Plaintly Grasp

Plaintly Grasp, an inhabitant of Farrog also known to many as 'The Fence',The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 8 was one of the six thieves who had made up the group once known as the Famous 'Party of Five'. Plaintly - like all of the 'Party of Five' members - also belonged to the Farrog Thieves' Guild. Plaintly was a regular of "Pink's Tavern", where she had a table which was always reserved for her use. As a receiver of stolen goods, it was probably at this table in "Pink's" that Plaintly usually met with thieves with stolen items that they wanted to exchange for cash. 'The Fence' had been the de facto leader and organizer of the 'Party of Five', but as it happened, this particular gang of thieves had not worked together for some years. Still, at one time, the band had been the "terror of the city's wealthy"The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 6 and, according to Plaintly at least, the 'Party of Five' had been a particularly superior group of thieves.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 2
==In The Fiends of Nightmaria==
However, the day came when Plaintly Grasp called upon the previous members of 'Party of Five' to come together again, arranging that the meeting of the sextet be at her usual table in "Pink's". Plaintly's reassembling of the group had been triggered by the arrest two days previously of the Head of the Thieves' Guild, Mistress Dam Loudly Heer, by the usurper, regicide and necromancer, King Bauchelain the First. Mistress Dam had subsequently been imprisoned in the Royal Palace of Farrog. Plaintly called on a reunited 'Party of Five' to help her infiltrate the Royal Palace and rescue the Guild Head. After discussion, the band members all agreed to implement Plaintly's plan that very night.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 2
The 'Party of Five' managed to gain entry into the bowels of the Royal Palace via an unguarded old postern gate, but only after an attempt to scale the palace wall left Le Groutt wounded and Mortari seemingly brain damaged.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 6The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 8 As the sextet moved further and further into the depths of the Royal Palace, they experienced a variety of "alarums and excursions", including an encounter with a masturbating ape-like demon possessed by the Indifferent God.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 12The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 23 An unexpected meeting with a group of escaping prisoners--Apto Canavalian, Brash Phluster, Steck Marynd, Tulgord Vise, Tiny Chanter, Flea Chanter, and Midge Chanter guided by Seneschal Shartorial Infelance--turned into a brief brawl before the 'Party of Five' could push onwards.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 17
Finally stumbling into Korbal Broach's Chamber of Collections, they encountered Bauchelain's partner in his guise as Farrog's new Grand Bishop. Broach was able to help the 'Party of Five' achieve their stated goal of rescuing the Head of the Thieves Guild by presenting them with Dam Loudly Heer's severed head. Unphased, Plaintly Grasp triumphantly pointed out to her fellow thieves, "That's how it goes on a mission like this one... Nothing seems to go as planned and then, all of a sudden, it's mission accomplished!"The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 18
The 'Party of Five' then managed to retrace their steps through the Royal Palace back to the postern gate by which they had originally entered.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 22 Returning to the city streets, the band unexpectedly found that chaos reigned in the streets of Farrog. Bauchelain and Korbal Broach had blindly provoked a war with neighbouring Nightmaria and that Imperial Kingdom had sent its overwhelming military forces in response. To clear their escape route to the city's gate, the two necromancers unleashed a horde of undead on their own citizens.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 16
Ducking the undead, which included Dam Loudly Heer's headless corpse, the 'Party of Five' desperately searched for a place of safety for themselves with Plaintly Grasp picking the lock of a passing carriage's storage trap. Crawling inside, they were surprised to discover it filled with an immense treasure. It was only once they were all safely inside sitting in utter darkness that they realised they could no longer find their way out. They had unwittingly found their way into the carriage of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach and the Warren where the necromancers kept their endless treasure. There was no way out and something else was trapped inside with them.The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 26The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 21
==Quotes==
Plaintly Grasp: "...maybe it's been a few years since we all worked together, but we ain't lost a step, not one of us. There's nobody better in Farrog... We're getting [the Head of the Thieves' Guild] out [of the Royal Palace] and we're doing it tonight. One more time, the finest adventuring band of thieves this world had ever seen...Is everybody ready for this?"
[Words of Plaintly Grasp, meant to be inspirational, directed at the reconstituted 'Party of Five' in The Fiends of Nightmaria, Section 2.]
==Notes and references==
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