Session Fifty Nine

The fifty ninth session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on 8th November 2023.
Note: The Keeper of the Archives was under the weather and therefore absent. He cannot vouch for the veracity of the events here recounted. 
== Party Members Present ==
* Brandr Sigurdson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Professor Meino Osterhaus
* Aleksi Lehtonen
== Synopsis ==
=== Finding Marco ===
Having dealt with Lupo we needed to alter Marco's memories too. We decided our best bet was to find him on the way into work tomorrow but that we might as well check a few of the taverns on our way home. Brandr took the nearest tavern and disappeared inside for a pint. Alexsi took the next tavern along from Brandr's and as he approached spotted a bouncer that looked similar to Marco without being Marco. After several minutes contemplation Aleksi felt maybe this physical similarity was worth mentioning to Rel and Adal who immediately clocked this man was related to Marco. The Professor lost no time in pursuing this newly uncovered lead approaching the man and declaring we were a group of Marco's "Really good friends" and that we were looking for him, he asked if the man knew where he might be. Apparently short on both wit and guile the man pointed out Marco's house to the Professor and Rel.
=== Another 'armless magical mistake ===
The Professor and Rel set about figuring out how to approach Marco's house, which it turned out was in view of the bouncer. The Professor did a bad job of hiding himself so Rel distracted them by leaving and joining Brandr in the pub. Taking another crack at this whole stealth business the Professor finally managed to break into the house when some more punters turned up and distracted the bouncer. Inside the house he found Marco tending the fire and Mindholed him but in the process invoked Tzeentch's curse. This was no ordinary curse which usually caused the Professor's pubes to turn ginger or something. Instead, the winds of magic swirled into a storm about him, moving with chaotic whimsy. They swirled faster and were out of the Professor's control. He felt a strange sensation in his left arm and, as he looked down, he whimpered in horror. His left arm had withered into a blakened, skeletal limb, as useless as a brittle stick. In shock, the Professor fled Marco's house in horror.
=== Pub Surgery ===
He barreled into the pub where Brandr and Rel were enjoying a nice drink and immediately made his way to the bar and threw a gold crown onto the bar, demanding wine. Brandr bought a bottle of spirits which were promptly turned over to Aleksi. Aleksi and the Professor began pounding drinks and getting increasingly drunk. As the night wore on, Brandr suggested a spot of impromptu surgery to solve the Professor's arm problem. At first, the Professor was hesitant, but Brandr was really quite persuasive. Rel thought it a great idea. Therefore, we ended up with the Professor downing a bottle of wine, a rope tied around his arm while Brandr cut his arm off with his hand-axe. It was the stuff of nightmares. Very quickly, the party were driven from the tavern by the horrified patrons and we retreated to Our House. Suprisingly, the Professor's arm didn't bleed.
=== Hangxiety ===
The next morning, head throbbing, the Professor rememberede the previous night's escapades and dispaired. In his shock and outrage he attempted to throttle Brandr, but that only ended in the Professor painting the walls and furnishings with vomit. (Don't worry, Aleksi will clean it up.) Then, he noticed that the axe that Brandr used (which has a faded temp rune) was giving off a magical aura. Rel reckoned that the arm wasn't decaying and decided it might be salvageable, so she stored it away. 
=== Stakeout ===
Once the Professor had processed his trauma and some of his hangover, the group turn to planning their pursuit of Dmitri. They agreed that staking out the warehouse and following shipments on from there would be a good starting point. As such Rel and a traumatised professor were sent out to secure a stake-out location. Rel found a tavern - Known as the Elixir Mixer (owned by Elric the Elixciser) - which had rooms from which the warehouse entrance could be observed. Rel booked three rooms (one of which had views over the warehouse entrance) for five people. Ensconced in our rooms and with time to kill, the Professor and Brandr examined the glowing Axe used to cut off the withered arm. Brandr reckoned that the rune had a Forgekeeper design that looks faintly reminiscent of the word or concept of containing or re-energising. The Professor reckoned it was to do with the Dhar that he channelled into his arm but noted that the axe doesn't seem to be infused with darkness in anyway, just power.
== Next Session ==
Session Sixty
== Previous Session ==
Session Fifty Eight
Category:Session