Session 112

Heroes (lvl 14): Deet, Horgin, Rhys, Nura

676 MR - Spring

The Heroes cast aside their disguises and announce themselves openly, revealing their true names and purpose. Word spreads quickly through Cravengate’s perfumed streets, and before long, the Lamia’s envoys arrive — elegant, masked courtiers who extend an invitation to the grand masquerade ball in her palace. They bring with them silks, jewels, and ornate costumes, ensuring the guests of honor look suitably magnificent for the night ahead.

The ball unfolds in a haze of music and incense. Beneath golden chandeliers, nobles sway and laugh, their eyes glassy under the Lamia’s spell. The air itself hums with enchantment, every note of the orchestra and every breath of perfume tightening her hold on the revelers. When the Lamia finally appears, radiant and terrible, she commands the room without a word. Her gaze finds the Heroes, and with a smile, she invites them to her private sanctuary to “discuss alliance.”

Within her opulent sanctum, illusion gives way to truth. The Lamia’s beauty twists into monstrosity — lion’s body, claws gleaming like polished bronze, eyes burning with hunger. Her offer is no alliance, but enslavement. When the Heroes resist, her children descend from the shadows, snarling and shrieking.

The battle is vicious and desperate. The Lamia bends light and mind alike, weaving illusions around the party while her children tear through the marble halls. Yet one by one, her glamours falter, and her perfume turns to ash. When silence finally falls, the throne room is littered with broken masks and shattered mirrors.

The Lamia lies slain. Freed from her enchantment, Cravengate stirs from its long dream — its people uncertain, its beauty hollow. In her treasury, the Heroes find riches beyond measure and, among them, the Perfumed Veil, the second relic needed to unseal the Palace of the Suncrown.

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