Tentacle Busters

The Tentacle Busters was a group of adventurers based in Muden on Hem. They joined together and slew a troll the emerged in the Yawning Portal. They were involved in the scramble for the stone of Golorr that happened in Saarman and successfully captured the artefact before fleeing the city and subsequently dying to the cult of the reptile god. Their name originated from their tendency to defeat tentacled foes.

### Members

* Cortez Pizzaro
* Howard Mellard
* Merlindas Destud
* Londy Gelsica

### History

*The following is the brief history of the group known as the Tentacle Busters, as recovered from the diaries of Howard Mellard' and Cortez Pizzaro*

#### Meeting

Working hard in the city of Saarmen is tough, the streets are always bustling and for someone who wants to bring in good money, they will find themselves working none stop for days on end. As a reward, many, including myself, choose to finish the month spending too much money in a tavern. Personally, I personally choose to head to the extravagant and popular Yawning Portal tavern on Mains street. Drinks passed round as normal amongst my companions until we were disturbed by a bar fight that broke out across the other side of the bottom floor tavern. Sword fights are not uncommon in Saarmen, the rule of mutual combat ensures quarrels don't have to be sorted in the courts but by fist is below us here.

#### Search for Fulvio

After the troll was dealt with the crowd applauded me and those who had aided me. Through the applauding crowd pushed a jolly looking man, who carried himself with wealth and notoriety like many of those whom I have served. He introduced himself as the renowned adventurer, Volothamp Geddarm**,**and explained that he required the aid of some capable but relevantly inexpensive group that would simply search for his friend, Fulvio Borcellino. We first headed to the tavern Fulvio and Volo had been drinking at before his disappearance, the Skewered Otter tavern in Edgedock.
Through questioning the regular patrons of the tavern we learned that Fulvio had stayed to meet a different friend after Volo had left and was attacked and dragged away by thugs. Obviously being a group of talented individuals we were able to track down these men in their warehouse on Candle lane.

~~Kidnapping of Fulvio
Discovered that when he was kidnapped, he was with his friend Rainer - both seemed to have been taken, but unsure who by.
The Kidnappers:
Tracked some bald-headed man - who we believed to be involved - to a warehouse, inside were some~~ ~~kenku~~~~who we dispatched of, however when questioned one~~ ~~kenku~~ ~~repeated: Yellow signs into the sewer, Tie the pretty boy up the back room, Xanathar sends his regards.
Found~~ ~~Rainar~~~~:
We then found~~ ~~Rainar~~ ~~locked in a storeroom of the same warehouse he confirmed he was with Fulvio on the night he was kidnapped.
Into the sewers
Sent~~ ~~Rainar~~ ~~to a safe place and proceeded to go into the sewer while following the yellow signs, the~~ ~~kenkus~~ ~~told us about.
Deep in the sewers:
Along the way we encountered many goblins and men with eye tattoos on them, we now believe them to be criminals so both they and the~~ ~~kenku’s~~ ~~were dispatched of.
Finding Fulvio:
We then came a room with a large double door, upon entering there was a large orc who was standing on who we believed to be Fulvio, there was also a hooded figure at the back of the room who seemed to be holding a small brain and had tentacles protruding from his face.
The fight to free Fulvio
After killing the orc, we then focused on the hooded figure we turned out to be a drastic error, the small brain started to walk towards me and I could feel myself slipping away as if it was devouring my own intelligence, then everything went black and the next thing I remember is it’s the next day and I’m in a room with Howard, Merlinda and a man they called Jeremy who I’m told healed me and restored my intelligence.~~