(Classes started at my grad school, so I didn't have as much time to prepare for this session; also, Imrahil was out for this one, so he was only proxied for the fight)
THE INVESTIGATION
The group knew something was wrong. Reports of similar occurances happening all over Avalon came pouring in. For one night, in over a dozen places throughout the city, chaos erupted.
Many theories came pouring in: Some said it was an anarchist terrorist group. Some even thought CubeCorp could have been responsible. Most blamed ElemenTech. Their stocks plummeted, and a sea of protesters crowded outside of their headquarters. PETE had a high presence.
Meanwhile, organizations all over Avalon pointed fingers at each other. A recently appointed cleric of St. Corellon, Shaddock, was assigned to investigate the occurence. His church believed that the followers of Heretic Lolth were somehow involved. Shaddock visited St. Corellon's Hospital to see one of the survivors of the elemental attacks, a Halfling named Reed. There he met Merric and his bodyguard, Arkhan. Arkhan pointed him to the group he had been adventuring with. He went to the Church of St. Avandra to find Paladin Nailo.
Rell was visited by the mysterious Tiefling agent again. He, too, had turned up information that pointed to radical followers of Lolth. Rell was to attend a rave that night at a Tiefling nightclub, Denial, and sift out the radical Lolth followers from the immature youth who half-heartedly joined the cult as a form of rebellion. If he could find them, he was ordered to wipe them out and investigate later.
Rell and Shaddock met in the waiting room of Bishop Theren of Saint Avandra. Inside, Erevan was speaking about his journey and subsequent confrontation with the elementals. He changed his appointment to investigate this tragic occurance. Once he was done with his meeting, he met Shaddock and Rell, and discussed going to the rave at Denial. They would disguise themselves and find out if there were, indeed, any serious Lolth worshippers.
THE RAVE
Indeed, they found one. A group of people, most of them youth, were sitting at a booth in the nightclub. Several had altered their appearance to seem more Drow-like. Many of them were under the influence of narcotics in the form of tiny, glowing gelatinous cubes that would disperse their drugs either by being swallowed or by engulfing a person's fingertip (this world's equivalent of an injection).
They found a Tiefling who was far more fanatic about the teachings of Lolth than his colleagues. The players, feigning interest, were invited to a sacrifice the next night. After the rave, each reported back to their respective agencies. Shaddock was advised by his bishop that followers of Lolth were like weeds: best to uproot them as soon as they are discovered, before they can spread.
THE SACRIFICE
The players entered an abandoned warehouse in the Tiefling district that had been converted into a temple dedicated to Heretic Lolth. The Tiefling at the rave was not there, but they convinced the cultists that they were invited by him. As the ritual went on, it became apparent that a cat was going to be sacrificed. The players intervened and fought the cultists. They even captured one by forcing a leather handle into his mouth. The cat survived.
Later, Rell's mysterious Tiefling friend spoke to him. All they were able to get out of the captured cultist was the name of his organization:
Megiddo
END OF SESSION 2
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