Carol of the Bells

The Strangers With Weapons must end Santa Claus' rampage.

## Major Plot Points

* After leaving Hrakhamar Cave, SWW saw the jungles of Chult covered in freshly fallen snow.
* They noticed a large plume of smoke and headed towards it. They were attacked on the way by a polar bear, polar worm, polar honey badger, polar panther, and a polar wolf.
* They finally made it to a small village that had been attacked. No structures were left standing and survivors clung to each other in the streets. The dead had mouth fulls of coal and their eyes were replaced with coal pieces.
* Carol Belle, the matriarch of the town, approached the party and said that their faith leader, Santa Claus, attacked the village during their Winter Solstice celebration to honor Saint Nicholas. She pointed the party toward the mountain shaped like a pole in the north. She warned that Santa would strike other towns if he wasn’t stopped.
* The party made their way north and were ambushed by Santa’s imps who had Chinese Throwing Stars of David and sharpened teeth that produced peppermint poison.
* The SWW eventually found a cabin at the mountain’s summit, which had lit candles in every window and the smell of sugar cookies wafted from the building.
* Bigsby attempted to sneak in by posing as an imp. He was quickly discovered and teleported away.
* The group entered the cabin when they figured Bigsby wouldn’t return on his own and were quickly teleported away once they entered.
* Neuriel was the only one deemed “good” so he was able to meet Santa in his workroom.
* The others were sent to a dark, empty room that had one table with four cups on it.
* Neuriel met Santa and declined his offer to team up and spread cheer and righteous justice throughout the realm. He was teleported to the dark room soon after.
* The SWW discovered the cups had Hot Chocolate Elementals in them and fought off a couple while finding a key to escape the room.
* In the next room, the party found themselves in a serene study with an active fireplace and no doors or windows. Draga figured out that they had to climb the chimney to leave.
* The next room was a living room with a large holiday tree and presents underneath it. The only exit was locked. The SWW investigated the gifts and discovered three of them were mimics. One had a key to get out.
* This door led to a giant doll house where a large child’s hand grabbed each party member and assigned them roles in order to play
	+ Voloth was the daddy. He was put in the bedroom with a glass of whiskey and a cigar. Once he drank the whiskey and smoked the cigar, he was allowed to leave.
	+ Calypso was the mommy. She had to make dinner for the family in order to leave.
	+ Vlad was the doggy. He had to chase his own tail to leave.
	+ Bigsby was the baby. He had to shit himself to leave.
	+ Neuriel and Draga were the babysitters and had to change Bigsby to leave.
* Once their goals were accomplished, the SWW finally made it Santa Claus. Joining him were two giant Nutcrackers and Rudolf.
* The SWW killed Rudolf first and then a nutcracker.
* Voloth, with a lot of help from Calypso and Draga, killed Santa.
* Once Santa died, the remaining nutcracker fell to pieces and his workshop imploded.
* The SWW successfully avenged Carol’s village and continued their journey to Omu.
* Epilogue: An old woman put curlers in her hair, strapped on big black boots, bespectacled herself, and said, “I shall finish what he started...hehe.”