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Chapter Four: Everyone Expects the Barovian Exposition

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  Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali :  He's big.  He's tough. And... he loves kids. Awwwww. Solomon Hawkins : Wait... is this guy actually their leader?  Gilphine : The tough girl.  Really tough.  Tough as bark.  And she looks like a sapling. Sheen :  The unconscious bard.  It's Weekend at Sheen's. Basil Vellurian : The new guy.  Just what we need.  Another pasty human.   When last we left our intrepid warriors, Solomon's witty banter with a mysterious man left his friends burnt to a crisp in a dark alley.  Their powerful new "friend" tossed him a handful of healing scrolls and departed in a mist, taking with him a ton of missed lore dump opportunities. Solomon, now faced with a Sophie's choice of which of his friends (are they friends yet?  Is that maybe too strong a word?) to save.  The choice was easy.  Up came the adventurers being played by people who didn't flake out after one game....

Chapter Three: A Barbecue with Friends. And some Basil.

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  Cast of Characters Agnak Stonestalker Monekekali :  A seven foot Veruca Salt.  With an axe. Solomon Hawkins : A monster hunter whose tongue is as sharp as his wooden stake.  Or so he thinks.  Gilphine : The deadly archer and would be big spoon. Sheen :  The bongo wielding dwarven bard...just a seven year old boy at heart.  Has just been knighted "Sir Soon to Be Written out of the Plot Because His Player Ditched Us." Basil Vellurian : The new guy.  Just what we need.  Another pasty human.   When last we left our heroes, they had inexplicably decided to go down a dark spiral staircase into a most certainly monster filled basement.  Agnak insists on leading the way, despite being the only one in the party without the ability to see in the dark.   There is much stamping of feet and pouting until the others grudgingly agree to do things Agnak's way.  Sheen cowers in the back, whimpering incoherently about monsters....