Balro Lodrant's Travelling Show!

## Adventurers Attending

* Grrder
* Aldier
* Creed
* Aloissius Bellum
* Lessbelle Elmtree
* Skamos

## Session Summary

Our adventurer's began their day off in Otha's Rest, chatting to the owner and purchasing a range of sandwiches, sausage rolls, and sugar-filled treats. Aldier, sat outside and enjoying his favourite past-times, was approached by a small child brandishing a flier for Balro Lodrant's Travelling Show! While the usual oddities, refreshments, and shows were advertised, one particular aspect caught his eye 'New for 553AOR! Autognome exhibit!'.

Showing this to the party, they chose to investigate alongside Grrder. They found the fair to be somewhat of a disappointment, with one cage containing a young displacer beast, a big-top that had a number of shows listed, and the aforementioned Autognomes.

Investigating the gnomes, the party found that they appeared to be under some kind of arcane influence caused by the headbands Balro had them all wearing. Creed attempted to remove one through the bars, prompting a reaction from one of the patrolling peacekeepers and ultimately being unsuccessful. Starting a small fire, Aloisius attempted to distract the peacekeepers while Skamos made short work of the cage bars - thanks to his Shatterspike Warhammer.

The clattering of steel alerted the peacekeepers who let out a calming mist, rendering much of the party unconscious while Lessbelle and Aloisius tried to slow them and apprehend Balro. Sadly, Balro was able to flee the area with the use of a number of well-timed Death Wards and Greater Restorations spells.

Once the peacekeepers had been subdued, and the party woken from their slumber, it was revealed that Grrder was once part of Balro's Autognome exhibit, and the act of forcibly removing his headband caused him to lose his memory of this place. He chose to rescue his fellow gnomes and head back towards Otha's Rest.

## Loot

* Standard Level Xp & Gold
* Grrder - 1400exp + 225 Gold
* Aldier - 950exp + 175 Gold
* Creed - 1550exp + 275 Gold
* Aloissius Bellum - 1550exp + 275 Gold
* Lessbelle Elmtree - 1550exp + 275 Gold
* Skamos - 1550exp + 275 Gold
* Party - 1x Deck of Illusions
* Circe - 700exp + 112g5s + Guild Assistant Badge (Zephyr Strike)

## Rumours

* Balro Lodrant was last seen running into Otha's Rest on foot, where did he go?

## Player Diaries

**Lessbelle Elmtree's Diary**

> Awwwwoohhoohh I don't feel so great, I don't think one person's supposed to eat so many doughnuts. It was probably the only thing that was keeping me awake the whole time though.
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> So, all the others suggested going to Greg's for breakfast, I've never been, so I said I'd go. There were all these colourful doughnuts, so I ordered 5, but Greg was nice and gave me 6. That's where all the trouble began. Then everyone wanted to go to this fair and I like fairs, so I said I'd go.
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> When we got there it was rubbish though, there was nothing on and no fun to be had, just these animals and metal people in cages that all looked sad. So, I ended up eating most of my doughnuts. There were a bunch of these fair robots who were just standing around doing nothing entertaining, so I pestered them for more treats and they directed me to the toffee apple seller, so I bought some of those too.
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> Then I met this Balro Lodrant guy who ran the fair and I told him his fair was shit and no fun, cos it didn't have anything fun to do, so he gave me some candy floss and told me to take a seat as the giant fight was about to start. It was AMAZZZING, there were these giant's fighting in this tiny tent and it was absolute chaos, BUT, then I found out they weren't real which was bullshit. At this point I was done with this stupid fair and just wanted to go home, but all this commotion started. There was a fire and Aloissius was fighting robots and Skamos was smashing up all the cages and I had no idea what was going on.
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> Then everybody started falling asleep and the robots kept misting everyone. But, I'd had enough sugar to explode a monkey, so I was just running this way and that trying to slow down the robots and that Balro guy, but it was super hard, cos robots aren't like people and they just wouldn't stay still. Balro must have told Aloissius he was poor or something cos Aloissius was really trying to kill him, except he really wouldn't die.
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> I tried shaking the others awake, but they wouldn't get up, so I just started stabbing them awake, cos we really needed their help. Thankfully people can't sleep through a stabbing, so the others finally started doing something. In the end we smashed up the robots, but Balro got away. Bad man apparently, runs an appalling fair but also likes enslaving metal people, which isn't very nice of him.
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> At this point I was starting to get a headache and so I just wanted to go back to bed, now I'm back I feel awful, I think tomorrow I should probably just stick to porridge and carrots eurghhh.
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**Creed's Diary**

> Fucking magic gas.
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> So, we saw a leaflet that Grrder seemed to have connections with, since we all love the little tin sausege we went to find out the gist, and if anyone could tell us anything to spark his memory.
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> Robot. Circus. They had sentient beings under some feeblemind shit and used to make petty cash.
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> We broke them out. Then we all slept for an hour while Belle and Aloi fought. She stabbed me to wake me up, nice kid. I picked up Grrder and flew off, hoping to find Balro but no luck.
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> Hope the little guys okay, feels like we should've done more for him.
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**Aloissius Bellum's Diary**

> Gregg’s artisanal pastry was a nice start to the day but then it just got creepy.
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> Went to a circus we saw advertising Orto Gnomes to try help Grrdrrrrrrrrr remember where he came from.
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> Wasn’t much happening there except for a mist that made me feel super calm and peaceful, might try and find some for when I can’t get to sleep.
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> Pretty sure I killed a guy twice but then I took a nap and he ran off again. I’ll have some if whatever he’s on.
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> Grrdrrr gained two new pals and Less had a sugar kick to rival a donkey. But I’m Not sure how much we helped grrdrrrr to be honest, he still didn’t remember much.
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> Has anyone tried turning him off and back on again?
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**Grrder's Diary**

> Lessbelle really does have a potty mouth.
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> So, today members of the guild went to a show. It turned out to be a completely illusionary show. Standard guild fare you may feel but this time I came back to the forge with two new friends. Two more autognomes I haven't decided on names for yet as they refuse to tell me if they have one. Conversation is nearly as bad as it is with me!
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> Waking up on a broom also happened. Plus some creepy dolls that only attack when not being watched by others. Just a typical day off from guild work!
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> Oh, and I should mention the person who killed my creator doesn't recognise me. Kind of a small detail in the mix.
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