Birthday Lament

an adventure starring Kreek, Alex, and Kimberley.

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Join Kreek, Alex, and Kimberley on this quest to solve a string of brazen robberies! Birthdays, cults, and ponies included free of charge.

## Non Player Characters

* "Meaty" Mariya Forsidepike
* Nancy Festdahme
* Barnabas Hendrickson
* Raymond Rousser
* Demophon Talia
* Pepper Tango
* Thalkor the Subjugator

## Plot Summary

The adventure begins in the town of Shireford Upon Emou, in which Kreek the Fleek, Kimberley Miller, and Alexander Rivers have traveled to to investigate a string of thefts on behalf of the Firebreathing Kittens. Before meeting up with their point of contact, a Dwarven woman named Nancy Festdahme, the three Kittens take the time to grab a bite to eat from a local meat vendor named the Fleshpeddler. Here they learn that for the past several weeks, several businesses around town have been victim of theft, the Fleshpeddler included. Kreek orders a raw sirloin steak, Alex orders some salted pork, while Kimberley looks over their contract for any missing information.

After a quick meal, the three then head to meet with Nancy at Nancy's Party Pony Palace. Before heading inside, the three meet a mother and daughter (Lucy), who mentions that there are no more ponies at Nancy's Party Pony Palace. Kreek comforts the little girl, promising to get her a pony before her birthday party. After taking a quick sneak peak inside the purse of the girl's mother, Kimberley takes the opportunity to sneak behind Nancy's Party Pony Palace to investigate the pony stalls, but learns very little information.

The three adventurers then head into the party shop proper, and meet with Nancy, who fills them in on the details of the thefts. A few days after sending the contract to the FBK, three masked individuals in crimson robes and animal masks enter her shop and rob her of her ponies at sword point. While discussing the thefts Kimberley and Alexander notice a strange individual spying on them from outside the window of the party store, and Kimberley manages to sneak out of the back of the shop without being seen to get the drop on the spy, shanking him in the knee. The cry of pain alerts Alex and Kreek as to what is going on, and they rush out of the shop to assist. The man, dressed in crimson robes, introduces himself as Barnabas Hendrickson, and claims to be one of the original members of a group known as the Crimson Lament, and admits that other members of the Crimson Lament are responsible for the recent string of thefts. The three adventurers tie up Barnabas and take him to a nearby tavern to interrogate him further.

During the interrogation, the three learn that the Crimson Lament have spent the last 500 years attempting to resurrect their god, known as Thalkor the Subjugator. While the ressurection was recently successful, Barnabas is upset to learn that Thalkor is not the god that he had been worshipping all this time, spending his time on preparing for a birthday party and on material things instead of subjugating the world. Barnabus wishes to help the Firebreathing Kittens in rectifying this problem - informing them of where to find Thalkor, and hoping that they will be able to deal with this foolishness. The Crimson Lament is not the same cult that Barnabus was once proud of.