Adventure 26

**Real World Date: 4/22/2018**

**In Game Dates: February 26th, 5001 M.E. - March 3rd, 5001 M.E.**

**XP: 1500 (Total: 25551)**

## Fast Travel to Money

The party travel along the Valu River, heading northeast so they can cross The Channel. The find the best city to disembark and leave the boat, traveling north by wagon. While in the city, buying some hallucinogens, no less, Ren is offered a high paying job for 5000 Sanctums by a wealthy and flamboyant merchant named Seamus Felcrucio. He presents it to the party, who go along to hear what the job is.

Turns out the gold dragon's body that was found in the middle of Lake Kenda was the ancient creature known as Felverinox. And according to a private, unnamed, and highly magical law firm, the dragon has a last will and testament. Seamus Felcrucio is named as a beneficiary in the will and he would like protection from the party while he travels to the city to receive whatever he is inheriting and to protect him while he is in town. Apparently some powerful and strange people will be named in the will, so Seamus isn't taking any chances. The party agree to the job, since they are travelling that way anyway, and head north with Seamus.

## The Set Up

The party arrive at the inn in town a few days before the reading. They inspect the hall that is putting on the event, ask about the security, as well as who else might be there. The names of the people are kept secret, but the lady with the clipboard assures them that this powerful unnamed law firm has thought of every contingency. The party heads back to the inn to sleep.

The day of the reading the party designate an escape location just in case they need to run. Dhamon will Dimension Door them to this meeting place around the corner and they will get in a wagon that is waiting and take off. They head in and discover that teleportation is blocked to and from the building for safety reasons, which puts a wrench in Dhamon's plan. However, they keep the wagon in that location to use in case of emergency.

## The Beneficiaries

The guests are numerous, numbering almost fifty people with the beneficiaries and their guards. Their is a Fire Giant just sitting in a large chair. There are two rich and noble Elves, who look related, sitting silently together. Their is a representative of the Tower Consortium with a contingency of guards, which Wrax hides from. Their is a strange man with a goatee with two cloaked and hooded figures flanking him. Their is also a crotchety old man named Eccleston Bennet. Then there is the party along with Seamus.

The festivities are called to order by a wizard/lawyer named Acretius Melvora. He has several knights guarding him as well as a contingency of wizards and clerics lined up behind him, ready to strike if anyone tries anything. He begins to read the will, indicating the items will be brought out from a side chamber, which has been barred to anyone except employees of the law firm.

## The Reading

The first goes to Eccleston Bennet. He walks up to receive a staff, but his illusory personage fades and reveals him to be some canine humanoid, basically a Golden Retriever walking upright. He is slightly embarrassed by this reveal, but regains his composure as he leaves. Many of the other guests seem anxious at this, as their is some anti-magic protection up at the front that dispels illusion. The Fire Giant of the **Ornok Tribe** is summoned up next, who walks up, opens the chest with a large crown in it. He accepts the chest and leaves. A non-descript human woman, alone, is called up next. Her name is Zorna, and she is named as the daughter of Felverinox. She is gifted a key to a vault with all the coins and jewels that Felverinox has collected over the years.

The representative of the Tower Consortium is summoned up to receive something for Talis Hightower and when he does, the illusion fades and reveals that Talis Hightower himself is the one accepting the item. He receives some correspondences or paperwork, which seems to offend and anger him. Wrax hides his face as Talis Hightower leaves with his contingent. Next is Seamus, who is bequeathed a chest filled with magical miscellaneous baubles. He is extremely pleased with this and asks the party to help carry the bags in the chest out.

## Crashing the Party

As they head down the main aisle with their stuff, a large, armored wagon charges into the front door of the hall, destroying it and causing chaos. Out the sides, like a Torjan horse, several armed and dangerous men leap out, immediately swiping at the people, killing anyone in sight. The front of the wagon, with a axe-like wedge on the front, opens up to reveal three figures. Two of them are Githyanki Knights, powerful beings from the Astral Plane. The third, leading the entire group, is a Mind Flayer (Illithid) who steps out, pointing his finger towards the stage.

"*I've come for what's mine...*"
— Mind Flayer