The Mad Dog

> Everyone has their limit, and someone's reached theirs.
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## Summary

The party reaches a clearing where some cult fanatics are with a normal Acharn Gerion. He tells the party to watch themselves as he notions to a cage holding a grand seelie behind him. Simon recognizes the guy behind Acharn as Ondo. Ray approaches Acharn while dropping Uttu. Acharn is both angry and heartbroken to see Ray as Ray asks Acharn why he left. He shows off the ring Acharn was going to propose with as Ronan is surprised that they were a thing. Acharn mentions that he wasn't going to stay in Belgate until Ray came into his life. He viewed himself as weak for going against the Church of Cyric which Panne of the Silky Meadows is notably miffed about. Acharn also thanks Simon for interfering to help him go through suffering and come out stronger. He vanishes leaving Ondo to finish off the party and get the Seelie to him.

Simon feels awful for Acharn vanishing as Acharn never appears in his true form and it's how he saw through Simon's disguise back in Belgate. Meanwhile the party aside from Ronan notices that something is off with Ray as he drops his hands. Ray makes it clear that Acharn sees him as nothing anymore. His eyes shine yellow as claws come out of his hands. He makes a vow to kill Ondo.

Panne summons three fairy spirits, glances at Raymond and summons a spiritual longsword to stab the guy in front. Ondo is not impressed as the cultist beside the guy in front is mad and attacks Panne. Ray goes after Ondo provoking an attack from a cultist but he doesn't care. The cultist to the east attacks Raymond but misses and Raymond nails him. The cultist retreats only to end up in Panne's 'bermuda triangle'. Bata attacks the closest cultist. Ronan reaches into the mind of the only cultist not in Panne's bermuda triangle to make him unable to tell friend from foe. He then inspires Fenix who has a plan. He hexes Ondo while dashing behind him. One cultist in the triangle managed to get out of it while being attacked by both it and Raymond. He tries to attack Panne but she's too strong-willed.

Simon runs up to the cultist, misty-steps from the water and shoots a tidal wave directly at Ondo. He also pushes the cage into the water. The cultist in the middle pulls the blade out but doesn't survive the magic of Panne's triangle. Hoopla moves close to the cultist near Ronan and blasts him with eldrich breath killing him. The cultist that was tampered with mentally tries to attack Simon but tumbles and falls over. Hyacinth calls on her thorn whips and pulls the cage to her. The cage is made of cold iron but it's also empty.

Ondo tries to attack Ray but gets stabbed by Fenix with Wolfbite. Raymond also attacks a vital point which gets Ondo enraged. He charges into Ray and runs into the 'bermuda triangle.' Panne stabs Ondo with her spiritual weapon and inflicts wounds on him with Simon's help. The cultist near Bata paralyzes him and summons a spiritual weapon to slash at Bata. Ray charges at Ondo again but his attack misses as does the Cultist's attack on Panne. Ronan then mocks Ondo psychically by saying he's as expendable as Raymond was before inspiring Bata. Fenix uses his hexblade's curse and slips behind Ondo to damage him. Simon blasts the nearby cult with ray of frost.

## Notable events

* The party finds Acharn Gerion holding the Grand Seelie captive
* Ray goes feral against Ondo
* The Grand Seelie of the pure water escapes