A Spectre Is Haunting Anthologos

**A Spectre Is Haunting Anthologos** was a one shot DMed by Shane. A group of adventurers rescued Ortis Gottler from the revolutionaries of Gilderain.

## Synopsis

Yougo Tchabhess and Xander Gander returned from what Xander considered to be a disappointing sexual sojourn to Limbo just as Cressida was starting a meeting. She explained how in order to enact their plan to banish Vecna to Limbo, they would need the help of the scientist Ortis Gottler. Gottler's residence was in Gilderain, which at that moment was engaged in a full scale Marxist revolution. She asked for volunteers to extract Gottler by any means necessary- Pauline, Theodore Tel-Arama, Angel Salvatore, and Thamino all volunteered for the mission.

The party was flown to Gilderain on the League's stolen githyanki airship by the wolverine Darkfather. Once inside the city, they were approached by two guards who demanded to know their business. After a tense encounter, Pauline persuaded the guards to let them past to look for the fictional scientist, Robert Dosen.

While walking through the city, Thamino heard a cough coming from his bag. Checking it, the party found Virgil Chant inside. He had stowed away as that was the only way he could get out of the Adventurers' League without Cressida knowing. Thamino agreed to take his eyepatch off, but then Theodore persuaded him to stay in the bag.

Making their way to Gottler's workshop, the party found it deserted, save for the two abominations from the Far Realm who immediately attacked them. While the rest of the party fought the creatures, Thamino wandered around the room pressing random buttons and gluing himself to the floor. He managed to unstick himself using mysterious dark flying powers, and the creatures were killed. Pauline acquired a pair of special boots called Dropkicks, Angel found a quantum crossbow and a universal glue grenade, and Thamino got a wand of switcheroo. The noise attracted the attention of Gottler's neighbour, Balthasar Von Strutt. Balthasar explained that Gottler had been taken by the Grand Liberator's forces and was scheduled to be executed that day. Angel jumped on Thamino's back, and Theodore cast a flying spell on himself and Pauline, and they all flew to Liberation Square.

Immediately being spotted by a guard, the party attempted to downplay their hostile appearance at the public execution of Gottler, Queen Cerith, and a number of other nobles. Theodore tried to persuade the crowd that the Grand Liberator, Spitnuck, was a complicit member of the Bourgeoisie himself, but was interrupted by a wild magic surge which turned the other members of the party and a handful of spectators invisible. Once this happened, Thamino used his wand of switcheroo to swap places with Gottler. Pauline snuck behind Spitnuck and shot him in the head. This revealed her, and caused both the crowd and the guards to react negatively. They attempted to attack her and Theodore, however the pair both flew away. Cerith failed to convince Thamino that she was worth saving, but they both managed to use the chaos to escape anyway. Angel and Gottler snuck away over the rooftops. The pair made a quick detour to unstick her prized dagger from the ground in Gottler's workshop, and then regrouped with the rest of the party outside the city. They then all took the airship back to the Adventurers' League.

## Player Characters

Main:

* Pauline
* Angel Salvatore
* Theodore Tel-Arama
* Thamino

Featured:

* Brygg'id
* Xander Gander
* Nix Peppermint
* Remi
* Yougo Tchabhess

## NPCs

* Cressida
* Limbo
* Aera
* Three
* Two
* Darkfather
* Virgil Chant
* Balthasar Von Strutt
* Spitnuck
* Cerith
* Ortis Gottler
* Ankulgo (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Adventurers' League Headquarters
* Gilderain
	+ Ortis Gottler's workshop
	+ Liberation Square