Here Come the Vampires

## Logline

The adventurers put their lives on the line to save Mr. Alfonso from a Dimir attack. One that sees the reappearance of the strange feral creatures from early on their quest. As the body count continues to rise, things begin to fall into place, and motives become more clear.

## Synopsis

Lorzatch sees a Dimir vampire siphoning energy from Rufir Alfonso's mind. He signals for the others to quietly come over to him. As they approach the door, Lennox calls for the vampire to "unhand him".

Zenia attempts to fire at the vampire, channeling extra magic to try and hit him, but ends up becoming a year younger as a result, to her disappointment. Fikarra attacks the vampire with a mace and Parax hits it with a Witch Bolt. The two elf concierges come upstairs, having become feral vampiric monsters and attempt to strike at Parax, though he casts Shield to block them. Lennox strikes the concierge attacking Parax with his mace as Lorzatch summons a Flame Blade and awakens the spores.

A cloaked woman also appears in the room and casts Sleep on Fikarra, causing her to go to sleep. A voice appears near Zenia and casts Suggestion on her to leave. Zenia casts Shatter on the group of vampires before leaving the room. Parax releases the Witch Bolt then casts Burning Hands (in the form of boiling hot water). One of the concierges dies, as one of the vampires crashes through the window and hovers outside of it. The remaining concierge attacks Lorzatch. Lennox casts Hold Person on the vampire, causing them to plummet down to its death to the floor below. Lorzatch attacks the last concierge by bisecting it from the torso up with his Flame Blade.

The black cloaked figure continues to stab at Fikarra as she is prone. Another cloaked figure appears in front of Lennox and puts him to sleep. Zenia summons Frank and hums as she leaves the room. Fikarra wakes up after being stabbed and casts a Vicious Mockery on the cloaked figure who attacked her. Parax summons another Witch Bolt to hit the new cloaked figure. Lorzatch attacks the cloaked figure who just appeared and rips into him.

The male cloaked figure holds his hands up and charms Lorzatch, saying he's only here to help. Zenia continues to calmly walk out of the apartment, although after she does so, she snaps out of the Suggestion and wonders why she's outside the apartment. The cloaked woman stabbing at Fikarra then pulls the cloak over her and disappears. Fikarra slaps Lennox to wake him up. Parax zaps one of the cloaked figures with the Witch Bolt as Lennox slams down on the cloaked figure with an Ensnaring Strike, which wraps around the man. Lennox could see him try to grab at his chest before smashing him in the head. Lorzatch, no longer charmed and angry at being charmed, attempts to slash at the cloaked woman, but misses. The woman tries to run out the door, only for Zenia to be on the other side. In a panic, she closes her eyes and pulls a pin from under her chest. Smoke dissipates into the air as she falls dead, to Zenia's discomfort.

Lorzatch goes over to Rufir Alfonso, laying in bed with a migraine. He asks for an explanation, which Lorzatch replies that he was attacked by Dimir vampires. Rufir asks for some liquor from the top cabinet, which Lorzatch retrieves. Rufir takes a sip and looks around at the carnage in his room, including the broken window and his dead concierges. Lennox goes downstairs to go check on the body of the vampire. Parax casts Detect Poison and Disease on the concierges, identifying three kinds of poisons, including finding poisons on the cloaked bodies. He finds two vials of standard poison, as well as a scorpion poison vial and a very potent poison vial, both of whom he determined belonged to Rufir Alfonso. Zenia casts Detect Magic on the cloaked woman's body, identifying a magical enchantment on the cloak and the cavity in her chest where the plug was. Zenia takes the square plug from the woman's cloak and brings it over to the group. Fikarra takes a moment to rest, helping guard Rufir. Lennox gets to the lobby, where the concierges are no longer there. As he exits the building, he sees the body, where he sees it is turning into dust. Lennox searches the body for anything of note. Lennox takes the ring and the cloak on the figure before it turns to dust. Lorzatch then searches the body of the cloaked man. He notices the plug and a black ring connecting the plug. Lorzatch also takes the man's belt, with pouches containing different poisons within it, which can be punctured with a blade to coat it with the poisons.

Zenia takes the opportunity to look through Rufir's room. She notices an amulet in the shape of the Azorius symbol, some cooking equipment, a coil of rope with blue threads, a bottle of perfume, and a carving in the shape of a fish. Lorzatch takes the belt from the other cloaked figure and identifies the ring from the plug on her finger. He also notices her body now looks hollow with the chest sunken in. Zenia shows the black plug she found on the woman's person. Parax casts Identify on the plug. He cleans the dust away to determine this is a signet of the House Dimir. Parax sees the vampire has completely decayed at this point.

Zenia asks what the House Dimir would want from his home, to which Rufir responds that it might have to do with the orb that has just entered the orb. Lorzatch asks that he may keep the bodies under surveillance so that they can take them over to the Simic, assuming the cloaked man whose plug has not been pulled may still be alive. They sleep for the night where, in the morning, they realize they have a meeting with the Izzet researcher. Parax and Lorzatch agree to go to the Simic to identify the bodies as Zenia, Lorzatch, and Fikarra will go to the Izzet lab to meet with the Izzet researcher. Rufir says he shall stay home to drink as much tea as possible.