The Wedding of the Damned
- Prince Ceril (Fallen Aasimar Hexblade) – Mark
- Diega (Human Fighter) – Che
- Juan de los Aguilars (Human Bard) – Jeremy
- Kaamber Beltroth (Half-Elf Rogue) – Bryan
- Professor J. Konnifer (Human Cleric) – Miles
- Noailles (Tiefling Sorcerer) – Lotta
- Ramona Geminov (Human Necromancer) – Talin
- Raz (Elf Rogue) – Natasha
- Rhodededron the Flamboyant (Gnome Bard) – Alexia
OCt 3, 2021
As soon as Ramona was escorted away by Jackerel, Raz made an impassioned plea for the party to help her rescue the necromancer, but they badly needed equipment so they rushed off to the night markets of Cascaveda before going to Casa Geminov. There, at the gate, they met a Tiefling Sorcerer and childhood friend of Ramona named Noailles. Using her wedding invitation, the party was able to enter the foreboding mansion at the stroke of midnight.
In the Great Hall, a huge assembly of zombies, wights and undead “wedding guests” watched as Ramona faced her father, Vladimir Geminov, with the familiar face of Professor J. Konnifer, Cleric of Death, who had left the party in Kuth only two weeks prior now, administering the vows. Also present was Jackerel, in his true Arcanaloth form. At odds with this horror show was cheery music provided by two bards who looked like they had no idea what kind of gig they had signed up for: Juan de los Aguilars (last seen in Bendajee four months prior) and Raz’ old friend Rhodedendron the Flamboyant, back from Elfland.
Vlad was at first bemused by the silly wedding crashers. Rhodedendron was the first to die while Ramona invoked the power of her Amulet of Necromancy to take control of three-quarters of the zombies and turn them against Vlad’s forces, giving her and her companions a chance to run for it. Juan, cut off by a Wall of Fire, merged with a stone pillar to avoid attack while Vlad went to work blowing away all the zombies with fireballs before going after the adventurers.
Ramona quickly led the party to a hedge maze next to the house, explaining that her childhood home existed on a demi-plane of its own which is surrounded by magical, inescapable fogs from sunset to sunrise. A hedge maze next to the house contained a fountain which Ramona recalled from her younger days as providing some sort of way out when a riddle was answered. Knowing Vlad would soon be on their tails, they sent Diega charging ahead in the form of a giant ape, crashing through the hedges in a straight line to the center.
A Banshee and some Ghosts presented a challenge to everyone but Ramona, who walked up to the fountain and gave the answer which each of the other party members would need to utter in order to follow her in a puff of smoke – to the front door of Casa Geminov, still shrouded in fog. Juan was there, telling them he had tried to teleport out of here and ended up on the doorstep with the fog always redirecting him to it, no matter what path he took.
The bard cast a magical hut to house and protect them until dawn when they made a break for the promenade just outside the front gate. Though it was a narrow thing, the adventurers all managed to escape and get away in an air gondola, making straight for the busiest dock and getting on any ship leaving that instant.
Juan departed, nodding to Raz (the only familiar face in the party), but preferring to go solo. Konnifer also went off on her own, leaving Raz, Kaamber, Ramona, Diega, Prince Ceril and Noailles sailing off into the sunrise.