, officers, the device isn’t here, as you can see. My accomplice Oggvurm has already taken it to the front rows of the stadium so the privileged can get a nice, close look.” She laughs once more
"You've made some extremely poor life choices", says Simi, rendering Franca unconscious.
The squad heads for the arena, Cressita and Ebaraks with them, and confront Oggvurm and his team!
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